Sound Only

By The RingerSociety & Culture

Sound Only episodes

August 29, 2018The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20 Years Later
Track 1: Lauryn Hill's Legacy With Joan Morgan
Track 2: Recommendations With Matt James

Further Reading:
The Culture Isn’t Finished With ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’—and Neither Is She
She Begat This: 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

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Credits:
Hosted by: Micah Peters
Produced by: Agerenesh Ashagre and Zach Mack
Theme song by: Pell
Brought to you by: The Ringer Podcast Network

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41 min
August 22, 2018Paying Respect to Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
Track 1: Highlights from Ariana Grande’s 'Sweetener' feat. Lindsay Zoladz
Track 2: Young Thug’s 'Slime Language' feat. Shea Serrano
Track 3: Remembering Aretha Franklin feat. Hanif Abdurraqib

Further Reading:
Lindsay on Ariana Grande
Shea on Young Thug
Hanif on Aretha Franklin

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Credits:
Hosted by: Micah Peters
Produced by: Agerenesh Ashagre and Zach Mack
Theme song by: Pell
Brought to you by: The Ringer Podcast Network

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46 min
August 15, 20182018’s Definitive Song of the Summer
Track 1: The Songs of Summer That Weren’t Feat. Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding
Track 2: The Countdown to No. 1

Further Reading:
Why Songs of the Summer Sound the Same
What’s the All-Time Best Song of the Summer?

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Credits:
Hosted by: Micah Peters
Produced by: Agerenesh Ashagre and Zach Mack
Theme song by: Pell
Brought to you by: The Ringer Podcast Network

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53 min
August 08, 2018 Welcome to Travis Scott’s ‘Astroworld’
Track 1: Travis Scott Figures It Out With ‘Astroworld’ feat. Michael Uzowuru
Track 2: Listen to This

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Credits:
Hosted by: Micah Peters
Produced by: Agerenesh Ashagre and Zach Mack
Theme song by: Pell
Brought to you by: The Ringer Podcast Network

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22 min
August 01, 2018 Nicki Minaj, WYD?
Track 1: What is happening with Nicki Minaj? feat. Lindsay Zoladz
Track 2: Music Worth Listening To feat. Rob Harvilla

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Credits:
Hosted by: Micah Peters
Produced by: Agerenesh Ashagre and Zach Mack
Theme song by: Pell
Brought to you by: The Ringer Podcast Network

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34 min
July 18, 2018 21 Years Later, Missy Elliott Remains ‘Supa Dupa Fly’
Track 1: Missy Elliott’s ‘Supa Dupa Fly’ Turns 21 feat. Justin Charity
Track 2: ICYMI: The Releases You Missed This Year feat. Chris Ryan

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Credits:
Hosted by: Micah Peters
Produced by: Agerenesh Ashagre and Zach Mack
Theme song by: Pell
Brought to you by: The Ringer Podcast Network

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46 min
July 12, 2018 How a Song Becomes a Viral Hit
Track 1: How "Boo’d Up" and Other Hit Singles Become Hits (feat. Victor Luckerson)
Track 2: Blue Racks and New Tracks
Track 3: Music You Need

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Credits:
Hosted by: Micah Peters
Produced by: Agerenesh Ashagre and Zach Mack
Theme song by: Pell
Brought to you by: The Ringer Podcast Network

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39 min
July 02, 2018How Much Drake Is Too Much Drake?
The Ringer's Micah Peters and music writer Amani Bin Shikhan discuss what Drake represents to black people in Toronto (2:27), the drama surrounding the 'Scorpion' rollout (10:45), and their ideal version of the album if they could cut the track list down from 25 songs to seven (20:35).

More from The Ringer:
Daddy Issues: On ‘Scorpion,’ Drake Is a Father of Many Styles—and Also a Child
Yes, There’s More: the Literal and Spiritual Exhaustion of Drake’s ‘Scorpion’
The ‘Scorpion’ Exit Survey

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35 min
June 27, 2018Kanye West’s No–G.O.O.D Month of Music
Track 1: Reflecting on G.O.O.D Music’s Five Albums in Five Weeks (feat. Justin Charity)

Track 2: The Mismanagement of Teyana Taylor (feat. Hannah Giorgis)

Track 3: The Music You Need to Listen to Right Now

Bonus:
When the GOOD Music Isn’t Good: The Sad, Crappy Demise of Kanye West’s Maximalism
Teyana Taylor’s Music Has Matured, but Has Her Label?
Into the Wild With Kanye West

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Credits:
Hosted by: Micah Peters
Produced by: Agerenesh Ashagre and Zach Mack
Theme song by: Pell
Brought to you by: The Ringer Podcast Network

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47 min
June 20, 2018XXXTentacion’s Untimely Death and Complicated Legacy
Track 1: Grappling With XXXTentacion’s Death feat. Lindsay Zoladz

Track 2: Gaslight Anthem’s 'The ‘59 Sound’ in Retrospect feat. Robert Mays

Bonus:
Odd Future: The Death of XXXTentacion and Rap’s Generational Crisis
The Unsolvable Difficulty of XXXTentacion’s Death
Can Spotify Solve the Art-vs.-Artist Problem?
“A Strange Bolt of Lightning”: The Oral History of the Gaslight Anthem’s ‘The ’59 Sound’

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Credits:
Hosted by: Micah Peters
Produced by: Agerenesh Ashagre and Zach Mack
Theme song by: Pell
Brought to you by: The Ringer Podcast Network

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40 min

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Justin Charity and Micah Peters discuss their deepest, darkest thoughts about the millennial lifestyle: rap music, video games, anime, Youtube, social media, etc. and their underlying themes.