The King of the Trill, Bun B, has released the tracklist for his upcoming album Return of the Trill, due out August 31st. This will be his fifth solo album; in 2010, his album Trill O.G., received the rare and coveted 5-mic rating from The Source magazine....
The perfect House Party Mix is one that blends feel-good nostalgia from different decades with anthems of the moment, let my ever-growing house party mix be your source. Not to be confused with Help I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Turn Up: A Playlist. Stream below...
Help I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Turn Up: The Playlist is your answer to a scenario where a party needs saving, or when you see it heading in a ratchet direction. Not to be confused with the feel-good House Party Mix. Stream it here on...
When I fly, I need music that serves several purposes, and my Plane Flights playlist is the perfect multi-purpose soundtrack. I need music that can quell my anxiety, serve as a sleep aid, and/or keep me focused if I’m working while in the air. As my readers...
Kamasi Washington sat down with SMNTCS to tape his episode of ‘When I Create’ which turned out to be an introspective and revelatory journey. Kamasi opened up about what he feels when he’s on stage, when he feels the most free, and what creation is...
When SMNTCS sat down with Kamasi Washington, we picked out two records we thought he might be into, and asked him to get existential in talking about them. For this installment, we picked Sun Ra’s Space Is The Place and Ornette Coleman’s The Shape of Jazz...
A good, good friend of mine, Brittany Reeber, needs your support in funding her short film: Cassadaga. It’s about a small Florida town whose population is entirely made up of psychics. Check out the Kickstarter here and please consider donating what you can to...
For all the real shuffle heads who need a heatwave soundtrack, this is the SMNTCS Summer Tape. Updated weekly until Fall rolls around. If you use Spotify, click here or stream below, for Apple Music click here. Did we miss a song? Let us know...
SMNTCS founder Sama’an Ashrawi guested on a live taping of Am I Allowed to Like Anything? (AIATLA) at SXSW 2018, being interviewed by host Darian Harvin. Darian has a strong moral foundation that guides her infinite curiosity, it’s what makes her such a...
Friend of SMNTCS, and jack-of-all-trades, Fat Tony is the subject of a new documentary by filmmaker Jackie Radinsky titled Deeper Look: Fat Tony. The mini-doc examines Tony’s jump from Houston to Los Angeles and features interviews with P. Morris, Samuel T....
