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Second Avenue Podcast
by Jonathon Linares & Elijah Venecia
Remember classic tracks from your adolescence and discover the newest hits with your hosts Jonathon Linares and Elijah Venecia. Second Avenue is a weekly podcast featuring album reactions, music news discussion, and more to keep you updated on all the latest in the rap game. Reminiscing on memories spent in their childhood growing up together and the music that made those memories so special, you'll feel like a part of the family in no time. Episodes drop every Monday.
Episodes
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This Was Second Avenue Podcast
It’s the end of an era. We’re going on a break for a little bit due to some life changes so we’re leaving you with a playlist full of some of the songs that come to mind when we think about the podcast and our relationship with each other. It’s not a goodbye… it’s a see you later. It’s been real.…
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Our Favorite Album Outros of All Time
The pod is coming to a close (or break) so it’s only right we take a look at some of our favorite tracks that brought albums to a close. From Kanye to Logic to Earl Sweatshirt, tune in and hear us talk about why we love these outros and what makes them such good closers.
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The Final Aux Battle…. (Plus Reacting to Drake & Kendrick Lamar Beef)
Second Avenue Podcast is coming to an end and we picked an awful week to miss an upload. We’re back with one final aux battle and to talk about the whole Drake and Kendrick beef from Euphoria to The Heart Part 6!
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3 Albums in Our Rotation (April 2024 Edition)
This week Jonathon & Elijah each discuss three albums in their rotation right now. From Pusha T to Adele to The Weeknd, we talk about some current favorites. We hope you find a project to check out for the first time or some newfound appreciation for a familiar album. We also talk about Lyrical...
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Revisiting Acid Rap by Chance the Rapper | April 2024 Album of the Month
We’re back with another installment of our Album of the Month series. This time we’re talking about Chance the Rapper’s iconic mixtape Acid Rap. We also talk about NBA playoff predictions, the latest updates from the Rap Civil War and more!
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Creating the Perfect Spring Playlist
In this week’s episode, we work to curate the perfect Spring playlist. From vibrant indie pop to melodic hip-hop, find a new favorite track to enjoy this Spring as the weather begins getting nicer!
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Rolling Loud Cali Recap with Mauricio & Macy
We kick off the episode talking about Elijah’s big move to Spotify after a fallout with Apple Music and Illinois basketball making the Elite 8. Then, we welcome our friends Mauricio and Macy, fresh off their trip to Rolling Loud Cali 2024! From favorite performances to surprise guests, tune in to...
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Classic App Games Bracket
In this episode, we take a trip down memory lane, pitting iconic mobile games like Angry Birds and Subway Surfers against each other in a bracket-style showdown. We also talk about this week’s new music releases, headlined by Metro Boomin and Future’s WE DON’T TRUST YOU and the standout track…
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Lyrical Lemonade Most-Viewed Videos Bracket
It’s Selection Sunday for March Madness, so it’s only right we do a bracket this week! We're diving deep into the world of music videos created by Cole Bennett's Lyrical Lemonade. Join us as we complete a bracket featuring the top 16 most viewed videos from the Lyrical Lemonade vault, limited to...
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Our Top 5 Favorite Songs of All Time (100th Episode Special!)
To celebrate our 100th episode, we’ll be picking our top five favorite songs of all time. This was an impossible list to make that might be different if you ask us tomorrow, but we hope you enjoy hearing us talk about some of our all time favorites! Let us know what your top five favorite songs…
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A Look Back at Big Sean's "Dark Sky Paradise" | February 2024 Album of the Month
In this month's episode of our Album of the Month series, we dive into Big Sean's monumental album, "Dark Sky Paradise." Released in 2015, "Dark Sky Paradise" marked a pivotal moment in Big Sean's career, solidifying his position as one of the most popular voices in hip-hop. From the…
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Drafting Spotify’s Streaming Era Classic Rap and R&B Albums
Spotify released their list of thirty hip-hop and R&B albums that they consider streaming era classics this week. For this week’s episode we’ll be drafting five modern day classics each and talking about some of our favorite songs, memories with the music, and more!
