Heyo! I haven’t been publishing much on here recently, mainly because I’ve been writing for Unwinnable instead. Come check out my monthly, noteworthy hip hop selections over there, and stay for the fantastic commentary on games and media, courtesy of some of the best writers in the business!
I’m excited to announce that I’ve started writing a hip hop column for Unwinnable! This month I featured new(ish) albums from Marlowe (L’Orange and Solemn Brigham), Death Grips, Smino, Jack Harlowe, and Chester Watson. I plan to be back next month with some fresh tracks from some classic artists. Stay tuned!
BuzzFeed’s recent report claiming sources indicated that President Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress may be the final nail in his coffin, if true. If true. These two little words have done some heavy lifting over the last couple hours, days, and years where the line between fact and fiction has been blurred. … Read more
I know I’m late to the party, but I just watched Sorry to Bother You, and I thought it was the easiest movie I have ever rated. It gets an even 66.6%. The first two acts were nearly flawless—the cinematography, the white-voice, Lakeith freaking Stanfield! These were the makings of a phenomenal afro-futurist tour-de-force. But … Read more
Jeff Vandermeer called me an “arrogant ass” on Twitter yesterday. What an arrogant ass. Have you never read Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony”? — Jeff VanderMeer (@jeffvandermeer) September 4, 2018 This was in response to my new piece in Unwinnable, where I discussed the relationship between Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Vandermeer’s novel, Annihilation. I’m not really sure why … Read more
The horror genre has a long history of doing a lot with a little. Movies like Night of the Living Dead, The Evil Dead, and Paranormal Activity founded horror franchises based off small budgets and big concepts. The recent sci-fi, horror hybrid They Remain follows in this tradition. With an extremely small cast—IMDB credits a total of two cast members—and a … Read more
The last decade has been phenomenal for hip-hop. With artists like Drake and Kanye West stringing together hit after hit and artists like Chance the Rapper and Kendrick Lamar proving that mainstream artists can also say something “real,” hip-hop has become a global, cultural force that is matched be few artistic styles less than a … Read more
This is Part II. If you haven’t read Part I yet, you should go read Part I before reading this. Or, don’t. I’m not your mother. ScHoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions (January 14, 2012) If 2009 was the greatest year ever for mixtapes, 2012 might be the greatest year ever for hip-hop at large. … Read more
If you are an academic who hopes to break into the mainstream and gather an audience outside of the narrow halls of academia, take heed! The following five pieces of wisdom may help make your next book an object lesson in crossover success. — Read more on the MIT Press blog!
With the release of the newest entry in the Star Wars franchise, everyone and their mother wants to let the internet know that they have an opinion about what Star Wars movie is the best. As someone who writes on the internet, I figure, I’ll jump in on this hype-train for some of those sweet, … Read more