It’s our 50th episode!! And for that we bring you a lowdown of what the Autumn News cycle brings us. Also make sure to listen until the end for a *SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* … we’re uber excited.

For now, join us as we breeze (get it? Autumn..) through this months hot topics:

- New Music: Ari Lennox - ASL, Glorilla FNF feat JT & Latto, Megan The Stallion Plan B Feat Lil Kim, John Legend ‘Legend’, Bleu Love in the way ft Nicki Minaj, | Nicki Minaj, JT & BIA Super Freaky Girl Remix (Feat. Akbar V & Katie Got Bandz)

- Super freaky girl, gold after 3 weeks

- Nickis queensmix has the girls fighting/ Nicki drags Garcelle + Loni

- Azealia Banks kicks off at Nicki

- Coi Leray said someone is paying blogs not to post her, people think it’s Nicki minaj - rolling Ray chimed in

- New videos: Latto it’s giving, Nicki super freaky girl

- Megan Thee Stallion has a whole episode based on her on She-Hulk tv show on streaming platforms

- Arie Spears and Tiffany Haddish in trouble over a skit sexualising a minor

- Megan Markle and Mariah Carey talk being mixed and being placed into categories

- Queen Elizabeth has died

- Jesy Nelson apparently prepping her second single as independent release

- Justin Bieber cancels Justice tour due to health and exhaustion

- Jazmine sullivan’s heauxtales certified gold

- Church girl by Beyoncé is the next single appaz - impacting rhythmic radio October 4th

- Mariah’s releasing a new edition of her fave album Butterfly, with 8 new bonus tracks, HQ videos and live performances + Usher is releasing a 25 year anniversary album for my way with different versions of 3 songs.

- Summer Walker wanted to shoot videos for Unloyal and Toxic

- Ciara and Summer Walker teasing better things

- Ariana grande apparently planning to collaborate with kali uchis and Tinashe

- Halle Bailey, Little Mermaid negative comments. YouTube disables dislike button. The original little mermaid (voice actress) Jodi Benson supports Halle.

- Saweetie spoke about dealing with depression after her breakup with quavo on Caresha

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“The Beyoncé of the group” - what does that mean? This week we delve into girl groups (and some boy groups), and what it means to be the ‘Beyoncé’ of the group. Is this something that labels push? Or is it down to particular artists taking the spotlight? As always, The Rated Podcast has you covered.

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Something different for you this week on The Rated Podcast. We bring you a music edition of the popular questions game ‘Would You Rather?’. Join us as we choose between:

1. Have a #1 record or a platinum selling single?

2. Be in a group or be a solo act

3. Listen to music with words or music without words

4. Perform in front of friends or family?

5. Watch music videos or listen to the radio?

6. Be able to sing any song or play to any instrument?

7. See Beyoncé live or Rihanna

8. Listen to only one great song a week or listen to as many ‘ok’ songs as you like during the week

9. Be a famous musician or bring a fave musician back to life

10. Listen to todays hits, or old school classics

11. Listen to rock and roll or country music

12. Would you rather be in bad romance with lady gaga or have bad blood with Taylor swift

13. Would you rather swing from a wrecking ball with miley Cyrus or swing from a chandelier with sia

14. Would you rather break the rules with Charlie xcx or do some black magic with little mix

15. Nicki Minaj or Cardi B

16. Be an album or singles artist

17. Do intimate tours or arena tours

18. Be a rapper or singer

19. Produce bad songs that would become number 1’s or great songs that no one ever listened to

20. Be a singer-songwriter or just a singer

21. Be a songwriter or a producer

22. Get a record deal but have to do a genre you don’t like or no record deal at all

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Another weekly topics episode for you from your fave popular culture podcast. On the agenda this time:

- Chris brown asked earlier in month if he’s done enough to get a star on the Hollywood walk of fame

- Timbaland & Swizz Beats are suing triller for 28 million over verzuz

- Billboard changed the chart rules. Pure sales now have 33% less impact on the hot 100, 1k sales = 1.33 points instead of 2.

- Nicki minaj #1 with super freaky girl (89,000 pure sales sold)/ vmas vanguard award/ performance+ hosting - who else deserves the vanguard award?

- Nicki Minaj is now the most decorated female rapper in VMA history (passed Missy Elliot) as she now has 7 awards.

