I Listen to Everything Jen & Drew

While trap music is known for beats filled with hi-hats, snares and hard-hitting basslines, the genre existed before this sound., its name coming from the term "trap house" meaning a house used to make and sell drugs. Southern hip hop artists have been rapping about trapping since the early 90s. Somewhere along the way, producers from Atlanta gave the genre the iconic beat that can be heard on hip hop radio stations till this day. Tune in to find out more about the history of trap music!

Playlist of songs:


Cocaine in The Back The Ride - UGK
Thought Process - Goodie Mob feat. Andre 3000
SpottieOttieDopaliscious - Outkast
Left, Right, Left - Drama
24's - T.I.
Icy - Gucci Mane
Hard in Da Paint - Waka Flocka Flame
B.M.F. - Rick Ross, Styles P
Ballin' - Jeezy, Lil Wayne
Turn On The Lights - Future
Tuesday - ILOVEMAKONNEN, Drake
Love Sosa - Chief Keef
Nonstop - Drake
Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh) - Rich Homie Quan
7/11 - Beyonce
Trap Queen - Fetty Wap
Black Beatles - Rae Sremmurd, Gucci Mane
It's A Vibe - 2 Chainz, Ty Dolla $ign, Trey Songz, Jhene Aiko
Bodak Yellow - Cardi B
Pure Water - Mustard, Migos
fukumean - Gunna
redrum - 21 Savage

Welcome to our first episode in the country genre! This episode explores the fusion genre of country and pop, so even if you're not a country fan, you'll probably know a lot of the songs anyway. Country is making a comeback in the pop charts thanks to certain artists choosing to take country back to its roots, but it may not be the roots that you're thinking of. Tune in to find out the real history behind country pop!



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Playlist of songs:


I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline, The Jordanaires
He'll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
End of the World - Skeeter Davis
Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold
Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' - Charley Pride
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Country roads let'sa go (Mario Version)
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Man, I Feel Like A Woman! - Shania Twain
Cowboy Take Me Away - The Chicks
Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts
Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
Need You Know - Lady A
Break Up In A Small Town - Sam Hunt
Wasted On You - Morgan Wallen
Slow Burn - Kacey Musgraves
Follow Your Arrow - Kacey Musgraves
TEXAS HOLD 'EM - Beyonce
Hey It's Franklin - Geek Music

Another 60's revival of the indie rock era, chamber pop or baroque pop is a genre that began in the mid-60s when rock stars started to incorporate classical instruments in their music. A revival occured in the mid-90s as a reaction against the the lo-fi grunge sound and continued into the 2000s and 2010s. We hope you enjoy learning about this genre. Let us know if you can think of any other chamber/baroque pop examples!

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Playlist of songs:


When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) - The Beach Boys
In My Life - The Beatles
Play With Fire - Rolling Stones
Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
God Only Know - The Beach Boys
Nomads - The High Llamas
The Fox in the Snow - Belle and Sebastian
Waltz #2 - Elliott Smith
Nightswimming - R.E.M.
Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
No Cars Go - Arcade Fire
Rococo - Arcade Fire
Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend
M79 - Vampire Weekend
White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear
Video Games - Lana Del Rey
Paprika - Japanese Breakfast

In this episode, we listen to the sounds of the favelas through a genre known as funk carioca (or Brazilian funk, favela funk, etc). It is a tenacious genre that began in the streets of Rio and ended up on the for you pages of Tik Tok despite attempts of destruction by the Brazilian elite. Definitely not a genre to miss!

Playlist of songs:


Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa
808 Volt Mix - DJ Battery Brain
Pump Up the Party - Hassan
Rocky Theme - Gonna Fly Now
Rap Da Felicidade - Cidinho & Doca, DJ Marlboro
Injecao - Deize Tigrona
Bucky Done Gun - M.I.A.
O Baile Todo - Bonde do Tigrão
Glamurosa - MC Marcinho
Nosso Sonho - Claudinho & Buchecha
Tire e Camisa - Furucão 2000, Cabo
Fala Mal de Mim - Mc Beyonce
Fala Mal de Mim - LUDMILLA
Boladona - Tati Quebra Barraco, DJ Marlboro
Eu vou ficar - Anitta
Funk Rave - Anitta
Olha A Explosão - MC Kevinho
Pon De Floor - Major Lazer, Vybz Kartel
Run the World (Girls) - Beyoncé
Rude Boy - Remix Funk - DJ Lukinha
Automotivo Bibi Fogosa - Bibi Babydoll, Dj Brunin XM, KZA Produções
Tuburão Te Amo - Dj LK da Escócia, Tchakabum, MC Ryan SP, mc jhenny, Mc RF

I Listen to Everything is back! Starting off the new year strong with a super upbeat electronic dance genre, this episode explores the roots of UK Garage. We discuss the influence of US garage, contemporary R&B and house music as well as the role of pirate radio stations and the key figures who shaped the genre's sound - a sound that we can still hear in much of popular music today!

Playlist of songs:


Never Gonna Let You Go - Kelly G Bump-N-Go Dub Edit, Tina Moore
Gabriel - Live Garage Mix - Roy Davis Jr., Peven Everett
Teardrops (Flava 7" Mix) - Lovestation
Twentysourseven (feat. Melanie Blatt) - Radio Version - Artful Dodger
Sweet Like Chocolate (Radio Edit) - Shanks & Bigfoot
Ripgroove - Double 99
Re-Rewind (feat. Craig David) - Artful Dodger
Crazy Love - MJ Cole, Elisabeth Troy
A Little Bit of Luck - Dj Luck & MC Neat
Bound 4 da Reload - Oxide & Neutrino
21 Seconds - So Solid Crew
Flowers (Sunship Edit) - Sweet Female Attitude
Pain - PinkPantheress
Gotta Get Thru This - D'N'D Radio Edit - Daniel Bedingfield
All I Want - Mis-Teeq, Sunship
You & Me - Flume Remix - Disclosure, Eliza Doolittle
You & Me - Disclosure, Eliza Doolittle
La La La - Naughty Boy, Sam Smith
Seven (feat. Latto) - Jung Kook
Love Like This - ZAYN
No Other (feat. Ragga Twins) - Sammy Virji

Music that as ignorable as it is interesting - this is how musician Brian Eno described the genre he named ambient music. This episode looks at the history behind ambient music, starting in the early 20th century with Erik Satie's "furniture music' to today with rapper and flute player André 3000's latest album called New Blue Sun. Whether its nature sounds, flutes, synthesisers or just plain silence, this genre is sure to either fascinate you or weird you out!

Playlist of songs:


Satie: Musique d'ameublement: Tapisserie en fer forgé - Erik Satie
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
4'33 - John Cage
To Drift Like Clouds - Tony Scott
Lullaby - Raymond Scott
Sleepy Time - Raymond Scott
The Psychologically Ultimate Seashore - Irv Teibel
The Unquestioned Answer - Laurie Spiegel
Discreet Music - Brian Eno
1/1 - Brian Eno
Xtal - Aphex Twin
Stratus - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a 'Rap' Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time - André 3000
That Night in Hawaii When I Turned into a Panther and Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn't Control ... Sh¥t Was Wild - André 3000