Should we try to "COMPREHEND" Mach-Hommy?: “

[@ruhankatre]

This is going to go insanely hard.

[@abelmbaakanyi1000]

Brooooo

[@jodyisthatyou4296]

AVAA the consensus seems to be that he said "White phosphorus fell on civilians in gaza: troglodyte squadrons yelling epithets in the jargon"

[@hugobecookin]

this is an amazing line. just had to write and break it all down.

[@Anonymous-ee8zo]

This is definitely what he said, what a fucking line man.

[@Sanjana-sq9dr]

what is the significance of white phosphorous ?

[@jacobmahoney197]

@@Sanjana-sq9dr White phosphorous is poison gas used by the idf on gazans

[@Thomas-xr8zt]

@@Sanjana-sq9dr There’s been evidence Israel has been using white phosphorus on Palestinians which is illegal under international humanitarian law

[@dylanclarke2949]

Mach-Hommy is like billy woods wherein you could teach a 3 or 4 credit college course about him, and there would be plenty of material that you couldn't cover. As a fan of abstract/underground/experimental rap, we're no doubt in a golden age. Grats on 100k btw, prof!

[@mtuncrr]

any other artists that you can recommend?

[@DrewRicketts]

@@mtuncrr Cavalier, whose recent release on backwoods studios is a masterpiece in meaning and layering nostalgia, memoir, and witty social and historical analysis.

[@FlowerMANNN]

Bro people swear rap was dead as if the 2020s wasn’t the year the underground became better then the mainstream

[@theprisera1221]

Any other abstract/experimental rappers you reccomend?

[@kojokusi-ababio9373]

@@theprisera1221AKAI SOLO and Mavi

[@frankleespkng]

“Maybe we shouldn’t try to comprehend Mach” PHENOMENAL IDEA

[@marvelmyrtile6106]

AVAA! As a Haitian-American, a Mach Hommy fan, a lover of kreyol (and language more generally), and a reader of Negritude thinkers, highlighting Glissant’s call for a right to opacity and Mach Hommy’s artistry was superb. 🔥

[@andrewhenry9013]

Can’t wait to hear this. Need more ppl discussing Mach. I always feel like I gotta search to find this shit. Need more reviews and breakdowns

[@unimpressedalchemist]

Check out his other Mach-hommy videos too. Some of Prof's best stuff for sure

[@jimwatkinson5906]

I second @unimpressedalchemist his Pray for Haiti video is what made me fall in love with the prof.

[@theofficialshed3690]

Skye is great for this, he gives heavy analysis for a lot of underground acts. always a unique take too, not just some regurgitated shit

[@vickjr98]

@@jimwatkinson5906 same here

[@josephalcindor61]

Love the Mach hommy reviews. Might be my own Haitian bias, but its is some of the most insightful work on your entire channel

[@wids]

Agreed

[@bhoffman8984]

I’m only 10 minutes in and already grateful for this perspective especially given your sources for what seems like a very smart way to approach Mach’s music and him as a person. I never wanted to know more about him, now it makes much more sense.

[@Anonymous-ee8zo]

AAVA Professor I’m so glad you go in-depth and thorough into music especially Hip Hop. One of the few people who truly show the real art, beauty, and depth behind the lyrics. A true supporter and ally in the culture. Big salute and love from Bronx, NY 🙏🏾❤️

[@cjoeblack]

The world needs a Professor Skye x Mach-Hommy interview. AVAA

[@abelmbaakanyi1000]

NEEEEEEEEEEDDDSD

[@tinhose69]

AVAA!!! Mach-Hommy is an icon end quote

[@030oh7]

This gon be the year I get my python trenchcoat!

[@CavanHillier-bq3zp]

AVAA! Mach-Hommy will always be an interesting conversation in hip-hop as well as a fantastic artist. Love to see such an in-depth analysis, I will definitely look more into Glissant’s work.

[@qobo5socikwa666]

What we don’t do any more because of this quick and easy go era we are in is spend time with artistic pieces to truly understand their purpose.The nice thing about coming across a confounding tape is the joy of going back and just appreciating it with time just by listening as it begins to make sense to you

[@sandernotenbaert]

Thank you for giving us the analysis only a hip hop-head, culturally aware, french literature professor could have given us. Such a fresh perspective to this amazing album I would have otherwise never had. Salutations from Belgium 🙌 AVAA

[@virgochic8415]

I'm Haitian and you're introducing me to this. Thank you for your take.

