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Drake's AI diss track 'Taylor Made Freestyle' is out but is it in good taste? We're talking about beef but are there some technological lines that you just don't cross? Also, Chris Brown and Quavo are beefing and its gone to blows over diss tracks. We're here breaking it down and laughing at the absurdity.

TIMECODES:

1:56 - Drake AI
3:30 - Taunting Kendrick Lamar
3:50 - One of the largest artists in the music using AI
4:08 - Using Tupac’s voice
6:28 - Demar thinks it’s wack
7:44 - Even Kendrick fans say he has to drop soon
9:44 - can’t have 3 weeks between every record
12:58 - Drake's strategy
15:56 - Rumour of Drake having a bomb
16:44 - Kanye jumping in
18:15 - Drake is Jewish
19:03 - Kanye has to save hip-hop
20:18 - This 20 v 1 builds up Drake’s legacy
21:38 - The undercard
21:53 - Demar is giving Trump
22:22 - Why now?
23:46 - CB raps better than Quavo
24:26 - Quavo is not good enough to make a diss track
26:09 - Triplet flow  - only flow
33:28 - CB vs Quavo who’s a better rapper
35:16 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame


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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Taylor Swift's 11th studio album 'The Tortured Poets Department', the boring production, Taylor's hyper-literal lyrics and her minimal singing range.

Démar’s rating: 3 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 3 / 10

The Love List: Florida!!!, I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can), thanK you aIMee, I Look in People's Windows


TIMECODES:


2:10 - Drake should write for Taylor 
3:28 - Previous scores
6:27 - Competent group
7:44 - No single
8:16 - Shrinking the world
9:46 - Slow album
12:09 - So boring Demar had to stop listening
14:20 - Carly Rae Jepsen copycat
16:11 - Swearing all over this album
16:33 - Hyper pop sound
19:27 - There are Some good tracks but not enough
20:05 - If Taylor was on Cowboy Carter
24:11 - Florida
28:22 - The smallest man that’s ever lived
31:45 - Didn’t even try to keep me in / pathetic
36:20 - Delulu algorithm
36:47 - Never cried at the gym
38:50 - Always the victim
41:08 - Mellow dramatic
43:58 - Cringe lyrics
45:16 - Kendrick of pop music
46:20 - Why is she not cancelled - worst lyrics
47:43 - Try to find a way to say in real life
49:12 - Taylor gets a pass for being bitter
50:46 - Did Travis Kelce listen to this album
1:00:46 - The cover
1:05:41 - The Scores


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Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department / 2024 / pop, folk

Drake has responded to Kendrick Lamar in emphatic fashion with his unofficial track 'Push Ups (Drop & Give Me 50)'. We breakdown the lyrics and really discuss if this beef is winnable for anyone involved.

TIMECODES:
0:17 - Intro
3:54 - Thinking Drake's diss is AI  
5:56 -  What's Beef sample?
7:46 - Kendrick is at a disadvantage  
8:47 - Contract discussions   
9:46 - Distract lyric breakdown
12:36 - When is the Kendrick track dropping?
15:20 - Drake's writing speed
18:19 - Did Kendrick expect Drake to reply?
19:45 - Adriel is worried for Kendrick
20:29 - What does it take to win a beef?
23:34 - What happens if Drake beats Kendrick Lamar in a beef?  
27:04 - The Drake-French Montana cease and desist
28:30 - More Drake lyrical breakdown
30:30 - What would've happened if J.Cole didn't back out of the beef?
31:49 - Kendrick is on his own, how is he going to handle the beef now?
32:23 - How many songs do you think the beef will go? 


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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Future and Metro Boomin's collaborative album 'We Still Don't Trust You', Future's strained vocals and Future being one of the rappers with minimal skill at rapping.

Démar’s rating: 4 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 7 / 10

The Love List: We Still Don't Trust, Nights Like This, Nobody Knows My Struggle, Crossed Out, Red Leather


TIMECODES:


1:54 - First album was the single for the 2nd album
2:52 - Future establishing himself as an album artist  
6:54 - This is what we have been begging Drake to do 
09:34 - Future got the Weeknd pack  
11:24 - Who told you? 
11:57 - After Hours style of production
13:02 - Brad Pit comparison  
13:33 - Set the tone/cooking with gas   
15:14 - Drink and dance … why? 
17:34 - Black hole on your Spotify 
20:36 - Love bad bitches (different artists you could see on this) 
23:37 - I Don’t know if Future is making fun of Drake on this track 
25:03 - Gracious is a Ty Dolla $ign song 
29:09 - Here is what you get for listening to the first half 
30:52 - Future talk that talk …Leader in toxic masculinity 
32:33 - Future meme 
36:32 - He’s using the wrong part of his body 
37:10 - Young Thug before the autotune 
38:01  - Future can’t get into a beef with his lyrics
38:33 - MVP of being the most minor skill at rapping 
44:15 - The Cover
47:40 - Scores 

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Future & Metro Boomin - We Still Don't Trust You / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap

This week Démar and Adriel discuss J. Cole's surprise mixtape 'Might Delete Later', his Kendrick Lamar diss, his apology to Kendrick Lamar and how he's destroyed the bravado in his music.

Démar’s rating: 6 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 9 / 10

The Love List: H.Y.B., Stealth Mode, Stickz N Stonez, Pricey

TIMECODES: 

2:25 Surprise drop
3:54  Demar was in bed
5:40 Pre-apology J. Cole
10:07 The music sounds different and hollow
11:40 People not living their rhymes
12:25 Connecting his first song with his last song
14:58 Apologizing is not hip-hop
15:42 Drake the shop comparison
21:54 The freedom for people not to like specific albums
24:10 You don’t have to reply, but do it anyways
27:13 Too much triplet flow
27:53 Pi features
30:25 Trans bars
33:40 The production Adriel wanted a while ago
37:00 Adriel can feel the labels looking for a Central Cee single 
39:00 Fever is the Born Sinner J. Cole
41:42 We heard this song on Born Sinner 
44:04 Huntin Wabbitz 
45:40 Great use of a vocal sample 
47:15 The mixtape is Cohesiveish
49:41 The Cover
51:28 Worth getting the Vinyl?
54:54 How will the apology age?
1:01:20 Scores


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J. Cole - Might Delete Later / 2024 / Rap, Hip Hop

Since we've determined that J. Cole is no longer in the big three because of his apology Démar and Adriel take stock of artists that can replace him in the rap hierarchy. Also the duo do a little bit of recap on Bryson Tiller's latest album 'Bryson Tiller' and Doja Cat's deluxe ‘Scarlet 2: Claude’

TIMECODES:
1:12 Bryson Tiller ‘The Man Who Made Trapsoul’
8:20 Doja Cat
15:05 Deciding the future of Hip-Hop
16:19 Yeat
18:00 Playboi Carti
21:27 Tyler The Creator
24:37 Doja Cat
26:33 Travis Scott
27:50 Future
30:09 Nicki Minaj
33:42 Is Nicki Minaj ahead of J. Cole?


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