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Max @ Hip Hop Isn’t Dead
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Creator, Editor, Writer At-Large, Hip Hop Isn’t Dead / Hip Hop Is Done | Content Curator, RandoMax Radio: https://m.mixcloud.com/RandoMaxRadio/ | http://patreon.com/hiphopisdone | http://hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
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For my new followers, a quick rundown of my sites/work that I hope you’ll like:

Hip Hop Isn’t Dead - reviews, silliness hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com

my Patreon - reviews, silliness for $3 USD/month patreon.com/hiphopisdone

and my side project, RandoMax Radio m.mixcloud.com/RandoMaxRadio/

Enjoy!
hip hop isn't dead.
reviews, not reassurances. est. 2007
hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
🚨 NEW PATREON POST 🚨

We're coming up on the five-year anniversary of the first collaborative album from Boldy James and Real Bad Man, conveniently titled Real Bad Boldy, so I wrote some words

www.patreon.com/posts/144540...

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December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🚨 NEW MIX ALERT 🚨

ICYMI: Episode 49 of the ongoing Wu-Wednesdays series - the end is nigh, jump on the bandwagon now
RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #49
This week’s entry into the Wu-Wednesdays catalog has no real theme, apart from the interludes, which always seem to be related in some fas...
hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚨 NEW PATREON POST 🚨

We're coming up on the five-year anniversary of the first collaborative album from Boldy James and Real Bad Man, conveniently titled Real Bad Boldy, so I wrote some words

www.patreon.com/posts/144540...

Sign up today for access for over 300 exclusive posts!
www.patreon.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
coolcoolcool this timeline sucks
Should Paramount Skydance scoop up Warner Bros. Discover, the CBS News editor-in-chief could wind up running another major news operation. www.avclub.com/bari-weiss-c...
Bari Weiss reportedly has ideas for CNN, too
Bari Weiss reportedly has ideas for CNN, too
www.avclub.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🚨 NEW MIX ALERT 🚨

Episode 49 of the ongoing Wu-Wednesdays series - the end is nigh, jump on the bandwagon now
RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #49
This week’s entry into the Wu-Wednesdays catalog has no real theme, apart from the interludes, which always seem to be related in some fas...
hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨 NEW PATREON POST 🚨

If Mass Appeal continues the Legend Has It... series in 2026, Rakim should take part so that Nas can record a song with Rakim

Revisiting his solo debut, The 18th Letter:

www.patreon.com/posts/144120...

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creating Hip Hop Is Done: critique, commentary, and claptrap for
www.patreon.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
look, I don’t know the author’s intent here and I’m trying not to assume the worst because of the holiday, but this is so racially coded that even the mac and cheese in the photo is white as hell
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🚨 NEW MIX ALERT 🚨

ICYMI: Episode 48 in the limited-run Wu-Wednesdays series showcases some of the harder-to-find songs in the Wu canon
RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #48
Heads that dare to press ‘play’ on this week’s installment of the ongoing Wu-Wednesdays side project will be greeted with some shining examp...
hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚨 NEW PATREON POST 🚨

If Mass Appeal continues the Legend Has It... series in 2026, Rakim should take part so that Nas can record a song with Rakim

Revisiting his solo debut, The 18th Letter:

www.patreon.com/posts/144120...

Sign up today for access to over 300 exclusive posts!
Get more from Max on Patreon
creating Hip Hop Is Done: critique, commentary, and claptrap for
www.patreon.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨 NEW MIX ALERT 🚨

Episode 48 in the limited-run Wu-Wednesdays series showcases some of the harder-to-find songs in the Wu canon
RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #48
Heads that dare to press ‘play’ on this week’s installment of the ongoing Wu-Wednesdays side project will be greeted with some shining examp...
hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨 NEW PATREON POST 🚨

The (likely) end of Mobb Deep (and all that) is documented on their final, posthumous album, Infinite

R.I.P. Prodigy

www.patreon.com/posts/143617...

