Reel Notes w/ CineMasai

Dylan ”CineMasai” Green
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  • Music Interviews
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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. 2d ago

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Jul 22

    Rav | S6 Episode 23

    Reel Talk #12 w special guests Fatboi Sharif and Child Actor is going down on Saturday, July 25th at Loudmouth in Brooklyn. We’ll be screening David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead, followed by an interview and audience Q&A revolving around it and the duo's great new album Crayola Circles, out now via Backwoodz Studioz. Doors open at 6PM, film starts at 7PM. Tickets are $15 online via Posh (or you can pay me directly via Cash App, Zelle, Venmo, or Apple Pay if you know me like that) and $20 the day of, at the door. Sharif and Child Actor will also have merch for sale, so come ready to support the artists. Reel Talk operates on sliding scale admission, which means this event is pay what you can. I want these movie nights to be accessible to everyone, but please pay what you’re able. If you're in the tri-state, hope to see y'all there! 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 for $5 (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more! My guest this week is Soviet-born, Minnesota-based rapper-producer and founder of Exociety, Rav. We spoke about The Sopranos, the dangers of nostalgia, the pros and cons of being a leftist, Happiness and the films of Todd Solondz, being inspired by the Mortal Kombat movie, living in Russia, Pakistan, across Europe, and the United States, merging his YouTube and indie rap fanbases, preparing for his Exopocalypse tour with Cavalier, Fatboi Sharif, and Teller Bank$, and the creative process behind his latest album EMERGENCE DELIRIUM. Come f**k with us. EMERGENCE DELIRIUM is out now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from the Exociety Bandcamp page or grabbing physical copies and merch from Rav's online store. Grab tickets for the Exopocalypse tour, starting September 1 and featuring Cavalier on the west coast dates, Fatboi Sharif on the east coast dates, and Teller Bank$ and Q No Rap Name on all dates, also via Rav's online store. Follow Rav on Instagram (@exo_rav), Twitter (@iamRav), TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube (all @exo_rav).  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. Jul 15

    Nickelus F | S6 Episode 22

    Reel Talk #12 w special guests Fatboi Sharif and Child Actor is going down on Saturday, July 25th at Loudmouth in Brooklyn. We’ll be screening David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead, followed by an interview and audience Q&A revolving around it and the duo's great new album Crayola Circles, out now via Backwoodz Studioz. Doors open at 6PM, film starts at 7PM. Tickets are $15 online via Posh (or you can pay me directly via Cash App, Zelle, Venmo, or Apple Pay if you know me like that) and $20 the day of, at the door. Sharif and Child Actor will also have merch for sale, so come ready to support the artists. Reel Talk operates on sliding scale admission, which means this event is pay what you can. I want these movie nights to be accessible to everyone, but please pay what you’re able. If you're in the tri-state, hope to see y'all there! 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 for $5 (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 Richmond, VA rapper, producer, and founder of Trick Dice Records, Nickelus F. We spoke about House of The Dragon, Absolute Batman and our favorite comics of the moment, Boyz N The Hood, South Central, growing up in a military family, how Wu-Tang, Busta Rhymes, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony inspired him as a kid, his Unsigned Hype cosign and working with Nottz, why he feels his comic book concept album The Specimen is slept on, wanting his credit as a rapper-producer, and the creative process behind his latest album The Undisputed. Come f**k with us. The Undisputed is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from F's Bandcamp page. His next album, The Championship Rounds, is coming very soon. Follow F on Instagram and Twitter (@NickelusF) and TikTok (@nickelusf_). Follow Trick Dice Records on Instagram (@trickdicemusic) and check out the website to tap in with all things Nickelus F. 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 8

    Jonathan UniteUs | S6 Episode 21

    Reel Talk #12 w special guests Fatboi Sharif and Child Actor is going down on Saturday, July 25th at Loudmouth in Brooklyn. We’ll be screening David Lynch’s 1977 directorial debut Eraserhead, followed by an interview and audience Q&A revolving around it and the duo's great new album Crayola Circles, out now via Backwoodz Studioz. Doors open at 6PM, film starts at 7PM. Tickets are $15 online via Posh (or you can pay me directly via Cash App, Zelle, Venmo, or Apple Pay if you know me like that) and $20 the day of, at the door. Sharif and Child Actor will also have merch for sale, so come ready to support the artists. Reel Talk operates on sliding scale admission, which means this event is pay what you can. I want these movie nights to be accessible to everyone, but please pay what you’re able. If you're in the tri-state, hope to see y'all there! 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 for $5 (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 Brooklyn rapper Jonathan UniteUs. We spoke about The Running Man, Leviticus, Bring Her Back, horror, Armageddon, the value of going to the movies as a kid, his first experiences rapping and performing, transitioning from a group to a solo artist, discovering new things about himself in Chicago, the power of positive affirmations, and the creative process behind his latest project No Time Like The Present. Come f**k with us. No Time Like The Present is available now exclusively on Bandcamp. Consider copping the album from Johnny's page and supporting a dope indie artist. Follow Johnny on Instagram (@johnny_uniteus) and Twitter (@JohnNY_UniteUs).   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
    254
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Reel Notes w/ CineMasai
  • Show Website
    Reel Notes w/ CineMasai

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