Second Avenue Podcast

It’s October, so it feels like the perfect time to drop a new seasonal playlist. We’ve dropped a summer playlist the past two years, but it’s finally time for our first fall playlist! Listen to the full episode for our picks of ten songs each that we think give off a fall vibe. We also talk about Damian Lillard & Jrue Holiday getting traded, the new Las Vegas Sphere, rumors of a new Kanye West album, and more!

It’s the tenth anniversary of Drake dropping Nothing Was The Same in 2013 so we’re kicking off our Album of the Month series by taking a look back at our favorite songs and sharing some of our memories listening to this project growing up. We also talk about this week’s releases, TikTok and Billboard’s new chart, the US government cracking down on ticket resellers, and more!

Football is finally back and this week we’re talking about some of our favorite NFL and football references in rap songs! We also talk about the releases from the past month, Drake’s “For All The Dogs” delay, Spotify’s new “Daylist” feature, and more!

We’re back with part two of our top 10 concerts and this episode it’s Elijah’s turn to talk about his top ten favorite concerts he’s seen. After multiple Rolling Loud festivals in different cities, Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash, and more shows, you won’t want to miss his top 10 full of rap superstars!

We’re finally back from vacation to give our thoughts on Travis Scott’s newest release, UTOPIA. This was one of our most anticipated releases of the year so we’ll talk about how it lived up to our expectations, favorite songs, features, and more! We also talk about Jonathon’s trip to Lollapalooza, songs we’re listening to right now, and other new projects & singles to drop.

We’re back with our final pre-recorded episode of our vacation series to talk about our favorite albums of the 2020’s so far. We each picked one album from 2020, 2021, and 2022 to show some love this week and for some of our favorites of 2023 so far be sure to go check out our best of 2023 episode from a few weeks back!

We’re back with another shorter summer vacation episode where we’re playing a game we’ve seen all over our TikTok FYPs. We’re playing Wavelength where we’ll guess a number from different hints including songs, artists, TV shows, movies, sports teams, athletes and more! We recorded this episode last week so we also discussed our pre-release predictions for Travis Scott’s Utopia! Come back August 14 for our full thoughts on the album!

This week, we’ve each picked three albums we’ve had in rotation. Some are classics we used to love, while some are newer favorites, and some are essentials that never leave our speakers. Join us to reminisce on familiar tracks and hopefully you find a new favorite track along the way!

This week we’re taking a look at the artists selected to be part of the 2023 XXL Freshman Class, as well as showing some love to a few artists we think deserve a spot on the list. We’re also talking about Travis Scott’s Utopia release at the Pyramids of Giza, Drake’s “It’s All a Blur” tour kicking off, and the latest new releases.