1 hr 42 min
James Brown vs. Nas (feat. Ben Hanson) CrossFade: The Dueling Album Review Show
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- Music Commentary
A rap classic meets a piece of soul history in the inaugural episode of MinnTrax! Host Matt Helgeson and guest Ben Hanson discuss the music they chose for each other – Ben chose James Brown’s 1971 live album Love, Power, Peace for Helgeson, while Helgeson chose Nas’ inimitable Illmatic for non rap-listener Ben – to see if they can find middle ground between the music they love and the music they’ve never heard. Then we go through some great community questions to learn more about Helgeson and Ben’s music tastes, the songs that defined their childhoods, and what streaming services mean for the future of the music industry before diving headlong into this episode’s community-suggested track. MinnTrax is produced by Jason Dafnis.
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
13:02 - Why Hanson loves James Brown and Love, Power, Peace
16:25 - Why Helgeson’s loves rap and Illmatic
24:36 - The longevity of Love, Power, Peace
48:39 - The influence of Illmatic
1:07:10 - Comparing Illmatic and Love, Power, Peace head-to-head
1:21:18 - MinnTrax community questions
1:39:14 - The Community Song Of The Week - STFU! by Rina Sawayama
Support MinnMax on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
Illmatic on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/3kEtdS2pH6hKcMU9Wioob1?si=NbExJMfhRm6SHz5gRgOOpg
Love, Power, Peace on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/17CzII6yMCKvKupQtq7zbW?si=P-9NJ7s_QSqekNZ4lT2m3g
MinnTrax Community Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox
Live at the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968: https://bit.ly/2IEQJKD
James Brown’s Please, Please cape bit: https://youtu.be/vruy2GRUsV8?t=45
Rocky IV robot introducing James Brown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbBYM3wvnrI
James Brown's I Feel All Right from Live at the Apollo II - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er_QJxMorRc
Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier!
Iam8bit
Seth Walker
BeatenDownBrian
The Smak
Jawarhello
Mark Seliga
Jesse Vitelli
Zachary Pligge
Mirko Arico-Torreno
Rob Hudak (aka Rook)
David Lacolucci
A rap classic meets a piece of soul history in the inaugural episode of MinnTrax! Host Matt Helgeson and guest Ben Hanson discuss the music they chose for each other – Ben chose James Brown’s 1971 live album Love, Power, Peace for Helgeson, while Helgeson chose Nas’ inimitable Illmatic for non rap-listener Ben – to see if they can find middle ground between the music they love and the music they’ve never heard. Then we go through some great community questions to learn more about Helgeson and Ben’s music tastes, the songs that defined their childhoods, and what streaming services mean for the future of the music industry before diving headlong into this episode’s community-suggested track. MinnTrax is produced by Jason Dafnis.
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
13:02 - Why Hanson loves James Brown and Love, Power, Peace
16:25 - Why Helgeson’s loves rap and Illmatic
24:36 - The longevity of Love, Power, Peace
48:39 - The influence of Illmatic
1:07:10 - Comparing Illmatic and Love, Power, Peace head-to-head
1:21:18 - MinnTrax community questions
1:39:14 - The Community Song Of The Week - STFU! by Rina Sawayama
Support MinnMax on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
Illmatic on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/3kEtdS2pH6hKcMU9Wioob1?si=NbExJMfhRm6SHz5gRgOOpg
Love, Power, Peace on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/17CzII6yMCKvKupQtq7zbW?si=P-9NJ7s_QSqekNZ4lT2m3g
MinnTrax Community Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox
Live at the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968: https://bit.ly/2IEQJKD
James Brown’s Please, Please cape bit: https://youtu.be/vruy2GRUsV8?t=45
Rocky IV robot introducing James Brown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbBYM3wvnrI
James Brown's I Feel All Right from Live at the Apollo II - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er_QJxMorRc
Thanks to the following Patreon supporters for their generous support of MinnMax at the $50 tier!
Iam8bit
Seth Walker
BeatenDownBrian
The Smak
Jawarhello
Mark Seliga
Jesse Vitelli
Zachary Pligge
Mirko Arico-Torreno
Rob Hudak (aka Rook)
David Lacolucci
1 hr 42 min