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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