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My guest for the 200th episode of Reel Notes is California-via-Chicago rapper, producer, writer, creator of The New Negroes, founder of Auto Reverse Records and Stony Island Audio—Open Mike Eagle. We spoke about the pros and cons of independent music and journalism, the films of Ari Aster, Spike Lee, Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, and the MCU, how Nirvana and Ol’ Dirty Bastard kicked off his deep dive into music, finding himself in Project Blowed, surviving and thriving in a do-it-yourself world, and the creative process behind his latest album Neighborhood Gods Unlimited. Thank y’all so much for fuckin’ with us for 200 episodes. Hope you enjoy :)

Neighborhood Gods Unlimited will be out everywhere music is sold, streamed, or stolen on Friday July 11. Consider buying it on Mike's Bandcamp. Follow Mike on Instagram (@open_mike_eagle), Twitter (@mike_eagle), TikTok (@openmikeeagle0), and Twitch (@open_mike_eagle).

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

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If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually for $5 (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is New York rapper-singer-songwriter Sumaya Nazar. We spoke about Love Island, The Princess and The Frog and all things Disney, the animated films Muhammad: The Last Prophet and Persepolis, growing up in a Haitian-Tunisian household in Washington Heights, how spending time in Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates changed her perspective, recently embracing Islam, finding her voice as an artist, and the creative process behind her latest EP 1446. Come fuck with us.

1446 is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Sumaya on Instagram (@sumaya.nazar777) and TikTok (@sumayanazar)

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.

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If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually for $5 (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is Chicago-via-Maryland-via-Virgnia rapper, producer, and animator McKinley Dixon. We spoke about the Scream and Final Destination franchises, our definitions of what makes a scream queen, Snow Dogs, Tekkonkinkreet, being inspired by Toni Morrison and the late Japanese director Satoshi Kon, the pros and cons of live-band hip-hop, and the creative process behind his latest album Magic, Alive! Come fuck with us.

Magic, Alive! is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from from Bandcamp page. Follow McKinley on Instagram (@freemckinley), Twitter (@mckinleydixon), and TikTok (@mckinleydixonn)

Read my review of Magic, Alive! over at Bandcamp Daily.

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), Bluesky (@cinemasai.bsky.social), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped into all things Dylan Green.

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