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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Lisa's debut solo studio album 'Alter Ego', how it might be one of the most expensive albums of the year and whether her alter egos are just an excuse for a lack of vision.

Démar’s rating: 2 / 10 
Adriel's rating: 5.5 / 10


The Love List: Moonlit Floor, Lifestyle, BADGRRRL, New Woman

Timecodes:

3:03 - Americans don’t listen to K-Pop
4:00 - Gangnam Style
7:32 - What genre is this?
9:30 - Doja cat comparison
10:12 - Very few songs Adriel likes the production the whole way through
11:00 - Expensive album
15:00 - 2010’s comparison
15:26 - This might be garbage
16:28 - Rihanna without the sauce
25:03 - Early Future  
31:18 - Faster paced music is better with Lisa
33:21 - Fuck up the world  
35:52 - Family channel
37:37 - Rapunzel
38:41 - Graduated passed gang vocals for the hook/left in 2011
48:53 - The cover
50:48 - The Score

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Lisa - Alter Ego / 2025 / Pop, Industrial

This week, Démar and Adriel discuss Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR's collab album '$ome $exy $ongs 4 U', how this album is 10 years too late for old-school Drake fans and why this album is just another milestone in Drake's path of late stage mediocrity.

The Love List: NOKIA, DEEPER, SMALL TIME FAME, MOTH BALLS

Timecodes
2:24 A lot of Drake fans wanted a Drake PND album
3:12 Listening experience has changed
6:06 Don’t hear PND enough  
14:24 Songs saved
16:29 The love for Nokia
17:28 Felt like a Donna Summer song
25:48 Brian Steel  
30:40 Demar might have to put Drake in the NBAyoungboy zone
31:39 Went into the wrong room   
35:43 Abandon everyone and get a different producer  
39:45 Drake is still in his popstar phase
43:20 Ice Spice  
50:32 Nickelback comparison
56:36 Gimmie a hug  
58:55 How sad Drake's life is right now
1:03:15 The writing on this project is underrated
1:09:21 Demar compares Drake to Nav & Gunna
1:11:21 The beef is solidified
1:15:49 Drake avoiding legacy status
1:17:21 The Cover
1:21:10 The Score

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Démar’s rating: 2 / 10
Adriel's rating: 5.5 / 10

After all the dialogue Demar and Adriel drop their thoughts on the Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl performance. They also discuss whether Not Like Us is getting old and whether we should move on from a beef that is nearly a year running. Also the Duo talk about the Latest AJ Tracey and Jorja Smith song 'Crush' bringing back Demar's hot take on Jorja Smith making the wrong genre of music.

Timecodes 
2:23 - Was the setlist real?
3:43 - Comparing Kendrick to past Super Bowl performers?
5:25 - A diss record being Kendrick’s biggest hit
8:45 - The actual Super Bowl performance / PlayStation stage
11:50 - Kendrick Lamar as an activist
16:15 - The narrative is misguided
19:55 - Drake vs. UMG
24:45 - An artist can peak multiple times
28:05 - How long will Kendrick be performing Not Like Us?
30:11 - Approaching GOAT Status
33:57 - The rules are about to change
36:09 - $ome $exy $ongs
39:39 - Grand National Tour
48:34 - Hip-Hop has become the NBA
54:36 - New music from Jorja Smith & AJ Tracey

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss The Weeknd's sixth studio album 'Hurry Up Tomorrow', how the album feels like a DJ set instead of an album, whether the name retirement is legit and how he's transitioned from R&B to being an electronic artist.

Timecodes
1:25 Is the End?
3:03 Dawn FM
8:34 Demar explains  
18:27 We just wanna hear The Weeknd talk his shit
20:09 Favourite Weeknd songs
24:30 Wake me up - that’s just Thriller 
26:05 The name of the project  
27:20 Feels like a DJ set
28:45 Cry for me sounds like the old Weeknd  
33:14 Open hearts, type of production already heard
39:15   Reflections Laughing
40:52 Travis, on a slower song, can still take over the track
48:02 Enjoy the show, it should have a Drake feature on it 
53:15 AI verse?
1:00:41 Playboi Carti / Weeknd song
1:01:35 Opposite of accountability / top toxic
1:10:25 Early Weeknd sounded like he wanted to go out like a rockstar              
1:30:00 Name Change  
1:34:06 The Cover
1:38:51 The Score 

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Démar’s rating: 9 / 10
Adriel's rating: 8.5 / 10 

The Love List: Cry For Me, Timeless, Niagara Falls, Without a Warning, Open Hearts

The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow / 2025 / pop, electronic, synth pop, brazillian funk, trap,

This week Démar and Adriel discuss Central Cee's debut studio album 'Can't Rush Greatness', how America cares more about his music than the UK and how he's a pop rapper by UK standards but almost a lyricist in America.

P.S. Young Miko just gained two new fans

Démar’s rating: 8.5 / 10 Adriel's rating: 7.5 / 10

The Love List: 5 Star, Limitless, Don't Know Anymore, Gen Z Luv, Gata

Timecodes
1:27 Album or mixtape
2:59 I’m not really a newcomer
5:47 Commitment issues
7:56 Cover of wild west
8:49 I’m a civilian now
8:59 Be hard as fuck and a good rapper in UK
12:55 He is the UK rapper to America
13:26 Aitch’s diss track
17:44 He’s not K-Os
25:10 Knucks production influence
26:08 His ability to traverse sounds
30:59 Pop Smoke feature would have been great
34:38 Truth in the lies
35:15 Sample makes it harder to listen to
39:25 Central Cee singing
41:30 Skepta song
45:02 Best Features?
48:36 Trump and Tristan Thompson comparison 
50:19 Americana bars
51:35 Intro not even talking to the UK
54:48 A&R making all the moves  
58:59 How many people knew about his girlfriend
1:02:30 Accountability
1:08:12 Why it’s important
1:13:32 No Skips?
1:14:05 The Cover is corny
1:21:29 The Score


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Drake's beef is no longer with Kendrick Lamar, it's with their mutual label UMG and Drake is suing for defamation. Watch as the dynamic duo of Demar and Adriel breakdown what exactly is in the lawsuit documents and what it could mean for hip hop if Drake actually wins the lawsuit.

