Reel Notes w/ CineMasai

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My guest this week is Toronto rapper DijahSB. We spoke about Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, Silo, You Got Served, Final Destination, Interstellar, their beginnings on Soundcloud, the art and business of sync licensing, overcoming hurdles, having a song played during a Toronto Raptors game, and the creative process behind their Kickstarter-funded project Why Die When You Can Dance, out everywhere on Friday, November 6. Come fuck with us.

Why Die When You Can Dance will be available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen on Friday, November 6. Follow Dijah on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @dijahsb

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, the Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system. 

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is Scottish DJ and producer ladé. We spoke about You Can See Everything, The Social Reckoning, Obsession, Nollywood cinema past and present, growing up listening to Bastille, developing her skills as a DJ and producer, her love for sampledelia and footwork, booking her first showcase, visiting New York, her appreciation for MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt, and the creative process behind her two EPs: Nollywood Nightmares and Yerba Mate. Come fuck with us. 

Yerba Mate is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it and her other work from her Bandcamp page. Follow ladé on Instagram (@aladji__). 

Read ladé's interview with Finals here.

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, the Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system. 

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is Philadelphia-via-Brooklyn rapper, one-half of the duo ShrapKnel and member of the Wrecking Crew, Curly Castro. We spoke about The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable, the Carrie series, the Snowfall spin-off series The Drop, his complicated relationship with blaxploitation movies, a health update, reception to ShrapKnel’s Triple Steel Beam Collection, being personal on record, knowing when to get conceptual and when to be blunt, and the creative process behind his latest solo album Yaphet, produced entirely by Locust. Come fuck with us.

Listen to our first interview from 2021 about his last solo album, Little Robert Hutton, here. 

Yaphet is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Castro's Bandcamp page or from the Backwoodz website. Follow Castro on Instagram (@curlycastro) and Twitter (@Curly_Castro). 

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, the Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system. 

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is New York-based, Florida-born, and Georgia-raised producer and multi instrumentalist Keenyn Omari. We spoke about Eyes Wide Shut and the work of Stanley Kubrick, Marty Supreme and the allure of the antihero, The Lion King, wanting to be recognized for his beats, teaching himself how to play instruments from the sax to his trademark flute, playing music in the subway, appearing on The View with Lizzo, and the creative process behind his 4th Quarter beat tape series.

Metropolitan Avenue Station, Keenyn's latest project of improvisational flute playing from the world-famous train platform, is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it via his Bandcamp page. Follow Keenyn on Instagram: @keenynomari. 

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, the Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system. 

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is Chicago rapper, producer, and owner of Crushr Records, KILLVONGARD. We spoke about Primetime, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, If I Go Will They Miss Me?, Happiness and the movies of Todd Solondz, The Lion King, being unsettled by animatronics, working toward a sound for years, and the creative process, and trials and tribulations, behind his latest album When’s It Going To End? Come fuck with us.

When's It Going To End? is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Crushr's Bandcamp page. Follow KVG on Instagram and Twitter: @killvongard. 

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, the Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system. 

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is Illinois-based rapper, producer, screenwriter, and director Frank Leone. We spoke about Louise Weard’s Castration Film series, Widow’s Bay, Mulholland Drive and the works of David Lynch, the difference between working on a movie and working on an album, mementos from the blog era, and the creative process behind his projects Fish and FREE IMPATIENCE!, his upcoming EP produced entirely by GKFAM’s Devin Burgess. Come fuck with us.

FREE IMPATIENCE! will be available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen on Friday, October 2. Vinyl is available via Fused Arrow Records, which you can preorder on Bandcamp. Follow Frank on Instagram (@frankleone_) and Twitter (@thefrankleone). Follow Devin on Instagram (@devinburgessmusic). 

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, the Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system. 

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is North Carolina-based photographer, member of the group massinfluence, and co-founder of FroLab, Cognito! We spoke about Lanterns, Watchmen, Westworld, Spike Lee’s Malcom X, charting hip-hop’s growth from the beginning to now, his time managing a Fat Beats location, forays into event promotion, fashion, and photography, documenting rappers from Black Star to MF DOOM, and the photos at the center of Yasiin Bey’s recent reissue of his 2009 album The Ecstatic. Come fuck with us.

The reissue of The Ecstatic on vinyl, CD, and cassette tape, as well as the deluxe edition vinyl paired with a book of Cognito's photos, is all available now via Rhymesayers Entertainment. The album can be purchased digitally on Bandcamp and streamed exclusively via Qobuz. Follow Cognito on Instagram (@cognito333) and Twitter (@FROLAB), and check out his personal website to stay tapped in with all things Cognito. 

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, the Gaza Soup Kitchen, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system. 

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is London rapper-producer and engineer Omari Lyseight. We spoke about Toy Story 5, Pokémon, Garfield, Cats & Dogs, his connection to both London and New York, his time with Trackout Records and Ammi Boyz, sharpening his skills on SoundCloud, linking with Mike and Earl Sweatshirt, a handful of his placements, and the creative process behind his debut album Digital, out now via Surf Gang Records. Come fuck with us.

Digital is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping on Bandcamp, and read my review of the album on Pitchfork. Follow Omari on Instagram (@omari_lyseight) and Twitter (@OmariLyseight). Follow Surf Gang on Instagram (@surfgang1) and Twitter (@1surfgang).

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system. 

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is New York-born rapper, poet, activist, actor, and author, Saul Williams. We spoke about Michael, John Cassavetes’s Gloria, Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, his love for horror films and how The Shining inspired him to become an actor, growing older with hip-hop and several anecdotes about the old and the new of the genre, working on the film Neptune Frost with his wife Anisia Uzeyman, the power of sticking to your morals over a 30-year career, sociopolitical art, and the creative process behind Leap Life, his first solo album in seven years. Come fuck with us.

Leap Life is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Saul's Bandcamp page or on physical via Ninja Tune. Follow Saul on Instagram and Twitter (@saulwilliams) and TikTok (@saulwilliams29).

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system. 

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is New York-based engineer, producer, and college professor Willie Green. We spoke about Spider-Man: Brand New Day and all things MCU, Jaws, Transformers, picking up a love of music from his uncle, what it means to produce, mix, and master a record, his history with billy woods and Backwoodz Studioz, the history behind his GreenHouse Recordings studio, and the creative process behind his album Doc Savage, the 10th anniversary remaster of which is out now. Come fuck with us.

Doc Savage remaster is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping the original from Willie Green's Bandcamp page. Follow Willie Green on Instagram and Twitter: @williegreen1. Follow The GreenHouse on Instagram: @ghrecordingbk. 

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system. 

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.