CXXXVI. Dave x Central Cee | Split Decision

This week Démar and Adriel discuss Schoolboy Q's sixth album, 'Blue Lips', his status as a blog era legend and his adoption of jazz into his dark, muddy sound.

Démar’s rating: 7 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 9 / 10

The Love List: Pop, Blueslides, Cooties, oHio, Movie, Lost Times

TIMECODES:

1:10 - TDE inverted
03:09 - Crash Talk
03:38 - Demar didn’t get Schoolboy Q
06:57 - Collard Greens
10:34 - Legend of the Blog era
12:03 - Demar's favourite Schoolboy Q song..
13:00 - Groovy Tony
15:02 - No loops/stand-out production
17:52 - Pop into Thank for 4 me
22:32 - Blueslides shows his rapping ability - rhyme and poetry
23:57 - Best Features
24:46 - Larry June type beat
33:10 - Tempo of this album
34:14 - First (Demar knows what Schoolboy Q fans like)
35:37 - Demar really wasn’t there
36:50 - Schoolboy Q has lines for the hood that are at another level
39:50 - Best of his era?
42:58 - First is a banger
47:20 - movie
48:56 - When was the last time you heard someone call someone a 5-star chick
50:18 - He is doing a number on a lot of people
51: 40 - Demar giving the women his shine … Rico on pop
56:46 - The Cover
59:33 - The Scores


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Schoolboy Q - Blue Lips / 2024 / rap, jazz, hip hop

Because Adriel shut him down in the past, Démar is doubling down on his Yeat-SGA take while also drawing some other comparisons between the hip hop world and the NBA. It's a fun one, strap in

P.S. This was recorded before the additional Diddy allegations. That episode will be dropping on Wednesday

TIMECODES:

0:45 All-star weekend
02:42 - SGA is higher than Yeat
05:15 - Lil Baby is D Rose
07:04 - I think that’s worse …
8:30 - Does towns have a ‘My Turn’?
13:30 - People who listen to Tyler now were not fans when Tyler dropped Wolf
15:46 - Rod Wave
18:53 - Benny & Dame
20:04 - Demar DeRozan
23:03 - Eminem & Westbrook in negative connotation
25:16 - Luka & NBAyoungboy
29:04 - Embiid losing to Trey Young is not the same

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss MGMT's first album in 6 years, 'Loss of Life', the maturation of their listeners and it's pump fake in production. Also, is it possible for a song to be both properly written and underwritten?

Démar’s rating: 8 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 7.5 / 10

The Love List: People In The Street, Bubblegum Dog, Nothing To Declare, Phradie's Song, I Wish I Was Joking

P.S. I know it's Phradie's song not Phardie's song, I misspoke the first time I mentioned it T_T


TIMECODES:

01:57 - Song more popular than the band
05:28 - This era doesn’t exist anymore
06:44 - Adriel is a big Chiddy Bang fan
09:18 - Bubblegum Dog?
14:51 - Album is for an actual music fan, not the casual
19:01 - Whole new band if you haven’t listened since 2007
21:09 - Defeatist
27:53 - Not a lot of range / same pocket
28:39 - The singing is not spectacular
30:18 - Bubblegum dog
33:49 - Lyrics getting a little bit dicey
34:34 - Almost underwritten
39:17 - It’s giving Costco / coffee shop
40:38 - Demar loves a good nursery rhyme
44:11 - Thought we were entering the spaceship
47:11 - The cover
49:51 - Scores


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Yeat - 2093 / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap, rage, glitch hop,

This week Démar and Adriel discuss Yeat's fourth studio album '2093', its novel cyberpunk aesthetic and whether he's jumped ahead of Travis Scott and Playboi Carti.

Démar’s rating: 9.5 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 6 / 10

The Love List: Psycho CEO, Shade, ILUV, As We Speak, Power Trip, Stand On It

P.S. I'm not backing down from my score, I'll see y'all in 2025 when you agree with me, as usual - D. Also Team CEO sounds like a Hotline Miami song.

TIMECODES:

4:10 - For Yeat it found him early (sorry about that)
5:34 - The Album is long
6:32 - Best feature?
8:15 - He’s white
9:17 - Adriel can’t listen to Yeat for 4hrs
11:20 - Lil Wayne’s whiny voice
13:22 - Yeat making an incredible song
16:40 - How much better Future's flow is at a different level - Pluto we need you
19:02 - The album is going to be synced like crazy
22:05 - Which synth pack did this come from?
23:07 - Can you turn down the machine a bit?
27:42 - The production is the star
28:25 - If you like lyrics you won’t get into this album
30:32 - This is for the young folks
31:02 - Drake is tapped in with whoever is next
39:39 - Where can I submit my application to be Yeat’s butler?
41:34 - The static on his vocals
47:33 - Yeat jumped over Travis Scott
52:25 - Has Yeat passed Carti?
57:22 - The cover
01:01 - The Scores
1:03:11 - Demar is diverse in his top albums of the year currently


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Yeat - 2093 / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap, rage, glitch hop,

Demar and Adriel react to the Super Bowl halftime show, reminisce on the best Super Bowl in history and who should do the next one. Taylor Swift is probably gonna be in the building for the next one so... I guess it's an easy call to make? Maybe even Drake?

