Author • Music Journalist • Wrote “The Butterfly Effect” (a Kendrick Lamar biography) and “High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul”
Joined May 2026
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Big day!
NOON — IN THE ORBIT OF RA
Mural dedication with Marcus J. Moore & Sun Ra Arkestra
@ October Gallery Museum
6PM — MINDFULNESS & MUSIC
@ The Yard on Coltrane Street
8PM — ANTHONY TIDD'S MONO STEREO
@ Solar Myth
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Jun 10
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been trying to make sense of @madlib, the iconoclastic producer whose use of human error makes the music sing, how they add character. This and a lot more from yours truly at @pioneerworks.
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Jun 10
Love this essay by @MarcusJMoore on my favorite producer, the almighty @madlib & his "warped horn phrases, staggered bass lines, and drum breaks"
"The music moves with a crooked logic that feels equally unruly and purposeful, rickety yet calculated."
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Jun 10
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"Listening to Madlib’s work is a little like studying a weather map. Patterns swirl and systems collide, reshaping and reorganizing as they progress." - @MarcusJMoore
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Grateful to have an opportunity to share a few words in @nytimes about one of the greatest musicians in American music - @CharlieParkerKC
Thanks @MarcusJMoore #BirdLives #jazz
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“Beats that sound too clean just don’t have the same soul.” @MarcusJMoore writes on the resonance of @madlib, only made stronger by the music’s colliding overtones and distortions. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/m…
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“Listening to @madlib’s work is a little like studying a weather map.” @MarcusJMoore on the mighty producer who’s always made melody from chaos. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/m…
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May 29
The Conversational Genius of Phonte | @MarcusJMoore
From Greensboro to The Foreign Exchange, Phonte reshaped what vulnerability could sound like in hip-hop.
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Woody Shaw: A Life in Sound and Struggle | @MarcusJMoore
Tracing the trumpeter's journey from prodigy to post-bop architect, and the music that carried his spirit forward.
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May 14
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Jan 13
marcus j. moore is so fucking good
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there are like ten separate sentences in this piece that made me just shake my head and smile
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Apr 24
Herbie Hancock's Quiet Revolution | Marcus J. Moore
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Minnie Riperton’s Secret Symphony | Marcus J. Moore
Before “Lovin’ You,” the singer crafted a lush, genre-defying meditation on intimacy and Black imagination.
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