Our thoughts, opinions, and live reaction to the latest album from Childish Gambino, Bando Stone & the New World. Is this a proper send off for the Childish Gambino identity?
Florida rapper Kidd Wes claims that Gambinoโs "This Is America" has โsubstantial similarities' to his song from 2016.
It's that time of the year again, Grammys time, and we're back discussing some of the biggest snubs and surprises from this year's nominees, as well as giving our annual predictions for the winners from some of the major categories. But before that we go over some of the biggest news in music like Kendrick Lamar's Oscars nomination, Juelz Santana's sentencing,ย Robin Thicke's $5 million "Blurred Lines" judgement, and more.
Check out some of the past weeks' most talked about and interesting music videos from Childish Gambino, MUSE, Tory Lanez, Panic! At The Disco, Redman, Future, and more.
May had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Pusha T, Anderson .Paak, Arctic Monkeys, and Childish Gambino; and it also featured some interesting trailers for Ant-Man and the Wasp, Monsters and Men, and Bohemian Rhapsody. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
Check out some of the past weeks' most talked about and interesting music videos from Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj, Florence + The Machine, Calvin Harris, Desiigner, Jorja Smith, Cรฉline Dion, and more.
It's that time of year again! With the recently announced list of nominees for the 2018 Grammys we're back ready to discuss what we think of the field, who we think got snubbed, who's inclusion surprised us the most, and to of course give our predictions for the winners of each category. Also we touch on the historical diversity found in this Grammys Album of the Year category.
We kick off the first volume of Compilation 2 of our Musicphiles podcast by taking a quick look back at some of our favorite projects to drop in 2016 and giving our overall rating for the year. Then we list our top 10 most anticipated albums of 2017 from artists like Andre 3000, Lorde, Kendrick Lamar, Japandroids, Drake, Kanye West, and many more. We finish things off with a discussion about the latest release from Run the Jewels, Tory Lanez, and others.
We talk about the recently announced Grammy nominations and place our bets on who will be the big winners of the night. We also discuss and rate the latest albums from J. Cole (4 Your Eyez Only), Ab-Soul (Do What Thou Wilt.), KiD CuDi (Passion, Pain, & Demon Slayin'), The Weeknd (Starboy), A Tribe Called Quest (We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service), and more.
'Swarm' is Donald Glover's latest foray into TV, and it combines all of the surreal elements he was building to in 'Atlanta' (i.e. Teddy Perkins), Beyoncรฉ's infamous "Beyhive" following, and the psychological horror of iconic films like 'American Psycho.' Is he the next great mind in horror?
FX announced late last week that Atlanta has been formally renewed for a third season, but that it won't debut until 2021 where it will return for a two-part, 18-episode run, with the first debuting next January.
September had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Lil Wayne, Lenny Kravitz, Childish Gambino, and Dua Lipa; and it also featured some interesting trailers for Creed II, Captain Marvel, and Apostle. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
We're back and talking about the tragic news of XXXTENTACION's death at the young of 20 and the need for a mentality change in the culture and community at large. Then we touch on Nas' latest Kanye produced project,ย 'Nasir', andย Beyoncรฉ & Jay-Z's long rumored joint album,ย 'Everything Is Love.' We give our reactions and opinions and discuss if both projects lived up to the immense hype surrounding them.
In this week's episode we talk about Spotify removing R. Kelly and XXXTENTACION from their playlists, the ongoing Kanye roller coaster, and Donald Glover's (aka Childish Gambino) turn as a SNL host, his mind blowing new video for "This Is America", and question whether he should be consideredย the greatest multi-talented artist we've ever seen. Then we end things by talking about a bunch of new albums to drop from Desiigner, Post Malone, Styles P, Rae Sremmurd,ย Janelle Monรกe, Steve Angello, andย BlocBoy JB.ย With Royce da 5'9",ย Janelle Monรกe, and Steve Angello, in particular, takingย their careers in new and exciting new directions with their most introspective albums yet.
We return to the Grammys to check our results on our winner predictions and see who came out on top. We also give our general reactions and thoughts about this years awards show and we fix the Grammys biggest problem. Then we end things out talking about some of the latest news and music out there.
This week we're talking about the Emmys notable moments and winners, recently ended seasons of The Strain and Preacher, new trailers forย The Punisher andย theย Tomb Raider reboot, and end with our thoughts on Apple's new product launches.
December was full of great moments for the culture. We had some highly anticipated and unexpected videos and albums from artists like J. Cole, Chris Brown, Childish Gambino, and Yasiin Bey (Mos Def). We also got some great trailers for Alien Covenant, Dunkirk, War for the Planet of the Apes, and more. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video for the month of December.
Awaken, My Love! is an interesting experiment that has some noteworthy moments but is ultimately held back by it's too faithful adherence to it's 70's funk influences. Sorely missing the levity, personality, and subject matter Gambino has become known for.
