Echo Simone Notes
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I don’t just write about music. I write about what the culture remembers, even when the industry pretends to forget.
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Julian, Stephen, Damian, Ky-Mani, and Ziggy Marley have carved out their own spaces in music and culture. This piece walks through their individual vibes and how they expand the Marley legacy in their own voices.
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Today the Supreme Court is hearing the case of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian man whose locs were shaved while in prison.
The Court has leaned toward religious freedom in recent years, but mostly for Christian cases. Let’s see if that same energy applies here.
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The Court has leaned toward religious freedom in recent years, but mostly for Christian cases. Let’s see if that same energy applies here.
www.youtube.com/live/ZfUBp-a...
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Today the Supreme Court is hearing the case of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian man whose locs were shaved while in prison.
The Court has leaned toward religious freedom in recent years, but mostly for Christian cases. Let’s see if that same energy applies here.
www.youtube.com/live/ZfUBp-a...
The Court has leaned toward religious freedom in recent years, but mostly for Christian cases. Let’s see if that same energy applies here.
www.youtube.com/live/ZfUBp-a...
Julian, Stephen, Damian, Ky-Mani, and Ziggy Marley have carved out their own spaces in music and culture. This piece walks through their individual vibes and how they expand the Marley legacy in their own voices.
Read here: medium.com/@echo.simone...
Read here: medium.com/@echo.simone...
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Julian, Stephen, Damian, Ky-Mani, and Ziggy Marley have carved out their own spaces in music and culture. This piece walks through their individual vibes and how they expand the Marley legacy in their own voices.
Read here: medium.com/@echo.simone...
Read here: medium.com/@echo.simone...
Hip hop didn’t lose women. The industry collapsed the lane until only one version could be seen. Please check out my latest piece. The free link is below!
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The Erasure of Range
How the Industry Compressed Women in Hip Hop into One Acceptable Image
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October 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Hip hop didn’t lose women. The industry collapsed the lane until only one version could be seen. Please check out my latest piece. The free link is below!
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Run-D.M.C. brought guitars to the block and hip hop to the world. This is the moment it all shifted.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Run-D.M.C. brought guitars to the block and hip hop to the world. This is the moment it all shifted.
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We didn’t want to lose conscious hip hop — it was replaced.
New from Echo Simone:
Dilution by Design - The story of how the culture got monetized, muted, and sold back to us.
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#hiphop #rap
New from Echo Simone:
Dilution by Design - The story of how the culture got monetized, muted, and sold back to us.
medium.com/the-riff/dil...
#hiphop #rap
July 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We didn’t want to lose conscious hip hop — it was replaced.
New from Echo Simone:
Dilution by Design - The story of how the culture got monetized, muted, and sold back to us.
medium.com/the-riff/dil...
#hiphop #rap
New from Echo Simone:
Dilution by Design - The story of how the culture got monetized, muted, and sold back to us.
medium.com/the-riff/dil...
#hiphop #rap
Missy "Work It"
As soon as I hear it, I’m on the floor. What’s your track that makes the whole party move?
As soon as I hear it, I’m on the floor. What’s your track that makes the whole party move?
July 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Missy "Work It"
As soon as I hear it, I’m on the floor. What’s your track that makes the whole party move?
As soon as I hear it, I’m on the floor. What’s your track that makes the whole party move?
No worries — if a hurricane hits, the alligators can double as evacuation transport. MAGA Water Uber, swamp edition. Just hold on tight and scream “freedom!” 🐊💨
It would be hilarious if it weren’t so grotesquely inhumane — and morally bankrupt to the core.
It would be hilarious if it weren’t so grotesquely inhumane — and morally bankrupt to the core.
I hope that they are prepared for the fallout if/when a hurricane hits! 🤦🏾♂️
#AlligatorAlcatraz #Maga
#ReeseWaters
#AlligatorAlcatraz #Maga
#ReeseWaters
July 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
No worries — if a hurricane hits, the alligators can double as evacuation transport. MAGA Water Uber, swamp edition. Just hold on tight and scream “freedom!” 🐊💨
It would be hilarious if it weren’t so grotesquely inhumane — and morally bankrupt to the core.
It would be hilarious if it weren’t so grotesquely inhumane — and morally bankrupt to the core.
In 1989, Public Enemy didn’t just make noise — they made purpose.
The Anthem. The Outcry. The Awakening.
Read the full Echo Simone essay:
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The Anthem. The Outcry. The Awakening.
Read the full Echo Simone essay:
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July 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In 1989, Public Enemy didn’t just make noise — they made purpose.