The duo also talk about Little Simz's latest EP 'Drop 7' and albums their looking forward to coming this year.

TIMECODES:

04:23 - There is dancing then there is dancing
6:23 - Demar is on a different algorithm
09:01 - Give Adriel the R&B Usher
12:40 - Alicia keys entrance

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign's collab album 'Vultures 1', whether its possible to divorce the art from the artist and how Kanye became deadweight on his own album.

Démar’s rating: 2.5 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 4 / 10

The Love List: BURN, FUCK SUMN, VULTURES

P.S. For new Album Mode listeners, the NBA Youngboy zone is when we no longer review an artist's music. For Youngboy in particular it's because his music has been so bad for so long, despite his popularity, we stopped reviewing it. Other artists in the Youngboy zone include: Nav.

TIMECODES:

04:04 - Is anyone else reviewing this?
05:57 - Person who says “I” in his raps
08:35 - Backstreet Boys sample cleared
09:02 - Jason mask removed
10:13 - NBAYoungboy zone
11:16 - Label & streaming gymnastics
11:48 - Kanye is the worst part of this album
16:25 - Demo vibes
17:08 - No accountability from Kanye
17:48 - Taylor is up right now / won a Super Bowl
23:54 - Has Kanye ever apologized?
29:07 - Public perception has never been a part of Kanye’s world
31:57 - Waiting for Freddie Gibbs
35:00 - Hoodrat is trash
35:58 - Every time Kanye raps it gets worse
40:05 - Demar is not a Chris Brown fan
45:28 - Is Sheck Wes getting a bag?
50:25 - The Cover
52:10 - No drawers no socks
59:55 - The Scores

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Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign ¥$ - Vultures 1 / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap,

Demar and Adriel recap the Grammys and breakdown why the award continues to lose relevance. Also the duo catch up on the TikTok and UMG negotiation breakdown, independent artists are up!

P.S. Hard times for Drew Walls and his content with the UMG negotiations, keep him in your prayers

TIMECODES:

0:58 - Grammys who cares
8:10 - Rod Wave should be considered a mainstream artist
9:58 - Understanding Drake and The Weeknd frustrations
11:16 - Never nominating anything off after hours
12:52 - They don't understand people that who win the awards are saying your award sucks
14:19 - Someone's auntie that smokes cigarettes
14:54 - Ludacris story and JT
15:21 - Aligning yourself with blackness as a white artist vs doing the opposite
17:45 - Billie Eyelish case study
18:48 - Tik-tok UMG
26:49 - Schoolboy Q

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss The Last Dinner Party's debut studio album 'Prelude to Ecstasy', their tug of war between sexuality and religion and their industry plant allegations.

Démar’s rating: 9 / 10
Adriel’s rating: 9 / 10

The Love List: Sinner, Burn Alive, Prelude To Ecstasy, The Feminine Urge, Nothing Matters

TIMECODES:

2:39 - Just a band
4:03 - Industry plant allegations
7:40 - Hip-Hop DIY
11:37 - Grade 10 band nostalgia
16:46 - Rock beat switch
19:40 - Sinner
23:14 - Mirror is 2012 Lana Del Rey
28:16 - Heaviest song
31:05 - This girl band thing
35:30 - This Album is mad gay
43:43 - Odd love song
52:44 - Theatrical without being cheesy
58:00 - Scores


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The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy / 2024 / rock, indie rock, glam rock

We've got beef again! Nicki Minaj is livid over a few sneak disses from Megan Thee Stallion in her single 'Hiss'... In response she dropped 'Big Foot' and it's one of the worst diss track in hip hop history. Let's discuss.

TIMECODES:

1:00 Don’t know if it’s real beef
5:50 Demar needs to cut this part (finding info)
7:05 People are selective on what lines get a rise out of people
7:42 Big Foot
12:12 Nikki made it about Nikki
14:09 Can Nikki recover from this
15:50 S he took an L
20:28 Sympathetic shit goes out the window
23:10 Meg has to drop an album next

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This week Démar and Adriel discuss Benny the Butcher's fourth studio album 'Everybody Can't Go', building a bridge between mainstream and underground production and leveling up as an artist.

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

The Love List: Jermaine's Graduation, BRON, How To Rap, One Foot In,

TIMECODES:

1:30 - Demar can’t stand Westside Gunn's voice
3:22 - 2000’s style coming back
5:31 - Why he’s a legend
7:01 - Adriel’s a Benny fan
8:00 - Best Features
12:38 - 2008 single
13:18 - Limewire type beat
18:30 - Space for real drums
21:12 - It’s still Benny
23:27 - Taylor x Benny
25:16 - Snoop Dogg breaks the song
29:10 - Lyrics
32:07 - Very aware of his Legacy
33:54 - The mp3 bar
40:44 - Comparing Benny to Nas
41:46 - We like artists who continue to grow
44:08 - Cover
50:06 - Haven’t stood outside of a building doing nothing long enough


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Benny the Butcher - Everybody Can't Go / 2024 / rap, hip hop, old-school hip hop