Ali Elabbady (he/him/his)
@EgyptoKnuckles
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Record excavator. Sound Motivator. Co-curator of @RapBooklets. Host/Producer of @tacotastemakers. Food & music critic.
Minneapolis, MN
Joined March 2009
Spent part of the summer penning a foreword for Back of House, a cookbook written by Ryan Stopera & Diana Albrecht, featuring recipes from those who aren’t necessarily deemed chefs, but caretakers of their community. Available for preorder today: https://t.co/rrgWhGvXyS
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Even though Halloween has passed, some are still in the spirit.
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Additionally, Mos Def aka yasiin bey’s “Fear Not of Man” also apt as hell.
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Happiest of birthdays to the best sister @MelDubs! Wishing you a fabulous birthday, and cheers on countless more to come! So grateful for you and our friendship! ❤️
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I’m also posting this to remind you I wrote a foreword for “Back of House,” a new cookbook by Ryan Stopera & Diana Albrecht, which is available for pre-order now! Visit this link to order your copy: https://t.co/rrgWhGvXyS
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Am I posting this to remind you that Sade blessed us with “Love Deluxe” 33 years ago today? Absolutely.
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Did the very same on Young Bleed & C-Loc’s “How Ya Do That,” too.
I’ve always said this was one of Master P’s savviest moves — shouting out smaller markets and towns all over the country that were never acknowledged in rap songs. This is part of the reason he had such a stronghold in places like Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas etc
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If you come across the profile below, report it. Someone is trying to impersonate @kath3000, and scamming people in DM’s for reviews and interviews. Remember: journalists/authors will never ask artists for money in exchange for reviews/interviews.
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15 years, and still missing you. R.EYE.P Revisit a piece I wrote for @TheCurrent about “The Many Faces of Oliver Hart”:
thecurrent.org
Micheal David Larsen made a bet on something bigger than rap battle supremacy two decades ago. He bet on himself and his artistry for his Rhymesayers album ‘The Many Faces of Oliver Hart or: How Eye...
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Something cool happened this past Sunday, you might recognize someone familiar in the photos 😎:
mprnews.org
The Twin Cities hip-hop community gathered Sunday to share stories, honor practitioners and document history.
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Never have I weeped harder at a performance than when I saw this. Now, I gotta weep twice.
D’Angelo’s Prince tribute was the only one that moved me to tears, the way he got choked up. He was truly his greatest musical son.
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RIP D’Angelo, don’t even know what to say. Three timeless albums, each one an incredible expansion of his sound—a peerless, flawless discography. It wouldn’t even be crazy to say he released the best album of the 90s, the 2000s, and the 2010s. One of our greatest artists.
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(Finally) unpacking some recent mailbox arrivals. This is one of them.
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My brain always theorizes how the cover for Black Star’s “Respiration” is a nod to Donald Byrd’s “Places and Spaces”
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There will be a launch/release party for Back of House on 11/8 at Bar Brava in Minneapolis from 6pm-10pm, with food being provided by Jook Sing. Details below!
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My first time meeting Conrad was in 2000, when he helped stage manage Hip Hop for the Homeless in the @FirstAvenue Mainroom. We traded stories and laughs together at a bowling charity event to fight cancer in 2018. What a life, what a legend. May he rest easy and eternally.
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Now THAT’s a video. Yes, I’m crying.
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