The Playlist Posts

Trying to condense LL Cool J's career into a podcast was hard, but I think Mike and I did a great job at telling our story as it relates to our LL fandom alongside his journey.What was also hard was putting together a list of our favorite LL songs…

Janet Jackson's career spans so many years, that if she was coming out with an album this year, she could literally call it "40 Y.0."Just like most artists, her discography is up and down. She has iconic, must-have, era-defining albums, and she has …

Trying to whittle down your favorite songs of one of your favorite artists to just five can be torturous. Obviously, not physically torturous, but maybe mentally so.Mike isn't the biggest Tupac Shakur fan, though he did enjoy a lot of his music. M…

Our Amy Winehouse podcast was the hardest one from an emotional perspective so far. After watching the A24 documentary (really good) and the biopic that came out a couple of years ago (pretty bad), and listening to all of her music, I was just sad t…

If you heard our Top 5 on Lauryn Hill and the Fugees, I chose a song as my top choice that isn't out there on streaming for some reason. However, it is on YouTube and I've embedded it below, Rumble In The Jungle from 1997. I wanted to take …

When Mike and I started our conversation about Lionel Richie on our 50 For 50 podcast, I asked Mike if he thought Lionel was a bit corny. And that wasn't meant as a dig at Lionel. I think it's something that's unique about the man. When everyon…

One of the things Mike and I wanted to do with this 50 For 50 project is also create a space to celebrate music. And what better way to celebrate music than to create playlists of all the music we're talking about. As part of our discussion abo…