Reel Notes w/ CineMasai

My guests for the first edition of Reel Notes Live!, recorded at Loudmouth Records in Brooklyn, NY, are New Jersey rapper Fatboi Sharif and New York producer/engineer/label head Steel Tipped Dove. We spoke about Oppenheimer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, the Amazon Prime show Patriot, how film scores and directors inspired Sharif’s writing style, creating images with their words and beats, and the creative process behind their collaborative album Decay.Check out our live sponsors Loudmouth Records and EverDejaVu Records for the best in streetwear and indie music. Follow them both on Instagram (@loudmouthbk, @everydejavu and Twitter (@loudmouthbk, @everydejavu) Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the WGA and SAG-AFTA as they strike for better working conditions and better pay for the people who power the movies and TV we love. Please consider supporting them directly by donating to the Entertainment Community Fund or The Snacklist mutual aid fund to get food and drink to strikers across Los Angeles.   Visit Dreadsock.com and use promo code "CINEMASAI" for 10% off your first order!Decay is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Bandcamp here.Follow Fatboi Sharif on Instagram (@fatboi_sharif) and Twitter (@fatboyprospect) Follow Steel Tipped Dove on Instagram and Twitter: @steeltippeddoveFollow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Support the show

My guest this week is New Jersey rapper and multi-instrumentalist Reg Mason. We spoke about The Bear, Shameless, Oppenheimer, the 2006 comedy Accepted, the art of bootleg DVDs, how School of Rock inspired him to start making music, finding his love for hardcore punk and blog-era hip-hop, the importance of representing New Jersey in his music, keeping an open musical mind as you grow older, and the creative process behind his debut album TESTDRIVE’.If you're in the New York tri-state area, join me on Saturday, August 12 for the first-ever taping of Reel Notes Live! with special guests Fatboi Sharif and Steel Tipped Dove. We'll be talking about movies, music, and their latest album Decay at Loudmouth Records in Brooklyn, NY from 6-9PM. Free admission but RSVP is required. Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the WGA and SAG-AFTA as they strike for better working conditions and better pay for the people who power the movies and TV we love. Please consider supporting them directly by donating to the Entertainment Community Fund or The Snacklist mutual aid fund to get food and drink to strikers across Los Angeles.    Visit Dreadsock.com and use promo code "CINEMASAI" for 10% off your first order!TESTDRIVE’ is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it directly from Reg's Bandcamp page here.Follow Reg on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @regkmasonFollow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Read my review of Drake's It Was All A Blur tour on Vulture here. Read "What's Fact and What's Fiction in Oppenheimer" on Vulture here. Support the show

My guest this week is Baltimore-born singer, songwriter, and creative director Joy Postell. We spoke about Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia, The Dark Knight, Stomp The Yard, Love & Basketball, Remember The Titans, her time doing theater in school, finding herself as a solo artist in Los Angeles, how Baltimore, Los Angeles, and New York have influenced her music, the pointlessness of the modern R&B debate, and the creative process behind her 2018 breakout Diaspora and The Magician, the first in a series of EPs she plans on releasing this year. The Magician is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Joy on Instagram and Twitter (@JoyPostell)Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Support the show

My guest this week is Atlanta rapper, producer, director, and founder of Awful Records, Father. We spoke about From, Swordfish, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Dogma, Comedy Central movies,bad dreadlock wigs, the origins of Awful Records, how he creates like a film director, using AI to augment the “Oxenfree” video, and the creative process behind his last two projects Young Hot Ebony 2 and Hu$band 2.Hu$band 2 is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Father on Instagram and Twitter (@father) Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)   Support the show

My guest this week is LA-via-New York rapper Radamiz. We spoke about The Idol, Atlanta, Dave, the Dominican horror film Andrea: The Revenge of The Spirit, his journey through hip-hop, his feelings on religion, mortality, and community, and the creative process behind his latest project 2409 West Slauson.Visit Dreadsock.com and use promo code "CINEMASAI" for 10% off your first order!2409 West Slauson is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider grabbing a vinyl from his website here.Follow Radamiz on Instagram and Twitter: @radamizFollow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)   Support the show

My guest this week is Atlanta-via-St. Louis rapper-producer Chester Watson. We spoke about Playstation 2 emulators, Snowfall, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Beau is Afraid, The Wiz, films of the New French Extremity movement, longevity in music, being inspired by the modern underground, how his approach to writing has changed over the last decade, the art of the concept album, and the creative process behind his latest album Fish Don’t Climb Trees.Visit Dreadsock.com and use promo code "CINEMASAI" for 10% off your first order!Fish Don't Climb Trees will be available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen on June 30, 2023.  Follow Chester on Instagram (@chesterwatson) and Twitter (@chstrwtsn) Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Support the show

My guest this week is North Carolina rapper Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon of Melanated People. We spoke about John Wick, marathoning every movie in the Ip Man series in one sitting, a long, winding trip through the movies that defined his childhood and adolescence, how meeting Slim Thug, Paul Wall, and Mike Jones inspired him to take music seriously, finding his voice as a rapper, the benefits of one-producer collabs, the pros and cons of turning 30 in rap, and the creative process behind his latest album Highly Favored.Visit Dreadsock.com and use promo code "CINEMASAI" for 10% off your first order!Highly Favored is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from his Bandcamp page here.Follow Jah on Instagram and Twitter: @jahmonteogbonFollow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Support the show

My guest this week is Queens singer, rapper, and producer Kelly Moonstone. We spoke about anime like Mashle, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., the Goosebumps books, relating to Dory’s neurodivergence in Finding Dory, creating music as The Afr0dite, transitioning to Kelly Moonstone, working with Navy Blue and Jah-Monte Ogbon, and the creative process behind her latest project I Digress…Visit Dreadsock.com and use promo code "CINEMASAI" for 10% off your first order!I Digress...is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from her Bandcamp page here.Follow Kelly Moonstone on Instagram and Twitter: @KellyMoonstoneFollow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)      Support the show

My guest this week is Nashville-based rapper, producer, record store owner, and founder of Ruby Yacht…R.A.P. Ferreira. We spoke about the Netflix series From, the horror genre, getting desensitized to violence, Batman, Beetlejuice, Embrace of The Serpent, The Taste of Tea, the power of music while traveling, how an experience on shrooms changed his outlook on his own music, the difference between his milo and R.A.P. Ferreira personae, the legacy of Ruby Yacht, and the creative process behind his latest album 5 to the Eye with Stars.5 to the Eye with Stars is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from his Bandcamp. Follow Rory on Instagram and Twitter: @hipcatscienceMy first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Join the Reel Notes Patreon today for as little as $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, Medical Aid for Palestinians, 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_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)Support the show

My guest this week is Brooklyn rapper, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Cisco Swank. We spoke about meeting at Pitchfork Festival, Snowfall, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Akira, The Incredibles, Inception, the magic of movie scores and soundtracks, what the piano means to him, the relationship between jazz, rap, and gospel, and the creative process behind his debut solo album More Better.Visit Dreadsock.com and use promo code "CINEMASAI" for 10% off your first order!More Better is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from his Bandcamp page here. Follow Cisco Swank on Twitter (@SwankCisco) and Instagram and TikTok (@cisco.swank) Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)    Support the show