The SoundCentric Podcast

Episode 63 | Stoic: Working with J.I.D, Mick Jenkins, and CJ Fly, Building a YouTube Channel As a Producer, Best Beats of 2023, and Much More

Adam and Sam bring on special guest, Stoic, who has over 88k subscribers on YouTube and a collab album with CJ Fly called "Piranha" dropping soon!
 
The guys discuss Stoic working with J.I.D and Mick Jenkins, building a successful YouTube page as a producer, our favorite beats of the year, and much more!
 
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:30 - Making a song with J.I.D
00:04:30 - The YouTube producer community 
00:06:40 - Are type beats good for music?
00:08:10 - How Stoic makes a beat and decided his producer tag
00:10:55 - How Stoic grew his YouTube channel to over 80k subscribers
00:13:10 - Spreading your luck surface area
00:15:00 - Best way for a producer to be found 
00:17:15 - Hearing multiple versions of a song over one of his beats
00:18:20 - Working in person vs. being sent finished product
00:19:35 - Importance of TikTok for producers
00:24:20 - Importance of Stoic's manager
00:27:00 - Artists Stoic has worked with
00:28:00 - Collab album with CJ Fly "Piranha"
00:31:00 - Importance of short form content as an artist 
00:32:15 - How Stoic collabs with artists 
00:34:20 - Album with Reyan "Dummy"
00:36:00 - Will Stoic make an instrumental album?
00:38:35 - Stoic's GOATs
00:40:10 - Favorite Tyler, the Creator beat 
00:41:40 - Drake should work with Alchemist 
00:43:10 - Stoic's favorite beats of the year
00:48:45 - Sampling is an art
00:50:00 - Should all songs be able to be sampled?
00:54:15 - Closing thoughts 
 
 
 
 
 

Episode 62 | Philip of Volksgeist: How To Build Your YouTube Channel, The Importance of Hip-Hop, Our Most Anticipated Albums, and Much More

Adam and Sam bring on special guest, Philip, creator of Volksgeist and Watch Nebula, who has over 350k subscribers and millions of views on YouTube.
They discuss how to build your YouTube channel, the importance of hip-hop, disappointing mainstream 2023 releases, our highly anticipated albums, and much more!
 
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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Playlist title of the week
1:55 - Brent Faiyaz and Sampha new album
6:45 - How Philip started Volksgeist
9:45 - How Philip decides what content to make
12:30 - How long should your YouTube video be
15:17 - How Volksgeist evolved
16:35 - How AI can be useful to creators
19:00 - How Volksgeist uses analytics
20:30 - The creation of Watch Nebula 
22:45 - Artists building small but dedicated communities 
26:55 - There is no new Kanye coming
30:10 - Making click bait material 
33:05 - Rappers vs. artists
36:25 - Riding musical trends
38:35 - Disappointing 2023 mainstream albums
42:10 - Will A$AP Rocky drop?
44:15 - SZA deluxe album 
45:05 - JID and Metro album
46:25 - Volksgeist doesn't like J. Cole
49:30 - Thoughts on Mac Miller and Kanye
51:05 - British rap
51:30 - Thoughts on The Weeknd
52:40 - Meek Mill needs better beats
53:25 - Volksgeist grew out of Tyler, The Creator
54:45 - Volksgeist hates Kid Cudi
55:45 - Thoughts on Griselda and Freddie Gibbs
57:55 - How streaming will continue to effect music
1:00:00 - The importance of hip-hop
 
 
 
 
 
 

Episode 61 | Elsie Not Elise: Westside Gunn Album Review, Drake’s New Album, Future of AI, and Much More

Adam and Sam are joined by special guest, Elsie, who has amassed over 300k followers on TikTok and has an amazing YouTube channel that does deep dives on music from artists like Frank Ocean and Westside Gunn.
 
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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Playlist title of the week
3:30 - Westside Gunn on trap beats
5:45 - Death of superstars
9:15 - Rise of indie artists 
11:15 - How Elsie makes her videos
12:20 - How Elsie started her page
14:45 - How Elsie picks what content to discuss
16:50 - TikTok's algorithm 
19:00 - Elsie's Frank Ocean video
21:05 - How much do artists owe fans
24:50 - Who should have and opinion about music?
29:00 - Albums needing time to digest
31:40 - Westside Gunn album review
34:00 - Keeping artists in a box
36:30 - Is hip-hop dying?
41:40 - Importance of your brand as an artist?
42:20 - AI changing music
46:45 - Closing thoughts   

Episode 60 | Bryce Fitts: Logic’s Top 5 Songs Ever, Travis Scott’s Tour, Playboi Carti, Rap Rock, & More

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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Logic intro
6:55 - Logic's top 5 songs ever
18:15 - Our favorite Logic albums
21:15 - Playlist titles of the week
23:40 - Understanding Playboi Carti and Ken Karson
29:20 - The importance of Producers in "opium" rap
33:25 - Opium rap reaching the mainstream
36:10 - A review of Travis Scott's Utopia tour 
47:20 - Favorite albums of 2023 so far 
55:15 - Closing thoughts 

Episode 59 | Drake Album Review, Ranking Drake’s Time Stamp Songs, Most Disappointing Albums Recently, and Much More

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0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Adam's thoughts on "For All the Dogs"
9:45 - Sam's thoughts on 'For All the Dogs"
13:30 - Should Drake be more mature?
16:25 - Gaining respect for Drake's older albums
20:05 - Playlist titles
22:35 - Previewing new Westside Gunn album 
24:00 - Most disappointing albums of the 2020s so far
32:05 - Ranking Drakes timestamp series 
38:10 - Closing thoughts