[@copiouscat]

Aye a fellow haitian virgo catching the wave love to see it! Hopefully you know about Kaytranada too. 🤗

[@cakestepcakestep]

Vince Staples is Haitian too!

[@dfwherbie8814]

@@cakestepcakestepbruh I had no idea. That’s dope

[@OSNLebuna]

Essay made me shed a tear by the end prof. Felt that in my heart as a Caribbean artist

[@buddhaabuser]

This is a very refreshing in depth look on hip hop blended in with academics and the societal strife that we endure as black people. Enjoying your content from Kenya and i love Mach Hommy.

[@MattxRed]

I think it’s “dropping white phosphorus on civilians in Gaza” with the next line being about the Nazi esque military apparatus - I didn’t hear WiFi but that is interesting too

[@arbyzeiraj928]

Liked the video as soon as you started. Album of the year Indeed. This album is a great moment for HIP HOP!

[@fenixfaro5984]

The story of the woodcock reminded me of what happened to the cyclid population in Lake Victoria .the perch was introduced by European traders and eventually wiped out the over 200 variations of cyclids, forever changing the face of the fishing community there. Thank you for the deep dive. Appreciate your care with these works of abstract art

[@morgancarvalho4408]

I thought it was Q album. But this mach album is not normal. It's one of the best albums I've ever heard. Just genius work. Genius!

[@sobrage53]

I’m from Congo 🇨🇩 and our story with colonialism is horrific and really need to be known by the “Grand Publique” thanks for this great video one ☝🏿

[@professorskye]

Is there any music which might help to tell the story of the Congo? (Also, my favorite athlete in the world is Mbemba)

[@malcolmbridges7304]

​@@professorskyechancel mbemba is your favorite athlete 🤔

[@professorskye]

@@malcolmbridges7304 Well, I support Marseille, and he is our best player. I also rooted for Congo at AFCON because of him. Soooo close.

[@malcolmbridges7304]

@@professorskye I think English/Newcastle fans have a different perception of Mbemba. So great you support Marseille. With a British father I've been Canadian a football fan since birth. Football & hip-hop, wow where were you when I was growing up in rural Canada.

[@oozie7958]

Album of the year End Quote

[@carryripple]

AVAA. On the last song Mach is talking about the designer brand Prada shoe model called "America's Cup".

[@Grautwok]

The line that stuck with me from this album was "Flip you on a track like Tyshawn Jones" Tyshawn Jones is a skater that did a kickflip over a subway track. Not a deep bar, but as a skater, I got a kick out of it.

[@geetahouse]

“Sour” is a type of cannabis. It was super popular like 15 years ago. Sour Diesel or DOUR

[@1mancult]

specifically big in the east coast, NY region

[@muctubeUNIVERSITYmusic]

Chemdawg + Super Skunk = Sour Diesel. It's a Sativa.

[@southside6093]

*Been waiting for this to drop to gain more understanding of this incredible album. Thank you prof.*

[@nikhiltricam]

AVAA Professor. Much love from South Africa. Your discussion of the ‘violence of comprehension’ is incredibly poignant. I’m sharing this video with my wife, who is Mauritian, and whose family was displaced from India generations ago due to British and French indentured labour practices on sugar cane plantations on the island. To reframe creole identity around the innumerable individual experiences belonging to each person, in the face of such a large spatial, cultural and physical upheaval is to open one’s eyes to a level of nuance not normally granted to minorities in contemporary Western culture. Thank you for this analysis, and for opening my eyes a little bit. Bravo on a dope video. And this album is definitely a straight masterpiece.

[@mvekerea4130]

AVAA, glad to see Mach getting recognised for his complex intellect and rhythm patterns. Always loved his intrinsic and genius flows, wish more ppl did.

[@billwang3720]

I love how excited this guy is about this album

[@JiyanSheppard]

AVAA, Glissant sounds incredible and I can't wait to read some of his work! Actually invaluable to my dissertation next year too! Thanks :)

[@gabec-w7133]

AVAA! i deeply appreciate the depth with which you approach these albums, also this video pushed me to further educate myself in regards to Haitian history. (PS congratulations on 100K subscribers, well deserved!)

[@coralcrowglow]

AVAA! Thank you for recommending that essay on opacity at the beginning, it seems silly to comment so early into watching the video but it was just as haunting and brilliantly put as you said. I shall not soon forget it!

