Album Mode

This week Demar and Adriel discuss Nas’s latest album "King’s Disease", his modernized sound and how the culture has caught up to his pro-black rhetoric.

Demar's rating: 7.5
Adriel's rating: 7.5

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This week Adriel and Demar discuss Kaash Paige’s debut album "Teenage Fever" and whether raw talent is enough. (56:25) Then the duo talk about Drake’s latest single "Laugh Now Cry Later" and Demar shares why he thinks Drake is now New York Melo.

Demar's rating: 5
Adriel's rating: 7

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This week Adriel and Demar discuss Aminé’s sophomore album "Limbo", his growth and young adulthood.

Demar's rating: 7.5
Adriel's rating: 8.5

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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Dominic Fike’s debut album "What Could Possibly Go Wrong" and the root of his amorphous genre-bending sound.

Demar's rating: 6
Adriel's rating: 7

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Welcome to Album Mode‘s first doubleheader!

First, Adriel and Demar discuss "folklore", Taylor Swift’s latest stripped down and contemplative album made entirely in quarantine.

Demar's rating: 9
Adriel's rating: 8

Then at (1:08:10) the duo examines Logic’s retirement album No Pressure, his blackness and Logic’s place in hip hop culture.

Demar's rating: 8
Adriel's rating: 8

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In the inaugural episode of Album Mode, Adriel Smiley and Demar Grant discuss the Unknown T’s debut project "Rise Above Hate". Unknown T is one of the rising stars of the UK drill scene and since clearing a case he’s been on a hot streak of singles building anticipation for the project. "Rise Above Hate" comes through on Unknown T's promise and potential earning Grant and Smiley’s praise as one of the best albums of the year.

Demar's rating: 8
Adriel's rating: 8

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