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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Offset's second studio album 'Set It Off', his undying love for Michael Jackson, his determination to become Migos' Beyoncé and his potential sound.

Démar’s rating: 5.5 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 6 / 10

The Love List: ON THE RIVER, BROAD DAY, FINE AS CAN BE, DON'T YOU LIE, WORTH IT

6:16 MJ outfits
10:18 Everyone saying bougie / triplet flow
11:45 Offset got everyone in the divorce
17:20 Questing life/ pinky ring cost a phantom
20:10 Offset can’t sound like old offset
20:35 On the River / Migos breakup
22:06 Offset/dancing
26:20 The one-line hook
28:45 Demar thinks this is peak Offset
30:40 3-6 mafia flow overused
32:32 Beat selection
35:53 Busta Rhymes/Offset parallel
41:25 The cover
46:48 The scores

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Offset - Set It Off / 2023 / hip hop, rap, pop rap, trap

Doja Cat has gone from racial chat rooms showing feet to wearing white supremists on her T-shirts while Drake and Joe Budden continue their multi-year beef, taking new swipes at each other over Drake's perceived lack of evolution.

TIMECODES:

0:52 - Doja Cat being Doja Cat
9:04 - Joe Budden vs Drake

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Drake's eighth studio album 'For All the Dogs', whether Drake fatigue is real and if his lyrics need to evolves as he grows older.

Démar’s rating: 4 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 6 / 10

The Love List: First Person Shooter, 7969 Santa, What Would Pluto Do, 8AM in Charlotte

TIMECODES:

2:16 - People wanting to like the project
9:48 - Drake acting like Gucci Mane
16:24 - Would love another hotline bling
19:04 - Lack of evolution
28:30 - Too much of you (Drake)
31:30 - A lot of these songs would be hits on another artist's album
35:15 - Friday Drake Album I had to stop
36:38 - Felt like more of a playlist than an album
39:34 - Still here
41:18 - Drew a Picasso
47:40 - What would Pluto do?
53:30 - Is he dissing Rihanna
57:23 - Use to have reverence for other artists
59:34 - There’s a good album here if you cut 9 songs
59:55 - The cover
1:07:54 - (5) songs to take off
1:09:24 - Final Scores

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Drake - For All the Dogs / 2023 / hip hip, rap, rage, R&B,

This week Démar and Adriel discuss Jorja Smith's long awaited second studio album 'Falling or Flying', whether she's making the wrong genre of music and her vocal versatility.

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

The Love List: Little Things, Feelings, Try Me, She Feels

TIMECODES:

00:15 Start
7:39 Jorja Smith should be a dance artist
10:38 Tyler the Creator comparison
13:50 Demar only listens to the new shit
18:39 Demar doesn’t like slow songs
26:47 Adriel took away Demar’s Jamaican card
35:47 We don’t need her to get into the studio with The Chainsmokers
40:42 Demar Doesn’t think she is a wordsmith / not much imagery
55:00 Album score

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Jorja Smith - Falling or Flying / 2023 / R&B, garage, rock

The idea Adriel and Demar have joked about for over a year is brought to life, the TikTok charts are alive and running and the duo breaks down the top 10. Taylor Swift is also dating Travis Kelce, allegedly. Hopefully it's true because Usher is gonna be performing at this year's Super Bowl and the star power of the Pat Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift and Usher might make our TV's explode. It's a juice one, but we had to do it remotely this time. DIAL IN BABY!

TIMECODES:

1:30 - Tik Tok Top Ten Chart
28:48 - Drake vs. Charlamagne
40:38 - Usher performing at the Super Bowl
51:57 - Taylor Swift featuring Travis Kelce

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Doja Cat's fourth studio album 'Scarlet', whether she needs to prove she can rap and whether her controversies are worth the attention they garner.

