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Hrishikesh Hirway made an album “the old-fashioned way.” He nearly exploded.
Hrishikesh Hirway, host of Song Exploder, returns with his first album in fifteen years, In the Last Hour of Light, made under a premise that's almost contradictory for a podcaster built around isolated stems: session players who had never heard the songs, vocals tracked live in ... Show More
43m 4s
Apr 21
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.
BTS is back. The best selling K Pop group of all time has been on hiatus for four years. They haven’t released an album in six. They were once the biggest band in the world. Can they regain their throne? Or has the world moved on. Leaning on traditional Korean sounds and a bevy o ... Show More
48m 29s
Apr 17
Maggie Rogers: going viral is a trap
Ten years ago, Maggie Rogers was a senior at NYU, scrambling to finish a song for a music production class she was close to failing. The guest critic that week happened to be Pharrell Williams. She played him "Alaska," a track she'd written in about fifteen minutes. It is a bit o ... Show More
37m 36s
Mar 2023
The Best Music for Late Night Drives
<p>Music simply hits you differently, when you’re cruising in a car late at night. In this episode we’re recommending the best songs and albums for late night drives. We chose albums such as Smino’s Blkswn, Mac Miller’s Swimming, A$AP Mob’s Cozy Tapes Vol.2 & more.</p>
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47m 14s
May 2023
Our Favorite Music from 2018
<p>In today’s episode we’re recommending songs and albums that are turning 5 years old in 2023. We spoke about the most eventful moments of 2018 and albums such as Rich The Kid’s The World is Yours, Nasir by Nas, No News is Good News by Phonte and more.</p>
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50m 58s
May 2023
The Music in Our Rotation This Week #2
43m 8s
May 2023
Best Music for the Summer
42m 23s
Jun 2023
Our Favorite Underground Rappers
43m 28s
Jun 2023
Top 10 Rap Songs of 2023 So Far
<p>In today’s episode we’re recommending the best hip-hop songs of the year so far. This list includes songs from Tyler, The Creator’s Estate Sale, Larry June & The Alchemist’s The Great Escape and more.</p>
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45m 35s
Feb 2023
Our Favorite Music from 10 Years Ago
<p>In today’s episode we’re recommending songs and albums that are turning 10 years old in 2023. We spoke about new hip-hop releases such as Mac Miller’s Watching Movies With The Sound Off, Childish Gambino’s Because The Internet, as well as songs and albums from other genres lik ... Show More
50m 47s
May 2023
Our Favorite Concert Experiences
<p>In today’s episode, we shared some of our favorite concert and festival experiences. We shared what it was like to watch rock bands when we were kids and also spoke about our time at Dreamville fest and getting to see our favorite rappers live. </p>
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41m 38s
Mar 2023
Our Favorite Music from March 2023
In today’s episode we’re recommending the best songs and albums that dropped in March of 2023. We spoke about albums such as 6LACK’s Since I Have A Lover, JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown’s Scaring The Hoes and singles such as Dogtooth by Tyler, The Creator, 100 or Nun by Kenny Mason & mo ... Show More
37m 19s
Mar 2023
The Most Essential West Coast Albums & Songs
45m 17s
Lo-Fi hip-hop has emerged as a hugely popular genre and internet subculture. Its millions of loyal fans rely on curated lo-fi playlists and live-streams to write to, study to and even fall asleep to. Heck, we even wrote a good chunk of our book to Spotify’s lo-fi beats playlists. There’s just something about those ambient, spacey, plodding beats that place u ... Show More
<p>In today’s episode, we’re recommending music that we’ve been listening to recently. We spoke about Denzel Curry’s new EP, Skepta’s Ignorance is Bliss, Bob Marley’s Exodus and more.</p>
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<p>Summer is upon us and we felt like it was the perfect time to discuss the best songs and albums for this season.</p>
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<p>In today’s episode we’re recommending songs and albums from our favorite underground rappers. We spoke about artists such as Ghais Guevara, IceColdBishop, Chase Shakur and more.</p>
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<p>In today’s episode we’re recommending the best songs and albums from the west coast hip-hop scene. We spoke about albums such as Dr. Dre’s 2001, Anderson .Paak’s Oxnard and more.</p>
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