This week Adriel and Demar discuss Rico Nasty’s debut studio album “Nightmare Vacation”, the difference between albums and mixtapes in 2020 and the golden era of women in hip hop.

Demar’s rating: 5
Adriel’s rating: 4.5


The Love List: IPHONE, Let it Out, Smack a Bitch (remix), Back and Forth


P.S. The hook for Pussy Poppin... 😬😬

P.P.S. Aminé is fully in his bag rn, Back & Forth sounds like a Limbo cut more than a Rico Nasty track.



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This week Adriel and Demar discuss Miley Cyrus’ seventh studio album “Plastic Hearts”, genre switching and rockstars.

Demar’s rating: 8
Adriel’s rating: 8


The Love List: Prisoner, Plastic Hearts, Gimmie What I Want, Midnight Sky, Bad Karma, Edge of Midnight, Never Be Me,


P.S. Somehow Adriel doesn’t like WTF Do I Know 🤯



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This week Adriel and Demar discuss Megan Thee Stallion’s debut album “Good News”, the beef and the misunderstanding of her strengths.


Demar’s rating: 5.5
Adriel’s rating: 5

The Love List: Shots Fired, Circles, Freaky Girls, What’s New


P.S. Nice For What walked so Circles could run


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This week Adriel and Demar discuss 2 Chainz’s sixth album “So Help Me God!”, his maturity and his claim as southside Hov.

Demar’s rating: 7
Adriel’s rating: 7

The Love List: Save Me, Can't Go For That, Vampire, Wait For you to die, Toni


P.S. The samples on this one are nuts


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Future and Lil Uzi Vert’s first collab album “Pluto x Baby Pluto” and Future’s influence.

Demar’s rating: 5
Adriel’s rating: 5

The Love List: Million Dollar Pay, Sleeping on the Floor, Plastic

P.S. Future saved this one 👀


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss NAV’s latest mixtape “Emergency Tsunami” and his artistic stagnation.

Demar’s rating: 3
Adriel’s rating: 4

The Love List: Friends & Family, Nasty, Vetement Socks

P.S. this is a strong contender for album art of the year

P.P.S. The album art for this mixtape is so good the music almost makes it look like false advertising.


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Ariana Grande's latest sex-driven album “Positions”, her coming for Rihanna’s spot and dream collabs.

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

The Love List: 34+35, off the table, nasty, pov, love language

P.S. Ariana would sound dope over drill beats, here are the mashups we were talking about on the pod:

https://twitter.com/albummodepod/status/1323691078973796352?s=21
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https://twitter.com/albummodepod/status/1323691176654942208?s=21

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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Ty Dolla Sign’s latest album “Featuring Ty Dolla Sign”, status as a feature artist and expectations.

Demar’s rating: 6
Adriel’s rating: 5.5

Demar’s Love List: Status, Temptations, Spicy, Nothing Like Your Exes

Adriel’s Love List: Your Turn, Time Will Tell, Track 6, Real Life


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Benny the Butcher’s sophomore album “Burden of Proof”, Benny’s story and Hit-boy’s hot streak.

Demar’s rating: 5.5
Adriel’s rating: 8

The Love List: Burden of Proof, Legend, War Paint, Timeless


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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Headie One’s debut album “EDNA”, it’s shifting sound and his unrefined songwriting.

Demar’s rating: 6.5
Adriel’s rating: 6

The Love List: Princess Cuts, Parlez Vous Anglais, Try Me, Bumpy Ride


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