Thursday Tracklist

Live from the virtual stu! On this episode of the Thursday Tracklist, Evan and Femi discuss the pod continuing over Discord, the relocation of your co-hosts, the grit of street performers, re-defining our pre-production meetings, the grind of Atmosphere, putting respect on MGK's music/entertainment career, Apple Music's new Discover feature, Lil Dicky's "Professional Rapper" and his background, new Tiny Desks featuring Action Bronson and Post Malone, "Austin" LP from Post, the release of "Utopia" and the Travis Scott drama, Kid Cudi's upcoming album, Drake's alleged release of “For All the Dogs", a brief reprise of AI in music, Dame D.O.L.L.A's first record and athletes making music, the Lizzo lawsuit, a little BTS at the end, and more! Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram and @thursdaykod on Twitter. Intro: "Hungry Fuck" by Atmosphere [Merlin] Secretly Distribution (on behalf of Rhymesayers) Outro: "Professional Rapper (feat. Snoop Dogg)" by Lil Dicky INgrooves (on behalf of Commission Records); BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., Abramus Digital, LatinAutor - SonyATV, Sony Music Publishing, Foundation Media, LLC Publishing, Anthem Entertainment (Publishing), CMRRA, SOLAR Music Rights Management, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutorPerf, and 17 Music Rights Societies

Back on our audio-only bullshit after the video teaser! On this episode of the Thursday Tracklist, Evan and Femi reflect a bit on the visual component of the pod, the inevitable end to the stu, Earl Sweatshirt's two-piece drop, "The Flying High" EP from the Alchemist, the musical encyclopedic knowledge of Tyler, the Creator, the necessity of evolution as an artist, the intimacy of the NPR Tiny Desk series, Smino and "Luv 4 Rent", Philly's rising artist Orion Sun, the origins of KAYTRAMINÉ, Kendrick's latest releases, a new side to Baby Keem, Logic's recent sale of his discography and artists' owning the rights to their music, crypto revolutions in the music industry, music news, and more! Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram and @thursdaykod on Twitter. Intro: "Making The Band (Danity Kane)" by Earl Sweatshirt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CucjHkKam-4) ℗ 2023 Tan Cressida, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. Outro: "Antidote" by Orion Sun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SOdHa-I8gI)

We have faces?!?!?! On this episode of the Thursday Tracklist, Evan and Femi actually film the show and discuss Redman's infamous MTV Cribs episode, Daniel Caesar's "NEVER ENOUGH," cancel culture and Travis Scott, photographs vs. paintings in music, The Weeknd's old and new sound, the melancholy of Bon Iver, indie folk mainstreamers, Matt Maeson and USERx, "Flower Boy" and Tyler the Creator, the rise and fall of Rex Orange County, the legacy of "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" and some of Ye's deep-cut albums, Drake and Ye's beef over Kim, "Blonde" and optimism around new Frank releases, and more! Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "Toronto 2014" by Daniel Caesar & Mustafa Outro: "Flume" by Bon Iver

Back in a month like the moon and we grace you with a long listen! On this episode of the Thursday Tracklist, Evan and Femi get into ghostwriter977's Drake & The Weeknd's fictitious collab "heart on my sleeve," the future of AI-generated music and artistic content, our take on big tech development and UBI, "King of the Rodeo" and early Kings of Leon, Pandora as the O.G. music streaming site, Steve Lacy's Latin flair and the lore of his phone-based production, the come up of Bas, the iconography of Bob Marley and J. Cole's links, Dre's remix production on the "Adonis Interlude," Danny Brown and Ras Kass, our review of "SCARING THE HOES", Frank Ocean and his mercurial Coachella set, MBDTF and its legacy, "Steve Jobs," and more! Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "heart on my sleeve" by ghostwriter977 Outro: "Tribe" by Bas & J. Cole

What's good, everybody? On this episode of the Thursday Tracklist, Evan and Femi hold their first pre-production meeting and discuss Hit-Boy and The Alchemist's new track "Slipping Into Darkness," "The Last Huzzah!" and underground rap of the 2010s, Beethoven and the primitive essence of classical music, LeBron and his capping tendencies, random contemporary art movements, our instances of music-fueled nostalgia (e.g. "DAMN.", "2014 Forest Hills Drive," "Youth And Young Manhood," "Aha Shake Heartbreak," etc.), "The Emperor's New Mind" by Roger Penrose, the new LP "V" from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Logic reviewing Fantano reviewing Logic, revisiting "Big Steppers," and more! Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "Slipping Into Darkness" by Hit-Boy & The Alchemist Outro: "Liszt Transcription of Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.7 - Allegretto" by Glenn Gould

Back in the Stu for another episode of the Thursday Tracklist. On this episode, Evan hits us with the breathy mic, Femi and Evan go over the 2023 Grammy winners and snubs, the Sam Smith Grammy performance controversy, Femi's love of Katt Williams and discussing the best comedians, Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA's upcoming LP "Scaring The Hoes, Vol. 1," Daniel Caesar's soon-to-be-released "NEVER ENOUGH" album,  the late, great Capital Steez, Lil Yachty's new release "Let's Start Here", Mac Miller & MIKE, Steve Jobs, and more!  Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "Ipari Park" by MIKE Outro: "Let Me Go" by Daniel Caesar

