Reel Notes w/ CineMasai

Reel Notes w/ CineMasai

Reel Notes is a space for conversations about the relationship between rap and film with rappers, producers, journalists, directors, and more. Intro track via JWords (follow her @_jwords on Instagram & Twitter) Art direction via Big Flowers (Instagram: @watermichaelguy, Twitter: @michaelfornow_)

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June 18, 2025 123 mins

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My guests this week are New York rapper and engineer blackchai and Tennessee-via-North Carolina rapper, producer, and engineer Illohim, who record together at the duo Pathfinders. We spok...

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May 28, 2025 97 mins

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My guest this week is New York producer and engineer Tony Seltzer. We spoke about Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and the legacy of David Lynch, Harriet the Spy, Little Figuitive, growing u...

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May 21, 2025 121 mins

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My guest this week is Montreal-via-Zambia rapper, producer, and composer Backxwash. We spoke about Sinners, Nigerian cinema, our respective histories with horror movies, moving from Zambi...

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May 14, 2025 106 mins

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My guest this week is Vermont-via-Chicago producer, multiinstrumentalist, and record shop owner Greg Davis, also known by his beatmaking alias, Asterisk. We spoke about Perfect Days, the ...

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May 7, 2025 86 mins

Join me and special guest billy woods on Saturday, May 10 at Loudmouth in Brooklyn, for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  

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April 30, 2025 110 mins

Join me and special guest billy woods on Saturday, May 10 at Loudmouth in Brooklyn, for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  

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April 23, 2025 101 mins

Join me and special guest billy woods on Saturday, May 10 at Loudmouth in Brooklyn, for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  

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April 16, 2025 91 mins

Join me and special guest billy woods on Saturday, May 10 at Loudmouth BK for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  

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April 9, 2025 93 mins

Join me and special guest billy woods for the eighth iteration of Reel Talk, a Reel Notes movie night, on Saturday, May 10 at LoudmouthBK. We'll be screening the 1997 psychological horror film Cure and talking about his latest album, Golliwog. Tickets and more info here.  

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April 2, 2025 100 mins

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My guest this week is Bronx rapper Hester Valentine. We spoke about the current state of music media and streaming, Donnie Darko, Opus, Mulholland Drive, how David Lynch and D...

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March 26, 2025 85 mins

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My guest this week is California-via-Massachusetts rapper, singer-songwriter, drummer, and DJ, Lyric Jones. We spoke about They Cloned Tyrone, Charlie Brown and Peanuts, The T...

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March 19, 2025 116 mins

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My guest this week is Virginia rapper Henny L.O. We spoke about Baki Hanma, YouTube rabbit holes, how discovering Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and Wu-Tang Clan changed his life, his ...

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My guests this week are Brooklyn-via-Oakland producer August Fanon and Connecticut producer and musician Child Actor. We spoke about The Monkey, Severance, Return to Oz, The L...

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March 5, 2025 91 mins

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My guests this week are Detroit rapper-producer Black Milk and Detroit rapper and Bruiser Brigade member Fat Ray. We spoke about Baki Hanma, Atlanta, Shaka Zulu, Bloodsport, t...

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February 26, 2025 92 mins

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My guest this week is rapper, producer, and activist Ghais Guevara. We spoke about Nickel Boys, Steve McQueen’s latest film Blitz, our conflicted feelings on the Marvel Cinema...

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February 19, 2025 144 mins

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My guest this week is Idaho-born rapper, producer, poet, composer, and foun...

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February 12, 2025 80 mins

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My guest this week is New York-based singer, songwriter, producer, filmmaker, and multidisciplinary artist YATTA. We spoke about Serafina!, Amistad, Chicago, the art of the mu...

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My guest for the season 5 premiere is New York rapper-producer miles cooke. We spoke about Silo, Memento, his love of Phillip K. Dick and all things sci-fi, his appreciation f...

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