Second Avenue Podcast

Jonathon and Elijah face off in the first episode of rap trivia. They have to name songs based on lyrics, samples, features artists & producers, NBA references, pick which song has more streams, and more! Then, they discuss this week’s new music releases, Kanye announcing Skete’s death, Drake’s new face tattoo, and more!

Last week, Mac Miller’s Swimming and Travis Scott’s Astroworld celebrated their fourth anniversaries so Jonathon and Elijah decided to take a look back at one of the most stacked years for music releases in recent memory. Then, they discuss the Young Money reunion, Travis Scott’s return to headlining concerts, Kendrick Lamar working on new music already, Kanye teasing Donda 2 coming to streaming services, and more!

Elijah recaps his trip to Miami for Rolling Loud. From Kid Cudi’s set being cut short to Travis Scott’s surprise appearance, he details his most notable moments from the festival and talks about getting ready for Rolling Loud New York this fall. Then, Jonathon and Elijah discuss Joey Bada$$’s “2000”, Barack Obama’s summer playlist, and more!

In this week's episode, Jonathon and Elijah rank some of their favorite albums based on their cover art. Then, they talk about Elijah's upcoming trip to Rolling Loud Miami, Kendrick Lamar's The Big Steppers Tour setlist, Joey Badass' upcoming album, and more!

In today’s episode, Jonathon and Elijah decide which albums they would choose if they could only listen to ten albums for the rest of their lives. Then they discuss this week’s releases including Steve Lacy, DJ Premier, and more! They also touch on Brent Faiyaz’s first week sales, Drake’s October World Weekend, and Frank Ocean’s Blonded Radio. To close the episode, they pick which track would be their baseball walkup song.

Since we're just past the halfway point of 2022, Jonathon and Elijah take a look back at their favorite albums of the year so far. They each picked ten albums to highlight as their favorite of the year and also picked one standout track from each project. They also talk about upcoming projects that could crack their top tens before the end of the year, Brent Faiyaz's Wasteland, a Danny Brown & JPEGMAFIA collab album, and more! It all wraps up with a big announcement you won't want to miss!

After a close matchup in Aux Battle #2 back in April, Elijah looks for revenge against Jonathon. In this week's episode, they'll pick songs for the categories: city, food, 2022 XXL Freshman, Birth Year, Numerical title, "Lil" rapper, and a 4th of July cookout. Then, they discuss the feature list for the upcoming Calvin Harris project, Travis Scott's upcoming album & live performance in London, the BET Awards, and more!

This week, Jonathon and Elijah take a look at the artists selected for the 2022 XXL Freshman List. They also discuss which artists were snubbed and which ten artists they would have personally included. Then, they discuss this week’s releases including Lil Nas X, Lupe Fiasco, and Brent Faiyaz, as well as Drake earning his eleventh number one album.

Rolling Stone dropped a controversial list of the top 200 rap albums of all-time. In this week's episode, Jonathon and Elijah react to the top fifty entries on this list, as well as a few albums that didn't quite crack the top fifty. Then, they give their initial thoughts on this week's releases including Drake's album "Honestly, Nevermind" and Logic's "Vinyl Days." They also discuss Joey Bada$$'s album release getting delayed and the Rolling Loud NYC lineup.

In this week's episode, Jonathon and Elijah take a look back at some of our favorite collaborations between Drake and Lil Wayne. From "HYFR" to "Seeing Green" and everything in between, we rank these songs on a tier list to decide which collabs are the best in their discography. Then, we discuss the past two weeks of new music releases, a possible Drake project dropping this summer, Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of Time list, and more!