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. 47M AGO

    Tony Bontana | S6 Episode 13

    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 Birmingham rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Tony Bontana. We spoke about Alejandro Jodorofsky’s Santo Sangre, Over Your Dead Body, the SNL documentary Lorne, Chicken Run and various other movies from our childhoods, movie theater etiquette, US and UK cultural exchange, recognizing rap as art, forming Everything Is Perfect Records, and the creative process behind his latest projects: My Name and Tumpit 2. Come f**k with us. My Name and Tumpit 2 are both available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping both off Bontana's Bandcamp page. Follow Tony Bontana on Instagram (@tonybontana) and Twitter (@tonybontana0121).     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.

    1h 52m

  2. APR 29

    Suchi | S6 Episode 12

    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 Brookyn-via-North Carolina photographer, collagist, and organizer, Suchi. We spoke about Fright Night, All About Lily Chou Chou, Speed Racer, the 1960s rom-com The Apartment, coming into her own creatively in North Carolina and coming to New York, how her photography practice is inspired by film, the art of zine-making and event booking, dispelling misogyny in the underground music scene, and stories behind a handful of photos involving underground icons from billy woods and Elucid to DJ Haram and Shemar. Come f**k with us. Follow Suchi on Instagram and Twitter: @suchi__mane. Hit suchimane.com for all things Suchi. 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.

    2h 14m

  3. APR 22

    Chris Patrick | S6 Episode 11

    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 New Jersey-born rapper Chris Patrick. We spoke about The Boys, Marty Supreme, Sinners, Castaway, Ip Man, consistency in music, breaking down the barriers between persona and person, how his appearance on Kai Cenat’s Mafiathon and creating the song “Alley Oop” for the movie GOAT inspired him to keep rapping, touring with Marco Plus, and the creative process behind his Def Jam debut Pray 4 Me. Come f**k with us. Pray 4 Me is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Chris on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @Xchrispatrick 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.

    1h 34m

  4. APR 15

    DeevoDaGenius | S6 Episode 10

    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 Lowell, MA producer, engineer, and DJ DeevoDaGenius. We spoke about Avatar: Fire & Ash, the X-Men, video game movies, the Scary Movie franchise, icons of Black cinema, being inspired to DJ by Juice, building his own studio from scratch, his production workflow, finding his sound, his chemistry with BlueHillBill and Kil The Artist, and the creative process behind their last two albums Bleu Magic and Angels With Filthy Souls, and his latest solo release, Deevo Type III. Come f**k with us. Bleu Magic, Angels With Filthy Souls, and Deevo Type III are all available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping the digital deluxe and physical editions of all three albums via E11evation Records. Follow Deevo on Instagram and Twitter: @deevodagenius 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.

    2h 14m

  5. APR 8

    Sebb Bash | S6 Episode 9

    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 Swedish producer and DJ Sebb Bash. We spoke about The Thing, Undertone, the Evil Dead movies, Brazil, Beat Street, his early fascination with music, moving from DJing to producing, his early years producing for Big Noyd and Alchemist, stories for a handful of his songs, his general creative process, and the process behind the creation of he and E L U C I D’s album I Guess U Had To Be There. Come f**k with us. I Guess U Had To Be There is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly off E L U C I D's Bandcamp. Follow Sebb Bash on Instagram (@sebb_bash) and Twitter (@sebbmode).  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.

    1h 37m

  6. APR 1

    Heavensouls x Stickerbush (Sidepeices) | S6 Episode 8

    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 guests this week are Houston-based and Nigerian-born rapper-producer Heavensouls and Atlanta-based rapper-producer Stickerbush, also known as The Sidepeices. We spoke about the bad politics of Tyler Perry movies, Coonskin, the filmography of David Lynch, their respective nomadic lifestyles, being Black in the alternative rap and IDM scenes, and the creative process behind their three recent group efforts—Darkskin N****s With Lightskin Problems, Lightskin N****s With Darkskin Problems, and Darklight—and the Nigerian history and pride behind Heavensoul’s most recent solo project westside trapped. Come f**k with us. Darkskin N****s With Lightskin Problems, Lightskin N****s With Darkskin Problems, and Darklight are all available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider buying the trio on CD via Caperflower's Bandcamp. westside trapped is also available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen, especially via Bandcamp. Follow Heavensouls on Twitter (@Trinidad6000) and Instagram (@whitegirldragggggggggd). Follow Stickerbush on Twitter (@sentientlever) and Instagram (@stickerbushh).  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.

    2h 16m

  7. MAR 25

    JAIYN | S6 Episode 7

    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 South Carolina-born singer, instrumentalist, producer, and creative technologist, JAIYN. We spoke about Reasonable Doubt, Irma Vep, being raised in South Carolina and coming to New York, picking up guitar and singing, the intersection of music and tech, working with zayALLCAPS and his Autotune Karaoke label, and the creative process behind 2023’s Kissing the Machine and her self-titled EP from the top of this year. Come f**k with us. !JAIYN is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from her Bandcamp page. Follow JAIYN on Instagram: @imjaiyn 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.

    1h 28m

  8. MAR 18

    Laila Fakhoury | S6 Episode 6

    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 Florida-based activist, talent booker, and co-founder of How Bazar, Dion Dia Records, and Big Culture and Arts Festival, Laila Fakoury. We spoke about the soundtracks of insecure and Atlanta, Scream, the documentary 5 Broken Cameras, the uptick in awareness for the fight for Palestine, nurturing the artistic community in Florida, and the process behind bringing Big Culture and Arts Festival to life for what’s shaping up to be its biggest year yet. Come f**k with us. Big Culture and Arts Festival is happening in Gainesville, FL from April 10-12, 2026. If you're hankering for a festival lineup featuring the finest in indie rap and music from around the world, buy your tickets here. Follow Laila on Instagram (@lailoosha) and follow BigCAF, Dion Dia Records (@diondiarecs), and How Bazar (@the.how.bazar) on Instagram to stay tapped in with the latest.  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.

    1h 42m
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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
    238
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Reel Notes w/ CineMasai
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