@TYPE4Boston

Bostonian hip-hop for grownups since 1990. Tommy O'Deed, Matt Reyes, and Bill Ierardi make music the old-fashioned way: for the love of it.

 Boston, Massachusetts
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Joined August 2009
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TYPE 4@TYPE4BostonOct 20
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Matt Reyes@VidiotBox18 Jun 2024
The Boston Celtics have now won 18 NBA Championships, the most in history. Of those 18, Bill Russell won 11; more than Jordan and LeBron combined. He is the only member of the More Rings Than Fingers Club. He is the best player in the history of the best team in NBA history.
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@ReutersOct 20
Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. A Reuters data-driven examination of global temperatures reveals the emergence of what we call heat storms. They now swarm the planet, upending life around the world. reut.rs/4zBUXtM
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Even though writing on US rap & hip-hop history is still just scratching the surface, I think a very interesting book could be written about hip-hop's diaspora out into the world, with detailed chapters exploring when & how rap arrived & took root in different parts of the globe.
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TYPE 4@TYPE4BostonOct 17
Replying to @MCDebbieD
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Matt Reyes@VidiotBox7 Jul 2024
Replying to @VidiotBox
It's unfortunately ironic that all those braggin' & boastin' 80s MCs rapped nonstop about being #1, being stars, being rich. Yet while many persist as legendary names in hip-hop history, most of their dreams of popular & financial success would be achieved by the next generation.
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When someone asks you what your song is about, you should have a more interesting answer than "It's about three and a half minutes long."
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TYPE 4@TYPE4BostonOct 15
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TYPE 4@TYPE4Boston4 Jun 2024
As I get older, an aspect of rap fandom I often see underappreciated is personal entry point & social context. For instance, I was 16 in 1988, so of course "Nation Of Millions" blew my mind. By the time "Illmatic" came along I was 22 and I thought it was a pretty good album. 1/6
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This is a series of turntable mixes that I put together on 4-track with my friend DJ KooKoo in 1990-1991, featuring many of the popular hip-hop and club music of the time. We used to have a lot of time on our hands. soundcloud.com/matt-reyes-82…
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The last time a DJ played one of our songs on an online streaming show, he commented how dope the song is, then stopped it after the first chorus. The entire song is 3:50 long and he cut it off after about 2:30. So I guess that was the limit of his attention span.
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I'm old enough to remember when rappers would diss each other by accusing them of performing oral sex on women. I've lived long enough to see the rap world ridicule DJ Khaled for saying that he doesn't. Unsurprising that a guy who got lost at sea can't find the man in the boat.
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My favorite rap group is M.C. Gainey & DJ Qualls.
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Replying to @VidiotBox @coldgettincrums
Bob Camp:
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TYPE 4@TYPE4BostonApr 23
1988 was a hell of a drug.
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My brand-new remix of #CZARFACE's song "Rock Beast", from their 2013 eponymous album. Vocals by @Czarface_Eso & @INSpectahDECKWU. Production by Matt Reyes of @TYPE4Boston. Drums by @jzonedonttweet. "They sound like big good strong rhymes, don't they?" youtu.be/UhE5w-mudRU

CZARFACE - "Rock Beast (Mineral Monster remix)" by Matt Reyes of TYPE 4

Brand-new remix of CZARFACE's song "Rock Beast", from their 2013 ep...

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My brand-new remix of #CZARFACE's "Bizarro" from their 2019 vinyl "The Odd Czar Against Us". Vocals by @Czarface_Eso & @INSpectahDECKWU. feat. @DJ_7L, @tomsegura & @ChristinaP. Produced by @TYPE4Boston. czarface.com type4music.com youtu.be/ADkCXsP8C_Q
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Back in 1996, the artists who would become 7L & Esoteric and @Czarface_Eso came out to my home studio to record one of their first songs, which ended up on the AOI/God Complex 12" single. 22 years later I dug back into my master tapes to make this remix. youtu.be/saQqHdZ2wfA

God Complex, "Cortex Nematode (2:56 AM remix)"

2018 remix of 1996 song recorded at World One, production by Matt R...

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Syd@sydbw18Aug 26
The day he dies my screen time might be 26 hours
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Being inspired and creating their own style from it is how it's supposed to be.
The Almighty@Almighty_RooneyAug 26
Crazy how DOOM inspired dudes like Marci, Mach, Gunn, and Woods. What’s crazier is none of them are anything alike
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Actor Tim Curry has died at 80, TMZ reports tmz.com/2026/08/26/tim-curry…

Actor Tim Curry Dead at 80

9/2/2026 12:24 PM PT -- Tim Curry's cause of death has just been revealed.

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TYPE 4@TYPE4BostonMay 21
Hell, you don't even "make" AI music, you just press a button on a machine and it says "You mean like this?" and you say, "Sure, whatever."
Issybeatz
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making AI music is not art
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Of the growing number of creatives I'm seeing parrot the philosophy "A.I. is here to stay, we should just make the most of it", I can't help noticing it's mostly coming from established successful artists, not struggling newcomers hoping to make a dent with their original voices.
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