Second Avenue Podcast

Second Avenue Podcast

By Jonathon Linares & Elijah VeneciaMusic
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Second Avenue Podcast episodes

  • Ranking The Top Modern Rap Duos (Lil Wayne & Drake, Kanye & Jay-Z, and MORE!)
    In this week’s episode, we each pick our top five modern rap duos, considering quality, quantity, and personal preference. We’ve included official duos that have released projects together, as well as frequent collaborators. We also discuss our thoughts on Tyler, the Creator’s “Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale”, Lollapalooza daily lineups, and the Mac Miller x Madlib collab album.
    35 min
  • 2008 Pop Hits Bracket
    To finish off March’s theme of a new bracket each week, we’re back with the 2008 Pop Hits bracket. We each selected 8 hit songs from 2008 and randomized the matchups to see which song wins it all! From Kanye West to Taylor Swift to Adele, this episode is full of familiar favorites from fifteen years ago! We also discuss this week’s releases, highlighted by JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown’s long-awaited collab album. We close the episode by giving our thoughts on the Lollapalooza lineup headlined by Kendrick Lamar.
    48 min
  • 2000’s Nickelodeon TV Shows Bracket
    Continuing with March’s theme of weekly brackets, we’re back with the Nickelodeon TV shows bracket. This episode, we’ll decide which classic 2000’s Nickelodeon wins it all. One side of the bracket will pit live-action favorites like Drake & Josh and Zoey 101 against each other and the winner will face off against the winner from the cartoon side with classics like Spongebob Squarepants and The Fairly OddParents.
    44 min
  • Travis Scott Best Songs Bracket

    Staying in the March Madness spirit, Jonathon and Elijah are back with another bracket. This week, we’ll be deciding which song is the best in Travis Scott’s catalog. From chart topping hits like “Goosebumps” and “Sicko Mode” to fan favorites like “Drugs You Should Try It” and “90210,” see which song wins it all. They also discuss Drake & 21 Savage’s upcoming tour, JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown’s upcoming project, and more!

    45 min
  • Best Fast Food Restaurant Bracket

    It’s March so that means brackets all month! The Second Ave Boys are back with another bracket, this time we’re switching it up from our usual music content and deciding which is the best fast food restaurant of the sixteen we selected for this bracket. We also discuss J. Cole hinting at a potential retirement, Danny Brown & JPEGMAFIA’s upcoming album, Drake headlining Dreamville Festival, and more!

    44 min
  • Rating NBA References in Rap Songs *Part 2*

    To celebrate last week’s NBA All Star Game, Jonathon and Elijah are back with another edition of “Rating NBA References” where they take a look at lyrics that mention NBA players from Baby Tron, Pop Smoke, Freddie Gibbs, Drake, and more! They also discuss The Weeknd closing in on 100 Million monthly listeners on Spotify, Drake considering retirement, Epic Records CEO announcing Travis Scott’s Utopia release date, and more of the latest news from the rap game!

    32 min
  • 20 QUESTIONS To Guess The RAPPER!

    Inspired by a TikTok trend, Jonathon and Elijah put their spin on 20 questions and try to guess rappers and rap albums in 20 questions or less. They also discuss the Grammys, Ib from Dreamville teasing J. Cole’s album “The Fall Off” and their favorite songs of the week.

    51 min
  • Who Will Win Rap Album of the Year at 2023 Grammys?

    In this week’s episode, Jonathon and Elijah predict who will win awards at the 2023 Grammys. At the time of the recording, several awards in the Rap and R&B categories had already been awarded, so they also reacted to those winners. They also discuss 21 Savage being named Complex’s Rapper of the Year, Rihanna’s upcoming halftime show, and more!

    37 min
  • 10 Artists That Will BLOW UP In 2023

    Jonathon and Elijah have each picked five artists that they think will blow up this year. They also take a look back at the artists which they thought would blow up last year and see how accurate those predictions were. They also look at the results of last week’s aux battle, Drake’s deep cut setlist at his concert at the Apollo, and talk about some upcoming releases from Lil Yachty and Cordae.

    33 min
  • AUX BATTLE #5

    After Elijah came back to win Aux Battle #4, the all-time series is now tied 2-2. In a pivotal game five, who will take the lead in the best-of-7 series. For this aux battle, Jonathon and Elijah will pick songs that were released in their birth month, with a blue album cover, from a collab album, from their top ten albums of 2022, that they’ve seen live, that they’d listen to before a basketball game, and non-rap songs.

    31 min

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Remember classic tracks from your adolescence and discover the newest hits with your hosts Jonathon Linares and Elijah Venecia. Second Avenue is a weekly podcast featuring album reactions, music news…