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  • This week Démar and Adriel discuss Cordae's third studio album 'The Crossroads', why what he raps about hasn't changed since his debut and his features being the stars of his album.

    Démar’s rating: 6 / 10
    Adriel's rating: 6.5 / 10

    The Love List: No Bad News, Syrup Sandwiches, Summer Drops, Saturday Mornings


    TIMECODES:

    4:01 - How many Cordae songs do you have liked
    7:00 - Young Nudy vs. Denzel Curry vs Cordae
    10:44 - The intro/artist that doesn’t exist in hip-hop anymore
    11:31 - What is the budget for this album?
    14:45 - Being autobiographical sets him apart
    15:20 - Best feature
    17:41 - Sharknado comparison
    18:03 - Vocal vulnerability
    18:54 - Juicy J feature
    29:44 - Syrup sandwiches / thought that was Frank Ocean
    31:58 - Song about his kid before she was born
    34:13 - Rare artist; when you hear it sounds good, but when read, it still has some value
    34:49 - He Needs to stop talking about his family
    39:41 - Don’t know where he’s headed with the future of his lyrics
    30:24 - Hasn’t compromised his sound for a hit song
    41:56 - Breakup songs in hip-hip are corny
    43:02 - The cover
    45:00 - The Score


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    Cordae - The Crossroads / 2024 / hip hop, rap, boom bap

  • The latest Grammys nominations just dropped so you know we had to make some predicitions. Since Adriel and Demar have lost all hope in the Grammys ever getting it right, we predict who we think is going to win in the most cynical fashion.

    TIMECODES:

    2:10 - Who was the Grammy’s fav white woman?
    2:40 - Context going into the Grammy’s where race does matter
    3:08 - Album of the Year always feels like a popularity contest
    3:30 - Adriel is guessing Cowboy Carter wins
    4:22 - Demar takes a victory lap with BRAT
    4:55 - André 3000 getting on this list is dubious
    5:38 - live show gave the energy that this whole thing is a joke (Andre 3000)
    7:33 - Not like us winning
    9:06 - I’m one of the birds
    11:10 - Best new artist
    12:28 - Everyone on the list has made music for years but this is when they made it in their eyes
    13:44 - Demar controversial pick
    14:49 - Rap album of the year
    15:21 - Death of Slim Shady
    19:00 - Espresso is going to win it
    20:05 - New Edition of the white women rankings

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  • This week Démar and Adriel discuss SahBabii's fourth studio album 'Saaheem ', how amazing the prodcution is and his influences have become an unbearing weight around his music.

    Démar’s rating: 6.5 / 10
    Adriel’s rating: 4 / 10

    P.S. Belt Boyz, Belt Boyz, Belt Boyz, Belt Boyz

    The Love List: Belt Boyz, Viking, Mirror Picz, Sylvan Rd Ridin Down Dill

    TIMECODES:
    2:56 - Confused to how we got here
    4:42 - Diehard fans
    5:46 - artificially pushed to album mode
    8:08 - The lyrics are not why we’re here
    8:54 - Expected loops
    9:32 - What is a belt boy
    10:48 - Young Nudy comparison
    11:29 - 2009-2013 Lex Luger production mashed with Cardo Got Wings
    13:45 - Vocal delivery falls flat
    15:55 - What about just songwriting
    16:17 - Technically, the texture is there
    17:24 - Stop talking you’re ruining it
    18:38 - Giving more of a Young Thug experience
    21:09 - We can skip his lyrics
    24:59 - One of the more playlist albums
    28:40 - No Skips
    29:18 - the cover
    30:10 - Adriel is bewildered about this album review
    31:33 - Score


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    SahBabii - Saaheem/ 2024 / hip hop, melodic trap, trap

  • This week Démar and Adriel discuss Lil Uzi Vert's fourth studio album 'Eternal Atake 2', how the rest of rage (and hip hop in general) has passed them by and if they can ever recover from being Kid Cudi'd .

    Démar’s rating: 3 / 10
    Adriel’s rating: 3.5 / 10

    P.S. Meteor Man has gotta be Uzi's worst song ever... Right?

