Today we are joined by legendary songwriter/producer Bryan Michael Cox and co-founder of LVRN, Justice. We immediately jump into music and discuss top catalogs and Bryan’s early days working with a young Beyonce. We then divulge into her personal life and discuss how her high school boyfriend has possibly the biggest of all time. Then we discuss how Bryan Michael Cox’s relationship with LVRN eventually led to him recently taking the role as head of A&R. This leads to a conversation about the landscape of R&B and the history of the remix and Usher’s Confessions. Then we put our guests through rapid fire questions where we pin artists they’ve worked with against each other. Then Justice shares his gripes with Puff, which leads to how everyone shouldn’t have an opinion. We divert from music for a minute to discuss conspiracies. Tune in as the guys discuss all of this + far more in this music heavy episode!
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Episode 146 | Bryan Michael Cox Is Bigger Than The Beatles

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Everyone in? Good. The ride continues. On Saturday Drake released “Taylor Made Freestyle” ft. Tupac & Snoop Dogg (AI voices). Is AI good? Was this appreciation or appropriation? Does this second release change Kendrick’s release schedule? We provide speculative answers to all these new questions (10:43). During this discussion Rory also offers an apology to J Cole (27:34). Rory also believes that Taylor Swift is the person we believe Drake to be (35:15). Well none of us wanted this to happen, but Kanye inserted himself into this beef (41:52). We wish he kept this one in the vault. Meanwhile, Chris Brown is up 1-0 against Quavo after releasing “Weakest Link” (58:46). So far this has stayed on the mic, but we all believe this could be taken to the streets. Speaking of streets, Rory & Demais stepped out for a movie premiere (1:07:01). When I say stepped out I really mean sprawled out. Our poor Baby D fell down the stairs in a packed movie theater in front of Bun B and plenty of other industry people. She wasn’t the only one falling to her knees this weekend; Devin Haney got dropped three times in his loss to Ryan Garcia in Brooklyn (1:20:00). Over in Manhattan, both the Knicks and Rangers won their first playoff games. It’s time for voicemails! We discuss our favorite hip hop duos (1:27:34). Then Mal has a bone to pick with our generation. First, he calls Julian a d*ckrider then proceeds to come at Rory and Demaris. In classic fashion we go out arguing over that term. Tune in as the guys discuss all of this + more!

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Episode 262 | Kanye Joins The Ride

Looks like we’re getting more than we initially thought. Before we get into that…it’s been a long 48 hours. We breakdown how we’ve spent our time waiting for Kendrick’s response. We cover Mal’s liked tweets, middle school clothing, and climate change in Dubai. Mal shares with us some news about an upcoming Kendrick album (21:57). Is the boogeyman coming? We speculate over the AI Kendrick diss and the other one that was never confirmed or denied. We discuss the IG Story shots Drake & Rick Ross have been trading all week (27:22). Then Julian introduces the theory of Drake owning percentages of other artists (35:50). The room is split on this rumor. Well we all finally listened to the Bryson Tiller album. We give a review (48:31). Did you see Coi Leray reject Adrien Broner on an Instagram live? Mal wants to fight Adrien now (1:01:40). We share what celebrities we’d shoot our shot at. In classic fashion we bring up Rory’s trauma (1:13:40). It’s time for voicemails! (1:21:16) We end with Demaris teaching us how to professionally gaslight someone. Tune in as the guys discuss all of this + more!

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Episode 261 | The Boogeyman Is Coming (TWICE)

Hip Hop is back! Let’s enjoy this while it lasts. We have a rolling start as Mal dances his way into frame and continues to dance in his seat to Drake’s “Push Ups”. We don’t waste any time and get right into both Rick Ross & Drake’s diss records. We do a lyric breakdown and pick our favorite moments from Drake’s response. We have mixed reviews on Rick Ross’s song/trolling. Where are the nukes? We speculate what breaking news could bring the 6 God down (52:26) . We address the Yachty reference track and another conversation Mal had with Drake (). After all the speculation we pivot to an exciting weekend at Coachella (1:18:00). We’re here to big up Ice Spice improvement and give Tyler The Creator / Childish Gambino their flowers. Our favorite moment came from J Balvin when he had Will Smith come out to perform “Men In Black”. In the least shocking news ever…we’ve confirmed yet again that you can’t trust a heaux. Kai Cenat is taking the legal route after being doxxed (1:32:11). It’s time for voicemails (1:41:30). We answered a hypothetical question from one of our favorite listeners (Hi Taylor). This leads to a hilarious segment to send us out. Tune in as the guys discuss all of this + more!


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Episode 260 | Beef Sells, Kai Cenat Buys

Mal needs therapy and from a specific type of person. We’re back to full strength after Mal’s historic rant last episode. Julian is back to share his perspective from Dreamville Fest and more (32:14). Mal continues to clarify his thoughts. In other beef news (that we have fueled) Chris Brown responds to Quavo on his deluxe album (45:31). In more serious news we send our condolences to Mister Cee (47:52). Then we’re told OJ Simpson passed away, which leads to a mixed review of his memorializing (51:43). This reminds Rory of an Aaron Hernandez documentary. It’s time for voicemails. We give some work advice (1:00:51) then give a gentleman advice on how to get laid (1:04:35). We close with Mal asking a wild question about a certain group of people (1:23:06). Tune in as the guys discuss all of this + more!
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Episode 259 | Apparently Mal Needs Therapy

Mal is gloating. Rory is instigating. And Demaris is sliding down a wall. A battle has been fought... well, kind of. We jump right into the retelling of our weekend with rap and where we all were when J.Cole dissed Kendrick... as well as when he apologized. Mal has a legendary monologue, letting us know exactly how this weekend marked the end of J. Cole's career and legacy as a GOAT. We contemplate whether the Big 2 will continue their bromance or end it, and Mal gives us some insight as to why Drake didn't show up to Dreamville Festival (46:45:). Mal (again) challenges Kendrick to drop his Drake diss so that hip-hop can be saved (57:05), and finally the heat is off Cole and on to Wale and Meek Mill, who were arguing on twitter at the time of taping (1:27:15). Mal challenges Rory to find a better rapper than Drake (excluding Jay-Z) (1:38:57), and it is once again himself vs. the room. Also discussed is the Northeast earthquake (1:54:59), GloRilla's new album and new beef (1:59:25), Megan Thee Stallion's philanthropic work, + more!
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Episode 146 | Bryan Michael Cox Is Bigger Than The Beatles

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