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Drake's AI diss track 'Taylor Made Freestyle' is out but is it in good taste? We're talking about beef but are there some technological lines that you just don't cross? Also, Chris Brown and Quavo are beefing and its gone to blows over diss tracks. We're here breaking it down and laughing at the absurdity.
TIMECODES:
1:56 - Drake AI
3:30 - Taunting Kendrick Lamar
3:50 - One of the largest artists in the music using AI
4:08 - Using Tupac’s voice
6:28 - Demar thinks it’s wack
7:44 - Even Kendrick fans say he has to drop soon
9:44 - can’t have 3 weeks between every record
12:58 - Drake's strategy
15:56 - Rumour of Drake having a bomb
16:44 - Kanye jumping in
18:15 - Drake is Jewish
19:03 - Kanye has to save hip-hop
20:18 - This 20 v 1 builds up Drake’s legacy
21:38 - The undercard
21:53 - Demar is giving Trump
22:22 - Why now?
23:46 - CB raps better than Quavo
24:26 - Quavo is not good enough to make a diss track
26:09 - Triplet flow - only flow
33:28 - CB vs Quavo who’s a better rapper
35:16 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Taylor Swift's 11th studio album 'The Tortured Poets Department', the boring production, Taylor's hyper-literal lyrics and her minimal singing range.
Démar’s rating: 3 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 3 / 10
The Love List: Florida!!!, I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can), thanK you aIMee, I Look in People's Windows
TIMECODES:
2:10 - Drake should write for Taylor
3:28 - Previous scores
6:27 - Competent group
7:44 - No single
8:16 - Shrinking the world
9:46 - Slow album
12:09 - So boring Demar had to stop listening
14:20 - Carly Rae Jepsen copycat
16:11 - Swearing all over this album
16:33 - Hyper pop sound
19:27 - There are Some good tracks but not enough
20:05 - If Taylor was on Cowboy Carter
24:11 - Florida
28:22 - The smallest man that’s ever lived
31:45 - Didn’t even try to keep me in / pathetic
36:20 - Delulu algorithm
36:47 - Never cried at the gym
38:50 - Always the victim
41:08 - Mellow dramatic
43:58 - Cringe lyrics
45:16 - Kendrick of pop music
46:20 - Why is she not cancelled - worst lyrics
47:43 - Try to find a way to say in real life
49:12 - Taylor gets a pass for being bitter
50:46 - Did Travis Kelce listen to this album
1:00:46 - The cover
1:05:41 - The Scores
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Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department / 2024 / pop, folk -
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Drake has responded to Kendrick Lamar in emphatic fashion with his unofficial track 'Push Ups (Drop & Give Me 50)'. We breakdown the lyrics and really discuss if this beef is winnable for anyone involved.
TIMECODES:
0:17 - Intro
3:54 - Thinking Drake's diss is AI
5:56 - What's Beef sample?
7:46 - Kendrick is at a disadvantage
8:47 - Contract discussions
9:46 - Distract lyric breakdown
12:36 - When is the Kendrick track dropping?
15:20 - Drake's writing speed
18:19 - Did Kendrick expect Drake to reply?
19:45 - Adriel is worried for Kendrick
20:29 - What does it take to win a beef?
23:34 - What happens if Drake beats Kendrick Lamar in a beef?
27:04 - The Drake-French Montana cease and desist
28:30 - More Drake lyrical breakdown
30:30 - What would've happened if J.Cole didn't back out of the beef?
31:49 - Kendrick is on his own, how is he going to handle the beef now?
32:23 - How many songs do you think the beef will go?
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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Future and Metro Boomin's collaborative album 'We Still Don't Trust You', Future's strained vocals and Future being one of the rappers with minimal skill at rapping.
Démar’s rating: 4 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 7 / 10
The Love List: We Still Don't Trust, Nights Like This, Nobody Knows My Struggle, Crossed Out, Red Leather
TIMECODES:
1:54 - First album was the single for the 2nd album
2:52 - Future establishing himself as an album artist
6:54 - This is what we have been begging Drake to do
09:34 - Future got the Weeknd pack
11:24 - Who told you?
11:57 - After Hours style of production
13:02 - Brad Pit comparison
13:33 - Set the tone/cooking with gas
15:14 - Drink and dance … why?
