Russel Hobbs

Musician — Brooklyn

01Profile

A Russel Hobbs Photo

03Interview

Name, where are you from?
Russel Hobbs, Brooklyn, NY.

Describe your style in 3 words?
Chaka Khan meets Farrakhan.

Which Subcultures have inspired you?
Native Tongues Collective, Wax Poetics journal, Straight No Chaser magazine, Nonsense music nights.

Favourite Indie venue?
Williamsburg Music Hall.

What song do you have on repeat?
'Hello' by Jelani Blackman.

Best song to turn up loud?
'Harder Than You Think' by Public Enemy.

New bands you’re into at the moment?
Jelani Blackman, Deema, Pa Salieu.

Guilty pleasures?
'It Wasn’t Me' by Shaggy.

Who is your unsung hero (music)?
Not unsung, but hero all the way, Tony Allen.

04Playlist Notes

'Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos' by Public Enemy.
'Knock Knock' by MF DOOM, Madlib, MED, Blu.
'Guillotine' by Death Grips.
'One More Time' by Kamaal Williams.
'My Money, My Baby' by Burna Boy.
'Weed in LA' by The Koreatown Oddity.
'HASHBROWN' by Deema.
'Hip Hop' by Mos Def.
'Friend Zone' by Thundercat.
'Freaks Come Out at Night' by Whodini.

03Interview

Name, where are you from?
Russel Hobbs, Brooklyn, NY.

Describe your style in 3 words?
Chaka Khan meets Farrakhan.

Which Subcultures have inspired you?
Native Tongues Collective, Wax Poetics journal, Straight No Chaser magazine, Nonsense music nights.

Favourite Indie venue?
Williamsburg Music Hall.

What song do you have on repeat?
'Hello' by Jelani Blackman.

Best song to turn up loud?
'Harder Than You Think' by Public Enemy.

New bands you’re into at the moment?
Jelani Blackman, Deema, Pa Salieu.

Guilty pleasures?
'It Wasn’t Me' by Shaggy.

Who is your unsung hero (music)?
Not unsung, but hero all the way, Tony Allen.

04Playlist Notes

'Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos' by Public Enemy.
'Knock Knock' by MF DOOM, Madlib, MED, Blu.
'Guillotine' by Death Grips.
'One More Time' by Kamaal Williams.
'My Money, My Baby' by Burna Boy.
'Weed in LA' by The Koreatown Oddity.
'HASHBROWN' by Deema.
'Hip Hop' by Mos Def.
'Friend Zone' by Thundercat.
'Freaks Come Out at Night' by Whodini.