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Hello and welcome to the Put Me On podcast episode two. My name is Logan Brumley, and we got ourselves quite a doozy today. We have two short album reviews for Peyton Hezekiah UT_ANIMADVERTIT and ANKHLEJohn's God's grace. We will also be having a history on hip hop sampling a very important part to the genre of music, and I will be finishing it off by giving a brief recap on how the rap genre has done in this year's Grammys. So get your headphones on and get your head banging. Let's get straight to

Alright, I'm going to start off with the

first review of Peyton Peyton Hezekiah UT_ANIMADVERTIT

It's six short songs. Well, one of them kind of became four minutes, but most of them within a two and three minute range.

There is not a lot of unique sample, just only one that is originally produced the opening track, post week and clarity by producer new beats.

But most of all, most of the songs on this album use very popular samples of kentra Kamar The Alchemist, and mande Webb's production.

Beyond that,

the Lyrics is where you have to really focus on this album as well as this flow. And I think both on both of those, he delivers really well. I

some of his best lyrics have you kind of looking into his life from, you know, his perspective, and going into

kind of all the struggles that he's had and the way that he has seen the world and seen all the struggles that come with it. And I think it was really enjoyable to sit down with it and to understand his words and his perspective

with some fun, catchy, albeit not his beats to go with it. And at worst, this album is very,

not really, like too special to it. I mean, a lot of the weird system, I think

it's kind of half and half. There's some lyrics are just

there, and there's nothing really to it, and sometimes, as aforementioned, it's really in depth, and it's really

vital to what Peyton Hezekiah wants to be with this music.

I think the best track on this album is post weekend clarity, which has that original, new beat

to it. And it's, you know, it's a head banger, and his, although his focus are a bit muted out by the instrumental, his flow and the capabilities are shown in full forces to open off this album, and it sets a really good precedent for the album. I think he it's mostly consistent from that point on. Once you get to old ways, that's when it really starts to kick off with the more in depth lyrics and the more talking about

his struggles with

addictions. And

just all of the worries and the self doubt and all the negativity that kind of has been a major spur in his career.

And I think the worst track on this album is, this is a long one. I'm just I'm not spewing here. This is literally the title. I think I'm I disappointed my dad by getting damn from Kendrick forum, my secret Santa,

his flow doesn't fit the production at all in the song, and it's very hard to make out what he's saying. For me, personally, it does just, it felt off. I just, I would have rather listened to just an instrumental of Kendrick lamars feel,

but oh, well, overall, give the album like a 6.4 out of 10. That was pretty good listen, and I recommend that you

let's do it. Check him out as he continues to grow and develop throughout the year.

So now let's get into ANKHLEJohn's God grace. ANKHLEJohn is a rapper from Washington, DC, and after some positive momentum from his album, pride of man, he is coming out with a new one.

Album. And for some reason, I can only find the B side to this album, the A side you have to purchase. And I don't think I'm going to get a text write off for it, unfortunately. So while there is a total of 16 songs to the album, I would just be going over the second half of it.

I think that this is a mess to put it shortly. Um,

there is a lot of good production as album, especially early on with some songs like Mad Dog 2020, a random day and lonely winter, which really stood out as

good as the best songs on this B side. And it was really what made me have a positive thinking of this album The first time I listened to it. But just as we go on, it just starts getting weaker. I think his lyrics are just getting worse and worse. And just in terms of, like, what he's trying to express,

there's not much to it outside of just aggression and

adwebs upon adwebs, like, way for me was his single for this album, and it's terrible. I mean, there was no redeeming quality to it. It was so many like producer tags, so many sound effects and ad whips, that's impossible to really make out what he's trying to say with this album. And it's

oh well. I mean,

I can't, I can't really

hate on it much more than I am right now. Um,

there's just a couple of songs that really stick to me, but a lot of them are just either the production is too much and he's just not doing enough with it, or he's doing too much to the point where it's just

a schmores board of terrible sounds to it, and it just was not a great listen overall.

The best track on this album for me was mad dog 2020

because he does get real about domestic violence in it, and you can never really go wrong with kind of pointing out the hypocrisy of men who like to abuse women but won't fight other men. I thought it was enjoyable listen and the production was really good with it.

The worst track is a hard choice for me, wait for me. Was really bad. You know, honorable mentioned, a scam, likely for a skippity toilet line.

That was, that was rough. It was, it was something, alright, um, overall, we gave the album a 4.8 out of 10. Uh, I wouldn't listen to it unless, if you just really want to listen to something. I mean, you said there's a couple of good, decent sides, but it's not worth $20

to buy the whole thing.

Now let's talk about sampling.

Sampling is a huge part of hip hop, and it is part of the life blood when you look back into the history of it, which is what we're gonna be doing on this podcast today,

sampling really began in the 1970s when DJs would use the scratch and mixes of instrumentals to create some funky sounds as part of that whole 1970s

funk craze with, you know, like the Bee Gees, John Travolta, there was some really good producers that were really the pioneers of hip hop, from Grand Master flash Africa, bamba, cool, her with cool in the gang. It was just there was something special that was brewing, and the production of it is really where you can see it happening.

It really took full swing in the 1980s when you started to see producers like Larry Smith, Rick Rubin and marway Morrow creating some classic sounds and albums for a variety of different hip hop groups and artists that were really starting to kick off the genre and start to build it from just being purely underground. I mean, think of Rappers Delight or some

or an amazing bird Dutch album with Paul boutique by the Beastie Boys.