17:34 - Black hole on your Spotify
20:36 - Love bad bitches (different artists you could see on this)
23:37 - I Don’t know if Future is making fun of Drake on this track
25:03 - Gracious is a Ty Dolla $ign song
29:09 - Here is what you get for listening to the first half
30:52 - Future talk that talk …Leader in toxic masculinity
32:33 - Future meme
36:32 - He’s using the wrong part of his body
37:10 - Young Thug before the autotune
38:01 - Future can’t get into a beef with his lyrics
38:33 - MVP of being the most minor skill at rapping
44:15 - The Cover
47:40 - Scores
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Future & Metro Boomin - We Still Don't Trust You / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap -
This week Démar and Adriel discuss J. Cole's surprise mixtape 'Might Delete Later', his Kendrick Lamar diss, his apology to Kendrick Lamar and how he's destroyed the bravado in his music.
Démar’s rating: 6 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 9 / 10
The Love List: H.Y.B., Stealth Mode, Stickz N Stonez, Pricey
TIMECODES:
2:25 Surprise drop
3:54 Demar was in bed
5:40 Pre-apology J. Cole
10:07 The music sounds different and hollow
11:40 People not living their rhymes
12:25 Connecting his first song with his last song
14:58 Apologizing is not hip-hop
15:42 Drake the shop comparison
21:54 The freedom for people not to like specific albums
24:10 You don’t have to reply, but do it anyways
27:13 Too much triplet flow
27:53 Pi features
30:25 Trans bars
33:40 The production Adriel wanted a while ago
37:00 Adriel can feel the labels looking for a Central Cee single
39:00 Fever is the Born Sinner J. Cole
41:42 We heard this song on Born Sinner
44:04 Huntin Wabbitz
45:40 Great use of a vocal sample
47:15 The mixtape is Cohesiveish
49:41 The Cover
51:28 Worth getting the Vinyl?
54:54 How will the apology age?
1:01:20 Scores
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J. Cole - Might Delete Later / 2024 / Rap, Hip Hop -
Since we've determined that J. Cole is no longer in the big three because of his apology Démar and Adriel take stock of artists that can replace him in the rap hierarchy. Also the duo do a little bit of recap on Bryson Tiller's latest album 'Bryson Tiller' and Doja Cat's deluxe ‘Scarlet 2: Claude’
TIMECODES:
1:12 Bryson Tiller ‘The Man Who Made Trapsoul’
8:20 Doja Cat
15:05 Deciding the future of Hip-Hop
16:19 Yeat
18:00 Playboi Carti
21:27 Tyler The Creator
24:37 Doja Cat
26:33 Travis Scott
27:50 Future
30:09 Nicki Minaj
33:42 Is Nicki Minaj ahead of J. Cole?
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We're a quarter through the calendar, so it's time for Démar and Adriel to go over their favourite albums so far this year. Also Lizzo quit music and then unquit music. Grand opening, grand closing.
TIMECODES:
00:39 Lizzo’s ‘Retirement’
04:48 Yeat | 2093
05:54 The Last Dinner Party | Prelude to Ecstasy
07:45 Flo Milli | Fine Ho, Stay
09:27 Future & Metro Boomin | WE DON’T TRUST YOU
11:00 Tyla | Tyla
15:19 Illit | Super Real Me
16:36 SiR | Heavy1
17:24 Schoolboy Q | Blue Lips
19:20 Ghetts | On Purpose, With Purpose
20:52 Little Simz | Drop 7
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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Beyoncé's eighth studio album 'Cowboy Carter', pandering to white people and her approaching Michael Jackson status.
Démar’s rating: 8.5 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 7.5 / 10
The Love List: BODYGUARD, YA YA, RIIVERDANCE, II MOST WANTED, LEVII'S JEANS
TIMECODES:
4:32 - A teenager in 2024 listening to Beyonce for the first time
5:29 - Features we haven’t heard before
5:59 - Miley feature
7:35 - Bodyguard 11:00 River dance as a single
12:40 - Is 27 songs too many?
14:54 - Hootenanny or Hoedown?
