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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Nah you're good. It's the people who imply El-P/Cold Vein somehow predicted 9/11, or intuited it was going to happen, or whatever I can't fuck with.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
THE FALLING I made this in 2011 using 9/11 audio footage and selected instrumentals. I listen to it every year on this day. on.soundcloud.com/uAteT0Lrz1m7...
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The Falling
So much of 9/11 is Icarus: Mohammad Atta, the planes, the jumpers, the towers, America. This year's remembrance swirls around what has changed, what hasn't changed, what have we learned, what haven
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Horrorcore Kool Moe Dee Simpson @luarvik.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
the words "Koyaanisqatsi: Free with ads" are really doing something in my head. nothing particularly good, I think. but it's happening
youtube thumbnail for Koyaanisqatsi with a "free with ads" label under it
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Big thanks, king.
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Sankofa sethros.com ⚡💀⚡ @sankofafw.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I wish I could write half this well.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Goyim
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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A Short History of Rappers in Albanian
On Action Bronson and — uh, that’s it actually
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A SHORT HISTORY OF RAPPERS IN ALBANIAN On Action Bronson and—uh, that's it actually. (I mean plus the usual: pastrami sandwiches, crazy monks, etc.) open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
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A Short History of Rappers in Albanian
On Action Bronson and—uh, that’s it actually
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
DOPE OF THE MONTH CLUB :: APRUNE 2026 Wrote about the 'experimental rap' bullshit, and the castaways of HATE ISLAND. Plus other recs of records I reckon. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
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Dope of the Month Club :: Aprune 2026
On the “experimental rap” bullshit and the castaways of Hate Island
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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Chopped it up with Boots Riley about the difference between activism as spectacle and organized collective action that's focused on tearing down exploitative systems
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
No doubt, but I hate lists and list discourse, it's the Subway sandwich of music writing and fandom.
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Elias FKA Big Voyage @bigelias.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This guy can write
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I didn't realize it was even on there. I don't have time anymore to be served up 100 ads to read a 100 best of list I don't agree with.
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Garfunkle @garfunkle1.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Honestly Fantastic Damage was the bigger record from this era for me but can ox is a monolith and who better to write about it than @elmattic.bsky.social Great read elmattic.substack.com/p/iron-galac...
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Iron Galactus :: on ‘The Cold Vein’
Cannibal Ox and The Future Next Time
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Big ups, king!
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I did too, you think I knew all those words already?! I spend a ridiculous amount of time reading up on plate tectonics and fluid dynamics and shit like that just to put in one fucking word.
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RUHEMAN @sambatesmusic.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Read this, had to immediately fire it up. Mt Rushmore level record
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Big thanks. I've written about, I don't know, 50? 100? albums and I never felt so much responsibility to get this one right, because it meant so much to so many people.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Iron Galactus :: on ‘The Cold Vein’
Cannibal Ox and The Future Next Time
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
IRON GALACTUS :: ON ‘THE COLD VEIN’ For Can Ox’s 25th (?!), I used Gaussian splatting on its cryptophasic language, reincarnation cycles of b-boy alphas and omega reds, how it created a Mithraic cult, Ubik, pigeons, Music for Airports on 9/11, and so on. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
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Iron Galactus :: on ‘The Cold Vein’
Cannibal Ox and The Future Next Time
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Not reading
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Ronald AKA DJ Regularity @djregular.tech · 28/03/2026
ICYMI: New blog is up. Along with the tunes, there's live sets from Gelli Haha, By Storm, and aja monet, @elmattic.bsky.social on ELUCID & Sebb Bash, @sonraw.bsky.social on POW Radio for dublab, and Fatboi Sharif on The Truth Hurts. And it's the last weekend for my charity giveaway, come through!
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Or over here: elmattic.medium.com/symphony-of-...
