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Music professor Jake Hanlon and his sidekick Justin Gregg team up to dissect the most popular songs in music—past and present—with analysis, humor, and nerdy attitude.

Location:

United States

Description:

Music professor Jake Hanlon and his sidekick Justin Gregg team up to dissect the most popular songs in music—past and present—with analysis, humor, and nerdy attitude.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Fast Car- Luke Combs

11/18/2023
The white bastardization of a classic black song should never have happened, but listen to it so Tracy gets paid

Duration:00:15:28

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Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now?

11/11/2023
We discuss why Taylor Swift dominates, and we don’t really talk about the song.

Duration:00:23:01

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Dance The Night - Dua lipa

11/2/2023
Hey, it's 1977 and it's NYC and you've gone to a gay bar? Nope. You're just listening to the Barbie soundtrack and it's great!

Duration:00:19:30

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First Person Shooter ft. J. Cole - Drake

10/26/2023
The podcast is back with music that sounds like it was released on the last Drake album, but no, it's from the current Drake album. Drake tires to rap battle J. Cole and gets exposed.

Duration:00:19:03

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All My Life - Lil Durk ft. J. Cole

6/12/2023
Every once in a while, a trap song comes along that does not make us want to throw ourselves of a bridge. In fact, this song made us want to throw ourselves into a nice warm bed of happy feelings.

Duration:00:18:21

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Favorite Song - Toosii

6/5/2023
An interesting case study of the power of live performance and crappy studio production.

Duration:00:16:40

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Eyes Closed - Ed Sheeran

5/24/2023
After all this time, Max Martin finally shows his face on the podcast in this “Ed Sheeran” song!

Duration:00:28:45

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Eurovision 2023 recap

5/15/2023
It's the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest summary episode! Finland was robbed!

Duration:00:37:40

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Princess Diana - Ice Spice & Nicki Minaj

5/10/2023
In a world where new artists constantly try and give themselves a bump by bringing in established artists, we learn today that often times those new artists sure can look lame against a veteran.

Duration:00:21:25

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Chemical - Post Malone

5/3/2023
Mom always said don’t judge a book my it’s cover. This isn’t Hemingway but it isn’t crap either.

Duration:00:31:42

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Like Crazy - 지민 (Jimin)

4/12/2023
A K-pop song written by an AI?

Duration:00:21:50

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Die For You (Remix) - The Weeknd & Ariana Grande

4/9/2023
An unoffensive money grab by remixing a song that's 7 years old but is actually better than the original.

Duration:00:17:47

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Players - Coi Leray

4/2/2023
A 40 year old white man gives a history lesson on black music. Is that click bait?

Duration:00:26:43

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Boy's a liar Pt. 2 | PinkPantheress, Ice Spice

3/17/2023
The return of hyperpop, crappy piano sounds, and poor pronunciation makes a fun song!

Duration:00:19:53

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Last Night | Morgan Wallen

3/10/2023
Last night Jake wished the liquor talked, so he didn’t list to this song. A shout out to all my toxic relationships.

Duration:00:22:06

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Just Like That | Bonnie Raitt

2/22/2023
The Grammy’s choice for song of the year is 100% correct. Good job Recording Academy. Young people: go listen to Bonnie Raitt. #BonnieRaitt

Duration:00:25:19

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Flowers | Miley Cyrus

2/15/2023
Disco à la 2023 – repetitive, non-offensive, Hanna Montana. Jake wants to watch the music video now.

Duration:00:19:03

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SHAKIRA || BZRP Music Sessions #53

1/31/2023
A workshop on how to eradicate an artist’s voice through autotune and compression.

Duration:00:24:29

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Made You Look - Meghan Trainor

12/6/2022
A song written by a computer algorithm for Jeopardy!

Duration:00:22:55

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Doja Cat - Vegas

11/29/2022
Jake rants about black music history and dissects Doja Cat's Vegas while Justin patiently waits for his chance to talk.

Duration:00:32:59