Don't Alert The Stans
Don't Alert The Stans
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‘ARE WE GETTING OLD?' (Is Teyana Taylor Really Retiring?, TikTok Launches Music Distribution Service, Attempting to Understand The Appeal of Blxst’s Appeal?)
1 hour 19 minutes Posted May 9, 2022 at 11:02 pm.
For this week’s episode, it’s just Eden and Sope as Nic had family commitments. When Eden takes time to remind the listeners that #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is looming, it inspires Sope to speak at length about JoJo’s latest project ‘trying not to think about it’ which explores the many shades of mental health and anxiety
Continuing on the mode of music that soothes and functions as an emotional solace, Eden gives a glowing recommendation of Natalie Lauren’s project ‘Handle With Care’
During the listens section, Eden opens the floor to discuss what the appeal about Blxst is and considers whether he’s just ageing out of the sounds and trends associated with US mainstream Hip-Hop
Kicking off the news section is Teyana Taylor who’s announced the second and final part of her farewell tour which commenced at the end of 2021. Leading Sope to question whether she’s actually retiring and look back on how Kanye West and GOOD Music routinely dropped the ball on her career progression
Rounding out this week’s episode is TikTok who have launched their own music distribution service SoundOn, which has been described as an all in one platform for music marketing and distribution. Inspiring a conversation about how TikTok’s increasing presence in the music space is threatening to destabilise many archaic institutions in music like record labels
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Welcome back to Don’t Alert the Stans!
For this week’s episode, it’s just Eden and Sope as Nic had family commitments. When Eden takes time to remind the listeners that #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is looming, it inspires Sope to speak at length about JoJo’s latest project ‘trying not to think about it’ which explores the many shades of mental health and anxiety (
00:10:59). Continuing on the mode of music that soothes and functions as an emotional solace, Eden gives a glowing recommendation of Natalie Lauren’s project ‘Handle With Care’ (00:27:14). During the listens section, Eden opens the floor to discuss what the appeal about Blxst is and considers whether he’s just ageing out of the sounds and trends associated with US mainstream Hip-Hop (00:35:37). Kicking off the news section is Teyana Taylor who’s announced the second and final part of her farewell tour which commenced at the end of 2021. Leading Sope to question whether she’s actually retiring and look back on how Kanye West and GOOD Music routinely dropped the ball on her career progression (00:50:23). Rounding out this week’s episode is TikTok who have launched their own music distribution service SoundOn, which has been described as an all in one platform for music marketing and distribution. Inspiring a conversation about how TikTok’s increasing presence in the music space is threatening to destabilise many archaic institutions in music like record labels (01:01:00).
Not one to miss!
Sope’s Listens For The Week:
JoJo - trying not to think about it
Teedra Moses - Complex Simplicity
Kehlani - Up At Night
Justin Bieber & Kehlani - Get Me
Vince Staples - Ramona Park Broke My Heart
Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous
Ebo Taylor - You Need Love
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - African Dreams
Nic’s Listens For The Week:
N/A
Eden’s Listens For The Week:
Natalie Lauren - Handle With Care
Schoolboy Q Feat. Kendrick Lamar - Blessed
Blxst - Before You Go
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