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Classic issue of Insomniac Magazine. Shout out to the amazing @planetasia and all of the ultra talented artists covered in the mag.

Thanks to @seandammit & @MidaZ for having me on the most recent installment of @Questionshiphop’s “Making Illmatic” series, where we do a deep dive into Mos Def/yasiin bey’s 2009 album “The Ecstatic.” Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts: podpage.com/the-questions-…

@MidaZ it was a turn and burn

I love Florida so much lmfaooo

Jay-Z, Nas, and Biggie all went thru transformations after Cuban Linx as rappers with subject matter and the backdrops of production. Hell you don’t even get Kanye, Just Blaze, and the endless list of producers taking what RZA did on that album either. Good lord.

February 19, 2025 @MidaZ released Fort Knox Project produced by @sadhugold Featuring @ohnothedisrupt @TzariZM and more

@marcopolobeats Asia played it for me over a video call I was buggin! Shits crazy!!!!

New Cali Agents single produced by yours truly in 2026 was so unexpected but damn the song is fire!!! 🔥 video dropping soon.

I think it’s stupid that the champs have to basically beg the rumble winners to be “picked” for wrestle mania. You’re the fucking champ, the privilege is to fight you, not the other way around

Shouts my bro @StessTheEmcee !!!

@shinobistalin Facts

@MidaZ It's like in skateboarding. It's never the trick, but how you land it.

The street rap conversation is the wrong convo.The important thing is the mix between relatability and cool factor. For some, rappers need to be someone they can relate to. For others, rappers need to be someone they aspire to be and/or would want to hang with. I don’t relate -

@shinobistalin @Drect Yeah I was with the south negros until high school lol

@Drect It's funny cause I didn't hear that shit till I got to high school and Cash Money was having their run. My middle school on the Eastside was mostly NY niggas lol @MidaZ

Ppl from the south need to stop calling everyone from the Northeast "New Yorkers" I cant wear Timbs or listen to dope bars w/o hearing "I hate NY" Every up top city went through our period of hating NY too 😂 If I start calling all Southerners "Floridians" y'all will lose it

@Drect It was a wild time lol. They also called us “yo-sons”

@MidaZ Smh I hate niggas. Although that’s some welcomed hate lol

@djvlad Yeah, nah

Music is not universal. 50% of it is musical composition, and the other 50% is lyrics. If you don't speak any English, Nas isn't the greatest lyricist of all time. All you'll hear is jibberish over interesting beats. You're not experiencing the whole song. Just like when you listen to the greatest Chinese lyricist of all time. The same went when I watched Bad Bunny's Half Time show. It looked great, the beats were interesting, but I didn't know a single song or understand anything he was saying. And he's a lyricist, not someone who mostly focuses on melodies - so he clearly had something important to say. I looked around, and all the non-Spanish-speaking people in the party were experiencing the same thing. And if you're being honest with yourself instead of being fake-progressive, you agree with me.

youtu.be/VtS-fYSrCQE?si… #hardrockbet

New Music: Separated At Birth (@iamtristate & @MidaZ) – ‘Sauce And Jay’ (visuslizer) grownuprap.com/2026/02/06/sep…

EXPLICIT LYRICS: The Commission Beer Chamber “Beer Chamber Mixtape Vol. 3” insomniacmagazine.com/the-commission… #InsomniacMagazine @shinobistalin @nikohigh @MidaZ @eturnmusic @VibeKingCreativ @CydneyPoitier @RGN321

@madd___slander Nah

Dave East is better than Boldy James too by the way