The Rated Podcast

This week we bring you another hot topic’s episode. The streets are abuzz chile! On the hotlist:

- Nick Cannon expecting 8th child

- Rihanna is pregnant - drake/Chris brown

- Kanye is cracking/Divorce drama

- Nicki Minaj is back with Do We Have a Problem/Nicki speaks to the city girls - no more drama

- India Arie pulls music from Spotify - Joe Rogan/Streaming

- Wale drops out of Broccoli City Festival

- Doja’s Planet Her spends half a year on the billboard 200s top 10 - 1.4mil/cancels BRIT performance - brits merged the pop/r&b award - Dua won this award

- Dua Lipa has 10 platinum songs/Levitating surpasses Adele - 66 Weeks

- Bree Runway Pressure

- Normani - 200+ days since Wild Side

- Megan wants a collab with Adele & Rihanna after conquering Beyoncé collab

- Leigh-Anne has signed with Warner

- Rita Ora signs new deal with BMG

- Fantasia, Halle Bailey - The Colour Purple Movie

- Halle Bailey’s solo music -

- Shensea + London On the track

#TheRatedPodcast is a weekly urban music and popular culture podcast between two old friends @ollyvade and @carlcnn

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Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3M4ukFO1NrrOSE37nFrmTB?si=3Oi-PGaxQua49r8VCm6ElA

Fresh off the back of the SuperBowl on Sunday, we bring you some of our highlights and disappointments of this year's legendary halftime show. Where was the leg kick Mary? We also discuss the much talked about Janet Jackson documentary.

#TheRatedPodcast is a weekly urban music and popular culture podcast between two old friends @ollyvade and @carlcnn

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@theratedpodcast

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@carlcnn

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@ollyvade

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Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3M4ukFO1NrrOSE37nFrmTB?si=3Oi-PGaxQua49r8VCm6ElA

Feelings! So deep in my feelings! Whether you’re boo’d up or not this Valentine’s Day, join us as we go through some of the love songs we would play on this romantic day.

Listen to The Rated Valentine’s Playlist here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ozMdD3YyUtDhPK4uXmrj4?si=-64lpeT1S5WtNbQ_VcP6dA

#TheRatedPodcast is a weekly urban music and popular culture podcast between two old friends @ollyvade and @carlcnn

Insta:

@theratedpodcast

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@carlcnn

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@ollyvade

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Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3M4ukFO1NrrOSE37nFrmTB?si=3Oi-PGaxQua49r8VCm6ElA

We back, back, back again with another hot topic’s episode. Behind on all the goss this week? Join us as we discuss:

- Grammys moving to April 2022 and in Las Vegas.

- Adele postpones Las Vegas residency

- Jasmine Sullivan’s first platinum single ‘Pick Up Your Feelings’/Jasmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe

- Shensea and Megan - Lick

- Chloe Have Mercy is certified Gold/Insta covers

- Stefflon don’s new R&B flavoured single Juice

- Regina King’s son suicide

- Ari Lennox doesn’t wanna do any more interviews/ and relative media Twitter drama

- Ella Mai’s Boo’d Up 7x platinum/New single DFMU sophomore era

- Doja Cat Powerhouse award (Billboards Women in music awards)

- Janet Jackson Documentary

#TheRatedPodcast is a weekly urban music and popular culture podcast between two old friends @ollyvade and @carlcnn

Insta:

@theratedpodcast

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@carlcnn

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@ollyvade

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Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3M4ukFO1NrrOSE37nFrmTB?si=3Oi-PGaxQua49r8VCm6ElA

This week we bring you our picks for the most iconic male/female duets mainly from the 00s:

- Usher and Alicia keys - My Boo

- Rihanna and Neyo - Hate That I Love You

- Jordon sparks and Chris brown - No Air

- Chris Brown and Keri Hilson - Superhuman

- Nelly & Kelly - Dilemma

- Ashanti and anything with Ja Rule

- Mariah Carey & BoyZ II Men - One Sweet Day

- Beyoncé & Jay Z - Bonnie & Clyde ‘03

- Jay Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

- Ed Sheeran & Beyonce - Perfect

Are your faves on the list?