Timecodes:

4:02 Upset at UMG for putting out not like us
4:56 UMG is aware these allegations are false 
7:18 If Drake wins this, that will forever alter rap beef
12:59 Putting Drake in the diddy group
15:28 Hyperbole
16:46 Two standouts from the lawsuit
25:42 Drake hiding his kid is not a crime 

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Mac Miller's secpmd posthumous album 'Balloonerism', how mac was ahead of his time sonically and his eerie, Tupac-like lyrics.

The Love List: Stoned, Mrs. Deborah Downer, 5 Dollar Pony Rides, Rick's Piano, Tomorrow Will Never Know

Timecodes:

4:38 - Saved songs
6:05 - Fav Mac Miller album
7:03 - Westside Gunn comparison
8:36 - Growing up between KIDS & Watching Movies with the Sound Off
13:00 - SZA17:05 Soft launched his drug use
17:32 - SZA pronunciations
18:45 - Eery hearing speak about death
22:30 - Mentioning sleep and death often
26:42 - Juice wrld comparison
32:24 - Really in touch with his childhood  
40:22 - If this came out today, where is the Smino ft
45:20 - The production lesson from this project
48:51 - Kali Uchis / Melting
49:55 - Lil Baby could never
51:49 - Getting the right people in the room/jam session
52:15 - Dreamscape
54:42 - it sounds like he wasn’t scared of his death 
56:47 - Slept on
1:07:04 - The white internet  
1:09:26 - Anyone in music history that has eight quality projects
01:09:47 - The cover
01:12:43 - The Score

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


Mac Miller - Balloonerism / 2025 (2014) / neo-soul, hip hop, rap, psychedlic hip hop

This week Démar and Adriel discuss Bad Bunny's sixth studio album 'Debí tirador más fotos', his double entendres to Puerto Rico, the album's varied production maintaining its roots and how he's doing what Drake should've done back in 2020.

The Love List: The Club, TURiSTA, PIToRRO DE COCO, VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR

Timecodes:

4:17 - Not the Highest he peaked on Spotify 
7:18 - What are you thinking going into this project
8:09 - The Chairs
10:18 - Lyrics
12:00 - How do you approach an album when you don’t speak the language
12:26 - Demar taking a shot at T-pain
13:23 - Drake comparison to El Club
18:26 - Similar to The Weeknd
23:30 - The duality in his music  
31:29 - Can’t escape the sadness but it’s still happy  
32:22 - It’s a bop but he’s singing from pain
32:45 - Beginning synth reminded Adriel of 2000’s pop era
37:38 - One problem with the production
40:45 - There is a story here even if you don’t know the lyrics
48:30 - Doing the thing Drake should do
49:25 - The sound on this project is more traditional
52:57 - No Skips  
53:15 - Made Demar a bad bunny fan
54:34 - The cover
57:02 - The score 

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Démar’s rating: 8.5 / 10
Adriel's rating: 9 / 10



Bad Bunny - Debí tirador más fotos / 2025 / reggaeton, pop, Plena, jíbaro

LiAngelo Ball just dropped the song of the year and we're only in the third week! Demar and Adriel break it down and how everyone around them was asking for their approval before admitting they liked it. Also the TikTok ban looks like it'll be heading into full effect the duo discuss what that'll mean for music. Lastly Billboard’s Top Artists of the 21st Century drops and they have a laugh.

Timecodes:

00:53 - Tweaker song of the year 
4:01 - If the St. Lunatics sung by Nate Dogg 
7:58 - Real house wife’s of the NBA
8:21 - Send it but not saying their opinion
9:10 - All Gold Everything or a Bad and Bougie
9:50 - Tik-tok 
17:35 - 4chan mobile
18:16 - Billboard Artists of the Century


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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Lil Baby's fourth studio album 'WHAM', his pump fake production, falling behind Gunna and Lil Baby possibly entering the NBA Youngboy zone (also what the NBA Youngboy Zone means).

The Love List: I Promise, Listen Up, So Sorry, Streets Colder

Timecodes:

6:23 - Street Gossip / not on the train
9:23 - People at that time were touting his rapping ability
10:26 - Why my turn was so successful
11:59 - Made a single artist become an album artist in one night
12:20 - Having the podcast when my turn came out
16:09 - Whiney voice
18:12 - We are heading somewhere
21:46 - He’s not a musician to his core
25:43 - Lil Baby was a beast with features
27:10 - Redbone heard that a million times with future
30:32 - So Sorry
34:19  - Maybe that’s not his friend
36:45 - The lyrics are not family-friendly but will be the biggest song
39:10 - Flows have a name like instruments now
40:28 - NBA Youngboy zone
43:11 - Overall for his career
46:30 - The cover
50:22 - Score 


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Démar’s rating: 3.5 / 10
Adriel's rating: 2.5 / 10



Lil Baby - WHAM / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap,