Jay Cinema
Droppin’ Knowledge: Jay Cinema & WilfMerson Know “What You Need Ain’t What You Want!” – Album Review & Interview
A trans-Atlantic collaboration between the Harlem-based rapper and London producer WilfMerson yields an album of depth and beauty. The Internet and the portability of sound files can open up the world for anyone who wants to find like-minded artists across the globe with which to collaborate. Social media allows musicians to find each other on …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Listening To Music During a Pandemic – 10 Hip Hop Songs To Help You Carry On
By October, music had failed me. In the beginning of the pandemic, music from my youth carried me through the ups and downs of navigating life during a global health crisis. The music I returned to again and again was a strange mix of songs that I associated with specific periods in my life: Motown, …
Droppin’ Knowledge: There’s A Fervor In The Music – A Profile of the Rap Artist Chimezie
Chimezie, the rapper, first discovered hip hop when he was around eleven years old. The artist, who is also a prolific reviewer of rap albums on YouTube, grew up in a religious family. He heard gospel music around him, both in church and at home. He attended a Baptist church when he was a child, …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Listen – Jay Cinema & Jacob Barlow Release EP Peace of Mind, Mind of Peace
Jay Cinema and Jacob Barlow share their wonderful new album, Peace of Mind, Mind of Peace. On this EP, Cinema, from Yonkers, New York, and Barlow, create dusty, lo-fi landscapes of profound beauty and longing. The lyrics are introspective, and Cinema spits over samples that crack and pop, his delivery intimate. Don’t know much about …