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  • Miley Cyrus' Raspy Voice is 'Something Beautiful' | REVIEW

    Miley Cyrus' Raspy Voice is 'Something Beautiful' | REVIEW
    2025/06/06
    Démar and Adriel break down Miley Cyrus' ninth (!!) studio albuim 'Something Beautiful', how her voice allows her to make music beyond her years and how underrated she is as a songwriter.

    Démar’s rating: 8 / 10
    Adriel's rating: 6.5 / 10

    The Love List: Prelude, End of the World, More to Lose, Easy Lover, Reborn

    Timecodes:

    3:23 - Hannah Montana – moved past that
    8:44 - Did they get it right with the singles?
    9:14 - End of the world
    10:03 - Under-rated songwriter
    10:49 - Reborn – 80’s revivalist track
    13:19 - Sounds like and early 2000’s movie
    15:04 - American Idol music
    19:22 - Sex and the City reference
    19:58 - Pretend your god/90’s pop
    22:38 - Her voice sounds like a 50-year-old chain smoker
    29:13 - This is a better vocal performance when we had in the past
    30:05 - Olivia comparison
    34:00 - Stove God Cooks
    37:40 - The world's burning but lets go to Greece
    39:12 - Naomi Campbell
    42:17 - Aesthetic overall
    42:29 - Interlude 1 – Demar fav song
    43:50 - Who released the best movie album
    50:09 - The cover – unrated
    52:00 - The Score


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    Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful / 2025 / pop, country, pop country, synth pop
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  • Common's 'Be' is an Instant Classic That Still Holds Up 20 Years Later | REVIEW

    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

    '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

    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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  • PinkPantheress Becomes the John Wick of Music with 'Fancy That' | REVIEW

    PinkPantheress Becomes the John Wick of Music with 'Fancy That' | REVIEW
    2025/05/18
    This week Démar and Adriel discuss PinkPantheress' latest mixtape 'Fancy That', PinkPantheress the producer beginning to outshine PinkPantheress the artist and how PinkPantheress has become the John Wick of music.

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

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

    Timecodes:

    2:42 - Demar is a superfan
    4:56: - Too short because it’s good
    5:30 - John Wick of music
    7:28 - Doesn’t feel like a full project / HMV Days
    9:50 - Forza racing, when listening to this
    11:08 - Sounds like a toddler that needs to get outside
    13:00 - Did she get it right with the singles?
    16:34 - Feels like a normal person song
    18:14 - ‘Illegal’ is what people think she sounds like
    18:34 - Basement Jaxx sample
    19:24 - Producing her own music
    22:24 - Song about weed
    26:22 - Previously, her music did not talk about sex
    28:10 - She’s from the TikTok era, where the hype matches the quality
    29:41 - The music is bigger than she is
    31:21 - The Cover
    33:05 - The Scores

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    PinkPantheress - Fancy That / 2025 / house, dance, drum n' bass
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  • Yung Lean leans Into Apathy on 'Jonatan' | REVIEW

    Yung Lean leans Into Apathy on 'Jonatan' | REVIEW
    2025/05/13
    This week Démar and Adriel discuss Yung Lean's latest album Jonathan, what he meant to cloud rap, his transition to rock and how his lethargic singing tilts into apathy.

    Démar’s rating: 3.5 / 10
    Adriel's rating: 4.5 / 10

    The Love List: Might Not B, Horses, My Life

    Timecodes:

    3:30 - How do you feel about reviewing YL
    6:25 - The modern swaggy trap white rapper
    7:16 - His influences
    8:40 - Two stand-out lines - shut the world off
    14:45 - Album drags on you
    16:16 - I don’t think he can really sing
    16:24 - Sing rapping is a saviour for rappers who can’t sing
    18:19 - Feels like an audition for Brock Hampton
    19:30 - Has harmonies, but his voice is the worst part of it
    21:03 - Singing at a pace of Dominic Fike
    21:33 - The actual emotion of the singing is not being conveyed properly
    32:33 - Kanye couldn’t figure out the drums for Find Your Love
    36:18 - Chief Keef comparison
    38:06 - Feels like 808’s and heartbreaks
    40:41 - The cover
    42:11 - The Score


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    Yung Lean - Jonatan / 2025 / indie rock, rock,
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  • Wiz Khalifa Revives His Sound on 'Kush + Orange Juice 2'

    Wiz Khalifa Revives His Sound on 'Kush + Orange Juice 2'
    2025/04/27
    This week Démar and Adriel discuss Wiz Khalifa's latest mixtape Kush + Orange Juice 2 how he was one of the kings of the blog era and how his trademark sound is one step away from becoming cutting edge.

    Timecode:
    2:34 Freestyles leading up to the project
    3:17 Most influential rappers of the last 15 years
    4:16 Wiz day to day vlogs
    5:46 OKAY Wiz Khalifa Voice
    6:46 The cargo shorts
    9:12 Say Yeah
    9:32 Mixtape buzz
    11:41 Kush & Orange Juice
    12:28 Flight School
    13:24 Demar Kids comparison
    17:35 Mixtapes have died
    18:07 Feel like he’s trying to capture his old sound
    21:40 Ashbeck
    25:29 Has Wiz been on a UK track
    27:10 I might be
    30:29 Max b interlude
    35:05 Did Wiz get it right with the singles?
    36:03 Could benefit from getting in the jazz drill space
    38:15 Fits in with UK rappers
    42:55 Wiz will never rap about something new
    50:45 Juicy J
    57:09 The cover
    01:00:45 The score


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    Démar’s rating: 7 / 10 Adriel's rating: 7 / 10
    The Love List: What's Hannin, Just To See You Smile, Jet Taylor, Crime Bud and Women
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  • Bon Iver's 'SABLE, fABLE' finds it's groove but never embraces it | REVIEW

    Bon Iver's 'SABLE, fABLE' finds it's groove but never embraces it | REVIEW
    2025/04/21
    This week Démar and Adriel discuss Bon Iver's fifth studio album SABLE, fABLE how it nears greatness before ultimately shying away and how it feels longer than its 41 minute runtime implies.

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

    The Love List: THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS, S P E Y S I D E, I'll Be There

    Timecodes:

    1:29 - Thought it was one dude
    2:36 - Sampha comparison
    04:43 - Adriel’s Doppelganger
    6:16 - Best Feature
    8:26 - First disc songs were released on a separate EP
    11:13 - Loneliness when it comes to folk
    15:30 - If you’re going to do a long intro
    21:48 - Frank Ocean vibes
    23:14 - A 2025 song
    24:33 - Mustafa comparison
    26:53 - ‘From’ traditional format – boat rock
    30:29 - Undanceable
    31:11 - Missing the black part of the music
    41:05 - As a full project, it’s a different kind of listen
    42:05 - The production is hiding the lyrics in a bad way
    42:25 - What it means for their career
    49:15 - The cover
    51:40 - Score

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    Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE / 2025 / indie rock, folk, rock
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