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Don’t Say Goodnight: on Dilla’s “Donuts”
Twenty years since we lost Dilla and got “Donuts.”
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DON'T SAY GOODNIGHT :: ON DILLA'S "DONUTS"
Twenty years since we lost J. Dilla and got "Donuts."
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Twenty years since we lost J. Dilla and got "Donuts."
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Bandcamp Friday is over, but as always, the music don't go stale. Plus, the Bonus Beats section has:
- Live sets from Kassa Overall and Digable Planets
- Squadda B's audiobook
- Newsletter drops from @natalieweiner.bsky.social & @jonnyauping.bsky.social
- @elmattic.bsky.social on Dilla
And more!
- Live sets from Kassa Overall and Digable Planets
- Squadda B's audiobook
- Newsletter drops from @natalieweiner.bsky.social & @jonnyauping.bsky.social
- @elmattic.bsky.social on Dilla
And more!
First Bandcamp Friday edition of the blog, and it's a big'un. Come through for new music from Puma Blue, Dua Saleh, Mandy Indiana, Charlotte Day Wilson, Chris Crack, Sleep Sinatra and Heather Grey, and much much more.
blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...
blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...
What's Good (Week of 2/1/26 - Bandcamp Friday Edition)
First Bandcamp Friday edition of the blog of the year! New joints from Charlotte Day Wilson, Chris Crack, Dua Saleh, Mandy, Indiana, NAHreally, Puma Blue, Son Raw, Silversun Pickups, and much more!
blog.djregular.tech
February 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Bandcamp Friday is over, but as always, the music don't go stale. Plus, the Bonus Beats section has:
- Live sets from Kassa Overall and Digable Planets
- Squadda B's audiobook
- Newsletter drops from @natalieweiner.bsky.social & @jonnyauping.bsky.social
- @elmattic.bsky.social on Dilla
And more!
- Live sets from Kassa Overall and Digable Planets
- Squadda B's audiobook
- Newsletter drops from @natalieweiner.bsky.social & @jonnyauping.bsky.social
- @elmattic.bsky.social on Dilla
And more!
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the first boat always hovers at hand to assist its consort
February 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
the first boat always hovers at hand to assist its consort
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DON'T SAY GOODNIGHT :: ON DILLA'S "DONUTS"
Twenty years since we lost J. Dilla and got "Donuts."
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Twenty years since we lost J. Dilla and got "Donuts."
open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Don’t Say Goodnight: on Dilla’s “Donuts”
Twenty years since we lost Dilla and got “Donuts.”
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
DON'T SAY GOODNIGHT :: ON DILLA'S "DONUTS"
Twenty years since we lost J. Dilla and got "Donuts."
open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Twenty years since we lost J. Dilla and got "Donuts."
open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
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Eating the AI art in protest is ironically more Art than whatever the fuck the ai guy was doing
KINGOOOOOOOOOOO
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Eating the AI art in protest is ironically more Art than whatever the fuck the ai guy was doing
The Basquiatification of MLK
we have completely lost the plot with the marketing of the legacy of MLK. Column soon.
January 19, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The Basquiatification of MLK
Found a very early piece of rap writing I did from 2009 on a track from ‘Donuts.’ Holy shit it’s bad, will not be sharing. The point is that some things still live on the internet forever.
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Found a very early piece of rap writing I did from 2009 on a track from ‘Donuts.’ Holy shit it’s bad, will not be sharing. The point is that some things still live on the internet forever.
Renee Nicole Good’s award winning poem. The last lines are particularly resonant.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Renee Nicole Good’s award winning poem. The last lines are particularly resonant.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
The one tried and true authoritarian trick Trump hasn’t deployed yet is turning off the internet. But he doesn’t need to, because all US tech/social companies have already bent the knee if not gone all in on the agenda.
If he does though, check out Bitchat:
boingboing.net/2026/01/07/d...
If he does though, check out Bitchat:
boingboing.net/2026/01/07/d...
Download Bitchat to communicate in an emergency
With PBS shutting down after losing federal funding and the administration threatening broadcast licenses, the possibility of compromised communications isn't hypothetical anymore. If you want a backu...
boingboing.net
January 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The one tried and true authoritarian trick Trump hasn’t deployed yet is turning off the internet. But he doesn’t need to, because all US tech/social companies have already bent the knee if not gone all in on the agenda.
