A rap-wordplay newsletter by Khamali Wong that shares double-entendre lyric challenges, trivia and themed rhyme prompts built around anime, video games and related pop culture. Each issue offers playful writing exercises and word lists for fans of hip-hop wordplay.
Website: https://www.khamali.live/
A round-up of writing, reviews and recommendations on experimental music, mixing album reviews with the editor's personal listening notes, live show reports and interview updates. Coverage spans experimental electronic, hip hop, noise, drone and world-influenced improvisation.
Official newsletter from hip-hop group De La Soul covering anniversary editions of their albums, early iTunes releases, merchandise drops, and tributes to late member Dave (Trugoy the Dove). It also shares video interviews such as Maseo's deep dive with Questlove into the group's history and sampling techniques.
Lenox and Parker covers Black culture through entertainment news, reality TV profiles, music commentary and arts and book reviews. Readers get original takes on hip hop, television and photography with a focus on Black voices and stories.
POW MAG is a music-focused publication running long-form essays on songs, artists and their cultural context, such as an analysis of Aphex Twin's TikTok resurgence and a profile of rapper Kurtis Blow. The excerpts show literate, opinionated writing with cultural observations, though the sample is short and some issues are brief stubs.
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