It’s here… the 2022 TVC Awards featuring a whole bunch of hosts and your favourite music critics Jon and Tope

This week Jon and Tope break down the joint LP from Drake and 21 Savage (Canadian-British project).

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (35:48) BINA intro; expression & music as a necessity (50:15) “Humble Abode” EP, “This is Not A Film” EP, learning the guitar (01:01:28) Honesty in music, Boundaries (01:12:08) Blackjack, sense of identity (01:22:45) Looking ahead

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (04:03) Big Steppers Concert review (09:32) New releases and Latest News (22:27) Smino intro, Album Art (30:25) First impressions of “Luv 4 Rent” (37:14) Features (44:03) No L’s , cyclical nature of album (4rm Da Source & Curtains); favourite and least favourite tracks (01:04:41) Closing thoughts

This week we chat in the studio with Twyce, winner of Cord Social’s ‘Up Next’ competition

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro, Spotlight Series #103 (05:33) New releases and Latest News (27:21) Kamzo Intro, “Sent Back Podcast” the public perception of Lil Baby (37:55) Looking back on Lil Baby and Gunna, the lead single “Heyy” and the Budweiser advert (50:18) General thoughts on “It’s Only Me” (01:11:58) Best tracks (01:27:37) From Now On (ft. Future), comparing Lil Baby to Future; Lil Baby’s career moving forward (01:32:55) Closing thoughts

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro, Spotlight Series #102 (05:51) New releases and Latest News (28:11) Ope intro, the hip-hop landscape in 2012 (40:56) Favourite tracks on GKMC - what makes GKMC special? (51:43) The Art of Peer Pressure - GKMC’s qualities compared to TPAB (01:01:12) Deluxe tracks - TPAB’s succeeding qualities (01:10:37) Album of the decade? What happened to that film? (01:18:38) Looking at later Kendrick works

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro, Spotlight Series #101 (04:19) New releases and Latest News (19:41) Hamza intro (29:26) Freddie Gibbs’ run between his last solo project and now (37:47) Initial thoughts on $oul $old $eparately (46:23) Album skits; album singles (Dark Hearted, Too Much); Gold Rings (56:35) Feel No Pain (ft. Anderson .Paak & Raekwon), Lobster’s Omelette; Album themes (01:06:38) Rabbit Songs (Space Rabbit, Rabbit Vision), Grandma’ Stove, PYS (01:15:13) Pain & Strife, Zipper Bagz, CIA, Benny The Butcher beef (01:23:26) Decoded, how $$$ contributes to Freddie’s legacy

This week we interview Jon and Tope, co-hosts and creators of “The Vinyl Collective”, a weekly music journal on the hip-hop and R&B landscape, to discuss the pair reaching their milestone of 2 years and 100 episodes. Timestamps : (00:00) Intro, Spotlight Series #100 (10:08) New tracks and Latest News (29:48) Interview with The Vinyl Collective: Part 1 (01:08:42) Interview with The Vinyl Collective: Part 2

Timestamps:  (00:00) Intro, Spotlight Series #99  (05:14) New Music & Latest News  (27:38) Main topic intro - Context for what change means and putting artists in categories  (41:28) Artists changing and producing a split fan base  (51:27) Do artists need to be multi-faceted?  (01:10:47) Can classics come out of one-dimensional artists?  (01:19:17) Closing, Now and Then playlist

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro, Spotlight Series #98 : RIMON (04:55) New music and Latest News (20:50) Ari Lennox intro; R&B in 2022; looking back on “Shea Butter Baby” (30:56) General thoughts on “a/s/l” (37:16) Feature tracks (Leak It, Queen Space, Boy Bye) (44:19) POF, album singles (Hoodie, Pressure) (48:36) Waste My Time, interlude, Mean Mug, Stop By (58:49) Contrasts between a/s/l and Shea Butter Baby (01:05:59) Closing, Now and Then playlist

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro; Spotlight Series #97: Elujay (05:10) New releases and news over the last few weeks (34:22) JID intro, his features during his hiatus (43:17) General thoughts on “The Forever Story” (53:16) Raydar, Bruddanem, Sistanem (01:10:52) Kody Blu 31, Crack Sandwich, Can’t Punk Me (01:20:25) 2007, Lauder Too, Stars, Can’t Make U Change, Just In Time (01:29:41) Money, Better Days (01:32:11) Closing, Now and Then playlist

This week we celebrate our Summer Pirate Residency by bringing you a laid-back chat about anything and everything music. Tune in!

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (05:41) New releases (17:40) DJ Khaled (24:14) The Forever Story tracklist (27:13) Politics as Usual intro; Reaction videos (45:42) Ethical music consumption (56:07) Editing released music (01:09:44) Rapping about “that life” after becoming successful (01:20:11) Closing, Now and Then playlist

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (04:54) New releases (29:22) Viewer questions (01:11:39) Closing, Now and Then playlist

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro; Spotlight Series #94: ayrtn (09:15) General talk, new music and other news (26:35) Creatives not being paid on time Main discussion starts here: (31:20) BREAK MY SOUL as the lead single and thoughts on the 3-act arc (41:23) General thoughts on RENAISSANCE (53:21) I’M THAT GIRL; VIRGO’S GROOVE; Our favourite tracks (01:03:34) Least favourite tracks (01:09:40) THIQUE; CHURCH GIRL; PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA; CUFF IT; COZY (01:21:11) SUMMER RENAISSANCE; HEATED; Closing thoughts; Now and Then playlist

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (07:00) News this week (28:04) Sillah Intro (35:41) The Block Report, Cold Drinks Pod (45:04) Introduction into Joey Bada$$; looking back on “ALL AMERICAN BADA$$” and expectations for 2000 (58:40) General thoughts (01:10:53) Make Me Feel, One of Us, Welcome Back, Head High (01:19:55) Written in the Stars, The Baddest, Show Me, Wanna Be Loved, Kendrick Lamar tangent (01:31:51) Album direction, closing thoughts (01:36:34) Closing, Now and Then playlist

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro; Spotlight Series #92: Yung Pooda (07:18) New releases (Central Cee, Megan Thee Stallion, Maxo Kream, Rico Nasty, Mozzy, The Koreatown Oddity) (32:33) “What if…?” Intro (34:53) What if Beyoncé and Jay-Z never got married? (44:29) What if Kendrick signed to Dreamville instead of Aftermath? (52:20) What if Andre 3000 had a solo career? (01:00:37) What if Drake won the rap beef against Pusha T? (01:09:02) What if J Hus never went to prison/ got stabbed? (01:16:13) What if Tupac and Biggie never died? (01:26:50) Closing, Now and Then playlist

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro; Spotlight Series #91: Anaiis (05:38) New releases, other news, our artist personas (24:00) TDE Intro (30:07) Top 10 TDE albums (01:21:52) Closing, Now and Then playlist

Timestamps: (00:00) Intro, Spotlight Series #90: Rasharn Powell (04:47) New releases (12:53) Kirk Franklin talks R Kelly (15:42) Frank Ocean pre-Channel Orange & first impressions of Channel Orange (26:36) Album themes, songwriting, interludes and features on CO (37:52) Thinkin Bout You, Frank coming out (44:21) Sierra Leone, Frank’s influences and the influence Frank Ocean has had (51:59) Pyramids, Crack Rock, Super Rich Kids, Sweet Life & themes of classism (01:03:51) Versatility on CO, Frank’s abstract nature and his evolution on “Blonde” (01:10:47) Summary (01:13:24) Closing, Now and Then playlist