    The Love List: We Good, Chips and Dip, Space High

    TIMECODES:

    1:06 - Demar not looking forward to EA2
    1:48 - Lil Uzi’s best album?
    5:25 - Debut album numbers
    6:50 - Lil Uzi being left behind
    10:45 - Liked Songs on Spotify
    11:53 - Past Lil Uzi Reviews
    13:01 - Big Time Rush
    16:55 - We Good
    18:16 - Lil Uzi Vert is behind Rage music
    21:00 - Black Hole
    24:41 - Lil Uzi Vert being sober
    26:38 - Yeat vs. Uzi
    27:38 - The Fall Off
    31:48 - Demar is a little sad
    32:31 - Playboi Carti & Lil Uzi Vert are lyricists
    37:21 - Demar is a self-proclaimed ‘Outlier’
    39:27 - Used to be a prime-time hook-maker
    42:10 - Lyft Em Up
    43:50 - Meteor Man is their worst song ever
    46:14 - 2016 Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore
    50:35 - What is the future for Lil Uzi Vert?
    53:47 - Production-based artists
    57:45 - The Cover
    1:00 - The Scores


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    Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake 2 / 2024 / hip hop, rage, elecrtonic, trap

  • Somehow we've made it to 200 album reviews on Album mode! Shoutout to everyone who's been following us since the days of only video and shoutout to everyone who's subscribed since we've made the jump to YouTube. Here's to 200 more!

    TIMECODES:

    3:14 - Taylor Swift is one of the more interesting ones
    4:11 - Cleo Sol/biggest regrets
    7:18 - Leaders on the Nas resurgence
    8:05 - Separating the narrative from the artist
    10:48 - Kawhi Leonard’s album
    11:34 - NewJeans
    12:49 - Démar congratulates himself
    13:22 - Vince Staples
    13:57 - High on Gunna
    14:57 - Post Malone
    15:52 - Adriel takes credit for Brent Faiyaz
    17:25 - SoundBytes
    19:00 - Diddy in the SB Hall of Shame
    21:41 - Retro reviews
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  • This week Démar and Adriel discuss Tyler, the Creator's eighth studio album 'CHROMAKOPIA ', how his production has had a slight regression and how Tyler, the Creator has reached a point where we care enough to release such a personal album.

    Démar’s rating: 7 / 10
    Adriel’s rating: 7.5 / 10

    The Love List: St. Chroma, Sticky, I Killed You, Balloon, Hey Jane, Darling, I, Thought I Was Dead

    TIMECODES:

    3:26 - Fans that have to be like Tyler
    5:49 - Difference from Goblin to Cherry Bomb / Childish & Cudi
    7:26 - NOID / NO ID
    10:05 - Tyler is their Kanye / what Kanye used to do
    13:23 - Test case for how you hear an album
    14:00 - Quote from Tyler
    16:40 - Knows how to make intro’s
    17:37 - Making them blend
    17:51 - St Chroma
    20:08 - Sticky is simplistic
    23:35 - Mashup of all his sounds on this project “Rah Tah Tah”
    25:44 - Darling I
    27:10 - Grabbing from all his sounds
    31:26 - Dark and sad guitar on sad a
    35:14 - Lil Wayne and Tyler don’t miss
    35:44 - Doechii
    37:40 - Glo best feature / distinct voice
    41:15 - Hey Jane / pregnancy scare
    48:30 - Going through a fear on inadequacy
    52:26 - Better lyrically dance albums
    53:02 - Tried to escape being funny
    56:27 - Part of the new big
    58:44 - Being left of center
    59:57 - Looks different every time a project comes out
    1:02:00 - Almost a throw back
    1:09:36 - The cover
    1:12:30 - Move the goal post of what’s good
    1:13:45 - Scores



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    Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA / 2024 / hip hop, soul, pop,

  • This week Démar and Adriel discuss Yeat's debut album 'Lyfestylë ', how his production has become a playground, whether his lyrics matter in anyway and if Yeat's music is something you need to 'get' to like.


    Timecodes
    1:58 What’s a Yeat?
    4:34 Is he building a world again / trailer?
    8:39 How many songs saved from this artist?
    10:13 Demar has 92 Yeat songs saved
    11:30 You are watching a master at work
    11:37 If you are a producer and Yeat calls it’s the best day of your life/push all the buttons 13:07 problem with the production on this album / squeaky sound
    15:23 You can’t say you don’t like it/you don’t get it
    16:35 Love is blind comparison
    17:20 muddy vocals
    19:54 if I didn’t read the lyrics I couldn’t tell you what he is saying
    25:12 1/18th hip-hop/production to rage to/ different production that hip-hop fans are used to
    26:11 White passing artist with hip-hop tropes in his language / what he is wearing
    27:10 Not trying to divorce himself from hip-hop / pushing it away but still being a part if it
    28:56 The bell is back / lifestyle he pulls out every trick
    32:14 Song sound more like music
    33:25 No party Adriel has been to where yeat will get played and people will
    34:40 Tech n9ne fanbase comparison
    36:00 Can yeat make a #1 song?
    36:56 Lyrically rough
    38:16 Eminem test
    41:21 American Idol test
    47:00 Is this good rapping?
    54:33 Makes a lot of A- B+ songs
    56:30 AI cover?
    59:03 The Scores