17:51 - The Eagle
22:39 - It’s too evident to the people it's being catered to
32:14 - Destiny’s Child vs. Sum 41
37:44 - Jolene
46:48 - What’s left for her to do
48:23 - The cover / who is Beyonce voting for
56:00 - The Scores
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Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter / 2024 / country -
Sean 'Diddy' Combs just got his houses in LA and Miami raided by Homeland Security, does that mean he's done for? Also Demar and Adriel take sides in the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, ranking the so-called 'Big 3'.
TIMECODES:
00:50 Diddy’s House gets Raided
6:50 Diddy is going down
12:12 Kendrick Lamar shoots at Drake
18:18 Remembering 2013 Hip-Hop Twitter
24:20 Kendrick Lamar is more critically acclaimed
32:44 GKMC is integral to Hip-Hop
37:47 Is Drake more Wilt or LeBron?
41:00 Drake’s omniscient influence
41:53 Drake is like FRIENDS
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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Future and Metro Boomin's collaborative album 'We Don't Trust You', Metro Boomin being a top 10 producer in hip hop history and Kendrick Lamar's instant classic diss verse on 'Like That'.
Démar’s rating: 8.5 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 7 / 10
The Love List: Like That, Type Shit, Claustrophobic, WTFYM, Cinderella
TIMECODES:
3:42 Past reviews/collaborations
9:10 2 Intros?
12:07 Future is versatile
14:21 Future’s music can get repetitive
15:34 Everyday hustle – hear all the sounds Future wouldn’t do on his own
17:11 Teazo Touchdown
17:55 Cinderella
19:36 Travis Scott's appearance is a beat switch
22:10 Magic Don Juan
23:14 There is a running out of time on every project
23:42 Future has 50 hits
24:19 Metro loves a good chime
25:20 The hook for Magic Don Juan doesn’t rhyme
29:19 Future’s ability to use slang - if you don’t know, it's like a different language
30:14 Carti voice
31:20 People in hip-hop like to flex – the way that Future frames it
32:48 You can still flex but find a different way to say it
33:39 Best feature
39:32 Reminiscent of B2B
42:29 Prince / MJ comparison
48:19 Most memorable snippet
53:17 Scores
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Future & Metro Boomin - We Don't Trust You / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap -
The US government wants to ban TikTok or at least have an American company own, what does that mean for music creation and discover? Demar and Adriel break it down. Vybz Kartel, the Jamaican Drake, just won his murder conviction appeal but that doesn't necessarily mean he's getting out. The duo talk about what it means if he does.
P.S. Chinese national security laws require that all Chinese companies acquiesce to Beijing’s demands for intelligence. The Chinese government also has a stake and a board seat in Byte Dance.
TIMECODES:
00:45 Potential TikTok Ban
13:40 New Social Media Home
16:08 Free Vybz Kartel
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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Justin Timberlake's sixth studio album, whether we should care about his music anymore and if the rest of music has lapped him creatively.
Démar’s rating: 4 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 5.5 / 10
The Love List: Technicolor, Sanctified, Flame
TIMECODES:
4:50 - Similar to the 3-point shot
8:00 - Démar loves all women
9:35 - The direction of the slower singles
10:00 - JT fell to the wayside for Démar
14:50 - Fucking up the disco missing juice
15:25 - Upbeat tracks don’t hit anymore, slower songs hit harder now
15:51 - Dua Lipa comparison
17:55 - Pioneer of the modern beat switch
20:05 - His music is too clean
23:32 - Calvin gave JT the light pack
26:14 - Adriel realized JT lost his sauce on song one
26:49 - The outro on ‘Play’
27:34 - Démar felt gross
28:23 - That’s not how dudes speak currently
31:05 - CHAT GPT written album
34:13 - NSYNC opening for JT
36:39 - One big meeting with the pop stars
40:24 - Scores
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Justin Timberlake - Everything I Thought It was / 2024 / pop, R&B, pop R&B -
This week Démar and Adriel discuss Flo Millis second studio album, her playful yet gritty songs and the art of the remix.
