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August shouldn't feel like a "dump month" for new rap albums. Try digging a little deeper, via the latest @cabbageshiphop newsletter.

The Tortured Poets Department: August Edition

August doesn't have to be a "dump month" for new rap albums. +reviews of EBK Jaaybo and RU$H & SwuM

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I’m Gary

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It's what iLoveMakonnen would've wanted.

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@kendricklamar Bro decided to end him on a Tuesday

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MTV News' writers deserved better than to have their work disappear. So did the readers and researchers who would benefit from this work being available. Music journalism erasure is a loss for the cultures we cover. What remains, and where it has pivoted, cannot make up for that.

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I listened to "Family Matters" and "meet the grahams" for the first time back-to-back. Only one of those is a diss track; the other is video of Ghostface Killah standing in front of a stationary camera in a hotel room shouting death threats over a Teddy Pendergrass song

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probably Jay-Z

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If Hip Hop got serious about forming a union.. who would try to stop it? Bc someone will

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I don't know what these Bandcamp editorial layoffs mean for the future and character of Bandcamp Daily, but that publication has been a lifeline for so many independent artists, a rare outlet willing to cover non-major-label music to explore niches and nooks.

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Rap beef is a distraction, you say? You really think that all these people enjoying a lyrical sparring match between major label music artists would otherwise be glued to the genocidal goings-on in Gaza or Rafah? You don't suppose those that do care have the capacity for both?

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A truly talented and technically proficient rapper, without question, albeit one who hasn't made a listenable or enjoyable album since 2007. His gift and his curse...

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Lupe Fiasco last night at Coachella. No one wants that smoke lol. Ask Royce.

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Congratulations to everyone just learning about Jay Electronica from *checks notes* a Noname album.

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I finally heard "Not Like Us" in a nightclub setting last night in Brooklyn. It was immediately following a fantastic performance by Long Beach rapper Seafood Sam. Then the DJ dropped the song and the room, which was already energized, transformed. Holy shit, Kendrick won this.

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The last verse on Kendrick's "meet the grahams" is basically a R.I.C.O. case.

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I'm glad that Taylor Swift honored Nas by dropping her new album on the 30th anniversary of Illmatic, the original tortured poets department

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It would be amazing if the laid-off and/or freelance music journos could band together to buy a zombified media property like XXL or The Source and restore them to their former greatness. Done well, an employee-owned version of either of those could be rap's own Defector.

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The number of people who got into ***music journalism*** to become "friends" with rappers is fucking embarrassing.

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Relationships became more important, aint this what happened to radio?

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We lost everything when music publications decided stop publishing music criticism.

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No one even really reviewed the Puff album that’s crazy, we used to be a proper country

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This is what you replaced us with?

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The state of hip hop journalism on tiktok

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Most grievances & hand-wringing around the state of music journalism revolve around problems of coverage of the biggest stars and the most monied labels. There's an enormous amount of music to cover outside of those. How can we, as writers and editors, focus instead on that?

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Honestly embarrassing that P4K was too shook to give Armand Hammer's latest 'Best New Music.' You had them play your festival. You gave it to woods' last solo album. What are you afraid of? ELUCID is nice on the mic. P4K, shook.

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Sorry, you won't find anything from Sony, Warner, or Universal on this list. What you will find are ten of the best independent hip-hop/rap albums of the year... so far. It's the @cabbageshiphop way.

The Best Hip-Hop/Rap Albums Of 2024... So Far

You know what this is. +reviews of the latest from Michael Christmas and Saint Jame$

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I'm just glad we're talking about Kendrick Lamar and not Tommy Richman.

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Honestly, we're all just spinning our wheels out here until @CraigSJ drops his Drake vs. Kendrick essay.

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I can't tell you how tired I am of reading tweets from people complaining about how there are no more music journalism outlets left. They're not looking for them. They're not doing the basic work of participating in the discovery process. They expect it to come to them passively.

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"I GOT A SON TO RAISE BUT I SEE YOU KNOW NOTHIN' ABOUT THAT"

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I see the jokes about Vice and all I can say is this: if you think it was all salacious headlines and "WE TOOK A DRUG AT AN EVENT" content, then you never really were much of a reader of the site or its verticals. I stand by my byline at Noisey and Thump.

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Friendly reminder to all that @cabbageshiphop is going on 4 years and covers independent, underground, up-and-coming, and relatively unknown rappers every single week.