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2024 Grammy Winner Reactions + First Thoughts on Ye & Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 1
We predicted Grammy winners last week, so this week we’ll be looking at the actual winners in the rap & general categories. We’ll also be giving our initial thoughts on Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign’s collab album Vultures 1. We also dive into this week’s other new releases, highlight some songs in...
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Our Picks for the 2024 Grammy Award Winners
In this episode, we predict the winners of the 2024 Grammy Awards. From chart-toppers to emerging talents, we analyze the artists who are most deserving to take home the coveted gold gramophones. Join us as we explore the front-runners, dark horses, and the stories behind the sounds that are…
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4 Your Eyez Only Review (J. Cole’s Best Album?) | January 2024 Album of the Month
We’re joined by our friend Alex Long for a dive into the universe of J. Cole's fourth studio album, "4 Your Eyez Only." In this episode, we explore each track, examining the lyricism, themes, and story that J. Cole lays out in this album. We also talk about this week’s releases, slow Coachella...
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Aux Battle Season 2! (Diamond Song, Cry in the Car Song, & More!)
We’re celebrating two years of Second Avenue Podcast this week so it’s only right we kick off season two of a fan favorite series. This week, we’re picking songs for these categories: Rap & Non-Rap Collab, Diamond Song, 2014 Song, Pick up girl song, Cry in car song, White cover, and Outro track.…
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Artists to Watch: 2024 Edition
We’re back with our third annual list of artists we think are going to blow up this year. From rising artists who we think will enter the spotlight to borderline stars we think will take the leap, we’re talking about some of the most interesting emerging artists in music today. We also talk about...
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10 Albums We Need in 2024
To continue kicking off the new year, we’re picking ten of our most anticipated albums of 2024. We saw some new faces running our listening rotations last year while many of the stars were quiet. This year, we’re expecting big releases from some of rap’s biggest stars and most exciting...
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2023 Second Ave Rap Awards + Our Top 10 Songs of the Year
We’re kicking off 2024 with a look back at all the great music we got last year. We’re crowning our Rookie of the Year, Most Improved, Comeback Player, MVP, as well as picking our Bar of the Year and Feature of the Year. We also talk about our collective top 10 songs of the year, including…
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Drafting the Ultimate Christmas Playlist
Merry Christmas Second Ave fam! For today’s episode, we’re talking about some of our favorite Christmas memories and drafting our favorite Christmas songs! Join us as we go head-to-head, drafting the ultimate Christmas playlist and head to our Instagram to vote on who picked the better team and...
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Our Top 10 Albums of 2023!
The year is coming to a close, so it’s finally time to rank our top ten favorite albums of the year. Throughout the year, we thought worthwhile releases felt rare, but looking back we both found a lot to love with this year’s releases. From superstars returning to the spotlight, newcomers looking...
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Revisiting Childish Gambino’s “Because the Internet” 10 Years Later | December 2023 Album of the Month
In this week’s episode, we take a deep dive into Childish Gambino's magnum opus, "Because the Internet," a decade after its initial release. Join us as we explore the album’s themes of connectivity, identity, and the digital age and how they have aged over time. From the innovative production to...
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Our 2023 Wrapped & Guessing the Missing Artist from Your Spotify Wrapped
To kick off our end of the year content, we’re back with a 2023 edition of Guessing the Missing Artist from our followers’ Spotify Wrapped. We covered up one artist from your top five and we’ll try to guess the missing artist based on the other four artists & top songs. We also take a look at our...
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Looking Back at Lil Peep’s “Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2” | November 2023 Album of the Month
We’re continuing our Album of the Month series with one of Elijah’s all-time favorites: Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2 by Lil Peep. We take a deeper dive into the first posthumous release from one of the past decades most influential and interesting artists & heartbreaking stories. We go...
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What Songs Should be on the GTA VI Soundtrack?
It’s been over ten years since GTA V released and signs are pointing to a new Grand Theft Auto game soon, so for this week’s episode we revisit our favorite songs and stations from GTA V and pick some tracks we need to see in the new game. We also talk about Drake’s Scary Hours Edition of For All...
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Best Rapper of The Last Decade Bracket
This week, we’re joined by a fan-favorite guest: Brennen Granados! We’ll take a look at a bracket we found online with 16 rappers to decide which one has been the best over the past ten years. We’ll see rising stars face off against legends on the last leg of their career to see which artist has...
