Hunter Felt 🏳️‍⚧️

It has occurred to me that my life might be an experiment of some sort.

"They did bad stuff but they're dead now."

This is going to be an interesting re-read of Infinite Jest. Might finally read the DFW bio (not read that or The Pale King or Broom of The System or the new Pynchon. Hoarding tendencies activated.

Oh yeah Nas is a fucking genius. Top 10 MC. I just can't with him anymore. We all have our red lines.

she wasn’t anyone’s meal ticket. simple as. always the easiest thing in the world to hang a woman out to dry.

So, yeah, Dr. Dre goes in the Johnny Depp Bin for me, personally. Nas is right there with him. They all had chances to go a different direction.

I guess, my main problem with the Dre/Barnes thing isn't even the incident, as horrific as it was, but everything after. She was an influential Black woman in hip-hop media and the industry made her a pariah after SHE was the one who assaulted.

Led Zeppelin fans turning, noose around the neck, saying "first time?"

In any case. Steely Dan is one of my favorite bands, Donald Fagen pushed his wife against a window. Warren Zevon was my favorite singer-songwriter, he was a blackout drunk who hit women. David Bowie and Iggy Pop "slept" with underaged girls. These things happened.

Three things here:

1. If you haven't heard this story, don't feel bad. It's been deliberately omitted from the official history.

2. If you only know Dee Barnes from this, it's a shame. She's a legend.

3. I also have bad news about a lot of your favorite white rock stars.

The Grammys Call Dr. Dre an Icon. Dee Barnes Calls Him an Abuser In an exclusive interview, Dee Barnes reacts to Dr. Dre’s Grammy victory while looking back on the violence she says she experienced at his hands

Dr. Dre brutally assaulted Dee Barnes and went on to sabotage her career when she wouldn't stay silent. She then had to relive the whole thing when Dre and Eminem made it a MTV punchline on "Guilty Conscience."

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I don't even count that one as posthumous. That's canonical.

I was a diehard G-funk Dre guy but once I got to hear Dee Barnes's full story it kinda became impossible for me to go back to him. You listen to "efil4Zaggin" and it's all there: one of the best produced albums of the Golden Age of Hip-Hop ever combined with some of the most vile lyrics.

Yeah that album's where my 2Pac knowledge ends. It hits "Changes" on the "Greatest Hits" album and I felt like that was a good stopping point, but yeah these verses are great.

Oh really like the rapping on this but the beat feels kinda toy store. Everything about this screams "Eminem production" (Pauses to look up. Oh yeah lol.)

Obie is great in small doses, he's an ideal feature rapper.

It got a lot of hate when the album came out because it's the least polished track on what's a very slick album. The beat feels very mix tape-y, but that kinda was the charm for me.

Young Zee - That's My Nigga Fo' Real YouTube video by 8 Mile Soundtrack

My favorite non-Eminem song on the "8 Mile" soundtrack? This one forever. I don't care that nobody else thinks this. Young Zee ended up having just one shot to be heard by the general public and he made the most of it. ("R.A.K.I.M." is a close second.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG66...

Young Zee - That's My Nigga Fo' Real YouTube video by 8 Mile Soundtrack

I still think Young Zee got a raw deal. "That's My N For Real" was my jam. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG66...

I remember listening to the "8 Mile" soundtrack and going "I love everything on here except this 50 Cent dude. This guy's going nowhere. My money's on Obie Trice and I really can't wait to hear more from Young Zee."

Listen. Sometimes you strike out on these things.

Okay. Taking pain medication (ahem) for my possibly broken finger. Forgive any typos or weirdness for the rest of the day.

February Listening Playlist | Hunter Felt Get more from Hunter Felt on Patreon

My February 2026 playlist. A few days late because I always forget that February ends early. A short playlist for a short month, free for all!

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Luckily I didn't have the internet so I was mostly clueless of the controversy. Had I been active on Twitter it would have been a disaster. Heck, I probably would have accepted the invite to what was almost certainly an ambush podcast. But I saw it a week later lol.

Oh I understood it. I've defended plenty of people who I've mistakenly given the benefit of the doubt to. Rogan wasn't nearly as openly transphobic back then (I sometimes worry the article controversy pushed him in that direction.) She was (and remains) a hero of so it hurt because I am human.

I don't think Joe Rogan remembers my name, mind you. It's more like how MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has "that fucking Guardian writer" on his permanent mental shit list. (I have weirdly powerful enemies for a retail drone.)

It's really something. While I was so broke I was using Dunkin Wifi to send out my articles and paying for donuts with quarters, one of the most influential podcasters in the country was putting me on his enemies list and my favorite adult film star was calling me out. I lived a weird life.

Love the first Gilmour album. "About Face" is... too 80s and not in the fun cheesy way. (I love "Radio KAOS" for the unintentional camp factor though)

Some good guitar playing on that if nothing else.

When I used to tweet "Jack was a Nazi" it was in the same way one would say "oranges are orange" or "trans women are hot." Just stating facts.

There, uh, was a reason they opened up their pocket books to recruit Dick Parry for the Pulse tour.

The guitar solos sometimes sparkle on the "Momentary Lapse" songs. That's about it. And oof that sax, not great.

A great thing about the Early Years box set is how much live material it contains, so you could see Floyd at their weirdo bluesy jam band peak before DSOTM locked them into ~concepts~ for the rest of the decade