[@tcmackgeorges12]

LETS GO GLISSANT MENTIONED!

[@professorskye]

More than mentioned in this one!

[@tcmackgeorges12]

@@professorskye Im hoping you disucss the glissant's distinction between the dynamism of embodied oral practice and static nature of reflective written practice. I think it crucial not just to understanding Mach's creolization of hip hop, but also why he refuses to upload his lyrics

[@seabassdarapper]

​​@@tcmackgeorges12there have been instances of Mach including lyrics with merch (on record sleeves, in inlays, etc). He's not vehemently opposed to it, you just gotta pay the man 💸

[@user-fs1lc2cj5s]

@@tcmackgeorges12super interesting man thanks for sharing

[@MVSSys]

@@professorskyeMach definitely applies opacity to the value-form with his physical media, challenging industry norms and capitalist obsession with endless reproduction and expansion

[@tdsnuggs]

#RichAxxHaitian is a great project. Mach, in a way, has his own wordplay vernacular. His breath control needs to be talked about more. It is near flawless. In that sense, Kanye's breath control is that of a 73 year old asmtha patient.

[@ahmadlansari5224]

AVAA!! I loved the breaking down of comprehending and apprehending

[@goeroe1536]

Captured instantly by it's weaving, but this background info makes it even way more interesting. This album is a real piece of art.

[@mikey_gc8]

Thank you professor for astute analysis of this instantly legendary album

[@noodstradamus]

This is the most impressive video I've seen. Two great minds somehow on the same wavelength. Thank you.

[@griseldaxfr7809]

AVAA I'm in Year 12(final year of high school in Australia) and I have a list of about 10 books I am dying to read(and some reread), many of which were recommended by your channel, some of which I've bought or been given already. I dont have anytime to read them right now with school but I'm going to have a big reading binge once I finish school and I am delighted to add some more books in this video that interest me greatly. Congrats on 100k and thanks for yet another insightful and interesting video.

[@rockberrychick]

AVAA my Favorite Professor Skye video so far!!! Great Work ❤ 🧠 I can feel my brain expanding!

[@blackmagicmojo682]

AVAA Always love learning from you. Mach is a genius. 1:06:04 Guinness and sour is probably refering to sour diesel strand of weed or could deeper reference how people say Guinness outside Ireland is more sour bcus time it takes to get consumed by foreign places. Mixing real with what the masses consume. And 1:07:36 I he's referencing Olde English beer popular 40 oz malt liquor for our culture and contrast how they've made white claws a popular malt liquor for the white culture.

[@muzhik7624]

AVAA. Thank you for enriching us. As a psychology student I find the idea of opacity as a social paradigm incredibly interesting. Much love from the Netherlands. Veel dank!

[@tursasseason]

Incredible analysis

[@aidankruse415]

avaa. What a rad video, my mind was blown every 20 minutes

[@dpdpd_00]

High level analysis for mega high level art

[@abelmbaakanyi1000]

Literally fucking my dome up I’m so thankful on this random Wednesday noon

[@miyekow]

Incredible analysis Prof. thank you.

[@josh-qj2zu]

Mach hommy is probably THE most pivotal and interesting musician in the 21st century and this analysis made me appreciate him so much more

[@bimbom9712]

avaa might be your best video that i've seen so far

[@tmellott729]

So glad I found your channel, it’s really great to be able to learn so much through album reviews. Cheers!

[@crismajero5507]

11:40 I MADE IT OUT THE MUD SWEAR TO GOD. one of the best prof skye trace down speech ever. thank you!

[@thorocomments]

Damn! Gotta wait, lol. I know this is gonna be special. I put this album above Pray 4 Haiti comfortably.

[@jcg_001]

AVAA Loved this one prof! - Especially the point about colonialism and fighting the notion of absolute truths. This seems similar to what Deleuze and Guattari get into in their writing together. They talk about that straight, continuous linage that you mentioned as being a tree-like vertical structure and that the structure enforces meaning and control. They connect it to psychoanalysis and the oedipal complex - arguing that these are ways in which free and new thinking are limited. They even go so far as to call this vertical structure a colonialism of the mind and they argue that instead the world and of our thinking of it is in fact rhizomatic and endlessly interconnected and complex - and that attempts to limit that should be rejected as falsehood . I’m sure you’re well acquainted with D&G anyway though It really does seem that Mach-Hommy experiences and expresses the world in a rhizomatic way where different ideas, words and thoughts all connect to one another to make one big overarching creature. Like there are so many parts where it feels like there are no spaces in between his words (or thoughts), just a continuous stream. Feel like I’ll be grappling with this album for the rest of year.