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like it or not No Jumper is one of the extremely few places that covers up and coming rappers dude has traction because every other outlet only lasts like a year and a half

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Reading Steve Albini's 'The Problem With Music' in the 1990s was like finding a secret scroll, a verboten manifesto that made me realize some of my friends were probably already this fucked.

The Problem with Music | Steve Albini

How record labels use A&R flaks and impenetrable contracts to screw artists while raking in millions

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It's actually waaaaay more embarrassing for XXL that their editorial team *picked* a rapper who was too shook to rap in a cypher for its 2024 Freshmen list...

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The Best Hip-Hop/Rap Albums of 2023, according to @cabbageshiphop

The Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2023

CABBAGES highlights the year's finest in independent and underground hip-hop and rap music.

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R.A.P. Ferreira ( @hipcatscience ) & AJ Suede ( @AJSUEDE ) don't mirror Raekwon & Ghostface Killah, per se, yet they nonetheless find unique congruity in their distinctly gifted approaches as the duo G's Us. Read more in the @cabbageshiphop newsletter.

Only Built 4 G's Us Pieces

Thoughts on the R.A.P. Ferreira x AJ Suede team-up, +reviews of Bruiser Wolf and Johnny Ciggs & Starr Nyce.

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@imgarysuarez

1 year

Younger writers like @andrejgee , @Al_Peeair , @ariellenyc , and @CineMasai_ (among others) have been treating hip-hop/rap with the respect it deserves in this work. When we have the chance to elevate those doing it right, we ought to seize the opportunity.

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They don't wanna pay artists for music. They don't wanna pay journalists to write about music. They deserve nothing but the worst, most corporatized soylent pop trash.

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I interviewed Kool Keith ( @UltraMan7000 ) for @cabbageshiphop .

Kool Keith, Still Funkin' Heads Up After All These Years

The rap legend talks about Black Elvis 2, his production preferences and pet peeves, and a lifelong love of funk.

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In the genre's corporatized 50th anniversary year, hip-hop/rap journalism is all-but niche now. The biggest genre in the world, relegated to craven gossip sites, toxic podcasters, the occasional NYT profile. If anyone wants better, sign up for CABBAGES.

CABBAGES

fresh veg for hip-hop heads | subscribe to the newsletter for free

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@speriod Truly absurd that he's included in any G.O.A.T. convo with a catalog that cruddy

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It's not some conspiracy on the part of UMG to orchestrate a rap beef to distract the general public from what Netanyahu and the IDF are doing in Palestine / occupied territories. UMG is interested in profit, and two of its artists having a high profile song battle is profit.

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I interviewed @Sid_Madden and @samjleeds of @LouderThanARiot for @cabbageshiphop .

'Louder Than A Riot' Podcast Cuts Through Hip-Hop Noise

+ reviews of BoriRock & Grubby Pawz, Jay NiCE & Dough Networkz, and billy woods & Kenny Segal. #136

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Who really thinks that Lucien Grange got Drake and Kendrick to agree to an elaborate back-and-forth on the eve of a Rafah incursion by the IDF? Nobody with any sense in their heads. You wanna know a real distraction? Conspiracy theories.

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Devasted doesn't begin to describe how I feel about losing Steve Albini. He's the producer (err, engineer) who almost single-handedly shaped my teenaged tastes in rock music. The first time I heard The Jesus Lizard's "Puss" in '93 it made me briefly forget Nirvana existed. R.I.P.

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Nobody *really* needs a review to decide whether to buy a Diddy album in 2023, but the culture definitely would benefit from some sharp writers contextualizing and examining it in a format longer than a tweet.

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I interviewed Mutant Academy rappers @flyanakin , @BigKahunaOG , and @HennyLo_ for @cabbageshiphop

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Imagine a version of music journalism where we stopped chasing the superstars for possible scraps and instead graze on the countless artists dropping new music every week who aren't UMG/Sony/Warner's top priorities. Maybe we'd all be happier writers.

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At least now we understand *why* Kendrick took "First Person Shooter" the way he did. Drake came to him for a feature, theoretically for that very song, when the two of them clearly had some issues that one of them wasn't ready to overlook without a sit-down.

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I interviewed Sauce Walka ( @Sauce_Walka102 ) for @cabbageshiphop . (And yes, I asked about his album with @Alchemist .)

Sauce Walka Goes For The G.O.A.T.

The Houston drip dynamo talks 'Saucefather 2.' +reviews of Fatboi Sharif x Duncecap and Rich Jones x SINAI.

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11 months

I've interviewed more rappers in the last ten years than you've listened to in your entire life.

Thank God All My Friends Are Black

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@imgarysuarez Hip hop is my culture, not yours, so……….

