We're swimming back in rare chronological order with the year that directly followed 1973. Another Ted Heath update as well as a muddled retelling of the Watergate scandal. Plus the movies, television and music of 1974.

If you'd like a Spotify playlist of songs from the year to soundtrack your journey with us, you can find that here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2lul9o7l30ghV2wRgbsu9O?si=OwBam23wQWeXXw-tPoYMtQ

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In this episode we rate three rappers in five categories to arrive at a rating. This is not to be taken entirely seriously but is a fun discussion about Hip Hop's obsession with knowing who is the best in the world.

Rather than focussing on the tired conversation of who is the greatest of all time, we take a snapshot of each rapper at a particular point in their career.

Will Smith from 1997-1998

Redman from 1992 - 1993

KRS-One from 1996-1997

The categories are:

Rhymes

Technique

Performance

Acclaim

Popularity

Please accept our apologies in advance.

Listen to the playlist here and see if you agree https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lmSQKYtAUB5U69nxbBuFE?si=faf942537f5e426f

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Aloha from the Blastfrom Castfrom. We're swimming back to the year 1973. David Bowie, Bruce Lee, Edward Heath, the mobile phone and the supposed birth date of Hip Hop are all topics of discussion.

If you'd like a Spotify playlist of songs from the year to soundtrack your journey with us, here you go - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XVHxwqJI4ZqHyxacTnQUu?si=00a74f92a17145d4 

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Another attempt to fit a square peg into a round hole. In this episode we talk about how OK Computer, the highly regarded album by Radiohead, could be reconstructed to fit onto a single sided LP. At our disposal is the entire OK Computer album in addition to the songs recorded in the same time period that were included in singles and the OK Not OK rerelease from a few years ago.

We're not making any statements about the quality of the album - we're just playing a game of basic addition and subtraction. And because this is the internet, you should see this as a great opportunity become infuriated and think about how stupid we are that we left off your favourite song. Make your own suggestions at [email protected] 

Spotify Premium users can listen to a simulated version of the Blastfrom Edit of OK Computer on Blasfrom Music + Talk https://open.spotify.com/show/3KzWHQG3FW20u5rUjrGMAy?si=97acf26a0ef9423b 

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"I like early Kanye West..." we heard 'em say.

On this episode we scrutinise the work of college dropout Kanye West, charting his transition from jobbing producer in the mid to late 90s to Rapper/Producer to Producer/Rapper and finally to supposed saviour of rap music in the mid 2000s. 

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It's Christmas time - a time to bring together your favourite festive songs and pit them against each other. Combatants this year include Elton John, the Andrews Sisters, Perry Como, Aqua, Destiny's Child, Tom Waits and many more.

Once you've listened to this episode you can hear the winners in the playlist below, which also includes the winners of Part 1. Listen to the episode first though or it'll spoil the whole thing for you.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6XtCMjD3onbpcZw6mvhAsH?si=b07e4759cf644d74

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We review the reviewers in the latest Critical Lug, this time with a slightly different format. This time we take two critically beloved albums from the year 2023 and pit them against each other. The music critics have to convince us which album is the most compelling. There albums are

'Guts' by Olivia Rodrigo

'Everything Harmony' by The Lemon Twigs

If you'd like to follow along, we have included links to the reviews, compiled by Metacritic.

https://www.metacritic.com/music/guts/olivia-rodrigo

https://www.metacritic.com/music/everything-harmony/the-lemon-twigs 

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The music of Deep Purple has spanned 7 decades and there have been 8 different line-ups during that time. But no line up has captured the record buying public quite like the 2nd version of the band, commonly referred to as Deep Purple Mark II.

In this episode of the Blastfrom Castfrom we desks the highs, the lows, the breakups and the reunions of this version of one of the most successful rock bands of all time.

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