The Knicks won the Finals and the city is on fire! It’s also still Black Music month so you’ve still got work to do by way of calling 1-877-DONWILL and answering the following prompt:
When you hear the term ‘black music’ what comes to mind? Like in your estimation who makes the blackest music? There are no wrong answers! Be as clever or straightforward as you want.
SHOWS
June 16 - Shouting At The Screen - Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park: We’re doing the show on a Tuesday this time and as usual we’d really love to sell this one out. TICKETS
June 19 - Juneteenth at Weeksville: Family friendly and fun! There will be vendors and performances and it’s all FREE
June 19 - Toast & Jams will be back at Friends & Lovers in Crown Heights for a black ass good time. Me and Mekdot will be throwing down from 10pm until 4am and you can get your tickets here or at the door
THE ALMANAC OF RAP
This week’s episode is from a live recording that we did a few months ago. The conversation with with Regan Sommer McCoy and we talk about the importance of mixtapes as an archive. It’s a slight break from the usual format of the show but still just as engaging as ever. You
You can listen to the episode here or at the youtube links above.
NEWS
The big news is that I got featured in Newsweek for The Almanac of Rap. The write up they gave me was truly wonderful and made me sound like an actual authority on hip hop. I would post a screenshot but it honestly doesn’t do the thing justice so here is a link to the article. You guys should go read it and leave a comment because that is the metric by which these sites measure the value of the things that they cover. Trust me, I am knee deep in the like, comment, subscribe lifestyle.
Other than that I’m currently in the middle of researching The Jungle Brothers and AZ so my head is kinda spun right now. I don’t really even know what new music is out there so we’ll discover it together this week.
VIDEOS
Hit Boy is good for dropping a Youtube only jam. I wonder what that is about. It’s probably a way around label red tape. Whatever the reason this is good.
Wiki’s album is fire and this video is great. I love when native New Yorker’s write about their relationship to the city.
Everything is extreme and it’s totally normal for Evelyn Champagne King to ride around in a Cadillac singing her hits. Content baby!
DJ Kemit went crazy on this set. Top tier selections!
ALBUM
Ancient History - Wiki
Saturday Night - PJ Morton
SONGS
God Gotta Afro - Rapsody
Real Hustla - Ludacris & GloRilla
The Machinist - Larry June