Speaker 1: I come down.
Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone to Crash Course Pod, the only place
Speaker 2: where we dissect the drops that truly matter, brought to
Speaker 2: you buy a music hit for all of my music heads.
Speaker 2: I'm your host, Ashtonay, and this week's lineup is absolutely massive.
Speaker 2: But before we get into it, I just quickly want
Speaker 2: to mention if you haven't heard last week's episode, go
Speaker 2: check it out after this one. But for those of
Speaker 2: you that already heard it, I want to add something
Speaker 2: we talked about the Buggles. Oh one, I wanted to say,
Speaker 2: not only did Nicki Minaj and Will i Am sample.
Speaker 1: That, but so did Little Techa.
Speaker 2: I don't know why I completely went blank, and also
Speaker 2: I don't even know why I didn't go oh.
Speaker 1: To like give you guys a clue of what the
Speaker 1: song was. Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.
Speaker 2: I wanted to just like touch on, so did Little Ticha.
Speaker 2: He sampled that too. Why am I bringing it up
Speaker 2: real quick, real quick? Because I was doing some manual
Speaker 2: labor today and that forced me to listen to my
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five playlist. By the way, if you haven't
Speaker 2: heard it, all of the details are down below.
Speaker 1: Click on it. Because we're in the.
Speaker 2: Last couple of months for this playlist and it's the
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five playlist, the soundtrack of twenty twenty five. Anyways,
Speaker 2: little taicha Ow came on and it completely reminded me
Speaker 2: he sampled this too. Why did I forget last episode?
Speaker 2: So long story short, that's that on that Also, yeah,
Speaker 2: I did manual labor today and I feel broken, like
Speaker 2: my body is hurting, and I was easing into a
Speaker 2: nap and I knew if I closed my eyes it
Speaker 2: is about to be five o'clock right now.
Speaker 1: If I close my eyes, I would not be up until.
Speaker 2: Like three am, and then I would definitely not be
Speaker 2: doing this for you guys. So I'm here skipping my nap,
Speaker 2: but I'm here just wanted to throw that out there
Speaker 2: if you want to like and share with a friend
Speaker 2: to support. Anyways, let's get into the fun. So we've
Speaker 2: got an incredible range of music that dropped on Thursday night,
Speaker 2: nine pm if you live on the West Coast midnight
Speaker 2: Friday morning if you live on the West, I mean
Speaker 2: East Coast, and whatever time it was in between you
Speaker 2: Central and Mountain timers. Anyways, we have some reflective and
Speaker 2: just electronic shock waves.
Speaker 1: It was it was epic.
Speaker 2: We got an incredible range from the reflective return of
Speaker 2: Polo G to the sonic masterpiece from Sofago and the
Speaker 2: electronic shock waves from Skrillics. No time for rating, you know,
Speaker 2: we keep it positive. I don't like rating artists on
Speaker 2: their work, like I don't like doing that, but we
Speaker 2: will be doing a minor deep dive and just talk
Speaker 2: about criticism and feedback that has already been mentioned. Of course,
Speaker 2: I'm gonna tell you what my faves were, So grab
Speaker 2: your headphones, let's get into the course. And of course
Speaker 2: let's don't forget your snacks. So let's start with an
Speaker 2: artist who hit me right in the nostalgia bone, Polo
Speaker 2: G with his new track High Tolerance. Forget the general buzz.
Speaker 2: This song, for me is peak reflective old Polo G.
Speaker 2: It's that raw, almost journal injury style we fell in
Speaker 2: love with back in the day, and the track manages
Speaker 2: to sound both somber and triumphant, giving listeners a clear
Speaker 2: look into his current headspace. If you missed that classic
Speaker 2: vulnerable Chicago sound stream this immediately, like, get your pen
Speaker 2: and write down High Tolerance. Stream it immediately.
Speaker 1: I loved it.
Speaker 2: I'm never disappointed when Polog releases anything.
Speaker 1: He's always hitting the.
Speaker 2: Spot for me, but this song specifically really like.
Speaker 1: You know. I don't know what more to say, but
Speaker 1: it really ough me.
