Reel Notes w/ CineMasai

Dylan ”CineMasai” Green
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Reel Notes is a space for conversations about the relationship between rap and film with rappers, producers, journalists, directors, and more. Intro track via JWords (follow her @_jwords on Instagram & Twitter) Logo & art direction via Big Flowers (Instagram/Twitter: @bigflowersguy)

  1. 5d ago

    Omari Lyseight | S6 Episode 30

    If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more! My guest this week is London rapper-producer and engineer Omari Lyseight. We spoke about Toy Story 5, Pokémon, Garfield, Cats & Dogs, his connection to both London and New York, his time with Trackout Records and Ammi Boyz, sharpening his skills on SoundCloud, linking with Mike and Earl Sweatshirt, a handful of his placements, and the creative process behind his debut album Digital, out now via Surf Gang Records. Come f**k with us. Digital is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping on Bandcamp, and read my review of the album on Pitchfork. Follow Omari on Instagram (@omari_lyseight) and Twitter (@OmariLyseight). Follow Surf Gang on Instagram (@surfgang1) and Twitter (@1surfgang). Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and f**k the system.  My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon. Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

  2. Sep 9

    Saul Williams | S6 Episode 29

    If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more! My guest this week is New York-born rapper, poet, activist, actor, and author, Saul Williams. We spoke about Michael, John Cassavetes’s Gloria, Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, his love for horror films and how The Shining inspired him to become an actor, growing older with hip-hop and several anecdotes about the old and the new of the genre, working on the film Neptune Frost with his wife Anisia Uzeyman, the power of sticking to your morals over a 30-year career, sociopolitical art, and the creative process behind Leap Life, his first solo album in seven years. Come f**k with us. Leap Life is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Saul's Bandcamp page or on physical via Ninja Tune. Follow Saul on Instagram and Twitter (@saulwilliams) and TikTok (@saulwilliams29). Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and f**k the system.  My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon. Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

  3. Sep 2

    Willie Green | S6 Episode 28

    If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more! My guest this week is New York-based engineer, producer, and college professor Willie Green. We spoke about Spider-Man: Brand New Day and all things MCU, Jaws, Transformers, picking up a love of music from his uncle, what it means to produce, mix, and master a record, his history with billy woods and Backwoodz Studioz, the history behind his GreenHouse Recordings studio, and the creative process behind his album Doc Savage, the 10th anniversary remaster of which is out now. Come f**k with us. Doc Savage remaster is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping the original from Willie Green's Bandcamp page. Follow Willie Green on Instagram and Twitter: @williegreen1. Follow The GreenHouse on Instagram: @ghrecordingbk.  Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and f**k the system.  My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon. Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

  4. Aug 26

    Kenny Segal | S6 Episode 27

    If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more! My guest this week is Maryland-born, California-based producer, multi-instrumentalist, and game designer, Kenny Segal. We spoke about The Odyssey, Spaceballs, The Burbs, his history doing foley and scoring work for commercials, his relationship with video games, why he favors a low-tech approach to making music, being the musical director for Armand Hammer’s Tiny Desk concert, and the creative process behind he and Open Mike Eagle’s debut collab album Doomed! Come f**k with us. Doomed! is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping it from Mike's Bandcamp page. Follow Kenny on Instagram and Twitter: @kennysegal. Follow Open Mike Eagle on Instagram (@open_mike_eagle), Twitter (@mike_eagle), and TikTok (@openmikeeagle0).  Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and f**k the system.  My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon. Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

  5. Aug 19

    Cletus Strap | S6 Episode 26

    If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more! My guest this week is California rapper-producer, drummer, and skateboarder Cletus Strap. We spoke about Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Belly, From, the Scary Movie series, coming into his own as a drummer before he started rapping and producing, making 2022’s St. Cletus with the producer Luzine, meeting Sideshow and Earl Sweatshirt, he and Earl’s creative partnership, managing snooty rap fans’ expectations, and the creative process behind Cletus’s Tan Cressida debut rappers suck, from the music to its collage cover art. Come f**k with us. rappers suck is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping a CD or T-shirt via Tan Cressida Records's website. Follow Cletus on Instagram (@wefuckeditallup) and Twitter (@cletusstrap). Follow Tan Cressida on Instagram: @tancressidarecords. Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and f**k the system.  My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon. Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

  6. Aug 12

    six†een | S6 Episode 25

    If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more! My guest this week is New York producer, composer, and pianist six†een. We spoke about Independence Day, Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex, the 2018 documentary Shakedown, The Handmaiden, developing her skills as a pianist and beatmaker, knowing when to keep her acoustic and digital musical practices separate and when to bring them together, and the creative process behind her 2025 album Cyber Insecurity and she and Teller Bank$’s collaborative album 3x6x𐕣 =666, 3x1x𐕣=111 3x7x𐕣 =777,3x5x𐕣=555 3x9x𐕣 =999,3x3x𐕣=333 (Mathematics). Come f**k with us. 3x6x𐕣 =666, 3x1x𐕣=111 3x7x𐕣 =777,3x5x𐕣=555 3x9x𐕣 =999,3x3x𐕣=333 (Mathematics) is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Teller's Bandcamp page. Consider copping Cyber Insecurity from six†een's Bandcamp page. Follow six†een on Instagram (@sseize_her) and check out her Linktree page to stay tapped in with all things six†een.  Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and f**k the system.  My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon. Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

  7. Aug 5

    Demahjiae | S6 Episode 24

    If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more! My guest this week is Oakland rapper-producer Demahjiae. We spoke about Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Kickin’ It Old School, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, growing up in church and gaining a love for music, his first studio sessions, trauma in music, his relationships with Ovrkast., ALLBLACK, and 1100 Himself, ghostwriting, the Bay Area rap community, and the creative process behind his upcoming album YAE. Come f**k with us. YAE will be out on Friday, August 27th wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Demahjiae on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @demahjiae.  Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and f**k the system.  My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon. Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

  8. Jul 29

    Fatboi Sharif on Eraserhead and Crayola Circles | Reel Talk #12 (preview)

    If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually at $5 for regular episodes and $10 for Reel Talk playbacks (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more! My guest this time is New Jersey rapper Fatboi Sharif. We screened David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead and spoke about it and Sharif and Connecticut producer Child Actor’s collaborative album Crayola Circles, out now on Backwoodz Studioz. Thanks so much for being here, now come f**k with us.   Crayola Circles is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping via Fatboi Sharif's Bandcamp or from the Backwoodz Studioz website. Follow Fatboi Sharif on Instagram (@fatboi_sharif) and Twitter (@fatboyprospect). Follow Child Actor on Instagram and Twitter: @chldactr. Follow Backwoodz on Instagram (@backwoodzstudioz) and Twitter (@BackwoodzHipHop).    Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and f**k the system.  My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon. Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green.  Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all social platforms.

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Reel Notes is a space for conversations about the relationship between rap and film with rappers, producers, journalists, directors, and more. Intro track via JWords (follow her @_jwords on Instagram & Twitter) Logo & art direction via Big Flowers (Instagram/Twitter: @bigflowersguy)

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  • Creator
    Dylan ”CineMasai” Green
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    257
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Reel Notes w/ CineMasai
  • Show Website
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