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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Mustafa’s debut project “When Smoke Rises”, black ‘folk’ music and Mustafa’s egolessness

Demar’s rating: 9.5
Adriel’s rating: 8.5


The Love List: Stay Alive, Air Forces, The Hearse, What About Heaven, Come Back, Ali


P.S. This is an Album Mode AOTY candidate 🔥🔥


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album “Sour”, and whether Rodrigo is a young Taylor Swift or Hayley Williams.

Demar’s rating: 6.75
Adriel’s rating: 7


The Love List: brutal, deja vu, driver’s license, jealousy jealousy, traitor


P.S. God, its brutal out here.


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss J.Cole’s latest album “The Off-Season”,  it’s surprising production and Cole’s legacy.  

Demar’s rating: 7.5
Adriel’s rating: 9


The Love List: 95 South, 100 Mil’, My Life, The Climb Back, Hunger on Hillside


P.S. That Morray feature though 🔥🔥


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Aly & AJ's latest album “ A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun”, its mediocre songwriting and its carefree aesthetic.  

Demar’s rating: 5
Adriel’s rating: 4


The Love List: Break Yourself, Don’t Need Nothing, Personal Cathedrals,


P.S. Fam, the album name is waaaay too long.


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss girl in red’s latest album “if i could make it go quiet”, it’s alarming relatability and girl in red’s attention to detail.   

Demar’s rating: 9.5
Adriel’s rating: 8


The Love List: Serotonin, hornylovesickmess, midnight love, ., Did You Come?


P.S. This album makes us wanna run at top speed through a forest.


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Moneybagg Yo’s latest album “A Gangsta's Pain”, its stunning features and his mediocrity.   

Demar’s rating: 4
Adriel’s rating: 4.5


The Love List: Wockesha, Hard for the Next, Projects, Gangsta’s Pain


P.S. y’all don’t call him Moneybagg Yo all the time right? When you’re talking to your friends, y’all really say the “Yo” part every time you mention him?


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Young Stoner Life’s “Slime Language 2”, Demar’s dislike for Gunna and YSL’s indistinguishable artists

Demar’s rating: 3
Adriel’s rating: 5.5


The Love List: Slatty, I Like, Ski, Came Out


P.S. Someone get YTB Trench some Vick’s


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss BROCKHAMPTON’s latest album “ Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine”, Jabari’s hooks and their legendary status as a group.

Demar’s rating: 7
Adriel’s rating: 7.5


The Love List: BUZZCUT, CHAIN ON ME, OLD NEWS, DONT SHOOT UP THE PARTY, COUNT ON ME


P.S. Matt’s flows are still buttery on every verse.


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss AG Club’s BROCKHAMPTON-ness, funny lyrics and the importance of skits.

Demar’s rating: 8
Adriel’s rating: 7.5

** NO SKIPS**, maybe? 🤔

The Love List: UGUDBRU, A Bitch Curious, TRUTH, COLUMBIA, NOHO, HOT PINK


P.S. Should skits count when it comes to an album’s rating?


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Justin Bieber’s barren lyrics, tone-deaf MLK interlude and his sonic journey.

Demar’s rating: 7
Adriel’s rating: 5.5


The Love List: Deserve You, Die For You, Loved By You, Love You Different.


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