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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,

Demar and Adriel react to the Super Bowl halftime show, reminisce on the best Super Bowl in history and who should do the next one. Taylor Swift is probably gonna be in the building for the next one so... I guess it's an easy call to make? Maybe even Drake?

The duo also talk about Little Simz's latest EP 'Drop 7' and albums their looking forward to coming this year.

TIMECODES:

04:23 - There is dancing then there is dancing
6:23 - Demar is on a different algorithm
09:01 - Give Adriel the R&B Usher
12:40 - Alicia keys entrance

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign's collab album 'Vultures 1', whether its possible to divorce the art from the artist and how Kanye became deadweight on his own album.

Démar’s rating: 2.5 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 4 / 10

The Love List: BURN, FUCK SUMN, VULTURES

P.S. For new Album Mode listeners, the NBA Youngboy zone is when we no longer review an artist's music. For Youngboy in particular it's because his music has been so bad for so long, despite his popularity, we stopped reviewing it. Other artists in the Youngboy zone include: Nav.

TIMECODES:

04:04 - Is anyone else reviewing this?
05:57 - Person who says “I” in his raps
08:35 - Backstreet Boys sample cleared
09:02 - Jason mask removed
10:13 - NBAYoungboy zone
11:16 - Label & streaming gymnastics
11:48 - Kanye is the worst part of this album
16:25 - Demo vibes
17:08 - No accountability from Kanye
17:48 - Taylor is up right now / won a Super Bowl
23:54 - Has Kanye ever apologized?
29:07 - Public perception has never been a part of Kanye’s world
31:57 - Waiting for Freddie Gibbs
35:00 - Hoodrat is trash
35:58 - Every time Kanye raps it gets worse
40:05 - Demar is not a Chris Brown fan
45:28 - Is Sheck Wes getting a bag?
50:25 - The Cover
52:10 - No drawers no socks
59:55 - The Scores

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Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign ¥$ - Vultures 1 / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap,