Rhythm and Rhymes

In this episode of Rhythm & rhymes, Co-Hosts AJ & Antonio start of the pod talking about the newest Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign album, Vultures, and all the buzz around it. How long will it stay up, who will end up coming after him for sample clearances, and if anyone would support it.

Also in this episode, the guys look into Sony’s purchase into the Michael Jackson catalog and pose the question, does michael jackson have the most valuable music catalog of any artist dead or alive?

AJ also talks about Spotify’s CEO selling a ton of stock and what that might mean for our favorite artists and the industry. And finally they talk about new music including Little Simz, Latto, & More.

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This week on Rhythm & Rhymes , Co-hosts AJ & Antonio get into the various new releases from this year including JT’s solo outing “Sideways,” Hit-Boy & Alchemist EP, Asake & Zlatan’s Collab “Bust Down,” & More.

They then get into Larry Jackson’s music company Gamma getting more funding and our reactions to the grammy’s (even though we said we we’re gonna stop caring about the grammys).

00:00 Timestamps 

2:55 “Sideways” by JT 

5:58 “Theodore & Andre” by Alchemist & Hit-Boy 

9:19 “Bust Down” by Zlatan & Asake 

11:26 “Commas” by Ayra Starr 

13:07 “Wait in Vain” by Daniel Caesar

17:07 Larry Jackson’s Gamma gets more investment

21:00 Grammy Reactions 

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This episode of Rhythm & Rhymes was a fun one. Host AJ & Antonio Hughes get right into new music including, Kota the Friend's Lyrics to Go vol. 5, SiR's new single "No Evil," "Gas Me Up(Diligent)" by Skepta, & More.

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This week on Rhythm & Rhymes hosts AJ and Antonio Hughes discuss an array of topics starting with the new 21 Savage album & Unknown T's major label debut. They later touch on Kali Uchis's new Spanish project and more new music.

Later in the broadcast AJ talks about the Jada Kingdom Stefflon Don back-and-forth, Damien Marley's new single in South America, the media's impact on the diaspora, and the Rvssian interview.

(00:00) Timestamps

(4:09) 21 savage

(9:20) Unknown T

(13:00) Kali Uchis

(16:20) Boldy James

(18:25) BOC Soundtrack

(19:58) Asake 

(21:36) Damian Marley

(25:52) Steff vs Jada 🥊 

(27:38) All is yellow Tracklist

(30:10) Rvssian

(38:15) Music Reccomendations

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This week on Rhythm & Rhymes Co-hosts AJ & Antonio starts by responding to comments and answering the people’s questions.

Why rappers aren’t as popular, if afrobeats is just a phase, and more.

The 2 also discuss new music drops from this weekend including Bryson Tiller’s recent Soundcloud drops, Hit-Boy’s collab albums, and Jada Kingdom’s new single “Those Days.”

AJ also gives about a basic breakdown of the Go-Go Club Riddim for Dummies, and why Dancehall is getting exciting Again.

Song Recommendations: 

Antonio: “Paisley Dreams” by Big Hit & The Game 

AJ:

- “Twerka” by DJ Maphorisa, Shebeshxt, Xduppy

- “Twist & Turn” by Popcaan, Drake, PARTYNEXTDOOR

(00:00) Timestamps

(00:10) comments

(12:00) Return of Soundcloud Tiller

(15:50) “RealG4Life” by NengoFlow

(16:50) Game x Hitboy x Big Hit Collab

(18:10) Larussell x Hitboy Collab 

(19:20) Jada Kingdom Single “Those Days”

(20:10) The Go-Go Club Riddim 

(25:41) Songs of the week

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