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1 year

It took almost two-and-a-half decades, but Kool Keith's 'Black Elvis' sequel has arrived. Read the @cabbageshiphop interview with the rap legend now.

Kool Keith, Still Funkin' Heads Up After All These Years

The rap legend talks about Black Elvis 2, his production preferences and pet peeves, and a lifelong love of funk.

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@imgarysuarez

11 months

So far in 2023, 33 albums have been deemed 'Best New Music' by P4K. Of those, two were rap albums. That's 6%. P4K is one of the only outlets that consistently publishes hip-hop/rap album reviews of substance. Is the genre really so grim that only *two* were deemed great?

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I know this is not some profound new argument. I'm on a soapbox that's well-worn and boot-scuffed, and my passion for the independent side of rap is known. But at this point, P4K should take a hard look at why it undervalues hip-hop/rap compared to the other genres it covers.

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The more I read this, the angrier I get. There was some tremendous work being done editorially at P4K, and gutting the team to shrink the brand under GQ (a publication with some good editorial, but a decidedly narrower demographic audience) feels like an especially cruel end.

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News: In a note to staff, Condé Nast announces that Pitchfork is being moved under GQ.

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I couldn't in good conscience let you go into Memorial Day weekend without some rap music recommendations. Here are ten albums you probably haven't heard--but you should...

Ten 2024 Rap Albums You Haven't Heard But Should

A midyear look at some underrepresented 2024 LPs from Al.Divino, Midnight Sons, Semiratruth, and more.

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Getting PR emails about media credentials for music festivals. Media credentials? What media? The music press can't prop your lineups up if we no longer exist.

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It's honestly surreal to get press releases about albums right now from publicists now that P4K is all-but over. For indie rock, especially, but for a number of genres, it was the sole place you'd find a proper review for an independently-released album. Where to now?

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As a Coke Boys mixtape fan, I've long defended French Montana. This, however, is indefensible.

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French Montana is stupid

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ICYMI: I interviewed DāM-FunK and Jay Worthy for @cabbageshiphop

Boogie Knights: A Jay Worthy X DāM-FunK Interview

The California funk maestros discuss their forthcoming joint LP 'Magic Hour.' +reviews of Dun Dealy and Reaper Mook

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(1) Practically all the music journalists got laid off. (2) Few of the "content writers" who remain are in a position to pitch such a story at their click-centric outlets. (3) I will mourn Discogs when it is gone.

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I interviewed @KARIFAUX for @cabbageshiphop .

From Little Rock To H-Town, Kari Faux Makes Southern Rap

The Arkansas native pays homage to Southern rap. + Reviews of Kassa Overall, Goya Gumbani, and Estee Nack. #137.

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Rockism sucks, sure... ... but it's wild that poptimism's endgame turned out to be: (1) perpetual media fealty to stars for fear of fan reprisals (2) late-stage capitalism horrors, like pairing JoJo with a Botox competitors as P4K sponcon

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Only way Drake can recover from Kendrick is go full juggalo

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I'm assuredly late to the discourse, but: (1) Pieces like this demonstrates how little the general public understands major label album rollout processes. (2) When you opt not to pay to consume journalism/criticism, you get what you get. (3) We all "digest" 2+ hour content daily.

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Whether you love or hate Taylor Swift's latest album, there is no way to adequately digest its 31 songs and write about it within hours of its release, says @jkarl26 via @opinion

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The fact that talented writer-critics have been institutionally sidelined by outlets so much that you're almost certainly getting most of your hip-hop media content from TikTok/IG clips of podcasters/personalities and their guests spreading unchecked disinfo/misinfo...

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I interviewed @dabrye for @cabbageshiphop .

Dabrye Reboots The Beat Tape

Tadd Mullinix revives his hip-hop moniker for 'Super-Cassette.' w/ reviews of Chyna Streetz + Midi Neutron.

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I interviewed @Chuck_Strangers for @cabbageshiphop .

Chuck Strangers Cops A 'Plea,' On His Own Terms

The Flatbush-bred rapper/producer discusses his new album. +reviews of Cakes Da Killa and Tony Shhnow.

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New albums out today from Chromeo and Heems? It's gonna be 2010 in my mind all weekend...

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@imgarysuarez

11 months

I've written for most music journalism/media outlets of note over the years and some dubious ones too but Spin was never one of them and given the Guccioni Jr. drivel I just read--him defending Wenner while bemoaning cancel culture--it was worth not pitching for that $150 check

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I interviewed H31R ( @_jwords & @maassai_ ) for @cabbageshiphop .