Speaker 2: So let's move on. Love Tyler's on my Own. I'm
Speaker 2: calling it right now. Loa Tyler is the most improved
Speaker 2: artist of twenty twenty five. I was not a fan
Speaker 2: up until this year, and I don't know, it is
Speaker 2: just something about this year. He really came in his
Speaker 2: bag and his delivery has been good. His words vocabulary
Speaker 2: has been epic. He's really improved a lot since I
Speaker 2: first heard of him. I think back in like twenty
Speaker 2: twenty three, twenty twenty two, maybe very much on the
Speaker 2: roster for artists i'd listen to. This track shows him
Speaker 2: leveling up his flow and his presence. He sounds effortlessly confident,
Speaker 2: and the production is clean, giving him the perfect runway.
Speaker 2: It's tight, it's infectious, and it's a huge step forward
Speaker 2: for him. My Guy, My Guy shots fired from My Guy.
Speaker 1: I liked it.
Speaker 2: You should add it on my Own by La Tyler
Speaker 2: and check out the music video. It's it's pretty good,
Speaker 2: you know, it's pretty good. He's not doing the bells
Speaker 2: and whistles. Very simple, very laid back, but the visuals
Speaker 2: are clean. I'm sure if you're a visual will grow
Speaker 2: like me, you'd like it now. Quick mention for Boss
Speaker 2: Mandilo's how I'm Living. It's okay. It's got that gritty,
Speaker 2: authentic feel for me. It didn't quite hit the same
Speaker 2: repeatable loop as the other artist that released, or even
Speaker 2: his other work, but it's still a solid track for
Speaker 2: his coal for his core fans. I can't knock it.
Speaker 1: It's good.
Speaker 2: It's good, but it wasn't my favorite, but it's good.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 2: Now let's talk projects, shall we. Roy Woods's new album
Speaker 2: is genuinely good. It's moody, atmospheric R and B, perfect
Speaker 2: for late night drives. He sets a compelling mood and
Speaker 2: sticks to it, delivering a smooth, consistent soundscape that rewards
Speaker 2: a focus to listen and honestly, you, guys, between you
Speaker 2: and me, getting closer, getting closer, because I don't want
Speaker 2: everyone to hear me this is That's my first time
Speaker 2: listening to a Roy Woods song, and I was very impressed.
Speaker 2: I don't know why I didn't get into it sooner,
Speaker 2: but I was very impressed, go check it out. The
Speaker 2: name of the album is called Flower City Heartbreak by
Speaker 2: Roy Woods, So if you haven't already, go check it out.
Speaker 2: My favorite You're So Right and TSA. Those are my
Speaker 2: favorites right now by Roy Woods. But you guys, go
Speaker 2: check out the entire project. I'm sure, especially if you
Speaker 2: like our R and B. I'm sure you'd like it.
Speaker 2: I'm sure it's very consistent.
Speaker 1: And it rewards your focused listening.
Speaker 2: Put it on while you're like doing something, reading a book,
Speaker 2: sip in some wine.
Speaker 1: Definitely.
Speaker 2: Now let's move on to T because we cannot forget
Speaker 2: about Thames. I really liked Big Daddy and the visualizer
Speaker 2: for it, Thames Love is a kingdom. That project is excellent.
Speaker 2: She did not disappoint. I can't say that enough.
Speaker 1: Her vocal texture is pure gold.
Speaker 2: It's rich, soulful and completely controlled. The production is often sparse,
Speaker 2: which is a blessing because it lets that voice lead
Speaker 2: the way.
Speaker 1: If you need a track that sounds.
Speaker 2: Like a spiritual exhale and a masterclass in modern art
Speaker 2: and beat restraint, you need to stream Thames. I already
Speaker 2: told you, guys, my favorite was Big Daddy, but Legos
Speaker 2: Love that's also a good one mine, immaculin. Is there
Speaker 2: a reason so so good?
Speaker 1: Stream it immediate?
Speaker 2: Can we get a round of applause for ten.
Speaker 1: Spectacular?
Speaker 2: And then we have the kid LAROI with a perfect
Speaker 2: world this song. I hate to compare artists, but this
Speaker 2: song remight reminded me so much of the kind of
Speaker 2: slightly vulnerable pop that Justin Bieber has mastered. It still
Speaker 2: has the kid le roy flair. It just reminded me
Speaker 2: of like a Justin vibe. It's got that huge, stadium
Speaker 2: ready chorus and a genuine sense of searching in the lyrics.
Speaker 2: If you appreciate pop structure with emo undertones, this song
Speaker 2: is a strong offering.
Speaker 1: I really liked it.
Speaker 2: We need to talk about the project that had me
Speaker 2: repeating it over and over again.
Speaker 1: Can you guys guess what it is? I'll give you
Speaker 1: a hand.
