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Week 2 proves to be the most emotional night of the season thus far.  Join Lauren and Laura as they recap what had them in tears, how one contestant's story hit close to home, and the mother (or father) of American Idol firsts! We get our 5th and 6th Canadian Tuxedos of the season, as well as our invite to mullet mania! Most importantly, we meet Sweet, gay, Grandpa Ray.

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Week 2 proves to be the most emotional night of the season thus far.  Join Lauren and Laura as they recap what had them in tears, how one contestant's story hit close to home, and the mother (or father) of American Idol firsts! We get our 5th and 6th Canadian Tuxedos of the season, as well as our invite to mullet mania! Most importantly, we meet Sweet, gay, Grandpa Ray.

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Idol Nation is back to recap Season 21 of American Idol! 

This week's recap: Season 21, Episode 1

Join Lauren and Laura as they discuss all the firsts of the season, Canandian tuxedos, and who they think is going to make it past Hollywood Week.

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This recap is comin in a little late because #lifehappens. In this episode, we cover everything from mustaches to #DTA (death talk anxiety), platinum tickets, Lionel's celebrity best friends and more. 

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In this episode we review the second audition episode of American Idol's 20th year - the competition is heating up!! 

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AMERICAN IDOL IS BACK! Your two favorite cohosts, Lauren and Tom, are back with the best weekly short and sweet American Idol recap pod. 

In this episode we review the season premier of American Idol's 20th year - what a time to be alive. 

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The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The Ronettes, 1964

More a Spanish Harlem street gang than a girl group, the Ronettes were pop goddesses dressed as Catholic schoolgirls gone to hell and back. Phil Spector builds his Wall of Sound as his teen protégée (and future wife) Ronnie Spector belts “Be My Baby” and “Walking in the Rain,” while songs like “I Wonder” and “Baby, I Love You” ache with hope for a perfect love that always seems to be impossibly ideal and just within arm’s reach.. - Rolling Stone

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Jonathan Bernstein, Pat Blashill, Jon Blistein, Nathan Brackett, David Browne, Anthony DeCurtis, Matt Diehl, Jon Dolan, Chuck Eddy, Ben Edmonds, Gavin Edwards, Jenny Eliscu, Brenna Ehrlrich, Suzy Exposito, David Fricke, Elisa Gardner, Holly George-Warren, Andy Greene, Kory Grow, Will Hermes, Brian Hiatt, Christian Hoard, Charles Holmes, Mark Kemp, Greg Kot, Elias Leight, Joe Levy, Angie Martoccio, David McGee, Chris Molanphy, Tom Moon, Jason Newman, Rob O’Connor, Park Puterbaugh, Jody Rosen, Austin Scaggs, Karen Schoemer, Bud Scoppa, Claire Shaffer, Rob Sheffield, Hank Shteamer, Brittany Spanos, Rob Tannenbaum, David Thigpen, Simon Vozick-Levinson, Barry Walters, Jonah Weine

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Boyz II Men, II, 1994 *Rolling stones lists this as 1991, that is incorrect

With their innocent romanticism and meticulous vocal arrangements, Boyz II Men became the most commercially successful R&B vocal group of all time. II includes two mammoth hits, courtesy of Babyface: “I’ll Make Love to You” and the audaciously baroque “Water Runs Dry.” But the group’s own Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman composed II‘s most poignant moment, “Khalil’s Interlude,” a soft onslaught that’ll leave you sobbing in the fetal position: “I need shelter from the rain/To ease the pain of changing from boys to men. - Rolling Stone

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Jonathan Bernstein, Pat Blashill, Jon Blistein, Nathan Brackett, David Browne, Anthony DeCurtis, Matt Diehl, Jon Dolan, Chuck Eddy, Ben Edmonds, Gavin Edwards, Jenny Eliscu, Brenna Ehrlrich, Suzy Exposito, David Fricke, Elisa Gardner, Holly George-Warren, Andy Greene, Kory Grow, Will Hermes, Brian Hiatt, Christian Hoard, Charles Holmes, Mark Kemp, Greg Kot, Elias Leight, Joe Levy, Angie Martoccio, David McGee, Chris Molanphy, Tom Moon, Jason Newman, Rob O’Connor, Park Puterbaugh, Jody Rosen, Austin Scaggs, Karen Schoemer, Bud Scoppa, Claire Shaffer, Rob Sheffield, Hank Shteamer, Brittany Spanos, Rob Tannenbaum, David Thigpen, Simon Vozick-Levinson, Barry Walters, Jonah Weine

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Shakira, Dónde Están los Ladrones, 1998 (Where are the Thieves?)

Long before she went blond and took her never-lying hips to the top of the American pop charts, Shakira was a raven-haired guitar rocker who’d hit peak superstardom in the Spanish-speaking world with her 1995 LP, Pies Descalzos. To keep up the momentum, Shakira enlisted Emilio Estefan to help produce her next LP, this stellar globetrotting dance-rock set, which blends sounds from Colombia, Mexico, and her father’s native Lebanon. - Rolling Stone

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