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The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 2d

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 2d

It had to be done. Perhaps the biggest undertaking in my nearly six years of publishing the internet's best hip-hop newsletter, CABBAGES. Check it out, weigh in, and share like hell.

www.cabbageshiphop.com/100-best-rap...

Ranking the most essential and influential albums of this quintessentially American art form.

Announcing: The 2025 CABBAGES Readers' Poll

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 2d

Can't keep up with all this new drill slang

Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 2d

smoked chronos twice in a row tonight and melinoe told narcissus may those waters run clear sksksk why she put it that way

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 2d

That's a real friend

I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 2d

It's only been a couple of hours, but vigorous early voting is showing some clear favorites in the indie hip-hop/rap field. Want to weigh in with your own ballot? www.cabbageshiphop.com/announcing-t...

The one time of year where YOU get to weigh in with your favorite independent hip-hop/rap acts and works. Act right.

Announcing: The 2025 CABBAGES Readers' Poll

I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, it's October, but we're opening up the CABBAGES Readers' Poll ballot box to take your votes for the year's best of the best in independent hip-hop/rap music.
www.cabbageshiphop.com/announcing-t...

The one time of year where YOU get to weigh in with your favorite independent hip-hop/rap acts and works. Act right.

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 6d

I mean, we have to presume a deluxe or otherwise expanded edition of the album is coming, no?

I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 6d

Holy shit congrats

Break The Song Down: Honky Tonk Man's "Cool, Cocky and Bad"

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Jason Brow @jasonbrow.com · 6d

I made my debut for The Stunner today with the start of a new column, BREAK THE SONG DOWN. The life of a showgirl? Nope, the life of a Honky Tonk Man.

Music has been an intrinsic part of professional wrestling. In Break The Song Down, we revisit the music that has echoed throughout the squared circle, from

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 6d

This poet turns 36 years old in December.

JR Moores @spinal-bap.bsky.social · 6d

Tortured poetry if ever I read some. #Swifty #Showgirl

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 6d

Longtime subscriber here. I have like three of them!

03 Greedo - Sea World Abu Dhabi (Official Audio)

I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 6d

03 Greedo and Zaytoven did the damn thing youtu.be/Pik0TeoHvS4?...

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 6d

CABBAGES Season Premiere October 14

Watch full episode video on YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts. www.youtube.com/@cabbageship...

a bearded man in a seersucker jacket and white button-down wearing glasses and a red "Hell Gate" hat stares off in front of a smoky lit background. ABOVE him reads A HIP HOP MOVIE PODCAST THE CABBAGES MACHINE WHERE KAYFABE MEETS KUBRICK MEETS KILLA CAM

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 6d

It 1000% is.

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 6d

SEA WORLD ABU DHABI

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NAHreally @nahreally.bsky.social · 8d

ANOTHER RAP SHOW #14 is this Thursday in Brooklyn! Another Planet (Phiik & Lungs), Rhys Langston, Imani Nichele, Noir Red. You’d be silly to miss this quite frankly.

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 7d

On October 14, the CABBAGES Hip-Hop Podcast returns... with a vengeance.

Watch full episode video on YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts.

#badmoviesgoodguests www.youtube.com/@cabbageship...

WHERE KAYFABE MEETS KUBRICK MEETS KILLA CAM

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 7d

"I brought my own mic."

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 7d

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The Brooklynite discusses his soul x hip-hop x jazz LP 'Space Cadet.' +reviews of The Expert, ZelooperZ

I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 7d

Today at CABBAGES, I interviewed CARRTOONS, a producer you're going to keep hearing about more and more. www.cabbageshiphop.com/carrtoons-in...

Cropping Up: CARRTOONS

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 7d

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I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social · 8d

If anything, people who take principled stances are punished for it. Just about everyone I know who ditched Substack over its platforming of transphobes and Nazis is making less money off their newsletters elsewhere than if they'd stayed put.