Marcus J Moore

@MarcusJMoore

Author • Music Journalist • Wrote “The Butterfly Effect” (a Kendrick Lamar biography) and “High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul”

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The Conversational Genius of Phonte | @MarcusJMoore From Greensboro to The Foreign Exchange, Phonte reshaped what vulnerability could sound like in hip-hop. activelistening.substack.com/p/the-conversa…

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Woody Shaw: A Life in Sound and Struggle | @MarcusJMoore Tracing the trumpeter's journey from prodigy to post-bop architect, and the music that carried his spirit forward. activelistening.substack.com/p/woody-shaw-a…

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marcus j. moore is so fucking good activelistening.substack.com/p/the-dizzy-re… there are like ten separate sentences in this piece that made me just shake my head and smile

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Herbie Hancock's Quiet Revolution | Marcus J. Moore activelistening.substack.com/p/herbie-hanco…

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Minnie Riperton’s Secret Symphony | Marcus J. Moore Before “Lovin’ You,” the singer crafted a lush, genre-defying meditation on intimacy and Black imagination. activelistening.substack.com/p/minnie-riper…

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