by Dan O

ATTENDEES

Psalm One, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney

AGENDA

New Business

• Discuss some additional 2023 superlatives. 
• Discuss projects of the year 25-1. 

DA LIST

1. Maps by Kenny Segal & billy woods

2. Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love? By Kara Jackson

3. From Whence It Came by YUNGMORPHEUS

4. Real B*tches Don’t Die! by Kari Faux

5. Ritual by Stik Figa x The Expert

6. Raven by Kelela 

7. Sleepingdogs-I’m Fakin’ My Own Death Just to Get Some Rest

8. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips by Armand Hammer 

9. Glorious Game by Black Thought x El Michels Affair

10. The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne 

11. He Left Nothing For The Swim Back by SKECH185

12. Sorry I Haven’t Called by Vagabond 

13.House of Disorder by Nosaj x Steel Tipped Dove

14.The Great Escape-Larry June x Alchemist  

15. Through and Through by Baby Rose 

16.BRAP by Estee Nack x V Don

17.Chung Shui II by Chung

18.The Fish That Saved Portland by Televangel x Milc

19.Rich by Homeboy Sandman

20. Jaguar II by Victoria Monet

21. Space Heavy by King Krule 

22. Incorruptible Saints by Sleep Sinatra x Televangel 

23. Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering by Open Mike Eagle 

24. Heavy Heavy by Young Fathers

25. Sundial by Noname

SUPERLATIVES

1. If I had to name a top guest verse MC of 2023 it would be Blu. For someone as important to the history of independent rap as Blu he’s hungry for any microphone near him. Stunning features on The Wire S3 E1 with Open Mike Eagle and Uknowhut? With Stik Figa. Wherever Blu popped up he was out for blood. Engaging with each song with the care and emphasis normally reserved for his own tracks.
2. A few MC’s who showed signs of a very bright future in 2023: Unruly burly savage delivery on Don’t Go Outside, Sunmundi power punch introspection on Midnight Oil, The dizzying flow of Patty Honcho on The Blaxploitation.