David Ma

Bylines: @Waxpoetics, @Guardian, @NPR, @Parisreview, @Billboard, @TheSource, @Okayplayer, @Pitchfork, @RollingStone, @Complex, @Passionweiss

[pxt @paulxt]

Today at the magazine: I went to the dentist and ate Uyghur food with Mach-Hommy, and preview his new album, 5786 AM: Easy Listen https://t.co/pwlaKhG3Z5

[Chuck D @MrChuckD]

@80sBank Wordplay and presentation Pos is Top 10. Period. The streets don’t rhyme…. WORDS do

[David Ma @_davidma]

KURIO, the latest opus from @ohbliv … OUT TODAY via @thegroovesj 🪐🪐🪐

https://t.co/jA2MuzODNB

[𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 @andrejgee]

For the latest edition of my @okayplayer 'The Extra Mile' column, I spoke with @elucidwho, @fatboyprospect, @NicholasCraven_, @Passionweiss, @RobMarkman, & @WALASIA for their opinions on what the term 'experimental rap' means to them.

The piece is also in my newsletter.

[Ted Kessler @TedKessler1]

My dad, Felix, who died last November aged 92, wrote this obituary of Sonny Rollins, who died this week aged 95. It was published yesterday, from beyond the grave.
https://t.co/zaCk2zoEQ0

[David Ma @_davidma]

New @ohbliv coming 🤜🤛 @thegroovesj

[Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @DrKarimWafa]

One of the saddest scenes in the modern world is an immigrant apologizing for their accent to someone who speaks only one language.

[David Ma @_davidma]

he’s eternally internationally known. rip.

[David Ma @_davidma]

@VicSpencer underrated voice

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

Thelonious Monk hitting tricky dance moves before sitting down to unleash a piano solo during a performance of "Evidence"

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

RUN-DMC's "Raising Hell" was rap's first platinum album, it's first real blockbuster.

On its 40th anniversary, @paulxt wrote about "Walk This way," the early routines, and the exact point of convergence between commerce and unmonetizable hip-hop culture.

https://t.co/wuTrBHvjsZ

[Dregs One @Dregs_One]

I compiled a playlist of the best Bay Area rap from the 80's til now... every city, style, and era that shaped the culture.

You can add it on Spotify, SoundCloud, or YouTube: https://t.co/3mHCpHoHSZ

[David Ma @_davidma]

@FES700 💯

[SOULS OF MISCHIEF @SOMHIERO]

NEW HIERO LP “All Said and Done” drops 9/3/26!!!

https://t.co/pZJLzslA1J for details!!!

[Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick]

Wasn’t putting my purse on the ground for anything or anyone.

[PoloMan @polo_man404]

Thirty minutes before The D.O.C. lost his voice, the police let him go.

He had been pulled over drunk in Beverly Hills. The officers saw NWA's gold records in his backseat, took pictures with him and sent him home.

Half an hour later he fell asleep at the wheel on the Ventura Freeway, crashed face-first into a tree and was thrown through his rear window.

He spent 21 hours in surgery. When he woke up, he couldn't speak.

His debut album No One Can Do It Better had just sold over a million copies. He was 21 years old.

Dr. Dre came to the hospital and told him the hard truth. "Don't rap."

So instead he wrote. He ghost-wrote Straight Outta Compton, Eazy-Duz-It, The Chronic, Nuthin But a G Thang. He convinced Dr. Dre to go solo when Dre himself didn't believe in it.

He co-founded Death Row Records. He mentored Snoop Dogg on songwriting when Snoop only knew how to freestyle.

The biggest albums in West Coast hip hop history have his fingerprints all over them. His name is on almost none of them.

He said it himself years later.

"Had I kept my voice, I might not be here today."

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📌 Sources: Rolling Stone · Complex · Wikipedia · Ambrosia for Heads · Vice

[Blockhead @BlockheadNYC]

Excited to announce the first single from my full length album with @BrianEnnals!
Peep "Aldente" now and the full length album "Boatshoes" drops july 17th.
Pre orders available now
https://t.co/5tEPFhvqze