The Ear Buds

The Ear Buds have returned for a discussion about Nomadland and I Care A Lot.

The Ear Buds discuss their favorite albums of 2021 so far, their most anticipated albums for the rest of the year, and a new segment "guess that Pitchfork score" 

The Ear Buds expand into movies and discuss their favorite movies of 2020! Other topics include: Reaction to Star Wars announcements, favorite songs of 2020, and the new album Man on the Moon III from Kid Cudi

The Ear Buds discuss their favorite albums from 2020

Freddie Gibbs releases another underground masterpiece. Where does he rank on the best rappers alive list? Then, we discuss initial reactions to the early release of RTJ4.  Check us out on social media! Instagram Twitter Helpful links to support Black Lives Matter GoFundMe - George Floyd For My Block Chicago Bond Act Blue

The Ear Buds are Back in the Saddle again! We Drake's bizarre track record over the last 5 years and new albums from Pop-Punk hero Jeff Rosenstock and the Melancholy Madman, Future.  Twitter Instagram

The Ear Buds discuss their Quarantine album set and new albums from Thundercat and Childish Gambino. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram 

The Ear Buds discuss new albums from Lil Baby and Soccer Mommy

- Is Big Sean a top 5 rapper? - James Bond Theme Song Rankings - Tame Impala, The Slow Rush - Beach Bunny, Honeymoon

The big five-O for the Ear Buds! We discuss the Grammy's, our most anticipated albums of 2020 and Mac Miller's album, Circles IG: earbudscast Twitter: earbudscast Spotify: theearbuds

The annual Ear Buds round table!

The annual Ear Buds round table is here!

The Earbuds discuss their top ten favorite albums of the 2010's

The Ear Buds discuss Kanye's venture into Gospel Rap with his latest album release, Jesus is King

The Ear Buds discuss Danny Brown's 5th album and recap albums that we've missed since last episode. Plus, shoutout Drake's birthday!

The Ear Buds discuss Young Thug's most recent album release, 'So Much Fun'. Plus, Singles of the Week are back including Brockhampton, Vince Staples, and Twin Peaks.

The official DAD episode of the year...2 months too late! The Ear Buds discuss Chance the Rapper's "debut" album The Big Day and rank the best Hip Hop Albums of all time, post having a kid.

The Ear Buds chat Song of the Summer 2019, DJ Khaled taking an 'L', and two new albums from Stef Chura and Denzel Curry. Lastly, we hop on the mic with Mystery Friends, an up and coming dance rock band from DC to discuss the behind the scenes of making your first album.

On this episode of The Ear Buds, we discuss recent albums from Lizzo and Pivot Gang. We also sit down with Phre$h Prince, a rapper from Winnipeg to discuss the hip hop scene in Canada, favorite Will Smith movie, and more!

The Ear Buds discuss Ventura, the latest album from Anderson Paak Follow us on social IG: @earbudscast Twitter: @earbudscast Spotify: @theearbuds

The official punk rock episode of The Ear Buds. We discuss two amazing punk albums from PUP and Priests.

The Ear Buds discuss a wild Obama song request, the top 5 albums of 2019, and the debut album from pop megastar Billie Eilish

The Ear Buds discuss the biggest takeaways from the biggest night in music. Follow us on social: Twitter - earbudscast IG - earbudscast Spotify - theearbuds

The first episode of 2019 is here! The Ear Buds are recording live from the Polar Vortex in Chicago. We discuss the Fyre Festival Documentaries and Future's new album, WIZRD

The Ear Buds are joined by friends of the pod Adam, Jarrett and Taylor. We discuss our favorite ten albums of the year.

The Ear Buds went to see Bohemian Rhapsody....spoiler alert it's bad. The Buds discuss a pod favorite, Vince Staples and his recent album FM! And our first ever interview! Stay tuned to listen to our interview with ROE, a Chicago/NYC hip hop artist.

Two friends of the pod hop on to discuss how our parents' taste in music shaped what we listened to as kids and how that influenced what we like today. We discuss Limewire culture, the first songs we grinded to, and if our parents have trash music palettes.

The Ear Buds discuss Mick Jenkins' new album 'Pieces of a Man' and get into whether or not Millennials are killing Rock & Roll. Is Robert Plant's side project are keeping rocking roll alive?

The Ear Buds discuss the best NBA rappers/artists, Complex's ranking of the 20 best rappers in their 20s and a bunch of other nonsense.

It's a Chicago special on this episode of the pod as The Ear Buds discuss recent releases from Noname, Kami, and Joey Purp. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @earbudscast Follow us on Spotify @theearbuds

The Ear Buds rank their favorite movie soundtracks of all time and discuss albums from Mac Miller, Amine, and Travis Scott.

