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Don’t Say Goodnight :: on Dilla’s ‘Donuts’
Twenty years since we lost Dilla and got “Donuts.”
Feb 6
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Ill True Mentals :: Best of 2025
The five best instrumental hip hop records of the year.
Dec 16, 2025
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Fear & Loathing in Charm City :: Best of 2025
Top 5 for the year: Ennals x Infinity Knives, DJ Haram, Sasco x Sunmundi, billy woods and Gabe 'Nandez x Preservation.
Dec 4, 2025
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Rap Dream Journal :: 2023-25
Other people's dreams are boring, but what about dreams with rappers in them?
Oct 18, 2025
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Dope of the Month Club :: Augtember 2025
Ten joints for your autumnal pleasures. Wait, that sounds kinda erotic, I didn't mean it like that.
Sep 17, 2025
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Saturday Night! The Philosophy :: on Schoolly D
For the 40th anniversary of "P.S.K.," some words on Schoolly D, my man Psycho Willie, the Apollonian and Dionysian.
Aug 13, 2025
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Dope of the Month Club :: Majunely 2025
Moor Mother x SUMAC, Open Mike Eagle, Rhys Langston & 9 more.
Jul 13, 2025
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Black Mirrors, Black Masks :: on billy woods’ ‘GOLLIWOG’
Refractions and reflections, doubling and splitting, x-ray eyes and iron masks.
Jun 15, 2025
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Forget It, Jake. It's Marcberg.
Fifteen years since Mt. Marci emerged from the Earth's crust.
May 6, 2025
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Dope of the Month Club :: Smarch 2025
Lousy Smarch newsletter.
Apr 10, 2025
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