I spoke to Chris Smalls about his organizing journey, his recent experience in an Israeli prison, &his future plans, including “revitalizing” the American Labor Party. Rolling Stone | Christian Smalls rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Few things are more insufferable than the overly-online amateur A&Rs, data crunching nerds, and 1st week sales geeks who think that metrics are a substitute for talking about the actual art and music itself. william has some words for you all passionweiss.com/2025/08/21/you…

“Sure, Earl’s darker raps might have ‘saved your life.’ But it shouldn’t have taken a sunny album title for fans to realize that with each successive album, he’s come to find vaster meaning in his own.” Rolling Stone rollingstone.com/music/music-al…

if you're talking from a mainstream perspective then i agree, but go outside the major label system and really tap in with the underground / independent scene and there's so many projects with rich replay value from the 2020s imo

Let’s talk about good music.

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I interviewed David Joyner, who physically portrayed Barney for over 10 years. He spoke to me about what he brought to the character as a Black man, his experiences with racism on and off set, and his thoughts on Ayo Edebiri & Daniel Kaluuya’s forthcoming iteration of Barney.

wrote about Chance The Rapper and Earl Sweatshirt, two blog era success stories who now happen to be fathers in their early 30s figuring it all out one step at a time on their latest albums, for Hearing Things hearingthings.co/chance-the-rap…

this has all become very salacious but at the root of everything are the politics of a city criminalizing a rap scene bore from of traumatizing, underserved conditions the establishment wanted all of this to happen

"She's in the weight room working out while we're getting our lift in." Cam Bynum on Colts' owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon Kay Adams | Camryn Bynum Indianapolis Colts

dont ask me why but i turned on the cbs/nbc coverage while i was getting ready for something &was astounded at how omissive they were about the depths of his rhetoric theyre committed to denial about the inherent hate in this country. so dystopian

This is a very good example of artist development. He wasn’t afraid to put out the music he was working on. His sound, his flow, his cadence, and his production choices all improved over time. This is what every artist who touches a mic should do. Brick by brick. Now he is here.

Koffee Brown x Cadillac Chronicles 🔥🔥🔥

Ik you couldn’t wait to tear up them oranges at halftime

again: why are people so surprised when black people stop fucking with people who openly praise folks who disparage us, our culture, and our communities? either this is legit cluelessness or people really want us to kick it w/folks who parrot ideas like MLK was a bad guy.

If you get a plug and focus on Apple/Tidal/Amazon playlists instead of worrying about Spotify playlists, 800k-1million spins gets you $10k, instead of $4k per million spins

I’ve put my own money behind producing 90% of my interviews. What I’ve learnt is that people in this industry will praise the finished product & want to be part of it, but won’t lift a finger to help you even when they can. Grateful for the people that care because they are FEW

A night all about you, our Red Bulls faithful 🫶 🎤 Step up and audition to perform the national anthem: win.gs/4pmOUFb 🗳️ Or nominate someone you know to Send the Bulls: win.gs/46rIUT8 🗓️ Deadline is this Friday, September 26th!!!

not sure i’ve ever seen a pro athlete go this hard with such measure and flawless execution.

It wasn't misunderstood. You are putting forward, on the show and now, that people seeing images of the genocide by Israel that the US is enabling is "disinformation" by Iran and Qatar. One of the most heinous atrocities in our lifetime, and you are providing cover for it.