Démar’s rating: 8 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 7 / 10
The Love List: Never Lose Me (every version), Edible, Can't Stay Mad, Life Hack, Understand
TIMECODES:
2:43 - Flo Mili fans around Adriel’s orbit
6:23 - Bryson Tiller has the best verse on Never Lose Me
6:55 - 3rd version of the song, and it’s the best version of the song
7:10 - Not Losing the soul of the song
9:04 - Demar says the Gunna feature is the best - Alert the press
16:08 - It's giving Legend of Zelda – Prod A1
18:26 - The hit song is the production song
19:20 - Shout out to Juicy – iconic drop
22:10 - Not Doja Cat, just one step below
22:25 - Lyrics
23:50 - Can every single person relate to that?
24:08 - Anyone can get it
25:25 - Almost making fun of you / almost letting go of the anger
26:55 - Just because it’s different clothes doesn’t mean it's different lyrics
28:00 - Flo Milli is a woman who knows what she wants / can throw hands
28:45 - using the ad-lib as part of the rhyme scheme
32:08 - The hooks are really good
35:14 - Big difference between I want to fight somebody and shoot somebody
38:14 - Scores
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Flo Milli - Fine Ho, Stay / 2024 / hip hop, pop, rap -
James Blake and Kanye West are on a rampage. Blake has joined the choir of artists to denounce Spotify and lament the streaming ecosystem, saying it doesn't pay enough and that listeners have been brainwashed into thinking music is free. Kanye is thinking of putting Vulture 2 out but not on streaming. Demar and Andriel break it down and wonder if it's even possible to escape streaming today.
TIMECODES:
00:50 James Blake's Twitter rant
2:52 Adriel silencing women
8:53 CD era
10:12 Right message, wrong messenger – unionizing
12:14 Streaming without a subscription
16:35 Kanye solution
19:55 Reflecting on Music Consumption Evolution and the Challenges Ahead
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This week, Démar and Adriel discuss Ariana Grande's seventh studio album, 'Eternal Sunshine', her competency but lack of risk-taking and her influences bleeding through all of her songs.
Démar’s rating: 6.5 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 5 / 10
The Love List: eternal sunshine, the boy is mine, don't wanna break up again
TIMECODES:
3:42 Made for a group class of elderly’s
4:01 GTA music
4:38 Harry Styles comparison
6:02 Never dropping a bad song, but jumping up takes a risk
6:34 The boy is mine
10:20 What new R&B sounds like vs 06-09 R&B
11:24 Climbing strings
12:19 Type beats
12:51 Production ruined some of her vocals
15:03 Aaliyah influence
20:04 Majid Jordan comp
23:54 Not cohesive
25:33 Competency on all these songs
25:56 Lyrics
31:58 Are you getting an apology
34:07 She hit Demar in the feels
37:57 Compliment Demars hands
39:56 Demar breaks down the graphic line with a high-pitched voice
44:05 This album is a dud in her catalogue
48:59 Cover
53:08 Score
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Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine / 2024 / pop, R&B, pop R&B -
A second person has come forward against Diddy with accusations of sexual assault, illicit behavior Demar and Adriel give their thoughts about the whole ordeal. Also, Meek Mill is somehow the butt of the joke despite Diddy's alleged acts, the duo tackle the news.
TIMECODES:
1:30 Lil Rod accused Diddy of assault
3:25 Twitter jokes
3:47 Adriel reading tweets / AK
6:44 Meek Mill has been embarrassing himself on the internet for 5 years
8:01 People don’t actually care
10:10 Cosby comparison
12:00 At this level people will wait and see
15:04 gangster and bisexual
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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Schoolboy Q's sixth album, 'Blue Lips', his status as a blog era legend and his adoption of jazz into his dark, muddy sound.
Démar’s rating: 7 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 9 / 10
The Love List: Pop, Blueslides, Cooties, oHio, Movie, Lost Times
TIMECODES:
1:10 - TDE inverted
03:09 - Crash Talk
03:38 - Demar didn’t get Schoolboy Q
06:57 - Collard Greens
10:34 - Legend of the Blog era
12:03 - Demar's favourite Schoolboy Q song..
13:00 - Groovy Tony
15:02 - No loops/stand-out production
17:52 - Pop into Thank for 4 me
22:32 - Blueslides shows his rapping ability - rhyme and poetry
23:57 - Best Features
24:46 - Larry June type beat
33:10 - Tempo of this album
34:14 - First (Demar knows what Schoolboy Q fans like)
35:37 - Demar really wasn’t there
36:50 - Schoolboy Q has lines for the hood that are at another level
39:50 - Best of his era?
