25 APR 2024 · Drake's AI diss track 'Taylor Made Freestyle' is out but is it in good taste? We're talking about beef but are there some technological lines that you just don't cross? Also, Chris Brown and Quavo are beefing and its gone to blows over diss tracks. We're here breaking it down and laughing at the absurdity. TIMECODES: 1:56 - Drake AI 3:30 - Taunting Kendrick Lamar 3:50 - One of the largest artists in the music using AI 4:08 - Using Tupac’s voice 6:28 - Demar thinks it’s wack 7:44 - Even Kendrick fans say he has to drop soon 9:44 - can’t have 3 weeks between every record 12:58 - Drake's strategy 15:56 - Rumour of Drake having a bomb 16:44 - Kanye jumping in 18:15 - Drake is Jewish 19:03 - Kanye has to save hip-hop 20:18 - This 20 v 1 builds up Drake’s legacy 21:38 - The undercard 21:53 - Demar is giving Trump 22:22 - Why now? 23:46 - CB raps better than Quavo 24:26 - Quavo is not good enough to make a diss track 26:09 - Triplet flow  - only flow 33:28 - CB vs Quavo who’s a better rapper 35:16 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Follow us: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumMode TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar:https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant

25 APR 2024 · This week Démar and Adriel discuss Taylor Swift's 11th studio album 'The Tortured Poets Department', the boring production, Taylor's hyper-literal lyrics and her minimal singing range. Démar’s rating: 3 / 10 Adriel’s rating: 3 / 10 The Love List: Florida!!!, I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can), thanK you aIMee, I Look in People's Windows TIMECODES: 2:10 - Drake should write for Taylor  3:28 - Previous scores 6:27 - Competent group 7:44 - No single 8:16 - Shrinking the world 9:46 - Slow album 12:09 - So boring Demar had to stop listening 14:20 - Carly Rae Jepsen copycat 16:11 - Swearing all over this album 16:33 - Hyper pop sound 19:27 - There are Some good tracks but not enough 20:05 - If Taylor was on Cowboy Carter 24:11 - Florida 28:22 - The smallest man that’s ever lived 31:45 - Didn’t even try to keep me in / pathetic 36:20 - Delulu algorithm 36:47 - Never cried at the gym 38:50 - Always the victim 41:08 - Mellow dramatic 43:58 - Cringe lyrics 45:16 - Kendrick of pop music 46:20 - Why is she not cancelled - worst lyrics 47:43 - Try to find a way to say in real life 49:12 - Taylor gets a pass for being bitter 50:46 - Did Travis Kelce listen to this album 1:00:46 - The cover 1:05:41 - The Scores Follow us: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumMode TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar:https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department / 2024 / pop, folk

19 APR 2024 · Drake has responded to Kendrick Lamar in emphatic fashion with his unofficial track 'Push Ups (Drop & Give Me 50)'. We breakdown the lyrics and really discuss if this beef is winnable for anyone involved. TIMECODES: 0:17 - Intro 3:54 - Thinking Drake's diss is AI   5:56 -  What's Beef sample? 7:46 - Kendrick is at a disadvantage   8:47 - Contract discussions    9:46 - Distract lyric breakdown 12:36 - When is the Kendrick track dropping? 15:20 - Drake's writing speed 18:19 - Did Kendrick expect Drake to reply? 19:45 - Adriel is worried for Kendrick 20:29 - What does it take to win a beef? 23:34 - What happens if Drake beats Kendrick Lamar in a beef?   27:04 - The Drake-French Montana cease and desist 28:30 - More Drake lyrical breakdown 30:30 - What would've happened if J.Cole didn't back out of the beef? 31:49 - Kendrick is on his own, how is he going to handle the beef now? 32:23 - How many songs do you think the beef will go?  Follow us: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumMode TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar:https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant

18 APR 2024 · This week Démar and Adriel discuss Future and Metro Boomin's collaborative album 'We Still Don't Trust You', Future's strained vocals and Future being one of the rappers with minimal skill at rapping. Démar’s rating: 4 / 10 Adriel’s rating: 7 / 10 The Love List: We Still Don't Trust, Nights Like This, Nobody Knows My Struggle, Crossed Out, Red Leather TIMECODES: 1:54 - First album was the single for the 2nd album 2:52 - Future establishing himself as an album artist   6:54 - This is what we have been begging Drake to do  09:34 - Future got the Weeknd pack   11:24 - Who told you?  11:57 - After Hours style of production 13:02 - Brad Pit comparison   13:33 - Set the tone/cooking with gas    15:14 - Drink and dance … why?  17:34 - Black hole on your Spotify  20:36 - Love bad bitches (different artists you could see on this)  23:37 - I Don’t know if Future is making fun of Drake on this track  25:03 - Gracious is a Ty Dolla $ign song  29:09 - Here is what you get for listening to the first half  30:52 - Future talk that talk …Leader in toxic masculinity  32:33 - Future meme  36:32 - He’s using the wrong part of his body  37:10 - Young Thug before the autotune  38:01  - Future can’t get into a beef with his lyrics 38:33 - MVP of being the most minor skill at rapping  44:15 - The Cover 47:40 - Scores  Follow us: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumMode TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar:https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant Future & Metro Boomin - We Still Don't Trust You / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap

12 APR 2024 · This week Démar and Adriel discuss J. Cole's surprise mixtape 'Might Delete Later', his Kendrick Lamar diss, his apology to Kendrick Lamar and how he's destroyed the bravado in his music. Démar’s rating: 6 / 10 Adriel’s rating: 9 / 10 The Love List: H.Y.B., Stealth Mode, Stickz N Stonez, Pricey TIMECODES:  2:25 Surprise drop 3:54  Demar was in bed 5:40 Pre-apology J. Cole 10:07 The music sounds different and hollow 11:40 People not living their rhymes 12:25 Connecting his first song with his last song 14:58 Apologizing is not hip-hop 15:42 Drake the shop comparison 21:54 The freedom for people not to like specific albums 24:10 You don’t have to reply, but do it anyways 27:13 Too much triplet flow 27:53 Pi features 30:25 Trans bars 33:40 The production Adriel wanted a while ago 37:00 Adriel can feel the labels looking for a Central Cee single  39:00 Fever is the Born Sinner J. Cole 41:42 We heard this song on Born Sinner  44:04 Huntin Wabbitz  45:40 Great use of a vocal sample  47:15 The mixtape is Cohesiveish 49:41 The Cover 51:28 Worth getting the Vinyl? 54:54 How will the apology age? 1:01:20 Scores Follow us: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumMode TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar:https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant J. Cole - Might Delete Later / 2024 / Rap, Hip Hop

11 APR 2024 · Since we've determined that J. Cole is no longer in the big three because of his apology Démar and Adriel take stock of artists that can replace him in the rap hierarchy. Also the duo do a little bit of recap on Bryson Tiller's latest album 'Bryson Tiller' and Doja Cat's deluxe ‘Scarlet 2: Claude’ TIMECODES: 1:12 Bryson Tiller ‘The Man Who Made Trapsoul’ 8:20 Doja Cat 15:05 Deciding the future of Hip-Hop 16:19 Yeat 18:00 Playboi Carti 21:27 Tyler The Creator 24:37 Doja Cat 26:33 Travis Scott 27:50 Future 30:09 Nicki Minaj 33:42 Is Nicki Minaj ahead of J. Cole? Follow us: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumMode TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar:https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant

4 APR 2024 · We're a quarter through the calendar, so it's time for Démar and Adriel to go over their favourite albums so far this year. Also Lizzo quit music and then unquit music. Grand opening, grand closing. TIMECODES: 00:39 Lizzo’s ‘Retirement’ 04:48 Yeat | 2093 05:54 The Last Dinner Party | Prelude to Ecstasy 07:45 Flo Milli | Fine Ho, Stay 09:27 Future & Metro Boomin | WE DON’T TRUST YOU 11:00 Tyla | Tyla 15:19 Illit | Super Real Me 16:36 SiR | Heavy1 17:24 Schoolboy Q | Blue Lips 19:20 Ghetts | On Purpose, With Purpose 20:52 Little Simz | Drop 7 Follow us: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumMode TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar:https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant

4 APR 2024 · This week Démar and Adriel discuss Beyoncé's eighth studio album 'Cowboy Carter', pandering to white people and her approaching Michael Jackson status. Démar’s rating: 8.5 / 10 Adriel’s rating: 7.5 / 10 The Love List: BODYGUARD, YA YA, RIIVERDANCE, II MOST WANTED, LEVII'S JEANS TIMECODES:  4:32 - A teenager in 2024 listening to Beyonce for the first time 5:29 - Features we haven’t heard before 5:59 - Miley feature 7:35 - Bodyguard 11:00 River dance as a single 12:40 - Is 27 songs too many? 14:54 - Hootenanny or Hoedown? 17:51 - The Eagle 22:39 - It’s too evident to the people it's being catered to 32:14  - Destiny’s Child vs. Sum 41 37:44 - Jolene 46:48 - What’s left for her to do 48:23 - The cover / who is Beyonce voting for 56:00 - The Scores Follow us: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumMode TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar:https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter / 2024 / country

29 MAR 2024 · Sean 'Diddy' Combs just got his houses in LA and Miami raided by Homeland Security, does that mean he's done for? Also Demar and Adriel take sides in the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, ranking the so-called 'Big 3'. TIMECODES: 00:50 Diddy’s House gets Raided  6:50 Diddy is going down  12:12 Kendrick Lamar shoots at Drake  18:18 Remembering 2013 Hip-Hop Twitter  24:20 Kendrick Lamar is more critically acclaimed  32:44 GKMC is integral to Hip-Hop  37:47 Is Drake more Wilt or LeBron?  41:00 Drake’s omniscient influence  41:53 Drake is like FRIENDS Follow us: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumMode TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar:https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant

28 MAR 2024 · This week Démar and Adriel discuss Future and Metro Boomin's collaborative album 'We Don't Trust You', Metro Boomin being a top 10 producer in hip hop history and Kendrick Lamar's instant classic diss verse on 'Like That'. Démar’s rating: 8.5 / 10 Adriel’s rating: 7 / 10 The Love List: Like That, Type Shit, Claustrophobic, WTFYM, Cinderella TIMECODES: 3:42 Past reviews/collaborations  9:10  2 Intros? 12:07 Future is versatile  14:21 Future’s music can get repetitive 15:34 Everyday hustle – hear all the sounds Future wouldn’t do on his own 17:11 Teazo Touchdown 17:55 Cinderella 19:36 Travis Scott's appearance is a beat switch 22:10 Magic Don Juan 23:14 There is a running out of time on every project 23:42 Future has 50 hits 24:19 Metro loves a good chime 25:20 The hook for Magic Don Juan doesn’t rhyme 29:19 Future’s ability to use slang  - if you don’t know, it's like a different language 30:14 Carti voice 31:20 People in hip-hop like to flex – the way that Future frames it  32:48 You can still flex but find a different way to say it 33:39 Best feature 39:32 Reminiscent of B2B 42:29 Prince / MJ comparison 48:19 Most memorable snippet 53:17 Scores Follow us: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumMode TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemi Instagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/ Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/ Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/ Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_ Démar:https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant Future & Metro Boomin - We Don't Trust You / 2024 / hip hop, rap, trap