If you're in the Brooklyn area, I'll be hosting the fourth Reel Talk movie night at LoudmouthBK tomorrow, Thursday, August 8 (sorry for the short notice). Our guest this time is North Carolina rapper MAVI, and we'll be watching the 1992 horror classic Candyman, followed by a short interview and Q&A. Doors at 6, film starts at 7:15-ish. Advance tickets are $5 online via Partiful, $10 at the door. RSVP/purchase here. Hope to see y'all there!

My guest this week is Queens rapper, producer, engineer, and founder of Proper Spiritual Growth, Cise Greeny. We spoke about The Blacklist, the MCU, X-Men ‘97, Prison Song, Blue Hill Avenue, the legacies of Sean Price and Roc Marciano, how he went from doing graffiti to rapping to producing/engineering, how mixing and mastering for others helps makes his work better, and the creative process behind his excellent project Master Sword. Come fuck with us.

Master Sword is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Greeny's Bandcamp page. Keep an eye out for its sequel, 'A Link To The Past', dropping later this month. Follow Cise Greeny on Instagram (@cise.greeny) and keep up with all things PSG on Instagram (@properspiritualgrowth) and Bandcamp.

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