42:58 - First is a banger
47:20 - movie
48:56 - When was the last time you heard someone call someone a 5-star chick
50:18 - He is doing a number on a lot of people
51: 40 - Demar giving the women his shine … Rico on pop
56:46 - The Cover
59:33 - The Scores
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Schoolboy Q - Blue Lips / 2024 / rap, jazz, hip hop -
Because Adriel shut him down in the past, Démar is doubling down on his Yeat-SGA take while also drawing some other comparisons between the hip hop world and the NBA. It's a fun one, strap in
P.S. This was recorded before the additional Diddy allegations. That episode will be dropping on Wednesday
TIMECODES:
0:45 All-star weekend
02:42 - SGA is higher than Yeat
05:15 - Lil Baby is D Rose
07:04 - I think that’s worse …
8:30 - Does towns have a ‘My Turn’?
13:30 - People who listen to Tyler now were not fans when Tyler dropped Wolf
15:46 - Rod Wave
18:53 - Benny & Dame
20:04 - Demar DeRozan
23:03 - Eminem & Westbrook in negative connotation
25:16 - Luka & NBAyoungboy
29:04 - Embiid losing to Trey Young is not the same
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This week Démar and Adriel discuss MGMT's first album in 6 years, 'Loss of Life', the maturation of their listeners and it's pump fake in production. Also, is it possible for a song to be both properly written and underwritten?
Démar’s rating: 8 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 7.5 / 10
The Love List: People In The Street, Bubblegum Dog, Nothing To Declare, Phradie's Song, I Wish I Was Joking
P.S. I know it's Phradie's song not Phardie's song, I misspoke the first time I mentioned it T_T
TIMECODES:
01:57 - Song more popular than the band
05:28 - This era doesn’t exist anymore
06:44 - Adriel is a big Chiddy Bang fan
09:18 - Bubblegum Dog?
14:51 - Album is for an actual music fan, not the casual
19:01 - Whole new band if you haven’t listened since 2007
21:09 - Defeatist
27:53 - Not a lot of range / same pocket
28:39 - The singing is not spectacular
30:18 - Bubblegum dog
33:49 - Lyrics getting a little bit dicey
34:34 - Almost underwritten
39:17 - It’s giving Costco / coffee shop
40:38 - Demar loves a good nursery rhyme
44:11 - Thought we were entering the spaceship
47:11 - The cover
49:51 - Scores
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Yeat - 2093 / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap, rage, glitch hop, -
This week Démar and Adriel discuss Yeat's fourth studio album '2093', its novel cyberpunk aesthetic and whether he's jumped ahead of Travis Scott and Playboi Carti.
Démar’s rating: 9.5 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 6 / 10
The Love List: Psycho CEO, Shade, ILUV, As We Speak, Power Trip, Stand On It
P.S. I'm not backing down from my score, I'll see y'all in 2025 when you agree with me, as usual - D. Also Team CEO sounds like a Hotline Miami song.
TIMECODES:
4:10 - For Yeat it found him early (sorry about that)
5:34 - The Album is long
6:32 - Best feature?
8:15 - He’s white
9:17 - Adriel can’t listen to Yeat for 4hrs
11:20 - Lil Wayne’s whiny voice
13:22 - Yeat making an incredible song
16:40 - How much better Future's flow is at a different level - Pluto we need you
19:02 - The album is going to be synced like crazy
22:05 - Which synth pack did this come from?
23:07 - Can you turn down the machine a bit?
27:42 - The production is the star
28:25 - If you like lyrics you won’t get into this album
30:32 - This is for the young folks
31:02 - Drake is tapped in with whoever is next
39:39 - Where can I submit my application to be Yeat’s butler?
41:34 - The static on his vocals
47:33 - Yeat jumped over Travis Scott
52:25 - Has Yeat passed Carti?
57:22 - The cover
01:01 - The Scores
1:03:11 - Demar is diverse in his top albums of the year currently
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Yeat - 2093 / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap, rage, glitch hop, - Näytä enemmän