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creating Hip Hop Is Done: critique, commentary, and claptrap for
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November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I mean…
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🚨 NEW MIX ALERT 🚨

ICYMI: This week's Wu-Wednesday episode explores what kind of magic can happen when you don't piss off the various members of the Clan
RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #47
Shifting things back in a positive direction, this week’s entry into the Wu-Wednesdays canon (only a handful of episodes remaining, folks!...
hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚨 NEW PATREON POST 🚨

The (likely) end of Mobb Deep (and all that) is documented on their final, posthumous album, Infinite

R.I.P. Prodigy

www.patreon.com/posts/143617...

Sign up today for access to over 300 exclusive posts!
Get more from Max on Patreon
creating Hip Hop Is Done: critique, commentary, and claptrap for
www.patreon.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s weird to me how people listening to “4th Chamber” now for the first time will gleam an entirely different interpretation from “Ironman be sippin’ rum out of Stanley cups”
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨 NEW MIX ALERT 🚨

This week's Wu-Wednesday episode explores what kind of magic can happen when you don't piss off the various members of the Clan
RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #47
Shifting things back in a positive direction, this week’s entry into the Wu-Wednesdays canon (only a handful of episodes remaining, folks!...
hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨 NEW PATREON POST 🚨

Coolio's second album, Gangsta's Paradise, which turns 30 years old today, is much more than just a vehicle for the hit title track

R.I.P. Coolio

www.patreon.com/posts/143010...

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creating Hip Hop Is Done: critique, commentary, and claptrap for
www.patreon.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I’m so old I can remember less than a week ago, when dems suddenly had a brief moment of hope, but as usual elected officials have proven themselves illiterate in the field of room-reading
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
🚨 NEW MIX ALERT 🚨

ICYMI: The Wu plays well with others... until you piss them off, anyway, as evidenced by this week's episode of Wu-Wednesdays
RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #46
There have been a couple of episodes throughout this Wu-Wednesdays side project of ours that were designed to showcase how well the vari...
hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨 NEW PATREON POST 🚨

Coolio's second album, Gangsta's Paradise, which turns 30 years old today, is much more than just a vehicle for the hit title track

R.I.P. Coolio

www.patreon.com/posts/143010...

Sign up today for access to over 300 exclusive posts!
Get more from Max on Patreon
creating Hip Hop Is Done: critique, commentary, and claptrap for
www.patreon.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
the world is on fire, but clipse actually got nominated for an album of the year grammy, not just “rap album” but “album”, so that’s nice

(Obligatory “Grammys don’t matter” messaging applies)
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🚨 NEW MIX ALERT 🚨

The Wu plays well with others... until you piss them off, anyway, as evidenced by this week's episode of Wu-Wednesdays
RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #46
There have been a couple of episodes throughout this Wu-Wednesdays side project of ours that were designed to showcase how well the vari...
hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨 NEW PATREON POST 🚨

In which we finally close the book on Statik Selektah's Population Control (for realsies this time)

www.patreon.com/posts/142460...

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Get more from Max on Patreon
creating Hip Hop Is Done: critique, commentary, and claptrap for
www.patreon.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚨 NEW MIX ALERT 🚨

ICYMI: Finally, an episode of Wu-Wednesdays that you can listen to with your entire family while gathered around the radio (phone speaker), just like in the before times
RandoMax Radio Presents: Wu-Wednesday #45
There may have been no barrier for entry with last week’s episode, but this week’s entry into the Wu-Wednesdays series could be consider...
hiphopisntdead.blogspot.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨 NEW PATREON POST 🚨

In which we finally close the book on Statik Selektah's Population Control (for realsies this time)

www.patreon.com/posts/142460...

Sign up today for access to over 300 exclusive posts!
Get more from Max on Patreon
creating Hip Hop Is Done: critique, commentary, and claptrap for
www.patreon.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM