Max Bell is a writer/journalist based in L.A. He'd tell you where he went to college, but doesn't want you to unearth his terribly written screeds for the school paper. Consistently the youngest person in the room (or e-mail thread), he lives his life like Mitch from Dazed and Confused. His words have appeared online or in print for LA Weekly, Spin, Complex and XXL, among others. He hopes to go to grad school and write a novel, but is content to smoke weed with rappers in the meantime, the in-between time.
Currently Listening:
Your Face Here - Ed-Ape
Our Love - Caribou
Burial - Burial
Ghetto Beach Boyz - Warm Brew
Bestiary - Hail Mary Mallon
More Jazz
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Currently Watching:
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Birdman
Nightcrawler
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Currently Reading:
Ask the Dusty by John Fante Call of the Wild / White Fang by Jack London Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane| Illicit Fields: Ka’s “Honor Killed the Samurai” | August 22, 2016 |
Max Bell reviews the new album from the Brownsville auteur.
| “[Drinking] Defines Me”: An Interview with MMG’s Red Pill | August 15, 2016 |
Max Bell interviews the Detroit rapper about his new album, Instinctive Drowning, and the depression and drinking that fueled it.
| Linestepping with Gnome Beats & Myka 9 | July 14, 2016 |
The latest from LA label, Dome of Doom -- featuring Myka 9 and Gnome Beats
| Introducing Louisville’s Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff | June 30, 2016 |
Meet Louisville's Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff.
| YG’s Bompton Blassics | June 23, 2016 |
Max Bell compiles the best songs from YG's projects pre-My Krazy Life into one brackin mix.
| “Atlanta Got All the Sauce”: An Interview with FKi | June 16, 2016 |
Max Bell interviews the seasoned Atlanta production duo about their careers, their in-studio proclivities, and the current climate of Atlanta's rap scene.
In an epic interview, the Alpha Pup founder and Low End Theory co-founder discusses his life, music, and career.
Introducing the new Arizona artist in the vein of Chance and early Cudi.
| Premiere: Pioneer 11’s “Good Ole Urns” | April 14, 2016 |
Stay trippy, my friends.
| “I LOVE FLY STREET SHIT”: AN INTERVIEW WITH WESTSIDE GUNN | February 15, 2016 |
Max Bell interviews rising Buffalo rapper Westside Gunn alongside the premiere of his new project, Roses Are Red...So is Blood.