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    Démar’s rating: 9.5 / 10
    Adriel's rating: 4 / 10
    The Love List: GEEK TIME, LYING 5 FUN, SO WHAT, GOD TALKIN SHHH, THEY TELL ME, NEW HIGH
    Yeat - Lyfestylë / 2024 / hip hop, electronic, rage, trap

  • This week Démar and Adriel discuss GloRilla's debut album 'Glorious ', how she's transitioned from being a singles artist, her masterful ear for production and the album's stunning features.

    Démar’s rating: 7.5 / 10
    Adriel’s rating: 7 / 10

    The Love List: HOLLON, TGIF, STEP, I LUV HER, PROCEDURE

    TIMECODES:

    2:02 - Background on Glorilla
    2:24 - FNF
    3:29 - Live review of the FNF / saw the vision
    5:57 - Fivio Foreign feature
    8:30 - Understanding of how things work in the internet age in terms of Glo
    11:36 - Trap banger women picking better beats
    15:10 - Step/shooting synths
    17:21 - What you know about me / can’t sing
    17:38 - Wipe me down
    19:50 - Sampling a record they play today in the club
    20:10 - T-pain, not gotten old
    21:45 - Feels like we’re back in 06
    22:30 - Autotune in the T-pains era compared to this era
    23:55 - Sounds like a comment section
    26:34 - Almost incriminating herself
    29:09 - Fine tuning of the production made the song better
    31:17 - If it happed in male rap it would be egregious
    32:30 - Women in the dating world talking about their prospective
    33:22 - Whoever this record is about I hope it put fear in him
    35:08 - Doesn’t have the same ring to it if a man said it
    37:37 - How it is for her career / this whole album is Memphis
    39:18 - Features come to her world
    41:30 - The cover
    44:05 - Vinyl cost
    45:05 - Adriel discriminates
    45:58 - The score



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    GloRilla - Glorious/ 2024 / hip hop, crunk, trap

  • J. Cole just dropped his latest single 'Port Antonio' and it sounds like he doesn't understand the damage he's done. When he stepped outside the beef he sealed his fate but somehow he's still rapping about being the best. The duo breakdown Cole's misguided raps.

    TIMECODES:
    1:05 Instagram only drops
    2:25 Dat Piff / Going back in time
    4:08 Coming from The Fall Off
    4:44 Like when things are addressed in the music
    5:10 Don’t think Drake and Cole will be cool
    9:04 He made the adult decision
    9:55 Drake and Kendrick will never be cool
    13:00 The best rapping was coming from J. Cole
    15:22 Like a Wilt Chamberlain-type character
    17:18 Drake & Kendrick battling for GOAT status
    21:15 His life is going to be better since he backed out of the beef


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  • The allegations are flying in. Diddy is facing more allegations in civil court, and the number of allegations is staggering. The patented duo breaks things down.


    TIMECODES
    4:50 120 allegations coming forward
    7:03 Going after the accomplices
    11:03 Put doubt in celebrities
    11:52 Trump comparison
    12:18 Power dynamics
    13:48 Every time their phone rings, their heart drops
    14:59 Diddy’s name is so corrosive
    17:29 What is going to be the burden of proof
    17:36 50 cent + Ma$e on the right side of history
    18:32 Who will get the pass and who won’t

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  • This week, Démar and Adriel discuss Leon Bridges's fourth album 'Leon', why Bridges can't really make a bad song and whether he's actually a blues artist instead of R&B.

    TIMECODES:
    2:08 Largely successful at the start of his career
    2:30 Coming home
    4:09 Typed in Leon into Spotify / Who is the best Leon
    6:52 In this group, that doesn’t make bad songs
    7:24 Not as R&B when it comes to some songs
    11:34 Blues artists
    12:24 Rod Wave
    14:06 Needs Shaboozy
    15:36 Zach Bryan feature
    16:17 If they had a feature on them, they could have popped
    18:40 A little country tilt
    19:40 When a man cries
    21:05 Breaking the fourth wall
    25:51 If you can’t relate, then you’ve never been in love
    27:40 He’s talking about everyone else in relation to him / speaking outside himself
    29:44 Similar to Kid Cudi / fans want to hear your pain
    32:00 The album named after you
    35:13 No skips
    36:50 The Scores



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    Démar’s rating: 7.5 / 10 Adriel's rating: 7 / 10

    The Love List: When a Man Cries, Laredo, Panther City, Simplify, Peaceful Place


  • This week Démar and Adriel discuss Tommy Richman's debut album Coyote, why leaving off his break out singles 'Million Dollar Baby' and 'The Devil is a Liar' is a mistake and his unique combinations of influences in Michael Jackson, Tyler the Creator and Justin Timberlake.

