The Music Snobs Podcast

Episode 014

The Music Snobs — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:30:00 GMT

Erykah Badu Guest Stars; Ghostface Killah; Image vs. artistry; The lyric you'd love to say in real life

Episode 013

The Music Snobs — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:43:00 GMT

Who is the Quincy Jones of the last 20 years?, Is the word "genius" overused?, Which music hero would you rather not meet?

Episode 012

The Music Snobs — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMT

Is Erykah Badu the most courageous artist of our time?, Is a church-singing background a perquisite for today's R&B singer?, One Short of A Classic

Episode 011

The Music Snobs — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:43:00 GMT

Movies About Music; MTV and BET; The Album You Should Have Heard, but Didn't

Episode 010

The Music Snobs — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:21:00 GMT

Robert Glasper; Experimentation vs. Indulgence; Highs and Lows in 2012

Episode 009

The Music Snobs — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:40:00 GMT

Get ready for all-out Snob warfare when Jehan informs Arthur, Scoop, and Isaac that we're living in the second Golden Age of Hip-Hop. When the dust settles from that conversation, the Snobs take time to reminisce over the life and death of New Jack Swing.

Episode 008

The Music Snobs — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:40:00 GMT

In Part 2 of the double-album/double-episode, the snobs continue to discuss the details of Prince's iconic career, with a special focus on the three albums that constitute the peak of his creativity: "Sign O' the Times", "The Black Album", and "Lovesexy".

Episode 007

The Music Snobs — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:40:00 GMT

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the release of **1999**, The Music Snobs cover PRINCE. Here they discuss, debate, and snob-alert their way through Prince's hits, proteges, girlfriends, b-sides, concerts, masterpieces, and unreleased songs.

Episode 006

The Music Snobs — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:40:00 GMT

The Snobs salute Detroit. Is this legendary city the all-time, uncontested music capital of the world? Next, they examine The Source Magazine's Top 50 Lyricists and discuss who was left off. Finally, the crew offer up their dream collaborations.

Episode 005

The Music Snobs — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The Snobs debate the disappearance of Black bands and whether or not their demise is a casualty of Hip-Hop’s rise; the controversy of ghostwriting in rap; and their guilty pleasures: the album on their iPod that gets their snob-card revoked.

Episode 004

The Music Snobs — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:58:00 GMT

The career of one Hip-Hop’s most revered MC’s is examined in Episode 004 when Scoop, Jehan, Isaac, and Arthur discuss Nas, from "Illmatic" to his just-released "Life Is Good". Also: the snobs pause to take a look at 2012’s best music—so far.

Episode 003

The Music Snobs — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:58:00 GMT

It's the battle of the Brits in Episode 003. Scoop, Jehan, Isaac, and Arthur present Amy Winehouse vs. Adele and ask: which of these two superstars is the better artist? Also: the snobs ponder the future of digital music and wonder if all of their CDs will be stored in the cloud?

Episode 002

The Music Snobs — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:00:00 GMT

The Music Snobs wonder if the explicit material of artists like Nicki Minaj targets young listeners, discuss whether or not cover art matters in the digital age, and ask for apologies from the one artist that's disappointed them most.

Episode 001

The Music Snobs — Wed, 6 Jun 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Isaac, Scoop, Jehan and Arthur discuss the imminent (?) return of D’Angelo; whether or not R. Kelly is the last, great soul singer; and our Desert Island Boxset picks.