Reel Notes w/ CineMasai

Dylan ”CineMasai” Green
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  • Music Interviews
  • Updated Biweekly

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

    Laron | S5 Episode 16

    Reel Talk #11 is happening at Loudmouth in Brooklyn on Saturday, May 30 w very special guest, Des Moines rapper Teller Bank$. We'll be watching the 2011 neo-noir thriller Drive and talking about his latest album, Hate Island. Doors at 6, film starts at 7. Tickets are $15 and are available digitally via Posh.VIP or at the door the day-of while supplies last. 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 producer, DJ, and co-curator of Generator, Laron. We spoke about The Drama, From, the art of collecting mixtapes and DVDs before the internet took over, hip-hop on film, his father’s record label Familiar Faces records, his working relationships with Jay Critch, Niontay, Subjxct 5, Tony Seltzer, and Andrew Matson of Finals, a peek into his production style, and the creative process behind songs featuring Mavi, Jadasea, Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon, and more. Come f**k with us. Laron's latest solo tapes, My Light Is Brilliant and Imported Goods, are available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Laron on Instagram (@laron.101) and Twitter (@laron_____). Keep up with all things Generator via Laron or Andrew Matson and Finals on Instagram (@finals_finals_finals) and Twitter (@finals_blog). 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 2m

  2. May 20

    Na-Kel Smith | S6 Episode 15

    Reel Talk #11 is happening at Loudmouth in Brooklyn on Saturday, May 30 w very special guest, Des Moines rapper Teller Bank$. We'll be watching the 2011 neo-noir thriller Drive and talking about his latest album, Hate Island. Doors at 6, film starts at 7. Tickets are $15 and are available digitally via Posh.VIP or at the door the day-of while supplies last. 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 California skateboarder, rapper, producer, and actor Na-Kel Smith. We spoke about the pros and cons of skate trips, the Star Wars series Maul — Shadow Lord, Sinners, Ne Zha, connections between Boyz N The Hood and Menace II Society, his relationship with his father, Odd Future’s start and influence, his role in Mid 90s, treating music as a hobby, and the creative process behind his latest album Nak and his upcoming album Free Pops Still. Come f**k with us. NAK is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Keep an eye out for Free Pops Still, coming later this year. Follow Na-Kel on Instagram (@thatsonme) and Twitter (@RevolutionNak).    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 9m

  3. May 13

    Nappy Nina & Swarvy | S6 Episode 14

    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 Brooklyn-via-Oakland rapper Nappy Nina and Philly-based producer, multi instrumentalist, and engineer, Swarvy. We spoke about The Drama, undertone, the Twilight movies, Nina's filmmaking aspirations, the works of Boots Riley, The Fugitive, Brown Sugar, Swarvy’s musical background, the crazy story behind how he and Nina first connected, international touring, government subsidies for artists, and the creative process behind their two albums—Nothing Is My Favorite Thing and their latest, Sow & So, out on Tuesday, May 12 via Nina’s label LucidHaus. Come f**k with us. Sow & So is available now wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen (except for Spotify). Consider copping the album directly via Nina and Swarvy's Bandcamp. Follow Nappy Nina on Instagram and Twitter: @Nappy_Nina. Follow Swarvy on Instagram (@swarvy) and Twitter (@swrvy). Follow LucidHaus on Instagram and Twitter: @lucidhaus 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 29m

  4. May 6

    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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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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
    241
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Reel Notes w/ CineMasai
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