Oumar Saleh

Freelance writer + 1/3rd of @Exit36Chambers. Words in Passion of the Weiss, Stereogum, Okayplayer, IQ, Bandcamp, LittleWhiteLies, Crack, Fanbyte, Yahoo, & more

[Oumar Saleh @OumarMSaleh]

Had the privilege of speaking to Mdou Moctar (@MdouMoctar), whose meteoric rise hasn't stopped their humanitarian efforts in their homeland and beyond. We spoke about 'Funeral for Justice', the situation in Niger, being compared to Hendrix, & more for @NME https://t.co/0k7mIS7dGZ

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

Jay-Z explains the craft of writing at its highest level, where the rhythm sets the foundation and the lyrics fall into place after.

“The flow comes first… then I fill it with words.”

From pulling inspiration from Rakim’s delivery to studying The Notorious B.I.G.’s flow, it’s a lesson in making every bar count.

[thomas hobbs - freelance culture journalist @thobbsjourno]

.@Passionweiss dot com is family, so, a massive congrats on their website re-launch as POW Mag! I have a feature edited by the great @paulxt in the bag, which is coming real soon; one of my all time favourites tbh.

Anyways, support music journalism: https://t.co/n0y4V2ycvP

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

Prodigy rapping over the "Flashing Lights" beat on Rap City.

Circa '07.

[Ryan Rosenblatt, Back to Back World Series Champ @RyanRosenblatt]

The difficulty with a Ronaldinho documentary is it has to be better than watching YouTube videos of him and that is a very high bar to clear

[thomas hobbs - freelance culture journalist @thobbsjourno]

biggie remains the most cinematic storyteller in rap. no1 else really hit those highs again. he called himself the rap alfred hitchcock for a reason; Biggie's music was nihilistic but full of heart and wit and technical genius.

ready to die=rear window
life after death=psycho

[Shaun Johnson @ShyBucketGetter]

This is the exact type of shit Future raps about

[Christopher R. Weingarten @1000TimesYes]

If we’re really doing this, it’s economics.

There’s a huge difference between an era when an editor could make $90k a year for calling the Pussycat Dolls idiots, but it hits different in a world where a 25yo kid has to risk a DDOS attack from a stan army for the promise of $75.

[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

Here's my eulogy to Hulk Hogan. I apologize in advance to all the wrestlers who follow me. Hogan is a textbook example of American mediocrity. Despite being a racist, sycophantic, backstabbing grifter, almost every match he's ever had was a flat one-star snoozefest. He was so wack between the ropes that his finisher was a leg drop. A fucking leg drop. Hogan was positively identified for ratting out the locker room to the bosses when wrestlers tried to unionize. He engaged in aggressive backstage politics to suppress talent and protect his position. Hogan refused to put wrestlers over even though they out-worked and out-performed him every night. He never wanted to make anyone else look good and he always wanted a lion's share of the pay. He had one of the most inflated and most undeserved egos in entertainment, and all his movies sucked. Hogan relied on the same schtick for decades and failed to adapt to a changing audience before becoming a MAGA influencer in his final days.

RIP Iron Sheik

[thomas hobbs - freelance culture journalist @thobbsjourno]

I wrote about the genius of Bernard Herrmann for BBC Culture, focusing on his score for 1960's Psycho, which bailed out Hitchcock.

I'm proud this writing shows how the dread of the era crept into Herrmann's sound and details his influence on rap.

Read: https://t.co/gZHTTJFpBI

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

Future's DS2 was the era-defining masterpiece amidst a classic mixtape run.

On its 10th anniversary, @SonRaw wrote a definitive retrospective about this haunted Colossus of excess and pain, drug abuse and absurd luxury, sonic experimentation and triumph.

https://t.co/p56J32T4yY

[Paweł Wargan @pawelwargan]

The entire history of Western social democracy in one image. Congratulations to whoever made this.

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

The rise of idiot-interviewers like Fridman, Rogan, Von, and the Nelk Boys is very harmful to journalism. They somehow manage to be worse than mainstream media. They are walking PSAs for the importance of reading books.

[Nicholas Craven @NicholasCraven_]

theres quicker ways to say youre sleeping on boldy james

[Julian Sayarer @JulianSayarer]

BBC director : "Cut Kneecap, show someone else, use anyone."

BBC editor : "That Vylan guy?"

BBC director : "Anyone!"

Bob Vylan : [crowd chanting] "Death, Death to the IDF, Death Death to the IDF"

🤣🤣

[Yoh @Yoh31]

If this is indeed the final tour, Wu-Tang is going out showcasing what longevity should look like: A healthy relationship with your peers, your history, and your fanbase

[Sunny Singh @ProfSunnySingh]

Unsurprising silence from Imperial White feminists who chanted “Woman, Life, Freedom” just three years ago.

If anyone still believes Western feminists cares for women even minimally unlike themselves, call me. I have a few bridges to sell!

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

For 20 months, I’ve seen Israel carry out the worst horrors and heard people defend it with FAFO. Brazen genocidal language coupled with actual genocidal atrocities and the total destruction of Gaza.

The gaslighting from official Israeli accounts over the last 48 hours is mind blowing. It’s like they live on a different planet or think that the rest of us do.

While continuing its genocide against Palestinians, Israel launched an unprovoked attack on Iran to sabotage talks with the U.S., killed civilians, destroyed residential buildings and assassinated scientists, all in violation of international law.

Seeing their ridiculous attempt to turn all of this around into “self-defense” (they also call genocide self-defense) really makes you feel like you’re going crazy. But, of course, that’s the point of gaslighting.

[𝙶𝚘 𝙰𝚜𝚔 𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 📚🐇 @aliceinempire]

If you still believe that Israel and the US are the “good guys”, then you’ve failed at critical thinking skills and humanity.

[Mike Recine @mikerecine]

I love that there’s this sacred October 7 footage that you have to be invited to watch on an IDF base meanwhile some days you’ll see multiple dead children before lunch time.

[GoliathFan1952 @ByYourLogic]

If you think these strikes happen without US intelligence, it’s a miracle that you are somehow able to read