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What are the TOP 5 ALBUMS of 2013?
This week we take a look back at life ten years ago and pick our top five favorite albums from 2013. Join us for a look back at some of the albums that shaped our music taste from some of today’s biggest stars.
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Reviewing The Melodic Blue by Baby Keem | October 2023 Album of the Month
We’re back with our second album of the month: The Melodic Blue by Baby Keem. We talk about our favorite tracks, moments, and more on a project that helped cement Keem as one of the biggest rising stars in rap. We also talk about Kanye & Ty Dola $ign’s upcoming stadium listening event, rumors of...
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Blind Ranking Rappers on Basketball Skills, Podcasting Ability, and More!
This week we’re blind ranking rappers based on who we would beat in 1-on-1 basketball, want to have perform at our birthday party, want to have as a roommate, and want to be a guest on the podcast. We also talk about this week’s upcoming releases, rumors of a Kanye listening party, Drake helping...
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Our First Thoughts on Drake’s For All The Dogs
This week we’re talking about our initial thoughts on Drake’s new album “For All The Dogs.” We talk about our overall opinion, favorite songs, and whether Drake delivers “the old Drake” on this project. We also talk about an upcoming Post Malone & Westside Gunn collaboration, Donald Glover…
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20 Songs YOU NEED In Your Fall Playlist!
It’s October, so it feels like the perfect time to drop a new seasonal playlist. We’ve dropped a summer playlist the past two years, but it’s finally time for our first fall playlist! Listen to the full episode for our picks of ten songs each that we think give off a fall vibe. We also talk about...
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Reviewing Drake’s “Nothing Was The Same” 10 Years Later
It’s the tenth anniversary of Drake dropping Nothing Was The Same in 2013 so we’re kicking off our Album of the Month series by taking a look back at our favorite songs and sharing some of our memories listening to this project growing up. We also talk about this week’s releases, TikTok and...
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Best Rap Lyrics: NFL Edition!
Football is finally back and this week we’re talking about some of our favorite NFL and football references in rap songs! We also talk about the releases from the past month, Drake’s “For All The Dogs” delay, Spotify’s new “Daylist” feature, and more!
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Elijah’s Top 10 Concerts!
We’re back with part two of our top 10 concerts and this episode it’s Elijah’s turn to talk about his top ten favorite concerts he’s seen. After multiple Rolling Loud festivals in different cities, Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash, and more shows, you won’t want to miss his top 10 full of rap...
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I’ve Been to 100 Concerts, Here Are My Top 10!
Jonathon recently went to his 100th concert after seeing Kendrick Lamar at Lollapalooza in August. So it feels like the perfect time to dive into his top ten concerts he’s ever seen. From surprise guests to great setlists, find out what makes these ten pass up the other 90+ concerts he’s seen.…
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Our Thoughts on Travis Scott's UTOPIA
We’re finally back from vacation to give our thoughts on Travis Scott’s newest release, UTOPIA. This was one of our most anticipated releases of the year so we’ll talk about how it lived up to our expectations, favorite songs, features, and more! We also talk about Jonathon’s trip to…
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Best Albums for Each Year of the 2020’s So Far
We’re back with our final pre-recorded episode of our vacation series to talk about our favorite albums of the 2020’s so far. We each picked one album from 2020, 2021, and 2022 to show some love this week and for some of our favorites of 2023 so far be sure to go check out our best of 2023…
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Wavelength | Play Along and Guess The Number!
We’re back with another shorter summer vacation episode where we’re playing a game we’ve seen all over our TikTok FYPs. We’re playing Wavelength where we’ll guess a number from different hints including songs, artists, TV shows, movies, sports teams, athletes and more! We recorded this episode…
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6 Albums In Our Rotation (Tyler, the Creator, Post Malone, and More!)
This week, we’ve each picked three albums we’ve had in rotation. Some are classics we used to love, while some are newer favorites, and some are essentials that never leave our speakers. Join us to reminisce on familiar tracks and hopefully you find a new favorite track along the way!
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Our Thoughts on the 2023 XXL Freshman Class!