If he does though, check out Bitchat:
boingboing.net/2026/01/07/d...
If he does though, check out Bitchat:
boingboing.net/2026/01/07/d...
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if you like beats &/or hip hop at all this is one of the most important things you can read this year
ILL TRUE MENTALS :: BEST OF 2025
Once again on my Bernie Sanders shit asking you to listen to instrumental hip hop. Top five of the year:
@soundconspirator.bsky.social
You're All Cowards
Tenshun
DDay One
Kassa Overall
elmattic.substack.com/p/ill-true-m...
Once again on my Bernie Sanders shit asking you to listen to instrumental hip hop. Top five of the year:
@soundconspirator.bsky.social
You're All Cowards
Tenshun
DDay One
Kassa Overall
elmattic.substack.com/p/ill-true-m...
Ill True Mentals :: Best of 2025
The five best instrumental hip hop records of the year.
elmattic.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
if you like beats &/or hip hop at all this is one of the most important things you can read this year
2026 gonna be “Sartre in heels,” according to the One Who Got Away.
January 1, 2026 at 1:21 AM
2026 gonna be “Sartre in heels,” according to the One Who Got Away.
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Elmattic has some good lists for the year, I was especially glad to see this one focused on instrumental hip hop. The Sound Conspirator's album is in such a weird headspace, reminded me a little bit of Dymaxion, so glad to know about this!
ILL TRUE MENTALS :: BEST OF 2025
Once again on my Bernie Sanders shit asking you to listen to instrumental hip hop. Top five of the year:
@soundconspirator.bsky.social
You're All Cowards
Tenshun
DDay One
Kassa Overall
elmattic.substack.com/p/ill-true-m...
Once again on my Bernie Sanders shit asking you to listen to instrumental hip hop. Top five of the year:
@soundconspirator.bsky.social
You're All Cowards
Tenshun
DDay One
Kassa Overall
elmattic.substack.com/p/ill-true-m...
Ill True Mentals :: Best of 2025
The five best instrumental hip hop records of the year.
elmattic.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Elmattic has some good lists for the year, I was especially glad to see this one focused on instrumental hip hop. The Sound Conspirator's album is in such a weird headspace, reminded me a little bit of Dymaxion, so glad to know about this!
I wrote a ton of stuff this year, starting with that weird one-of-a-kind Wu album.
elmattic.substack.com/p/what-we-th...
elmattic.substack.com/p/what-we-th...
What We Think About When We Think About ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’
Or, Wu-Tang in the Age of Digital Consumption
elmattic.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I wrote a ton of stuff this year, starting with that weird one-of-a-kind Wu album.
elmattic.substack.com/p/what-we-th...
elmattic.substack.com/p/what-we-th...
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The POW Best Rap Singles of 2025 | Passion of the Weiss
You're now rocking with the best
www.passionweiss.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
ILL TRUE MENTALS :: BEST OF 2025
Once again on my Bernie Sanders shit asking you to listen to instrumental hip hop. Top five of the year:
@soundconspirator.bsky.social
You're All Cowards
Tenshun
DDay One
Kassa Overall
elmattic.substack.com/p/ill-true-m...
Once again on my Bernie Sanders shit asking you to listen to instrumental hip hop. Top five of the year:
@soundconspirator.bsky.social
You're All Cowards
Tenshun
DDay One
Kassa Overall
elmattic.substack.com/p/ill-true-m...
Ill True Mentals :: Best of 2025
The five best instrumental hip hop records of the year.
elmattic.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
ILL TRUE MENTALS :: BEST OF 2025
Once again on my Bernie Sanders shit asking you to listen to instrumental hip hop. Top five of the year:
@soundconspirator.bsky.social
You're All Cowards
Tenshun
DDay One
Kassa Overall
elmattic.substack.com/p/ill-true-m...
Once again on my Bernie Sanders shit asking you to listen to instrumental hip hop. Top five of the year:
@soundconspirator.bsky.social
You're All Cowards
Tenshun
DDay One
Kassa Overall
elmattic.substack.com/p/ill-true-m...
