Bar for Bar Podcast

Joining me this week to talk about his upcoming release, The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, is Rodeo, California native, AlbySound. In this conversation we talk through how he got interested in rap, production as well as the upcoming project itself. 

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly drops October 7, 2021, so be sure to check it out!

Video episode here: https://youtu.be/e3IyEF-deqA

Shady business practices exist in most every industry, but it feels more seen when it comes to music. This past weekend, Joyner Lucas revealed some information regarding his early days and what impact Karen Civil had.

Video episode: https://youtu.be/paCGNNzu7Oc

There's been a lot of things happening over the past few days ranging from CLB getting an official release date to Donda being released without Kanye's permission, so let's take some time to talk about it!

Video episode: https://youtu.be/F54lQb7wvU8

On August 20, 2021 Kendrick Lamar came out of hiding to let us all know that he's wrapping up production on his final TDE album. There's many questions to be asked at this point, like will this be his last album period, what is oklama, and what's going to happen with pgLang, so let's get to it. 

Video episode: https://youtu.be/jEQX8gUINjw

Last week a well known reviewer gave an unsavory review of Isaiah Rashad's latest album, and many chimed in. Maybe as reviewers we need to understand the artist more and as consumers realize that reviews are opinions. It's always more nuanced than that though.

I'm neither defending nor attacking anyone with this, I'm just trying to see both sides.

Video episode: https://youtu.be/TpXSxLXqCIY

Last week at Rolling Loud, DaBaby had said some questionable things to say the least. There's also a bit of other news to talk about including August 11th being named Hip Hop Celebration day!

Video Episode: https://youtu.be/QHR8mPVmegM

For this week's podcast, we touch on a handful of topics instead of just a singular one to change things up. The major topics at hand are the delay of Kanye's next album, Donda as well as the beef that's been brewing between Royce and Lupe Fiasco.

Video episode here: https://youtu.be/GqBVqmr6qYQ

Seemingly out of nowhere, Kanye held a listening event for his upcoming album, Donda on July 18, 2021 in Vegas with another one scheduled for July 22, 2021 in Atlanta. Are we getting the album sooner than we had expected? Maybe

reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/WestSubEver/comments/on86is

Video episode here: https://youtu.be/nlokVClJ5oI

As streaming services have gained significant popularity, artists have shifted the way they announce and roll out their projects. Many release within a month of the announcement while others maintain the slower roll outs, but what's best?

Video episode here: https://youtu.be/EBN8luHMQJA

On July 2, 2011 Kendrick Lamar released his debut studio album, Section.80. Ten years later, how well does it hold up?

Video episode: https://youtu.be/ybYk2h55MI0