We are back from another break and decided to spice things up with recording a pod on Discord! On this episode of the Thursday Tracklist, Evan and Femi discuss the legacy of SZA and "SOS", TDE and the birth of Kendrick's pgLang label, "Black Panther" soundtrack, some (then) fresh celebrity relationships, Daniel Caesar and his upcoming album "Brutus Returns", some dramatic album teaser readings, Matt Shultz's gun-related arrest, the death of Lisa Presley, Jaden & Willow Smith, Pac & Jada, MIKE's "Beware the Monkey," and more! Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "Snooze" by SZA Outro: "Trouble" by Cage The Elephant

And a Happy New Year to you, too! On this episode of the Thursday Tracklist, Evan and Femi discuss their excitement for music in 2023, Vince Staples' "Ramona Park Broke My Heart" and the upcoming "Vince Staples Show," the legacies of Nas and J Dilla, the internet lore of Fantano and Nardwuar,  the downfall of Logic, the vulnerability of Kendrick, Damar Hamlin & football safety, and more. Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "U DON'T HAVE TO ROB ME" by DOMi & JD BECK Outro: "Donuts (Outro)" by J Dilla

Happy holidays everyone! The elusive ep 10 of the Thursday Tracklist is here after yet another hiatus. Evan and Femi talk the World Cup and Navy Blue's footballing lyricism, our most listened to tracks of 2022, an ode to Apple Music and beef with Tidal's leadership, the top albums of the year from Complex and b dot. Miller,  the SBF & FTX crypto dilemma, and much more on this jam-packed episode.  Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "Texts Go Green" by Drake Outro: "Cutie" by COIN

A Friday episode release to celebrate (or commemorate) the one-week anniversary of the Drake and 21 collab! On Episode 9 of the Thursday Tracklist, Evan and Femi listen and react to "Her Loss"--while also interjecting to talk anti-Semitism, the passing of Takeoff, baseball, and hentai of course. Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "Rich Flex" by Drake & 21 Savage Outro: "Middle of the Ocean" by Drake

Yo yo yo! Episode 8 of the Thursday Tracklist is here and Evan and Femi talk again the Sunday scaries, the Pusha and Drake beef, Rex Orange County's SA allegations, listening to "cancelled" artists, Jay-Z's "4:44" record, pop-punk and ETH crash courses, and more. Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "Sk8er Boi" by Avril Lavigne Outro: "The Story of Adidion" by Pusha T

Consistency is overrated. On Episode 7 of the Thursday Tracklist, Evan and Femi talk again about the illustrious Steve Lacy, our playlists, the Jews (besides Evan, Aviad on JID's "Dance Now" and Ye's anti-Semitic rant on social media), Freddie Gibbs' "$oul $old $eparately," Ye on Tucker Carlson, Tornado Cash sanctions, and more. Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed. For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "Helmet" by Steve Lacy Outro: "Too Much (feat. Moneybagg Yo)" by Freddie Gibbs

Oh damn we've got the consistency down! Episode 6 of the Thursday Tracklist has Evan and Femi talking about our (former) unofficial beverage sponsor and its titular mess, revisions from Episode "5.5", Femi's government name, sending each other music discovery playlists, Odd Future skater kids, disgraced AI rappers, fleeting Twitter loves and more. Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed! For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. Intro: "The Mint (feat. Navy Blue)" by Earl Sweatshirt Outro: "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling

Weeeeeee're back with the new and improved Thursday Tracklist pod! We welcome Femi (@femi_adebimpe) as the new co-host and we get into our early music taste influences, relistens of Blonde (2016) and Faces (2014), the legacy of Mac Miller, and a little bit about the first go around of episode 5! Listen to the Thursday Tracklist wherever podcasts are streamed! For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram. 

We. Are. Back. Mike from the artistic concoction PolarDye (@mikeyvintage) discusses the pre-playground, MTV Music Maker days, the Hispanic influence on alternative music, and that NEXT LEVEL as we welcome back the pod! Listen to the Thursday Tracklist with Evan wherever podcasts are streamed! For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram!

The final, Super Saiyan form of bbyblu (@iambbyblu) joins us on the pod to talk the middle school rap days, the progression of a music brand, the incomparable Nancy Drew, and more! Listen to the Thursday Tracklist with Evan wherever podcasts are streamed! For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and plenty other content, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram!

Howdy! The lovely Dad's--Jordan, Jack, and Savannah--of the band Hot Dad Calendar join the podcast and talk about everything from John Mayer-inspired improv to calf muscles! Listen to the Thursday Tracklist with Evan wherever podcasts are streamed! For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and more, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram!

Yassmine Kamar, Nillatron, and Rad discuss their collective name, creative process, comparing themselves to other artists, and their upcoming EP unconditional, but misguided set for release on August 13 in this inaugural episode of the Thursday Tracklist podcast! For more interviews, daily music postings, playlists, album reviews, and more, be sure to follow @thursdaytracklist on Instagram!