The SoundCentric Podcast

Episode 103 | Volksgeist Talks Playboi Carti Album, A$AP Rocky's Album Rollout, the Issue with Hip-Hop Journalists + More

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00:01:00 - intro
00:02:00 - The stigma around video essays
00:03:00 - The issue with current music journalism and their issue with Volksgeist
00:07:30 - the positive sides of written journalism
00:10:00 - The goal of Volksgeist’s videos how he is educating people
00:12:40 - Our thoughts on the Playboi Carti album and its long rollout
00:13:40 - A quick detour about how awesome concerts are
00:16:00 - Back to Carti album talk
00:19:20 - Adams hot take on The Weeknd and Tyler, the Creator
00:24:30 - Our excitement level for A$AP Rocky’s “Don’t Be Dumb” and the issue with its rollout
00:31:40 - Drake and Kendrick one year later and Kendricks hypocrisy
00:39:20 - What Kendrick Lamar and hip-hop has taught us
00:41:00 - Closing thoughts

Episode 102 | Annabelle Talks Building That Good Sh*t, Mount Rushmore of Interviewers, Opening for Doechii + So Much More

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:00 - Our reaction to Doechii’s grammy win
00:03:15 - Artists we were “early” on (featuring Tommy Richman, Lexa Gates, and Chance the Rapper)
00:07:00 - How Annabelle goes about listening to submissions and how to stand out when submitting
00:10:00 - does Annabelle let view metrics guide her content?
00:11:00 - How That Good Sh*T started
00:14:00 - How Annabelle landed on the branding for TGS
00:16:00 - How Annabelle built her TGS team
00:19:50 - Anabelle’s research process for interviews
00:21:40 - Our Mount Rushmore of interviewed
00:25:00 - Tips for interviewing
00:27:00 - How Annabelle deals with impostor syndrome
00:31:10 - how Annabelle deals with hate
00:35:00 - How Annabelle got into DJing
00:39:00 - opening for Doechii and Teezo touchdown
00:41:00 - Our favorite concerts ever
00:45:00 - Favorite music region right now
00:47:00 - A message to people who say hiphop is dying
00:49:00 - Closing thoughts

Episode 101 | Ykmyname Recaps 2025 Grammys and Talks New Album

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00:0:00 - Intro
00:03:00 - Grammys Intro
00:06:35 - The Grammys were… great?
00:08:30 - Kanye’s wife arrives naked and announces new album
00:10:30 - Kendrick sweeps Grammys wins 5 awards
00:12:30 - Is Drake going R&B a good move for his return?
00:17:40 - Doechii wins Rap Album of the Year 
00:20:30 - TDE is the San Antonio Spurs of hip-hop
00:24:00 - Best debut rap albums 
00:26:00 - beyonce wins her first grammy 
00:28:30 - Are the Grammys anti-drake?
00:34:00 - Anderson Paak and Rapsody win awards 
00:35:00 - YK drops new album "Dusta Da Vinci
00:37:50 - How YK thought of plan to drop an album every month 
00:39:00 - Production on the album 
00:41:00 - How to balance mastering your craft while still releasing music 
00:47:40 - Making music is supposed to be fun
00:51:00 - Artists who have switched their rap names
 

Episode 100 | Dru Kelly & Stix Recap 2024, Talk New Music, and Our Goals for 2025

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:00 - Celebrating the 100th episode of the podcast
00:04:00 - Reflecting on hip-hop’s 2024
00:04:40 - Drake had a rough 2024
00:08:40 - Recapping Kendrick’s year
00:09:20 - J. Cole had a weird year, but kind of great?
00:10:15 - Dru’s top 5 albums of the year
00:!3:45 - Stix’s top 5 albums of the year
00:16:15 - Stix favorite beat from this year
00:18:00 - Adam didn’t like Tyler, the Creator’s “Chromokopia”
00:19:40 - Adam’s top 5 albums of the year
00:28:00 - Dru’s top 5 songs of the year
00:30:30 - Stix’s top 5 songs of the year
00:34:10 - Adam’s top 5 songs of the year
00:38:30 - The best verse of 2024
00:41:40 - The best lyric of 2024
00:44:10 - Reflecting on Dru and Stix’s album “Aileen”
00:50:25 - Dru’s new music coming
00:55:45 - How dru and stix handle musical debates
00:57:00 - Our goals for 2024
01:01:00 - Closing thoughts

Episode 99 | Danny Pleckham Talks Concert Photography Career, Mount Rushmore of Album Covers, Ranking Mac Miller's Albums + More

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00:00:00 - intro
00:02:20 - 2024’s spotify wrapped
00:03:45 - new artists from 2024 we going
00:05:40 - do we read the concert tracklists  before the show
00:07:15 - 2024 is the year of surprise drops (Smino, J. Cole, Kendrick)
00:09:45 - ranking mac miller’s discography
00:13:30 - How Danny got his start shooting photography
00:18:15 - How Cole Bennett and Lyrical Lemonade inspired Danny
00:19:45 - do you need expensive cameras or lenses to be a great photographer
00:21:15 - How Danny concert photography started with a 50/50 chance at a JUICE WRLD show
00:25:30 - How a random run in led to shooting for Chance the Rapper
00:27:45 - How Danny linked with DJ Drama
00:29:15 - Doing unpaid work to climb up the ranks
00:31:15 - how one moment can change trajectory of your life
00:33:00 - Do artists reach out to Danny after he shoots their shows
00:33:45 - How Danny’s photography went from side gig to a career
00:38:00 - Getting to shoot at Summer Smash
00:40:00 Mount Rushmore of performers
00:43:00 - how artist can enhance their live performance
00:44:15 - Danny goes viral with Kendrick Lamar GNX inspired design
00:46:15 - Mount Rushmore of album covers
00:49:00 - Mac Miller has the best artist merchandise and a hot take on artist merchandise
00:52:00 - Closing thoughts