small professor

Erick Sermon explains how he produced "So Wat Cha Sayin"

@Passionweiss "what, are you telling me people loved the name "Blanche" the first time they heard it?"

The men who would name their children "seven"

the fact that they weren’t physically grouped for this cover, but the photographer took individual shots of them instead, then resized them into a collage to create this two-point perspective effect. all by hand and pre-photoshop

i judge you by who you see as a worthy adversary

when you lose respect for the person, the music sounds flat as fuck

I cannot stop thinking of what my dad said to me in 2022-- while he was battling his health decline. "You don't belong to me or anyone else. You just came through us (him and my mom). Nobody owns you. You belong to the universe. You are going to be okay."

all this @elucidwho talk once again has me wishing more people tapped in to his 2020 album with Small Bills and The Lasso, one of his strangest, most gorgeous projects which I don’t hear enough people talking about youtu.be/usjolqfuhmc?si…

Sean Price was born on this day in 1972 #SeanPrice 🙏🏾🎈🕊

Rap History: Sean Price, born March 17, 1972.

"Chill, God. Yo, the sun don't chill, Allah. What's today's mathematics, sun? Knowledge God." - Raekwon youtube.com/watch?v=MzH5_A…

@caltrops_press thats fascinating, ive grown to appreciate both records, and him, more as time goes on. cant speak on the rest of his (apparently lengthy) discog, but

@smallpro I love(d) War Report and N.O.R.E. but when I go back to them now, I find his nonsense lyrics, awful flow, and even the shouty tone of his voice insufferable. there is still a lot of humor and entertainment there, but it barely makes up for everything else.

it's fascinating that "The War Report" is a near classic yet Nore is one of the worst rappers ever

in good company on this writeup on bandcamp daily! peace to martin douglas daily.bandcamp.com/scene-report/p…

Every line of RZA’s verse from “4th Chamber” came true

@tekdotlun i assumed it was a nod to this bit

Theres no way monica means my nigga

beats for sale, hit me for the untitled link

Your lord & savior needing WW 3 to get it up enough to come back & save you is exactly why I think your religion is a flawed man made concept used to control the masses

Mercenary coalition Pain inside the repetition Ain’t no second guessing From the margin, best you listen Bombarded by your bullshit overthinking Liberal endless handwringing, moving nothing Strategic, if it doesn’t rhyme, there’s a reason open.spotify.com/track/3WleImHE…

@CineMasai_ 🥲🥲

just sold my first two beats 🥲