#TheRatedPodcast is a weekly urban music and popular culture podcast between two old friends @ollyvade and @carlcnn

Insta:

@theratedpodcast

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@carlcnn

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@ollyvade

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Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3M4ukFO1NrrOSE37nFrmTB?si=3Oi-PGaxQua49r8VCm6ElA

We’re back again with this week’s hot topics. Join us as we discuss:

- Muni Long - Top 40 single

- The Weeknd & Gunna - Battle for #1 - Gunna wins

- Britney vs Jamie Spears

- Chris Brown’s Iffy - Is it a bop?- are you a bop?

- Brandy working on new album/Brandy Mariah Carey 2022 collab

- Normani

- Ne-Yo wants to go back to R&B that makes you feel / critiques of r&b - who is qualified to speak about it

- Drake hot sauce in the condom

#TheRatedPodcast is a weekly urban music and popular culture podcast between two old friends @ollyvade and @carlcnn

Insta:

@theratedpodcast

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@carlcnn

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@ollyvade

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Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3M4ukFO1NrrOSE37nFrmTB?si=3Oi-PGaxQua49r8VCm6ElA

This week we discuss the hot topics (or hullabaloo if you will) that are on everyone’s lips in the music sphere this month:

- Grammys Being postponed because of Omarion (Omnicron)

- Chloe Bailey inspired by Beyoncé.. but the people are big mad

- The Aaliyah Album.. coming this month featuring…

- The weeknd ‘dawn fmm’ featuring nobody (no features) (out Friday 7th) 9/10 songs on Spotify top 10

- Chris brown new single - iffy

- Muni Long and Ari Lennox charting on the billboard 100. @ #83 and #94

- Ari Lennox Ghana tweets

- Savage x Fenty stores

- Ciara’s upcoming music

#TheRatedPodcast is a weekly urban music and popular culture podcast between two old friends @ollyvade and @carlcnn

Insta:

@theratedpodcast

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@carlcnn

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@ollyvade

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Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3M4ukFO1NrrOSE37nFrmTB?si=3Oi-PGaxQua49r8VCm6ElA

This week we discuss some of the drama’s artists have faced with their record labels and how it affects their growth. We discuss if it’s better to be independent, and some of the things we think labels could do to build a better relationship with their artists. Also, do artists read their contracts?

#TheRatedPodcast is a weekly urban music and popular culture podcast between two old friends @ollyvade and @carlcnn

Insta:

@theratedpodcast

@carlcnn

@ollyvade

Playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/user/1187985666/playlist/3M4ukFO1NrrOSE37nFrmTB?si=IbbjuqeqQCCp7J72vpsYlw

It’s the last episode of the year! This week we go through some of the things we would love to see in 2022:

- A Rihanna Album

- Saweetie performing like a pro

- A new Beyoncé project

- Something revolutionary by Drake

- A new girl group to emerge

- An r&b boy group that actually does well somewhere? Diversity is welcome pls

- More Verzuz!

- More concerts for us, COVID go away! We wish all our listeners a prosperous New Year.

#TheRatedPodcast is a weekly urban music and popular culture podcast between two old friends @ollyvade and @carlcnn

Insta:

@theratedpodcast

@carlcnn

@ollyvade

Playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/user/1187985666/playlist/3M4ukFO1NrrOSE37nFrmTB?si=IbbjuqeqQCCp7J72vpsYlw

We’re at the end of 2021! So, getting ready to head into 2022, join us as we take a look back at some of the major events that happened in the music world in 2021:

- Astroworld

- Little Mix Hiatus & Jesy Nelson

- Adele’s 30 Sales

- Verzuz (Mariah & Beyoncé)

- Rihanna becoming Barbados’ National Hero

- Concerts Return

- Ari Lennox’s Amsterdam Fiasco

- Celebrity Deaths

#TheRatedPodcast is a weekly urban music and popular culture podcast between two old friends.

Insta:

@theratedpodcast

@carlcnn

@ollyvade

Playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/user/1187985666/playlist/3M4ukFO1NrrOSE37nFrmTB?si=IbbjuqeqQCCp7J72vpsYlw