Démar’s rating: 5.5 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 6 / 10

The Love List: 97, Balut, Agora Hills, Shutcho, Go Off, Gun, Paint The Town Red

Timecodes:
2:22 Does Demar follow Doja Cat
5:39 Doja cat on Alchemist beats
10:50 Big Sean / Control verse
12:58 Over shadowing the music
16:17 Lil Tecca vs Doja
22:56 Demon’s
25:00 Ouchies
26:05 Older production
30:15 Her singing is like an extra light on the stage
35:35 Sounds good but don’t believe it
38:30 Will playlist well
42:40 Wet vagina
43:53 Best songs at the end
50:30 She has clever lines
1:07:07 Hook master
1:09:25 What are those

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Doja Cat - Scarlet / 2023 / hip hop, rap, pop rap, soul, neo soul

Instead of stepping up for an awe-inspiring duel between Doja Cat and Drake, Drake pushes his release date. And as TikTok continues to dominate the music landscape the app gets its own Billboard chart.

Also, Demar and Adriel dub a new sub-genre of hip hop, PS1 Drill. Its a growing scene of immaculate vibes, nostalgic PlayStation 1 style synths and drills galloping drums.

Here's the growing playlist with the likes of Knucks, Ashbeck, and Sainté.

TIMECODES:

5:04 Cleo sol
6:50 Ash Beck
8:09 Tumblr rap
8:43 PS1 Drill
10:40 Drake
12:37 slime you out
15:41 way too sexy
18:05 the time when this was normal (slime)

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Olivia Rodrigo's second studio album 'GUTS', how punks fans are winning the pop punk war of Rodrigo's music and how she's taken the colour purple's mantle from Prince.

Démar’s rating: 8 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 7 / 10

The Love List: all-american bitch, bad idea right? ballad of a homeschooled girl, get him back!

​​TIME CODES:

10:30 - Colour purple
12:25 - Grade 8 Adriel - younger crowd
14:10 - For the angsty teenager
15:55 - ‘Lacy’‘
20:24 - She can sing but not that strong
22:10 - ‘Pretty isn’t Pretty’ is generic
26:40 - Real rock fans
27:09 - Closeted Paramore fan
30:55 - Best songs and sounds not lining up with the image
37:42 - I don’t know how many people at 20 were thinking like this
44:55 - Songs is about be socially awkward but not at all
46:55 - Like the cure
50:00 - This shit is hard
50:27 - Shout out to mean girls
51:19 - The cover
52:03 - Prince Purple
57:30 - Adriel's score
59:23 - Demar's score

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Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS / 2023 / Pop Punk, Pop, Punk

Adriel thinks Sexyy Red is an industry plant because her meteoric rise and sightings with A-list rappers, but is it true? Just because you're late on a wave doesn't mean it's not real.

TIMECODES:

0:31 - Shout out to the bunnies
3:36 - Wrong side (Nikki)
3:52 - A list artists next to Sexy Redd
7:02 - The internet lets people do crazy things
8:47 - It’s ok to be late to the wave
10:04 - Teezo Touchdown
11:55 - Demar is a munch ?
13:11 - Sexy Redd getting memed
19:45 - Just for the flex
21:03 - Beyoncé fans have some respect for yourselves

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Burna Boy's seventh studio album 'I Told Them...', whether making a crossover album is worth it and who's Burna Boy's best collaborator.

Démar’s rating: 6.5 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 8 / 10

The Love List: On Form, Dey Play, City Boys

​​TIME CODES:

2:56 - The singles
10:07 - Very American
17:25 - The combo is working
25:01 - The dreaded crossover album
31:48 - J Cole feature
37:37 - Lots of fusion
40:50 - Hip-hop crossover (like Chingy)
44:32 - Features
45:46 - The Weeknd is Demar’s guy
49:17 - He’s a hitmaker
49:42 - Kilometre
57:43 - Do something with Post Malone
59:33 - score

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Burna Boy - I Told Them... / 2023 / afrobeat, afro fusion, rap, hip hop