The Ear Buds discuss the good and the bad from the first half of the year.

May 25th was a huge NMF - The Ear Buds discuss A$AP Rocky's experimental album TESTING and also discuss Pusha T's long awaited album, DAYTONA. Plus first reactions to Pusha's diss track "The Story of Adion".

The Earbuds are back after a stint away from the mic. Discussion topics include... - Is J Cole good or popular? - Separating "art" from "artist" - If the Avengers were rappers - Saba's second album, Care For Me Follow on Spotify @theearbuds Follow on Twitter @earbudscast

It's the Jordan episode of The Ear Buds! We discuss the Grammy's, The "Big Game" Halftime Show, and recent albums from Justin Timberlake and Rich Brian. Follow us on Twitter @earbudscast Follow us on Spotify @theearbuds

Did Drake steal the Scary Hours artwork? What's the #1 TDE party song? Find out this week on The Ear Buds. If you like the show, please rate and review. Follow us on Spotify @theearbuds Follow us on Twitter @earbudscast

Drake's Whiskey company is reportedly going public so we drank and reviewed it for OVO. Disclaimer: we were not paid by OVO to shamelessly plug this. The Ear Buds discuss Sidney Gish and her oddball Indie Rock Album "No Dogs Allowed" as well as Maxo Kream's debut hip hop album, "Punken". Follow us on Twitter @earbudscast Follow us on Spotify @theearbuds

New year, new podcast! On the first episode of 2018, Mark and Nick discuss their most anticipated albums of the upcoming year, the end of an era (Brockhampton), and the year's first great political punk rock album (Jeff Rosenstock). Oh and also discuss how uncomfortable the Justin Timberlake "Filthy" video is. Follow us on Spotify @theearbuds Follow us on Twitter @earbudscast If you like the podcast, please rate and review!

The Ear Buds roundtable episode is here! The Buds are joined by a couple of friends to discuss our favorite albums of the year (p.s. there are more than a few surprises). Twitter - @earbudscast Spotify - theearbuds If you like the show, leave us a review!

Listen to the first ever Mail Bag episode! The Ear Buds discuss the DMX Christmas song and so much more in 8 minutes. "As far as hip-hop Christmas songs go..."

Hey, look at us discussing the Grammy's! The Ear Buds talk about the perception of the Grammy's, the nominees (surprises and glaring omissions), and some possible predictions. The Buds also discuss their favorite songs of the year. If you like the pod, please subscribe and review. Follow us on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/user/theearbuds) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EarBudsCast)

On episode #17, the Ear Buds discuss the surprise releases from Young Thug & Future and Kamaiyah as well as Big K.R.I.T's latest project. A new segment called "Real rap Twitter take" is introduced and the Ear Buds also discuss proper roadtrip music etiquette. Please rate, review and subscribe! Follow us on Twitter @earbudscast and on Spotify @theearbuds

It's Gucci Mane wedding szn so The Ear Buds discuss rapper wedding hashtags. Other topics include the new Young Thug/Future project as well as two new albums from Partner and Rapsody.

A third bud joins for episode #15 to discuss new releases from Young Thug, Knox Fortune, and G Herbo. Segments include "Flat Earth GoFundMe of the Week" and "Nickelodeon Creative Meetings". Follow us on Twitter @earbudscast and on Spotify @theearbuds

It's been 10 years since Kanye West released Graduation, your *unnecessary 1-7 rank* favorite Yeezy album! The Ear Buds discuss LCD Soundsystem (2:25), Tweet of the Week (it's about Ted Cruz) (12:57) and Graduation (15:44). Follow us on Twitter @earbudscast and on Spotify as theearbuds

Recording from Studio North, The Ear Buds discuss the best (Brockhampton) and the worst (T-Swift) from the last two weeks.

We're back (again) to discuss albums from Tyler the Creator, Arcade Fire, Amine and Vic Mensa. Bonus: we discuss proper dinner music courtesy of Knox Fortune.

The Ear Buds are back with singles of the week, a wild music video from Run The Jewels and discussion on the much anticipated album Something To Tell You by HAIM. Plus, an Ear Buds first!

The Earbuds are back to discuss new albums from three of their favorite rappers: Chainz, Young Thug, and Vince Staples. Plus a discussion about the super bizarre Batman music video from Jaden Smith

Another week, another episode. The Earbuds are back with more singles of the week and a few albums that cause some tension between the two of us! We're still friends, for now. Plus some Song of the Summer recommendations.