PinnedNathan Lawer-YolarFIRST TIME IN A WHILE (A Short Story)As Mike drives home, he cannot help but chuckle every few minutes. It had been a whirlwind of an evening, one he didn’t anticipate but was…17 min read·Dec 18, 2023----
Nathan Lawer-YolarIt’s been a while…here are some thoughts.“It’s been a while since I posted a substack”, I thought to myself as I stared at the blank page on Final Draft trying to come up with a…8 min read·14 hours ago----
Nathan Lawer-YolarProduction and Verses: The conjoined twins of hiphopEvery week, in my rap group chat, there’s a new topic that leads us to arguing for days. Top 5s? Best producers? greatest hook writers? 50…18 min read·Feb 13, 2024--3--3
Nathan Lawer-Yolar2023: WHAT A YEAR!!!As I sit at my desk in the office, taking a break from finding remittance files and missing cash on 50 page spreadsheets, I think about how…12 min read·Dec 26, 2023----
Nathan Lawer-Yolarmy favorite things this year (2022 edition)Last year, I wrote my first piece on things I loved and enjoyed in the year. It was a great way to catalog my experience of the year as…10 min read·Dec 16, 2022--1--1
Nathan Lawer-YolarThis Is What I Mean:An Album about Losing, Accepting Loss and Preventing Future Losses10 min read·Nov 26, 2022--1--1
Nathan Lawer-YolarIntroducing SIMBIOn a slightly warm Thursday night, as I drove home from a night out with a friend, I opened up Tidal to play new releases. Top on that list…6 min read·Jan 31, 2022----
Nathan Lawer-Yolarmy favorite things this yearI love year-end lists because they tend to focus on what was popular, but they rarely are from the POV of favorites of the writer; so this…9 min read·Dec 22, 2021----
Nathan Lawer-Yolar28 for 28; A Guide To The Chaotic JourneyI was on a facetime call with a very dear friend, Adrienne, when she asked; “are you excited about your birthday?” and I didn’t know how to…5 min read·Aug 18, 2021----