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Album Mode

Album Mode

著者: Demar Grant & Adriel Smiley
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Welcome to Album Mode where journalist, Demar Grant and The Cool Table host, Adriel Smiley breakdown and review the latest albums. Each episode features a new album where both hosts dive in-depth about the project and the artist’s path to its release.313470 政治・政府 音楽
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  • Common's 'Be' is an Instant Classic That Still Holds Up 20 Years Later | REVIEW
    2025/05/31
    Démar and Adriel break down Common's classic album 'Be', how much hip hop production has changed in the past 20 years and how intricate "real rap" was in 2005.

    Démar’s rating: 8 / 10
    Adriel's rating: 8.5 / 10

    The Love List: Be (Intro), The Corner, GO!, The Food, They Say

    Timecodes:

    3:16 - Listening as an adult has a different tone
    4:25 - Song bigger than the album
    5:48 - Common’s longevity
    6:36 - The Soulquarians are a real supergroup
    8:49 - My Way Home
    10:45 - His relationship with Erykah Badu (BE)
    11:55 - 2005 Trivia
    18:50 - Good album to listen to on public transit
    22:57 - The last part of GO - scratching on the single
    24:42 - How much hip-hop has progressed from this sound
    26:19 - This sound is a relic now
    28:30 - Same person who listens to Benny the Butcher also listens to Playboi Carti
    29:30 - The type of sampling Kanye mastered
    32:47 - Might be the last song on a DJ Khaled
    34:26 - So many of these songs and lyrics have topics
    36:34 - doesn’t seem like a topic on a Common song
    37:35 - The complexity of the rapping was higher at this point
    42:36 - The way he put songs together is underrated
    43:25 - his ability to observe things and rap about them
    53:30 - LL Cool J comparison
    54:15 - The album colour
    56:00 - No Skips
    58:06 - The Score

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    Common - Be / 2005 / hip hop, rap, conscious rap, back pack rap
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  • '13 Months of Sunshine' Cements Aminé's Summer Status | REVIEW
    2025/05/25
    This week Démar and Adriel discuss Aminé's third studio album '13 Months of Sunshine', Aminé cementing himself as a summer artist and how mortal enemies Drake and Pusha T are his main influences.

    Démar’s rating: 8 / 10
    Adriel's rating: 8.5 / 10

    The Love List: 13MOS, Feels So Good, New Flower!, Cool About It, Temptations

    Timcodes:

    2:42 - Previous Aminé album rating – surprised how high
    5:00 - Feels like an extension of Kaytraminé
    8:13 - Drake influence
    10:04 - Production is the star
    10:39 - Aminé is a fun Pusha T on 13 MOS
    18:25 - Free Nationals / The Internet comparison
    20:08 - What other rapper is going to hear this beat and do anything with it
    21:33 - The skits add texture to this album
    22:59 - Clear pride for him and his family – keeping people alive with the photos in my house 28:45 Using multiple languages to rap - compressing multiple references
    35:30 - New Flower is a revamped Mutt
    39:35 - The Cover
    42:00 - May be going into the Album Mode Hall of Fame

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    Aminé - 13 Months of Sunshine / 2025 / tropical house, hip hop, rap, alternative hip hop
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  • Kali Uchis' 'Sincerely' is a Reversion to Glory Days | REVIEW
    2025/05/19
    This week Démar and Adriel discuss Kali Uchis' latest album 'Sincerely,' how she's tracing her musical lineage throughout the album and whether her reversion is worth it.

    Démar’s rating: 8.5 / 10
    Adriel's rating: 7.5 / 10

    The Love List: Illegal, Tonight, Noises, Stateside,

    Timecodes:

    1:34 - Demar’s favourite women's weekend
    5:40 - No Features
    6:39 - Song structure
    10:40 - thinks it has regressed a little
    14:00 - Sunshine and Rain/pocket of drums
    16:17 - Pre R&B
    20:40 - For you
    22:19 - It sounds like silk lingerie
    24:50 - Her voice is an instrument
    28:00 - Lana Del Rey comparison
    36:45 - How do you feel about no features?
    39:04 - Small breath for some extra air – could have enjoyed another artist
    43:15 - Her cover game is weird
    45:25 - The Scores

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    Kali Uchis - Sincerely, / 2025 / R&B, Soul
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