Join me and special guest billy woods on Saturday, May 10 at Loudmouth in Brooklyn, for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  

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My guest this week is Camden, New Jersey-based rapper Sol ChYld. We spoke about Severance, The Ring, Halloween, It, Jordan Peele’s Nope, the importance of neo-soul and gospel music, making music in her mother’s basement, the art of constructive criticism, misogynoir in the music industry, what New Jersey brings to rap culture, and the creative process behind her latest EP Bad Bitches Can Be Conscious Rappers Too. Come fuck with us.

Bad Bitches Can Be Conscious Rappers Too is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Sol ChYld on Instagram (@sol.chyld), Twitter (@thesolchyld), and TikTok (@solchyld). 

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.

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