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You're probably not going to find my No. 1 album of 2025 on anyone else's Best Of Hip-Hop/Rap list.
But I can tell you that the artists who've topped some of CABBAGES' previous year-end lists are now staples of other outlets'/journos' year-end lists.
So... www.cabbageshiphop.com/2025-best-hi...
But I can tell you that the artists who've topped some of CABBAGES' previous year-end lists are now staples of other outlets'/journos' year-end lists.
So... www.cabbageshiphop.com/2025-best-hi...
The Best Hip-Hop/Rap Albums Of 2025
25 ranked selections of the year's finest from the independent and underground world
www.cabbageshiphop.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You're probably not going to find my No. 1 album of 2025 on anyone else's Best Of Hip-Hop/Rap list.
But I can tell you that the artists who've topped some of CABBAGES' previous year-end lists are now staples of other outlets'/journos' year-end lists.
So... www.cabbageshiphop.com/2025-best-hi...
But I can tell you that the artists who've topped some of CABBAGES' previous year-end lists are now staples of other outlets'/journos' year-end lists.
So... www.cabbageshiphop.com/2025-best-hi...
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Elmattic doesn't miss when it comes to the 'best of' writeups.
FEAR & LOATHING IN CHARM CITY :: BEST OF 2025
Wrote about my five top albums of the year--the most necessary, the dimension of the present:
Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals
DJ Haram
Sunmundi x Sasco
billy woods
Gabe 'Nandez x Preservation
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Wrote about my five top albums of the year--the most necessary, the dimension of the present:
Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals
DJ Haram
Sunmundi x Sasco
billy woods
Gabe 'Nandez x Preservation
open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
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.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Elmattic doesn't miss when it comes to the 'best of' writeups.
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Highly recommend this new joint from @soundconspirator.bsky.social
Dark beats and paranoid samples. Beauty in the murk.
(Also I did the cover art.)
thesoundconspirator.bandcamp.com/album/ingrai...
Dark beats and paranoid samples. Beauty in the murk.
(Also I did the cover art.)
thesoundconspirator.bandcamp.com/album/ingrai...
Ingrained Thought Patterns, by The Sound Conspirator
15 track album
thesoundconspirator.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Highly recommend this new joint from @soundconspirator.bsky.social
Dark beats and paranoid samples. Beauty in the murk.
(Also I did the cover art.)
thesoundconspirator.bandcamp.com/album/ingrai...
Dark beats and paranoid samples. Beauty in the murk.
(Also I did the cover art.)
thesoundconspirator.bandcamp.com/album/ingrai...
FEAR & LOATHING IN CHARM CITY :: BEST OF 2025
Wrote about my five top albums of the year--the most necessary, the dimension of the present:
Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals
DJ Haram
Sunmundi x Sasco
billy woods
Gabe 'Nandez x Preservation
open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Wrote about my five top albums of the year--the most necessary, the dimension of the present:
Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals
DJ Haram
Sunmundi x Sasco
billy woods
Gabe 'Nandez x Preservation
open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
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.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
FEAR & LOATHING IN CHARM CITY :: BEST OF 2025
Wrote about my five top albums of the year--the most necessary, the dimension of the present:
Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals
DJ Haram
Sunmundi x Sasco
billy woods
Gabe 'Nandez x Preservation
open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Wrote about my five top albums of the year--the most necessary, the dimension of the present:
Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals
DJ Haram
Sunmundi x Sasco
billy woods
Gabe 'Nandez x Preservation
open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Killah Priest just out here Killah Priesting to the fullest extent
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Killah Priest just out here Killah Priesting to the fullest extent
Decided my autobiography should be called “One Ball Ache After Another.”
October 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Decided my autobiography should be called “One Ball Ache After Another.”
RAP DREAM JOURNAL, 2023-2025
Other people's dreams are boring, but dreams with rappers in them are pretty good.
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Other people's dreams are boring, but dreams with rappers in them are pretty good.
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Rap Dream Journal :: 2023-25
Other people's dreams are boring, but what about dreams with rappers in them?
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October 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
RAP DREAM JOURNAL, 2023-2025
Other people's dreams are boring, but dreams with rappers in them are pretty good.
open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Other people's dreams are boring, but dreams with rappers in them are pretty good.
open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...