William E. Ketchum III
@WEKetchum
"My mind's monumental, my pen is penetration" © Elzhi
With the Wu-Tang Clan on their final tour, @RecordingAcad asked me to write a guide of their collective discography. I had a great time: spinning back great music, researching via books/docs, telling their story. Check it out: grammy.com/news/wu-tang-c…
Thought it was just me. For as beautiful as his jump shot is in real life, the game makes it so damn difficult to play the way he plays in real life. They've completely butchered his shot. Idk what the reasoning is, but it sucks smh
2K broke Kevin Durant’s shooting form in past editions and dropped his rating to 93 in 2K26 while LeBron sits at 96 and Curry at 95—not as oversight, but as a deliberate pattern shaping public memory and preserving legacy hierarchy through distortion.
revisit my guardian long read celebrating 50 years of hip hop and some of the culture's core pillars. interviews w/ dj spinderella, jeezy, dj shadow, big boi, dj muggs, pete rock, kool keith, rapsody, mykki blanco, flo milli, and monie love. read here: theguardian.com/music/2023/aug…
Lmaooo. Keak Da Sneak - “I was being bad, you was being good” man I was just tryna get the new Madden, my apologies
Rappers be making u feel guilty for no reason at all "You was in the house eating dinner while I was in the streets hungry" like my fault bro
Didn't even get around to this. Listened to Crashout Heritage about 20 times since this morning though. Dude really floated on that
Think I'll finally listen to Ray Vaughn's album for my morning commute today. Been hearing great things about it for months but never got around to it
Kevin Durant's legacy is under appreciated 💯 "Take the centers out of the equation. #1 [all-time] is MJ. #2 is LeBron. I don't have anybody I'm taking before KD."
I'll tell you what. This year started kinda slow for hip-hop. But so much great music these past couple months
Nigga. This Young Jeezy "TM: 101" album with the Color of Noize Orchestra is fucking wonderful. Some of these type of projects can come off as weird/contrived, but this orchestra really captured the grandiosity of that album in a gorgeous way
Think I'll finally listen to Ray Vaughn's album for my morning commute today. Been hearing great things about it for months but never got around to it
This run has been absolutely crazy. One of the best four-album runs in rap history tbh
Tetsuo & Youth, Drogas Wave, Drill Music in Zion, and Samurai is such an insane album run and doesn’t get talked about enough
Apologize for my weird mix
Lupe Fiasco really dropped one of the greatest lyrical displays of all time 10 years ago on Mural and people don’t talk about it enough
I can’t explain how much fun it was to see Cade play in the playoffs. Even with the struggles from deep, watching him play to play, game to game, problem solve and learn counters against a playoff defense was next level.
Light up the sky like the Fourth of July
What was your favorite song on this album?
bell hooks: "The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. 1/2
The Clipse album. Freddie album. iAMLYRIC Broken Barbies joint. Joose was on tour with Ray. Doechii killing shows and fashion shows. Soulo on the road. Tyler new album in the middle of his current tour. Dot and SZA killing Europe as we speak… etc. I love Rap Music and Hip Hop…
Bron is my favorite hooper ever, and one of my five favorite athletes ever. But all fans feel like their athlete gets the most hate, lol. Kobe fans been saying that he gets the most hate, too.
The worst thing that LeBron gets criticized for is the "Decision." MJ sat and did nothing while his dad sexually abused his sister and many think his dad's death involved his gambling problems. Kobe sexually assaulted a hotel worker in Colorado and then snitched on Shaq for…
Hasan Minaj Doesn't Know is a fantastic show. Dude really has great convos no matter who's there, digestible/casual while still enlightening. Always impressed when people can be well-rounded like that while still not appearing to take themselves too seriously.
ive never used it, always wanted to. this album felt right for it. t nava did an excellent job.
@tylerthecreator thinking about your use of a talk box on this album and how prominent it is throughout. Interesting decision and excellent choice
With Alfredo II as good as it is, there’s a convo to be had where Gibbs ranks in this past decade He arguably has multiple classics (Alfredo, Piñata, Bandana) plus really good albums like SSS but some filler too