This week we’re taking a look at the artists selected to be part of the 2023 XXL Freshman Class, as well as showing some love to a few artists we think deserve a spot on the list. We’re also talking about Travis Scott’s Utopia release at the Pyramids of Giza, Drake’s “It’s All a Blur” tour…
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AUX BATTLE 7 & LIL UZI VERT PINK TAPE FIRST THOUGHTS
We’re tied up 3-3 in the all-time aux battle series so it all comes down to this game seven matchup. We both selected one category from each aux battle we lost then let our Instagram followers choose the final category. This episode, we’ll be picking songs for 2000’s pop, by a “lil” rapper,...
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WE WENT TO LYRICAL LEMONADE SUMMER SMASH 2023
Last weekend, Jonathon went to Summer Smash Friday & Elijah went on Sunday. In this week’s episode we recap our trips to Summer Smash, the artists we saw, and our favorite performers of the day. We also talk about this week’s releases, Drake’s album announcement, and more!
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Our Favorite Albums of 2023 (So Far)
We’re nearly halfway through 2023, so we’re taking a look back at the first few months of the year and picking our favorite albums so far. Nearly every week in 2023 has seemed like the new releases were a letdown with the upper echelon of stars not dropping as often as we’ve seen in the past few...
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2013 Summer Songs Draft (And Taylor Swift Eras Tour Review w/ Surprise Guest)
This week, we’re looking back at some of the biggest tracks of summer 2013. These tracks are turning ten years old this year and we’re each picking five tracks to keep from a pool of twenty of the biggest songs of that summer. But first, we talk Celtics-Heat game 7 & NBA Finals, then we welcome a...
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AUX BATTLE #6 (2023 Song, SoundCloud Classic, 2010’s Pop & MORE!)
We’re back with our sixth edition of aux battles. Jonathon leads the all-time series 3-2 and has a chance to close the best-of-seven series this week. We’ll each pick tracks for 2023 Song, Certified Hood Classic, 2010’s Pop, J. Cole, SoundCloud Classic, Artist we haven’t talked about on the...
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Guess the Rapper from Spotify’s Related Artists
This week we’ve each picked five artists for the other to guess based on Spotify’s “Fans Also Like” recommended artists. Play along and see if you can figure out which artists are the correct answer! We also talk about the latest updates in Travis Scott’s Utopia rollout and this week’s new releases.
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What Song Comes To Mind When You Think Of These Rappers?
For this week’s episode, we wanted a chance to talk about some artists and songs that we don’t mention enough. So we’ve each picked five rappers for the other person to name the song that instantly comes to mind when you hear their name. We also give our thoughts on Jack Harlow’s “Jackman”, the…
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20 Songs To Add To Your 2023 Summer Playlist!
We’re back with the 2023 edition of our Summer Playlist picks. Last year we each picked ten tracks we’d add to our playlist, now we’re doing a new version with updated picks. From familiar favorites to new releases, this playlist is perfect for all the vibes and activities that Summer can…
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Creating the Perfect Music Festival Lineup with $15!
With Coachella weekend two wrapping up, it’s officially music festival season, so that means an updated version of the Festival Lineup $15 Challenge. We each have $15 to choose artists ranging from $1 to $5 each and create their perfect festival lineup. We also discuss Frank Ocean’s Coachella...
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Blind Ranking Rappers, Albums & Songs!
Inspired by the TikTok trend, for this week’s episode, we’ve each picked 50 artists, songs, and albums for each other to shuffle and rank without knowing what will come next. We also talk about the past two week’s releases including Daniel Caesar, Drake, Kaytraminé, and Ice Spice. Lastly, we...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Remember classic tracks from your adolescence and discover the newest hits with your hosts Jonathon Linares and Elijah Venecia. Second Avenue is a weekly podcast featuring album reactions, music news discussion, and more to keep you updated on all the latest in the rap game. Reminiscing on memories spent in their childhood growing up together and the music that made those memories so special, you'll feel like a part of the family in no time. Episodes drop every Monday.
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Remember classic tracks from your adolescence and discover the newest hits with your hosts Jonathon Linares and Elijah Venecia. Second Avenue is a weekly podcast featuring album reactions, music news discussion, and more to keep you updated on all the latest in the rap game. Reminiscing on memories...
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