[@abletonification199]

AVAA I now have a lot to think about in the next month... and I love it.

[@DawryMike]

There's an old interview with Mach where he speaks about the difference between the written and spoken history of the Haitian Revolution. That the written version has been muddied by different historians and academics trying to impose some external bias on the story, while the spoken version is closest to being authentic. I don't know how many times I've read Genius and thought "he definitely did not say that"

[@kwenuomtima]

"RIP Glissant, you would have loved Mach-Hommy"

[@TylerG13]

Serpent And The Rainbow and Copy Cold back to back is soooooooo gooooooood.

[@nusathechemist]

I'm so happy that somebody feel the same way about this album that I feel about it. thank you professor

[@Wizz466]

This gon be the one!

[@theofficialshed3690]

Very intellectual take on his lyric takedown, I always just took it at the face value of he's trying to get listeners to listen deeper/doesn't want people profiting off of his lyrics, but this interpretation makes perfect sense. Classic Skye AAVA, Also 100K subs ?!!

[@quaslib25]

Thanks for another great video! AVAA

[@FlumpVump]

This is an amazing album and my favorite rap project of 2024 so far. Figured you’d have a lot to say about this one in light of your previous Mach reviews; it was great to hear your perspective and dive into the resources you provided in the description. AVAA!

[@Mikeeey25]

AVAA!!! The first 15 minutes is so insightful and rich!!!

[@kingofcool87]

great break down, I find listening to music the way u explained is very fun n entertaining n opens your mind to different genres n such

[@user-gv4tf6mi3f]

AVAA. Loved the commentary on social struggles and the addition of your understanding of French. Abstract Hip Hop is a hard sell for me. But Mach does it so well. Definitely my album of the year so far.

[@isaacrenert8201]

AVAA! The America's Cup reference is actually a Prada sneaker. It's one of, if not the first, designer sneaker to become recognized as a "high-class" streetwear item.

[@milesbrowning3593]

He said "white phosphorus" not wifi. AVAA

[@CarterKeither]

One of the most powerful lyrics of the year

[@OSNLebuna]

Take in the only other rapper with a lyric about what’s going on in Gaza is Macklemore

[@dadaluma13]

AVAA professor. This is definitely my album of the year so far. We'll see at the end of the year how things stack up, maybe K-dot will release another masterpiece or something, who knows. But this was great. And sonically, I think this album is needed right now in underground hip-hop. B-side reviews pointed this out as well, things have been getting a little samey production-wise in a lot of underground hip-hop but this album's soundscape is a breath of fresh air.

[@clementeensy]

AVAA! ur the best! i love ur analysis of every album you talk about, your riffing has inspired me in my reviews i make on yt shorts!

[@midwestlivin7029]

Dope review/discussion.

[@HecticBurger]

I’ve been watching your content since the drake beef and Ive loved your content since. Mach-Hommy is an incredible rapper and I’m so glad you’re covering music that matters :)

[@seeitoldu1]

I been listening to that new album daily feeling like im stupid lol but i can’t stop playing it

[@edwardgeorge8025]

so good. you do the music & its thinking proud. i salute you: avaa!

[@darondersahakian741]

AVAA been waiting for this love you prof!!

[@abijah]

AVAA! The videos of yours that explore topics in the ways that you do in this one are the reason i'm scubscribed!

[@XplainLuxury86]

Always enjoy the reviews

[@fentonmh]

AVAA- always appreciate your analysis Skye, especially about Mach.

[@Edwin56656]

Thank you for sharing the essay of Glissant. I've never read something like this, and it tickled some braincells

[@x3i4n]

Good stuff professor. 9.5/10 album 😊

[@bnadisan]

AVAA!! Amazing album and congrats on 100k Skye!!!!

[@Supabom15]

This video is awesome as yours always are! I pronounce Timbre as “tamber” but I don’t think any way one could say it would be wrong.

[@wadethewiseman]

AVAA, just got settled in Boston for the next 7 months and rediscover your channel, perfect timing.

[@mikecdot]

i‘m sorry if this is rude, what does AVAA mean?