Speaker 2: We've done an episode on him already, already. It's Sofagel's
Speaker 2: latest album, Mania Homeboy has a nerve to put favorite songs.
Speaker 1: All of them, all of them.
Speaker 2: No, seriously, I've been so obsessed with this album since
Speaker 2: the night it came out.
Speaker 1: Chef's Kiss.
Speaker 2: The whole project is an ethereal melodic experience. He execute
Speaker 2: that hazy, futuristic trap sound better than almost anybody right now.
Speaker 2: Every track flowed into the next. It felt like a
Speaker 2: cohesive vibe journey. It's a mandatory full album. Listen songs.
Speaker 2: Let's get into some of the songs. So obviously Outside
Speaker 2: it has a music video, So I'm pretty sure it's
Speaker 2: the fan favorite we have for bank Rolls. You have
Speaker 2: to get into bank Rolls, Notice Me, get into notice Me,
Speaker 2: get into Challenge, get into figure me out Monster. I
Speaker 2: think Monster is the one that I've been having on
Speaker 2: a rotation.
Speaker 1: Did I say Challenge already? Did I say may Day already?
Speaker 2: Those are kind of like my main favorites. Let me
Speaker 2: see Money and Clothes was already kind of out because
Speaker 2: they already put the music video out, what maybe nine
Speaker 2: days ago, But it's still a good listen. Honestly, though,
Speaker 2: out of the whole album, I would say Money and
Speaker 2: Clothes is kind of like basic. The rest of the
Speaker 2: album is really really good. Crash Out that's another good one.
Speaker 1: And see Me Shine.
Speaker 2: If you are not a Sofago fan, do yourself a favor.
Speaker 2: And one listen to our older episode on Sofago And
Speaker 2: then two after this episode, listen to this album Mania.
Speaker 2: I promise you, especially if you like that underground rage
Speaker 2: trap sound for hip hop rap, you would love it.
Speaker 1: You would love it.
Speaker 2: He's such a great musician. And it's not because he
Speaker 2: does rap specifically, it's his voice, it's the way he execute.
Speaker 2: He's such an artist like you can definitely feel the
Speaker 2: artistry in his music. Honestly, not to be such a
Speaker 2: fan right now, but even if he didn't do rap,
Speaker 2: like let's say he got into pop or R and B,
Speaker 2: he'd still sligh.
Speaker 1: He's just really talented musically.
Speaker 2: So that one is like my all time favorite release,
Speaker 2: the Sofago project.
Speaker 1: Mania stream the album.
Speaker 2: Also in this high energy category we have Rico Nasty
Speaker 2: and Eim Tripplin'. Let's start off with Rico Nasty. First,
Speaker 2: Rego Nasty released Pepper and it's such a high energy
Speaker 2: fun listen. Take a look, I mean take a listen.
Speaker 1: It's really good. But also I'm a huge Reco Nasty fan.
Speaker 1: Do yourself a favor.
Speaker 2: If you haven't heard our episode, listen to that as well.
Speaker 2: And so let's swing over to Eam Triplin'. His song
Speaker 2: that was released was called or is called if I
Speaker 2: wanted to another fun listen that you've absolutely got to
Speaker 2: get into. With Reco Nasty song Pepper. The flow is aggressive,
Speaker 2: the beat is noisy, it's pure unadulterated energy, and with
Speaker 2: Em Tripling's track, it's equally high octane and showcases that raw,
Speaker 2: youthful power. Now time for the bass drops scrillicks. With
Speaker 2: the Five Song Project, I liked the whole thing, but
Speaker 2: Voltage was my absolute favorite. It was aggressive, it was
Speaker 2: nostalgic old skrillicks, meticulously produced, and it has this real
Speaker 2: sonic punch. If you want a production that sounds like
Speaker 2: a master showing off his renewed.
Speaker 1: Power, this is it.
Speaker 2: Shout out to Lil Mosey because he dropped a song
Speaker 2: too called Soljia, which is really really good and the
Speaker 2: music video was super, super creative. I would love to
Speaker 2: go into detail with more people. We had Testo's Bring
Speaker 2: Me to Life and take Tate McCrae's deluxe album All Good.
Speaker 1: We had really good releases.
Speaker 2: Join me next time on Crash Course Pod and maybe
Speaker 2: we'll talk about some more releases Until then, Thank you
Speaker 2: guys so much for listening, and take these recommendations. Go
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