#mckinley dixon

[astrangetorpedo]

lil big man is killing me

[orange-calx]

just for fun, my topsters for 2023 so far :]

in order:

SCARING THE HOES - JPEGMAFIA & danny brown | 10,000 gecs - 100 gecs | praise a lord who chews but which does not consume; [or simply, hot between worlds] - yves tumor | bathed in sound - cosmo sheldrake

new blue sun - andré 3000 | rhizomes - aho ssan | blackbox life recorder 21f / in a room7 F750 - aphex twin | ignore grief - xiu xiu

beloved! paradise! jazz!? - mckinley dixon | kikuomiku 7 - KIKUO | jenny from thebes - the mountain goats | heavy heavy - young fathers

DEATHBODY - GHOST, vane lily & carbon monoxide | suite ONE - dreamcrusher | the king - anjimile | double trio - by storm

[thesearenotphotographs]

I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long with Jamila Woods, Tasha, and McKinley Dixon at BAM Strong, Harvey Theater

During the week of the 2024 US General Election, Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Curator at Large and MacArthur Genius Hanif Abdurraqib curated a series of events titled “I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long,” which honored the legacy of poet June Jordan. Three musicians from Chicago were chosen to perform in Brooklyn on Wednesday, November 6th, the day after the election: Jamila Woods, Tasha, and McKinley Dixon.

I captured the wonderful show for BAM and some images from the special night appear in this gallery. I’ve been meaning to catch live sets by Tasha and McKinley Dixon for a while now, and didn’t experience a full set by Jamila Woods until last week (I previously saw her perform in 2018 at Damrosch Park Bandshell at Lincoln Center). I’m so grateful to Hanif for his essential curation and for Cynthia at BAM for asking me to document such an incredible show.

[bostonfly]

Listen/purchase: Run, Run, Run by McKinley Dixon

[beatsforbrothels]

Soul Glo - Spiritual Level of Gang Shit (ft. McKinley Dixon and lojii)

[rabbitechoes]

heyyy here’s what i’ve been listening to this month!! feel free to follow me on rate your music and twitter!

[kkdisco]

McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?

[cheddar-baby]

Song of the summer

[coffeejoshy]

A wet dream for jazz rap nerds (it’s me, I’m the nerd)

[louielouman]

BELOVED! Paaaradise! Jaaaaazz?

Super feel good tune.

[reckonslepoisson]

For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her (2021), Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? (2023), McKinley Dixon

Across all music, ever, so many lyricists strive towards the profound but simply cannot – whether due to intelligence, decadence, skill, aloofness or summut else – achieve it. And that is, one must stress, fine. Lyricism does not have to always be exceptional and one should be content that so many even strive to exceptionality. McKinley Dixon should certainly be counted amongst those that can achieve profundity, a rapper as emotionally stirring, well-read, abstract-but-intimate, elegant, eloquent as the best.

Pick(s): ‘Mama’s Home (feat. Alfred)’, ‘Sun, I Rise’

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Pom Pom Squad Street Fighter Tournament at Barcade

Full gallery can be found on my website

On Monday, October 21st, Pom Pom Squad held a record release party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with a unique twist: participants could sign up to fight each other in the game “Street Fighter” with two winners heading home with prizes. Why the arcade game Street Fighter? A song from the forthcoming album, Mirror Starts Moving Without Me shares the same title and is naturally about fighting.

The event kicked off at 6PM at the now two decade old original location of Barcade on Union Avenue. Mirror Starts Moving Without Me played in the bar while people took turns beating each other up via the game until two winners were declared and received vinyl copies of the new album (which comes out via City Slang Records tomorrow), and all other attendees received Pom Pom Squad stickers and could enter to win tickets to the forthcoming sold out record release show at Mercury Lounge on the album release day.

I attended the party on Monday night and images from the fun event can be found this gallery on my website. If you’re in NYC and missed out on tickets to the PPS concert on October 25th, the band will also be playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 4, 2025.

[orange-calx]

mckinley dixon - beloved! paradise! jazz!? [limited recycled colored vinyl]

[beatsforbrothels]

McKinley Dixon - Run, Run, Run

[comradeharrison]

Literally the best hip hop album ever since A new refutation of time and space