    Démar’s rating: 6 / 10
    Adriel’s rating: 8 / 10

    The Love List: WHITNEY, TEMPTATIONS, LETTERMAN, ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, VANITY

    TIMECODES:

    1:59 - Million Dollar Baby
    4:41 - Great Expectations
    6:34 - What is it a mistake leaving the singles off your album
    7:38 - When “Crew” came out
    8:05 Plant allegations
    9:30 - Unofficial Brent Faiyaz's Canadian manager
    10:25 - Just because you have not heard of an artist doesn’t mean they don’t exist
    11:24 - A blend of 3 legends
    13:23 - If someone was a pop star but they weren’t a nerdy theatre kid
    14:25 - Would temptations have gone viral?
    19:22 - I don’t know what his real singing voice sounds like
    21:24 - Don Toliver comparison
    21:41 - hearing it live without the effects on the mic
    22:46 - Vanity
    26:36 - Joji comparison
    27:58 - Démar wants more features
    31:09 - Ice Spice route
    35:13 - The vibe of his lyrics are not as important
    36:45 - Passively, it slaps more
    37:37 - It’s giving ‘I’m an artiste’
    45:40 - No skips
    46:50 - Demar is concerned
    48:55 - The score


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    Tommy Richman - Coyote / 2024 / pop, R&B, Virginia funk

  • The feds have Diddy up of sex trafficking a racketeering charges and it ain't looking good. Diddy has already been denied bail twice and is officially awaiting trial. Also we reach back and talk about the Kendrick Lamar - Drake - Jay Z - Lil Wayne Super Bowl debacle and wonder if Kanye West can ever do the Super Bowl.

    TIMECODES:

    00:55- Diddy arrested
    4:15 - 1000 bottles of baby oil
    8:10 - What reason do you have to have that much baby oil?
    8:30 - A lot of people aligned with Diddy
    9:37 - Seems what he was doing was known
    12:25 - Giving his masters back
    13:13 - 100 mill lawsuit
    14:10 - What the public thinks of who should be next
    15:43 - The group of men who openly date teenagers
    16:33 - The Superbowl
    18:03 - Lil Wayne is not a Superbowl-level artist
    19:03 - The beef: will Kendrick be able to perform Not Like Us
    20:48 - Think Drakes gone down another level
    22:44 - Normally, a hit song with that subject matter would be a big deal 30:32 Kanye getting the Superbowl in the future


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  • This week Démar and Adriel discuss Fousheé's second album 'Pointy Heights', her melding reggae with other genres and her trying to escape the shadow of her influences

    Démar’s rating: 6.5 / 10
    Adriel’s rating: 5.5 / 10

    The Love List: 100 bux, birds, bees, feel like home, closer, war

    TIMECODES:

    1:29 Test case – black female artist not making R&B
    2:36 Female Teezo Touchdown?
    3:45 One of those names Demar sees everywhere
    5:30 Reason for the name of the album
    5:50 Birds, bees
    10:25 Not for the traditional hip-hop/r&b listener
    10:19 Interpolation of pass the dutch
    11:55 Easter egg for the black listener
    12:30 closer / giving late career kid cudi
    22:17 Loversland
    24:00 Reach a point where everything you like doesn’t have to influence you
    28:36 2 more albums before people start to notice
    29:17 versus are catchier then the chorus – birds bees
    30:17 Feels like home
    31:15 Identify crisis to her artistry
    32:28 The cover
    34:00 Vinyl cop
    35:31 The score



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    Fousheé - Pointy Heights / 2024 / alternative, indie rock, reggae, dream pop

  • This week Démar is on a solo mission discussing Fat Dog's debut album 'Woof.' its über dramatic production and Fat Dog's repetitive lyrics actually give you something to grab onto while the production swirls.

    Démar’s rating: 9 / 10

    The Love List: Vigilante, Wither, Clowns, All the Same, Running, I am the King



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    Fat Dog- Woof. / 2024 / New rave, rock, punk, dance

  • This week Démar is on a solo mission discussing Doechii's third mixtape ' Alligator Bites Never Heal', her clear as day Fugees influences and how an album can feel like a drag even though it's amazing.

