Hey, guys! Welcome to our latest Blerd Radio episode!
I am (for the second time this year) joined by my cohorts GG and KJ for an All Initials Podcast!
A few things to note: One, this will be a two-part podcast. We talked for a long time. Part 2 should be up over the weekend.
Two, I had my mic settings all jacked up and as a result, I sound like I’m on a different planet than GG and KJ. That said, this is a really entertaining podcast, so we hope you listen anyway.
Among the topics discussed:
Sportz!: The Winter Olympics are underway, the NBA All-Star Game finished literally minutes before we started recording, and KJ might still be a little sore from the results of the Super Bowl. We also give a critique of Bruno Mars’ halftime performance.
We also contemplate artists that could potentially headline the halftime show for the 2015 Super Bowl, and we come up with a somewhat unlikely, but hip and edgy candidate-Pharrell Williams!
Music: Valentine’s Day weekend was a big one for free music, as Ne-Yo and JoJo both released mixtapes, and hip-hop legends De La Soul released most of their catalog for free on their website. We discuss why this is an awesome marketing move, and we briefly compare and contrast De La with their Native Tongue brethren A Tribe Called Quest.
The conversation then turns to Aubrey Drake Graham. GG reveals a previously hidden hip-hop snob and wonders if Drake is “stealing from the game.” KJ, relatively unfamiliar with Drake, says that he confuses the Canadian rap star with a long-forgotten British pop star, while I contemplate the similarities between Drizzy and P.M. Dawn.
We also discuss the Rolling Stone cover story beef, in which Drake voiced his displeasure with being replaced on the magazine’s cover with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The first release of 2014 that all three of us are geeked over: Toni Braxton & Babyface’s Love, Marriage & Divorce.
The second release of 2014 that all three of us might be geeked over: the new Jacksons record (although it probably won’t come out anytime soon.) GG recaps the brothers’ appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show and wonders whether Marlon Jackson would’ve been a bigger star had he not been in his younger brother’s shadow.
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