Signing With Big Dada, H31R Ascend The Throne

NJ/NY duo JWords and maassai discuss their process and the just-announced 'HeadSpace' LP for Big Dada.

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All I'm saying is that first it's rumors and hearsay in rap songs and then one day the Feds are raiding your homes and confiscating your passports

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This is a big one. I interviewed @jayworthy142 and @DaMFunK for @cabbageshiphop .

Boogie Knights: A Jay Worthy X DāM-FunK Interview

The California funk maestros discuss their forthcoming joint LP 'Magic Hour.' +reviews of Dun Dealy and Reaper Mook

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1 year

Anyway, here's some very worthwhile recommended reading material on how Islam has impacted and helped to shape hip-hop/rap over the years.

Return of the Mecca Book

Edited by the curator Sohail Daulatzai, this limited edition pressing of the commemorative book for the "Return of the Mecca: The Art of Islam...

returnofthemecca.bigcartel.com

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Yes, the "big" music journalism outlets got gobbled up by venture capital vultures and left to rot by incompetent corporate types. But there are still smaller, independent ones to support. So do that. Do the work of finding them. Then tell your friends. Do that.

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Listening to Sam's Town for the first time in over a decade and maybe I'll lose my music critic's license over this but it's a classic rock album in this house

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And as I tweeted more than eight years ago: "Man, if you're upset about Action Bronson lyrics wait until you hear about rap music."

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@hetherrfortune Spiderman pointing at Spiderman meme

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There's an incredible hip-hop album dropping tonight. No, not Eminem. I'm talking about Jay Worthy and DāM-FunK. Read all about it in their @cabbageshiphop interview.

Boogie Knights: A Jay Worthy X DāM-FunK Interview

The California funk maestros discuss their forthcoming joint LP 'Magic Hour.' +reviews of Dun Dealy and Reaper Mook

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I gotta sit back and laugh at all these big corporate owned/backed music festivals cropping up or returning amid a decimated music media landscape. Who will prop up their shitty experiences with pre-event coverage now? Who will champion smaller artists on these bills? Good luck.

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I interviewed PremRock ( @PlanetPremRock ) of ShrapKnel for @cabbageshiphop .

VIDEO: ShrapKnel's PremRock On 'Nobody Planning To Leave'

The Backwoodz Studioz rapper stops by Radio Free Cabbages at Brooklyn's Newtown Radio.

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Every time I've logged into this wretched app this week, someone has declared some hugely successful rapper of the 1990s as underrated or under-appreciated and all I'm saying is maybe people who want their rap opinions taken seriously should stop just tweeting such nonsense.

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You didn't think we'd end 2023 on a whisper, did you? We got billy woods and @BlockheadNYC of @BackwoodzHipHop on the @cabbageshiphop podcast to discuss 1987's drama Street Smart. Oh, and we got it all on video too.

PODCAST: billy woods & Blockhead on 'Street Smart'

Backwoodz Studioz guyz billy woods and Blockhead discuss the Morgan Freeman/Christopher Reeve drama.

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I interviewed @fattonyrap for @cabbageshiphop .

Fat Tony Ponders Birth And Death, Song By Song

The Houston born rapper discusses his new Taydex-produced album 'I Will Make A Baby In This Damn Economy.'

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ICYMI: in the latest @cabbageshiphop newsletter, I went long on G's Us while also reviewing the latest from Bruiser Wolf + Johnny Ciggs & Starr Nyce. Give it a read and, if you like it, sign up for a subscription (free or paid). New editions weekly!

Only Built 4 G's Us Pieces

Thoughts on the R.A.P. Ferreira x AJ Suede team-up, +reviews of Bruiser Wolf and Johnny Ciggs & Starr Nyce.

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We all know by now these P4K scores are aggregates. Even if a review is well-written and engages positively or thoughtfully with the work, as the one for Diabetic Test Strips comes across, it frequently doesn't match the score. So whomst at P4K that thinks Armand Hammer is wack?

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Pieces like this are great, and I think @israelizreal did a great job of identifying the problematic folks as well as the problem. What I would love to see in pieces like this are more examples of hip-hop/rap journalists and personalities who are doing a *good* job.

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“How did it get to this point, where so much of hip-hop adjacent media is becoming rooted in standard-issue reactionary politics &/or the cynical exploitation of the pain and death of the people who still create the music?” @israelizreal w the diagnosis

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I've been running my own weekly hip-hop / rap music discovery email newsletter CABBAGES for over three years now, and also co-host a podcast where I talk with rappers about movies. It's free to subscribe, with paid tier options for those who want more.