    Démar’s rating: 8 / 10

    The Love List: BULLFROG, BOILED PEANUTS, DENIAL IS A RIVER, SKIPP, HIDE N SEEK, DEATH ROLL, NISSAN ALTIMA, HUH!, FIREFLIES, ALLIGATOR BITES NEVER HEAL



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    Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal / 2024 / rap, hip hop, alternative rap, alternative

  • This week Démar is on a solo mission discussing Sabrina Carpenter's sixth studio album Short n' Sweet, her underrated cheeky songwriting and her constant tug of war between pop country and pop R&B.

    Démar’s rating: 6 / 10

    The Love List: Good Graces, Bed Chem, Espresso, Lie To Girls, Don't SmileThe Love List: Losers, What Don't Belong to Me, I Had Some Help

    P.S. Sorry for the wait, Doechii review later this week!


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    Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet / 2024 / pop, pop country, pop R&B

  • A quick one for Tinashe and her seventh studio album "Quantum Baby" where wonder if she's the most anonymous popstar of her generation.

    TImecodes
    1:50 If you are a pop head
    2:34 2 on
    2:56 Her tone is not distinct enough
    4:12 Victoria Monet comparison
    5:38 What do you think this album is missing?
    5:59 People she should collab with
    6:37 Zelda or Super Mario water level
    9:12 Nasty is the worst song / made to be an internet song
    11:13 Is this the part of the song that the artist would want you to click on
    12:18 Secretly a sexy drill song
    14:32 The score
    14:55 She great for demo’s

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    Démar’s rating: 7 / 10 Adriel’s rating: 6.5 / 10
    The Love List: Thirsty, Red Flags, No Broke Boys, Cross That Line


    Tinashe - Quantum Baby / 2024 / pop, drill, R&B, UK garage

  • This week Démar and Adriel discuss Post Malone's sixth studio album 'F-1 Trillion', his abandonment of artistic risk and Post Malone's journey across genres.

    If you want a ticket to the Polaris Prize Gala in Toronto, drop your favourite Canadian album from this year in our Insta DMs!


    Démar’s rating: 3.5 / 10
    Adriel’s rating: 6 / 10

    The Love List: Losers, What Don't Belong to Me, I Had Some Help

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    1:59 - The lead up to F1-Trillion
    3:35 - He’s been sliding from his last few projects
    5:38 - Getting to a point where the production is like water
    7:47 - Who is getting platformed in regard to the features
    9:04 - Shaboozey feature missing
    10:45 - Zach Bryan
    13:09 - Pop Country
    14:11 - I heard these in Canadian tire for years
    14:42 - You play this in a place to acquire things
    18:27 - Hip-hop didn’t accept him when he came in
    21:10 - First time real life is impacting the genre an artist makes
    22:04 - Hide my gun
    25:33 - Losers, self-loathing is really good in country music
    30:35 - What Don’t Belong to me, upbeat but not upbeat to move to
    32:17 - Song structure is all the same
    33:23 - For his career, this is a big win
    36:28 - Drake feature comparison
    40:29 - A plus for the demo doesn’t look like us
    40:55 - You can’t start somewhere else and go into hip-hop
    41:36 - Is he a culture vulture?
    44:00 - Interview where he said you can’t be deep in hip-hop
    45:54 - We kicked him out
    46:52 - The cover
    50:20 - The score


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    Post Malone - F-1 Trillion / 2024 / pop, country, pop country

  • Can't lie to y'all when we saw Drake and 100 gigs in the same sentence we thought it was over for The Boy. Instead it's a BTS data dump with songs attached. Also Rachel Gun drops one of the worst breakdancing performances in Hip-Hop history. Strap in for a weird one!

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    1:15 Drake is someone we don’t always get the BTS
    2:04 in-between what Drake should do and what we think he should do
    2:38 Tin foil hat theory
    4:10 Drake is the artist that would drop a documentary and everyone goes to see it
    5:08 Didn’t realize he is the type of artist that records this much of his process
    7:34 If he could start again, he would be a dancehall/Afrobeats artist
    10:36 This guy has a knife, and I bumped his pocket
    11:29 Suffering from putting out too much music
    12:53 Talk up
    18: 11 To see him viewing himself as MJ from the early days
    20:08 The video of him in the studio talking about Too Good
    22:30 Olympics
    23:13 Looks bad for PHD’s
    24:08 Had the audacity to dance as poorly as she did/made a joke of the culture
    25:21 So bad people thought it was a bit
    26:56 The internet / real or fake outrage
    29:25 For you as a white person on the opposite end of the planet and make a mockery of hip-hop
    33:15 Underestimation of the importance
    35:27 How important/impactful Canada is to hip-hop

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