[@wadethewiseman]

@@mikecdot Awesome Video As Always

[@mikecdot]

@@wadethewiseman thanks a lot

[@limitless5436]

Man. Thank You, Keep Doing These Man. From A Professor This Is Great

[@AhmedC47]

This is the video I've been waiting for 🎉

[@NavixDMD]

Looking forward to this one. Musically amazing but there was one bit i was slightly concerned about appearing in "XEROX CLAT." During the conversation he made it sound like Haiti needed a "year zero" (misspoke as "day zero" in the track) like Cambodia. I haven't dived deeper into the whole album but I heard that and immediately thought "thats not a great idea bruh..." Wonder if anyone saw it differently or not.

[@NavixDMD]

Amendment: So listening further and taking a listen to the current state of Haiti maybe he's relaying that type of shift is already happening?

[@zero-rh8nt]

you got something here... especially with the way they were talking about how "the same type of people are being born every day" and they are reinforcing the same negativity over and over... sounds like they are alluding to needing some kind of restart in order to see change. kind of a concerning rhetoric.

[@Anonymous-ee8zo]

@@zero-rh8nt moment he mentioned Pol Pot I was like oh man. But I understand saying Haiti needs a reset. Like Professor said, it looks like the country is literally unsaveable and unmanageable unless it’s completely reset in a way. The people have lived through so much disorder, corruption, violence, a disarray at EVERY waking moment of their lives. I don’t think they could deal with a good government if they had one as they likely wouldn’t trust it. There needs to be an entire uprooting of the country at this point in order to save it posterity.

[@fabiandiessl2540]

was looking forward to this one especially since I feel a lot of the key moments of the tape were in French

[@skihik591]

I've been working on some poetics of relation type writing about opacity and Billy Woods and mach!! It's so cool to see the the relevance here. There's a way in which them and DOOM being from the UK engage in a creolization and transatlantic hip-hopoetics

[@contrellhenderson9654]

If I'm being honest, the artists I listen to the most have to be KA, Roc Marciano, Billy Woods, Mach Hommy, and Kendrick Lamar. They all arguably have some of the most innovative and impactful discographies in hip hop

[@pinkkpurpleblue]

Chills. You alright man👌🏽 avaa

[@lauric1464]

AVAA loved the glissant essay!

[@zero-rh8nt]

Professor, on one of my favorite songs on the record, "SUR LE PONT d'AVIGNON," Mach clearly says "SOUS le pont d'Avignon" on the hook, and even reinforces that pronunciation with an ad-lib where he seems to whisper "SOUS le pont, sous le pont." Do you think there is any underlying meaning to that changing of the wording from "SUR" (which translates in English to "ON") to "SOUS" (which translates in English to UNDER)? Or it just maybe just the Haitian/Creole accent coming out? From on the bridge (invoking that you are able to be seen by others), to under the bridge (or hidden away, not able to be seen by others) seems to be a pretty big difference in meaning and may go with your line of thinking about transparency/comprehension. Under the bridge lies many things that we may not understand/comprehend. Thanks Prof.

[@professorskye]

I meant to mention that the original lyrics are “sous”

[@djdubuque3369]

"Guinness and Sour" Cognac and Sour Diesel aka Marijuana! Amazing video!

[@DidierOsias]

His face is in the first hunger games :) he was a background character

[@richardhoward7651]

AVAA I was teaching a class on post-colonial Irish writing this morning and ended up talking about Finnegans Wake in similar terms. Indecipherability as resistance.

[@wolfofaspen]

Incredible album 🔥🔥

[@raycooperjr9104]

I'm a huge mach-hommy fan.. this was very intriguing... Bahamian descent

[@PabloHernandez-rr1or]

AVAA, the goat has reviewed the (g)AOTY, this is rlly on of the best albums i've listened to in a while

[@ManuelaAlmeidaRamos]

I'm from Brazil and I think the knowledge of history is engrained in most "oppressed" western countries, not only Haiti. I never knew any haitian tho, but I know some people from Equador and Angola

[@brieclarke]

As a montrealer, thanks for blowing my mind with the info that Nicholas Craven is from here.

[@nbtn]

hephzibah seems to be the alias that Georgia Anne Muldrow is going by on this album, she made the beat and did the singing. she’s fantastic

[@TheDreamingJune]

AVAA! Though i don't love this album I appreciate you breaking it down in such detail. Really hoping you review Beth Gibbons (of Portishead) new album "Lives Outgrown". It's seriously fantastic and the production & writing is so rich & nuanced. A ton to explore there.