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Symphony of the World :: E L U C I D x Sebb Bash’s ‘I Guess U Had to Be There’
As Breeze says: allow me to elucidate, boost what’s great.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
SYMPHONY OF THE WORLD :: E L U C I D x SEBB BASH'S 'I GUESS U HAD TO BE THERE' Applied a Eusebian apparatus to the new new by ELUCID x Sebastian Bashmolean. NY nostalgia, cyanometers, Doordash waiting, the soil from your grave is in the karaoke room, etc. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
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Symphony of the World :: E L U C I D x Sebb Bash’s ‘I Guess U Had to Be There’
As Breeze says: allow me to elucidate, boost what’s great
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It's so good. He just dropped another: pawnbroker138.bandcamp.com/album/all-th...
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all the ways we learn, by pawnbroker
22 track album
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Mentioned this in Dope of the Month Club yesterday, and it's reappeared, so go cop it before it vanishes again. Best instrumental album I've heard in a long while. pawnbroker138.bandcamp.com/album/unadul...
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Unadulterated Pathways 1: Hollow Rooms, by pawnbroker
16 track album
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Will need to peep that, good looks.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I'm like that dude from the Olympics with that.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Dope of the Month Club :: Jarchruary 2026
Best records of the year so far, which just happen to be all instrumentals.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
DOPE OF THE MONTH CLUB :: JARCHUARY 2026 Quick one on 10 fire instrumental records: @killerkane.bsky.social @soundconspirator.bsky.social @qnorapname.bsky.social @sascomusic.bsky.social Ol Burger Beats Mr Dibbs Giallo Point @shitaobeat.bsky.social Tenshun open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
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Dope of the Month Club :: Jarchruary 2026
Best records of the year so far, which just happen to be all instrumentals.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Yeah, they were affiliates not official. You know, like NAFTA.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I can't argue with that at all.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I mighta just been drunkenly hungry though and everything was closed.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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OK FINE I WILL WRITE ABOUT EPMD WHILE DRUNK ON NEGRONIS
They were the rotisserie chicken of hip hop.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
OK FINE I WILL WRITE ABOUT EPMD WHILE DRUNK ON NEGRONIS Came home drunk last night and wrote 1,000 words about the rotisserie chicken of hip hop. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
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OK FINE I WILL WRITE ABOUT EPMD WHILE DRUNK ON NEGRONIS
They were the rotisserie chicken of hip hop.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Tardigrade Poplock Monoprint, drypoint etching print, acrylic February 2026 More at www.instagram.com/landof10000t... #printmaking #mixedmedia
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Ronald AKA DJ Regularity @djregular.tech · 07/02/2026
Bandcamp Friday is over, but as always, the music don't go stale. Plus, the Bonus Beats section has: - Live sets from Kassa Overall and Digable Planets - Squadda B's audiobook - Newsletter drops from @natalieweiner.bsky.social & @jonnyauping.bsky.social - @elmattic.bsky.social on Dilla And more!
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Ayooo once again, thanks man! Good looks on those live sets too, those are great.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
That RZA/Juice Crew record finally came out, it's pretty good? music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Bobby Digital Presents: Juice Crew - Album by RZA
Listen to Bobby Digital Presents: Juice Crew by RZA on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 07/02/2026
A Dennis The Menace cartoon with the family around the dinner table and Dennis says, "And that's where they got the name Steely Dan from."
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Also here: medium.com/@elmattic/do...
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Don’t Say Goodnight: on Dilla’s “Donuts”
Twenty years since we lost Dilla and got “Donuts.”
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
DON'T SAY GOODNIGHT :: ON DILLA'S "DONUTS" Twenty years since we lost J. Dilla and got "Donuts." open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
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Don’t Say Goodnight: on Dilla’s “Donuts”
Twenty years since we lost Dilla and got “Donuts.”
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is pretty fucking cool though, giant Bible Godzilla government coverup, it’s something new with a bit of class for a change.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Answering machine messages. So many skits of those. I mean you could do a voice notes one but when did you last leave or get one of those?
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Movie clips don’t count as skits! I mean all the fake game shows, weird gross sex moaning, etc. Some are still part of the song or whatever but mostly…yeah, it’s clear why this died off.
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Elmattic @elmattic.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The further we move away from the skits era, the worse they hold up. They aged like camembert: started out stinking and just got worse and worse.
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