- Nick Cannon is expecting his 10th child

- Ciara announces skin care line - oam (on a mission)- 15/09

- Aries spears said lizzo looks like the poop emoji (or her body anyway) - Lizzo claps back at VMAs

- Mjs (29th of August) and Whitney’s (9th August) bdays - favourite Whitney and mj song

- Michael Jackson is the first singer in history to own multiple diamond albums & singles:

Thriler is 34x platinum in the US, Billie Jean (the single) - has been certified diamond, thriller (single) is also diamond), Beat it is 8x Platinum. These are the first songs from the 80’s to have gone diamond.

- Aaliyah 21st anniversary of her death…

- Ari Lennox new album - Age/Sex/Location - out September 9th

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A discussion on whether we think female rappers are the new pop stars. How has female rap changed throughout the years? Join us for this week’s hot topic at #theratedpodcast

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Another run down of everything that’s been going on in the last few weeks. We haven’t brought you one in a while so a lot has occurred - basically, it’s Beyoncé’s world and we’re living in it. On this week's agenda:

- Murad Mureli - Only fans scandal

- Beyoncé Renaissance: Someone started selling Beyoncé’s album leaked 2 days earlier than anticipated release in France

- Beyoncé is #1 with break my soul and the album is #1 in US too.

- Beyoncé allegedly sampled kelis and kelis has found out when everybody else has

- Beyoncé re-recorded Heated for ableist slur

- Diane Warren asked how 1 song can have 24 songwriters and the Dream/beehive lit her up

- A podcast asked who has had the biggest impact between Beyoncé and Rihanna

- New songs: DVSN - if I get caught, Kandi & Tiny’s if you get caught,

- Doechii & Sza Persuasive, Calvin Harris new to you - featuring Normani, Tinashe & Offset, Ari Lennox - Hoodie, Nicki minaj Super freaky girl (samples Rick james super freak)

- New videos: How - ella mai feat roddy rich, Megan - HER, Futures love you better video - it’s about ciara

- Megan the stallion - traumazine album

- Doechii drops ‘she/her/black bitch’ EP

- Chloe previewing new music ‘I thought I told you’

- Nicki minaj sold 500,000k in album units in 2022

- Nicki’s Queen Radio is coming August 11th, AMP - Amazon platform her album is ‘epic’ according to her

- Nicki Minaj to receive the vanguard award at the 2022 vmas

- Fans annoyed about doja being on the black panther soundtrack

- What is going on with doja?

- Jesy Nelson splits from Polydor after a year

- Butterfly turns 25

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Beyoncé has come to save summer with the release of her 7th Studio album RENAISSANCE. Join us as we review this absolute masterpiece of an album.

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We’re in the Thique of Beyoncé’s summer, so we have decided to bless you with a summer playlist. Do you agree with our picks? What do you think will be the song of the summer?

Listen to all of the songs discussed on our summer playlist below:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rVzjwNg5d3gIk48p2mPNx?si=uF_f5ezhS0yFoaVgrhz2rA

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At this point, I’m sure everyone knows somewhat of the ‘RCA Curse’ - constant drama with RCA and their artists, creative differences and album push-backs. We dive into some of our fave artists who have been knocked continuously by this label, ultimately relating in severed ties and struggling careers. What are some of our thoughts as to why we think they fail as a record company? Is it always them? Or do artists play a hand? Join us as we discuss the careers of:

Tinashe

Normani

Zayn Malik

Kelly Clarkson

Ciara

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This week life came at us so sorry for the lateness. We’re back with another hot topics episode, so join us as we discuss:

- Ciara’s Jump Video!!!

- Keri hilson got honoured at the black honours award show

- Beyoncé Renaissance’ due to sell 500-600k in one week

- Omarion said that Mario sabotaged his verzuz

- Megan headlining a show in august in the uk

- Cardi B - Hot Shit falls from #13 to #34 on the billboard hot 100 and the barbs think Nicki is sabotaging her

- Nicki teasing the release of freaky girl

- Doechii had got sza on the remix of her song persuasion. Coming out on Friday 22nd of July.

- It’s been 1 year since the release of wild side

- Monique & Netflix

- Saucy Santana Ft. Latto - Booty

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