David Ma

300 45s will be available — Coming this Friday!

Dropping next week from Needle to the Groove Records: “Courage Under Fire” by the legendary Aceyalone + MUMBLES.

A dark, dark song befitting these dark, dark times.

Limited pressing of 300 45s. Taking orders 10/24/25 🌋🌋🌋🌋

A beautiful requiem for the miracle that was D'Angelo.

The pen, the voice, the face, the talent.

The three classics.

The genius that he could summon by force of will.

The impossibility of categorizing him.

The void that his death leaves.

By Abe Beame

www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/d...

"In the Raw," on the making of D'Angelo's brilliant debut oBrown Sugar, can be read on the Wax Poetics website.
#Dangelo

Could you imagine if Jay-Z took Columbia Records to court in 2001 bc Nas called him a "Tae Bo ho" in "Ether" ?

Live right now!

the morning show with Open Mike Eagle: 100 best rap albums that I could think of | REACTIONS! (new Black Thought, Benny's nerds)

twitch.tv/open_mike_ea...

for every post you make about a major pop album today i decree you make one bandcamp friday purchase

best song ever

YouTube video by Open Mike Eagle Open Mike Eagle - ok but im the phone screen (official video)

new music video

'ok but im the phone screen' produced by Child Actor

youtu.be/p5POCJJsSZk

The last Cold Chillin’ album features an amazing performance from Kool G Rap and some top notch production. Great fall/winter album.

Public Enemy X Jimmy Kimmel Live
#JimmyKimmel
#FightThePower

YouTube video by Scarface - Topic Guess Who's Back

Jimmy Kimmel walking into the studio tomorrow like www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyY-...

The nü crash course in magic orchestrated by Chester Watson

Out this Monday

Every passing day is a different dystopian "didn't have_____ on my bingo card!" Joke that gets less and less funny.

LOL

In 50 years, we'll look back on this era of cancerous brain rot, nihilism & ideological extremes with shame & regret that we never did a thing about the social media algorithms designed to reward polarization, outrage & hatred. But in the meantime, we'll all be fodder for the content slaughter mill

these dudes spit all kinds of wild sex shit throughout people’s childhoods and adolescences now they’re clutching pearls at this shit? man I’m so tired of RAPPERS

It's Like That: The Makings of a Hip-Hop Writer - Longreads Hip-hop was a different kind of music that needed a different kind of writer to cover it. This is how Michael A. Gonzales came of age in a time when Black writers began breaking the white ceiling.

Coming of age in the '70s & '80s there weren't many journalists of color writing for glossy magazines...and then hip-hop scene came along and contributed to the birth of a new generation of publications and scribes.
--It's Like That: The Makings of a Hip-Hop Writer longreads.com/2019/06/10/i...

“The Asian delegation rejects Dean Cain”

My Collection: L.A. Icons Tha Alkaholiks Break Down Their Career-Defining Records Los Angeles’ Tha Alkaholiks talk about each of their classic records from 1993 all the way to their newest album, Daaam!

Tha Alkaholiks are one of the most underrated rap groups ever.

JD Sutler went deep with Tash, J-Ro & E-Swift about their most classic records from "Turn Tha Party Out" to "Hip Hop Drunkies" w/ ODB, "Likwit Fusion" with Lootpack to their latest, "Daaam!"

www.passionweiss.com/2025/08/05/m...

Mini tribute 🧵 to Howie Tee...

These are only a few of his many songs that he produced. He's worked with Chubb Rock, Special Ed, Color Me Badd, UTFO, Madonna, Patra, etc.

Rest easy 🕊💙

On the 30th anniversary of Raekwon’s OB4CL, I pulled from the archives and re-upped my full talk with the chef where he revisited his masterwork and broke everything down track-by-track.

davidma1.medium.com/ob4cl-turns-...

THEEE BEST

It’s SO good.

Watch Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan | Netflix Official Site Ed Sullivan broke barriers by booking Black artists on his Sunday night variety show. This documentary spotlights the TV pioneer's legacy of equality.

Before he passed in May, Sacha Jenkins (unbeknownst to the public) completed a documentary about Ed Sullivan, his variety show and his championing of Black artists by booking them to perform. Netflix contacted him and picked it up. That doc, Sunday Best, is out today. netflix.com/title/82048609

youtu.be/FkmRWdNfisg?...

The Clipse feat. Kendrick Lamar - Chains & Whips (Amen Edit), by DJ Platurn track by DJ Platurn

New shit.
djplaturn.bandcamp.com/track/the-cl...

Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals Do Not Hold Back A bracingly honest interview from a hip-hop duo that knows no other way.

in may i spent a day moving around baltimore with infinity knives and brian ennals, getting a raw look at the trials and creative triumphs that went into the making of their stunning new album