The Anthem. The Outcry. The Awakening.
Read the full Echo Simone essay:
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The Anthem. The Outcry. The Awakening.
Read the full Echo Simone essay:
medium.com/@echo.simone...
Planning a 90s-themed birthday cookout in August—music is the soul of this thing. I’ve got the basics (BBD, TLC, Montell Jordan, etc.), but I want to make sure I don’t miss any classics.
What must be on the playlist?
Drop the tracks that bring back the smell of charcoal and plastic tablecloths 🎶🔥
What must be on the playlist?
Drop the tracks that bring back the smell of charcoal and plastic tablecloths 🎶🔥
June 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Planning a 90s-themed birthday cookout in August—music is the soul of this thing. I’ve got the basics (BBD, TLC, Montell Jordan, etc.), but I want to make sure I don’t miss any classics.
What must be on the playlist?
Drop the tracks that bring back the smell of charcoal and plastic tablecloths 🎶🔥
What must be on the playlist?
Drop the tracks that bring back the smell of charcoal and plastic tablecloths 🎶🔥
I usually write soul-stirring music essays.
Today? I’m talking about adulthood & why it still doesn’t feel official.
(Bills? Paid. Identity? TBD.)
✍🏽 “Things I’m Unlearning as I Get Older”
A little humor, a little truth, and zero shame about watching Netflix all weekend.
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Today? I’m talking about adulthood & why it still doesn’t feel official.
(Bills? Paid. Identity? TBD.)
✍🏽 “Things I’m Unlearning as I Get Older”
A little humor, a little truth, and zero shame about watching Netflix all weekend.
medium.com/@echo.simone...
June 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I usually write soul-stirring music essays.
Today? I’m talking about adulthood & why it still doesn’t feel official.
(Bills? Paid. Identity? TBD.)
✍🏽 “Things I’m Unlearning as I Get Older”
A little humor, a little truth, and zero shame about watching Netflix all weekend.
medium.com/@echo.simone...
Today? I’m talking about adulthood & why it still doesn’t feel official.
(Bills? Paid. Identity? TBD.)
✍🏽 “Things I’m Unlearning as I Get Older”
A little humor, a little truth, and zero shame about watching Netflix all weekend.
medium.com/@echo.simone...
Next week, I’m releasing a 3-part series on how hip hop once taught, armed, and awakened us—and how the industry silenced that message. Truth was replaced by spectacle. The mic became a muzzle. This is about what we had—and how it was taken. medium.com/@echo.simone...
June 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Next week, I’m releasing a 3-part series on how hip hop once taught, armed, and awakened us—and how the industry silenced that message. Truth was replaced by spectacle. The mic became a muzzle. This is about what we had—and how it was taken. medium.com/@echo.simone...
Right?? That pairing says so much without even trying. Two generations, same weight. Appreciate you catching that.
The Bottle.. to..Money Trees 🥂
June 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Right?? That pairing says so much without even trying. Two generations, same weight. Appreciate you catching that.
Two generations. One purpose.
From Gil Scott-Heron to Kendrick Lamar — voices that testify, resist, and reflect.
New from Echo Simone Notes.
🆓 Read it here and share this free link: medium.com/@echo.simone...
#hiphopculture #EchoSimoneNotes #Blacksky
From Gil Scott-Heron to Kendrick Lamar — voices that testify, resist, and reflect.
New from Echo Simone Notes.
🆓 Read it here and share this free link: medium.com/@echo.simone...
#hiphopculture #EchoSimoneNotes #Blacksky
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Two generations. One purpose.
From Gil Scott-Heron to Kendrick Lamar — voices that testify, resist, and reflect.
New from Echo Simone Notes.
🆓 Read it here and share this free link: medium.com/@echo.simone...
#hiphopculture #EchoSimoneNotes #Blacksky
From Gil Scott-Heron to Kendrick Lamar — voices that testify, resist, and reflect.
New from Echo Simone Notes.
🆓 Read it here and share this free link: medium.com/@echo.simone...
#hiphopculture #EchoSimoneNotes #Blacksky
Two voices. One fire. A reflection on the emotional power—and tragic cost—of Janis Joplin and Amy Winehouse.
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The Torch That Burned at Both Ends: Janis, Amy, and the Price of Feeling Too Much
There’s something unsettling about the way we romanticize the 27 Club. We string together names like Jimi, Jim, Kurt, and Cobain into…
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June 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Two voices. One fire. A reflection on the emotional power—and tragic cost—of Janis Joplin and Amy Winehouse.
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