Over the past twenty-four hours I’ve run Trapezoid by Boldy James more times than I care to admit here.

I'd be sending Dallas quotes from these LPs all day today. Miss you champ.

some of the makeshift studios used to make boldy james “late to my own funeral”, a thread:

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The simple answer? The creator of that community was there with me on the brown message boards on a neglected Def Jam website as a young new act 24 years ago. I was 21 wet behind the ears. These ppl watched the journey in its entirety, took bullets at the mere mention of my name

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New title, same instincts...and I don't feel like playin they lil games anymore.

the smartest survival strategy of all.

The A&R was the worst human in the clubhouse era

* The first hip-hop record credited with using the TR-808 was “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force (1982), Bronx, NY. Everything you mentioned is correct, but Planet Rock is the foundation.

There’s a small but thriving community on social media of mostly young-ish Black men in what should be their most productive and family-raising years, who are obsessed with other people’s paperwork. Newsflash: EVERYONE is telling. Now let's get to it.

Choose rest without guilt, my nigga

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If all else fails, Ezra Klein could slide straight into a major label C-suite.

to my niggas who had mad comic books, knew a lot about dinosaurs and was nice on the Commodore 64: You was right all along, my nigga. I apologize.

A young Deon Estus on bass. RIP to the GOAT

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No tears in the casino.

I can give you the answer you want or the answer I really want you to get.

One can despise J. Edgar Hoover, yet marvel at the architecture of his design.