CABBAGES

fresh veg for hip-hop heads | subscribe to the newsletter for free

www.cabbageshiphop.com

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It's been nearly two years, but I made my return to @RollingStone 's review section today.

Residente’s ‘Las Letras Ya No Importan’ Is a Feast That Could Use More Focus

Residente's Las Letras Ya Na Importan' Review

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Here I'll get you started. You like rock and punk? Try the rebooted CREEM More into independent hip-hop and rap? I've got you covered every week with CABBAGES Here's a bigger, curated list by @JoshhTerry :

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@CineMasai_ mixed with eugenics

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

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I wrote about "experimental" hip-hop and the new EP from @TheyHateChange in the latest @cabbageshiphop newsletter.

Out: "Experimental." // In: They Hate Change

The Floridian rap duo returns... w/ reviews of Vic Spencer & Original Super Legend + Pootie & Nothing_neue.

www.cabbageshiphop.com

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

11 months

This is one of the weakest Drake raps I've ever heard. Punchlines are cringe and lazy. You expect more from someone angling for GOAT status. Happy for Conductor Williams, though. Solid beat.

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this is @rocmarci , this is @WESTSIDEGUNN , this is an entire wing of indie rap people talk about their influence &you might think theyre talking to talk... but then the two biggest rappers in the world lead off their albums with soulful beats with sparse drums

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

2 months

After that pitiful performance last night, the Democratic establishment needs to stop pretending that it's the American Left that's going to cost Biden the election.

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

11 months

@andrejgee These artists don't realize the mercy we've collectively granted them.

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

1 year

We brought defprez rappers @defcee and @CRASHprez on the @cabbageshiphop podcast to talk about White Men Can't Jump 2023. Jack Harlow fans, you have been warned...

Podcast: defprez On 'White Men Can't Jump'

The Chicago-area rappers drop in to discuss Jack Harlow's co-starred reboot of the '90s basketball movie classic.

www.cabbageshiphop.com

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

2 months

I guess if you're the kind of guy who simps for rich entertainers when they bemoan "cancel culture" and claim to be "silenced" by the P.C. mob then 'The Death Of Slim Shady' is probably, exclusively for you

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@imgarysuarez

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Part of running a successful movie podcast is matching the right guest with the right film. That's how we ended up with Open @Mike_Eagle on 'Paid In Full.' Full video here:

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

1 year

I hate mid-year "Best Albums So Far" coverage. It just reaffirms these publications' obvious major label biases and consensus blinders. So for @cabbageshiphop , I put together a list of 10 great hip-hop/rap albums you probably haven't heard yet this year.

Ten 2023 Rap Albums You Haven't Heard But Should

A look at some underrepresented 2023 LPs from ANKHLEJOHN & LOOK DAMIEN!, VirgoTwins, and more.

www.cabbageshiphop.com

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

3 months

I interviewed @NosajNew70487 (of New Kingdom!) and @HeightKeech about their new "post-hip-hop" band @wavegenerators for @cabbageshiphop .

They're An American Band: A Wave Generators Interview

Nosaj of New Kingdom and Height Keech discuss their just-released After The End. +reviews of Estee Nack & Pastense

www.cabbageshiphop.com

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

11 months

Don't worry: CABBAGES is not for sale. It'll go belly up on my own terms (and my own belly).

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

2 months

There's been a number of interviews with some excellent rappers and producers in the @cabbageshiphop newsletter recently. Here are a few you may have missed: Jay Worthy & DāM-FunK (1/3)

Boogie Knights: A Jay Worthy X DāM-FunK Interview

The California funk maestros discuss their forthcoming joint LP 'Magic Hour.' +reviews of Dun Dealy and Reaper Mook

www.cabbageshiphop.com

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

5 months

When it comes to talking with rappers about movies that star other rappers, nobody beats the @cabbageshiphop podcast. This week: Open @Mike_Eagle on 'Paid In Full' Watch full episode video on YouTube or listen to CABBAGES wherever you get podcasts.

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

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@CraigSJ I need to see a Pulitzer Prize nominee's pen at work on the Pulitzer Prize winner's beef. Everything else is thinkpieces and stan dust.

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I’m Gary

@imgarysuarez

11 months

Honestly, I get it. People see a photo on a social profile and extrapolate what they want from it. They don't realize who took my photo (Mike Miller, who photographed 2Pac, Eazy-E, Snoop) or anything about me (Latino, born/raised in Queens, grew up 2 blocks from N.O.R.E., etc.)

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