And then some others, like Run DMC, the juice crew, I could go on. There is so much to it that was being built up

that you just could not ignore it as we start to head into

the 90s,

1990s and the 2000 saw a rise. There was just more and more that were starting to be made, because there's so many different elements and ways to sample with splicing and looping. And

it was, there was so much to it. There was so much

that can come from sampling that artists are starting to implement more and more into

their music, and some of the bigger producers from the 2000s such as Pharrell Williams J Dilla med with Pete Rock, Kanye Q tip, the alchemist. They all started to

get into the games in that 1990s 2000 era, with the influences of aforementioned African about the Rick Rubins, the Larry Smiths of the world. And it's just it's always been a huge part of hip hop to create a good sample, and it's been even something that's been a fun part for hip hop fans to find the origins of songs that were used to create other classic songs, even though

sometimes it creates a little bit of trouble.

There have been a lot of instances recently where the original artist would sue for no proper accreditations that would be necessary for a sample to be able to be used. Some a big example is the song I do, this by Kendrick Lamar.

He was sued by Bill Withers this

estate for the sampling of Bill Withers music and a lot of Kendrick Lamar songs. But I do this was the big one. I don't I wish I had the name with the song that was used for it, but

that was a pretty big deal.

Some of the ones that I do have the titles for

De La Soul song transmitting live from Mars also dealt with the lawsuit from the 1960s English rock band The Turtles for sampling the song you showed me without the proper accreditation,

or Mac Miller with Kool Aid and frozen pizza, which sampled Oscar Peterson's dream of you.

Or Biz Markie has kind of a funny story to it. He had a song called on again that sampled a song of a similar name by Gilbert O'Sullivan,

after the lawsuit and all the trouble that came with that. His next album was called all samples cleared, which I think is kind of funny. You know? I mean,

it's kind of on the nose. And yep, that That album was a fun Listen, too. I'd recommend it.

But some of the artists that you can see a lot of sampling from are some of like that kind of funk R and B legends from the 70s and 80s, such as even back to the 50s, such as like James Brown, Winston, Celine Collins, or even sometimes they'll sample some traditional folk music or other hip hop artists, like Public Enemy calling a gang Run DMC, as I mentioned before. And another big aspect of it is

rock music being blended with hip hop.

One big example of this is when Aerosmith and Run DMC had a collab that used a sample of Aerosmith song.

But I will probably go into that more in another episode, because I think there's a really interesting sensation that happens when you blend rock and hip hop, and it's just it's so much fun to listen to, and there's so much history to it that I couldn't get into all of it and just Be about

where are we at? Probably like 20 minutes that I watch each episode, hopefully I'll be able to get to longer. But for right now, it's 20 minutes and

that concludes that segment.

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Grammys look through to see what one what should have won, and how this can impact hip hop as a whole.

All right, let's get into it. I don't really have I need to get better transitions for this. But you know, right now, we're in the testing phase of everything. Hopefully, you know, by the time I get into more seasons, I'll be able to have a better overall production for you guys. But thank you. If you're still listening, let's

just get into the hip hop. Shall we

do she, she

finally has been recognized by the mainstream for winning Best Rap Album with alligator bites never heal. And I think that was a pretty easy choice for the Academy not to knock him down, but that was the one of the best hip hop albums of the year that got nominated. I mean, I wish that ScHoolboyQ bluelips could have gotten nominated. That was my personal pick.

But, you know, oh well, though she was a pretty good

complimentary prize, I guess you can say in that

domain, but she's an amazing hip hop artist. She is the

third women. I mean, she's now up and at upper echelon of female rappers with Cardi B and Lauren Hill, and I could argue that she is going to rise her way up to the kind of sensation that Lauren Hill became with the MIS education of Lauren Hill. She is that talented. So one of my favorite songs in the album were, you know, her bigger ones, like cat fish and

denial, is the river. I mean, she's She's good. She has great flow, a lovely when she gets aggressive, the production never lacks in this album. I know she isn't the primary producer, but the people she has on is really good. And when it comes to

the overall span of hip hop, I think it'd be great to see more female rappers and female musicians really get their shine, and especially in the Tampa region, where she gives a big shout out to and her acceptance speech, you might see more big hip hop artists coming out of Florida outside of just Denzel curry and Doshi. That's gonna be fun to see. Both of those artists are pretty good. So you know, she's setting the bar high on that one.

Kendrick Amar, also, he's swept a lot of big categories. I know it's not rare for a song to win both song and record of the year, but it's the first hip hop song now, I guess it's the first hip hop song to do so since Childish Gambino. This is America,

and I think we're starting to see this big sort of musical revolution where, you know, pop is the biggest music that's out there right now. You hear on almost every radio station that isn't specialized towards a certain genre. And we're going to be seeing that again with hip hop. I believe, I think it's going to start really making this big push into the mainstream, and it's largely thanks to artists like Kendrick and Mar entire Creator, who are starting to take the world by storm. You know, with the Super Bowl performance coming up, I, you know, I'm excited for that. I can't wait to see what they got going on. And it's, there's an amazing person that's being set for hip hop right now. This is the time where we're going to see a huge wave of artists that we haven't seen since the 90s. And it's, it's going to be an amazing ride. So make sure to buckle up and

get on the road.

And that concludes today's episode of Put Me On podcast. Thank you very much for listening. If you would like to be a co host on a show. Ms Septon, you know one two co host, whoever's willing to come on with me.

Just email me at LJ Brumley at NCSU most likely reply and be able to get you on with me. I'd love to have someone to I shouldn't delve too much into that. That makes me sound

lonely, but thank you very much for listening. I hope you are having a great day. I hope you continue to have a great day. And yeah, you know, keep that head rocking. You.

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