Music, Maria...& Drake!

By god, our AI episode is finally here! We consulted the esteemed knowledge of the Snapchat AI to give us albums to listen to this week and they didn't disappoint! Stick around as Drake is talking about "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" by Ms. Lauryn Hill and Maria delves into "Master of Puppets" by Metallica. We also chat about Lauryn Hill's career shooting average and...

Greetings, friends! This week's episode is brought to you by the power of FRIENDSHIP. We'll be chatting about a few of our favorite side projects, some off-shoots from bands we've come to know and love. Today, Maria will be talking "Marching in Time" by Tremonti, the solo band endeavor from Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti - while Drake will be chatting about &q...

Hi friends! This week, we're talking about specific albums in certain artists' discographies that we think could use more love, for one reason or another. Not to be confused with our underrated album episode, these are just albums we feel are fantastic standouts in our respective artist's catalogs and we invite you to check them out! Drake is unpacking "Lasers", the third stu...

Hey friends! Drake is back from the great beyond this week, let us rejoice. Today, we're talking about our favorite EPs, including "A Wisp in the Atlantic" by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork and "lockdown sessions" by Machine Gun Kelly. Tune in to hear us chat about our thoughts on those, including some fun new words that Drake gets to add to his vocabulary as our...

Howdy y'all! We're excited to bring you this fun bonus content to your earholes for this week! While Drake is away, we decided to have ourselves a fun little Kelly & Ryan moment where I'll be joined by a special co-host, my good friend, Lilo. Noted commentator on things and confirmed a good time, they're here to bring the sass and energy for this episode while we attempt to roa...

Hi friends! We're back with our impromptu Season 2 premiere and we're packed with the shenanigans you've come to know and love. This week, we're feeling a little super, talking our favorite soundtracks from recent movies. Drake will be talking about the soundtrack from Across the Spiderverse by Metro Boomin while Maria will be giving her thoughts on the soundtrack from Zack Snyder&...

Hi friends, we've heard the ruckus. We hear ya' loud and clear. More hijinks, more lame impressions, more riveting commentary from your two favorite unqualified music-loving millenials coming soon! Season 2 of Music, Maria ... & Also Drake, coming to your earholes back again this Friday! Don't miss out.

Hello! Yes, we know it's Monday. We know we're late. We hope you accept our apology in the form of shirtless Creed on our Instagram. Today's episode comes LIVE from Drake's Prius! We decided to compile 5-song playlists to share on our way to the Between the Buried & Me concert in Chicago, so we hope you enjoy. Playlists are before the usual thanks and credits, we'll see ya...

Hey y'all! From our conversation with our friend Matt, we bring you a fun little snippet that didn't quite make it into our initial episode with him. We're talking about some of the things he hates, with a dash of things he doesn't mind. He was even in a cover band! We hope you enjoy this bonus content and we'll catch you next week for another full-sized episode of shenanigans....

Hey y'all! With another week in the books, we're a bit sleepy and unhinged. Join us, will you? We're talking about bands and their respective breakout albums. These projects really put them on the map and solidified them as the forefront of their genre. Maria will be talking "Colors" from prog metal band Between the Buried and Me while Drake is chatting about "Stankonia&...

That's right! Another guest spot this week and we couldn't be more stoked to welcome our friend (and yours) Matt Mayday to the pod. In what's definitely our most unhinged episode yet, we talk about Depeche Mode, their 1990 album "Violator" and about 72 other things because we can't stay on topic to save our lives. We hope you enjoy the ride! (And also, you didn't hear...

Happy Friday! Today's Opposite Day here on the pod and we're looking to get WACKY. Think...Freaky Friday with Lindsey Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, but with 95% less of a clue of what's actually going on. Maria's giving out a rock album, Drake had a rap album to share, pure madness! Tune in and enjoy while Maria talks about hip-hop instrumentalist duo Black Violin's solo self-tit...

Another week, another episode, this time with extra lady power! This week, Drake's talking "Pink Friday" by Nicki Minaj and Maria's giving her thoughts on "Abyss", the 2020 project from female-fronted metal band Unleash the Archers. We also attempt "Unpack That: Therapy in a Box" during our mini-game and it DEFINITELY went well. Tune in for the madness. Openin...

Happy Friday, folks! Today, we're chatting about our favorite debut albums. Drake will be talking about "Thank Me Later" from his namesake, the person he was clearly named after, Canadian rapper Drake -- and Maria will be taking on "Year of the Tiger", a solo project from Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy. We even have a special guest joining us for Drake's (not the r...

Happy Friday, friends! Look at us being timely for once. Hope you had an awesome week and we're stoked to be back with a brand-new mini game, as well as chats regarding some fun recent finds of ours. Today, we'll be talking the three part EP series "Trilogy: Other Things / Sweet Nothings / The End Of Everything" from Plini and "Hoodie SZN" by A Boogie wit da Hoodie (Mar...

Thanks for the patience as we cranked this out a little late this week! Today's episode, we're chatting about Coheed and Cambria with their obnoxiously long titled album "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow" and Frank Ocean's "channel ORANGE". We discuss loving who you wanna love, what makes R&B a compelling genre all on its o...

Howdy friends! In this week's episode, we're mixing things up a bit. We're super pumped to invite our good friend Travis Horn to the pod, to assemble our dream fantasy picks for the year 2008. Categories are as follows: Favorite Rock Song, Favorite Rap Song, Favorite Pop Song, Favorite Album & Wildcard! War lines are drawn, fighting words are said, and there might be something in h...

Hello! No need to adjust your listening device. It's us, posting this week's episode on a Sunday. This week, we're chatting about "The Devil You Know" from Heaven & Hell, as well as Mac Miller's project "Swimming". Join in this week as we try to form a singular coherent thought between the two of us and why Drake garnered not one, not two, but THREE consecut...

On the road to our special 10th episode, we hope you've enjoyed the journey so far! Today, we're talking about Kendrick Lamar's acclaimed album "good kid, m. A.A.d. city" and the double album "The Astonishing" from prog metal band Dream Theater. If you're expecting any kind of professional, technical discourse about musicality -- first off, why? Secondly, are yo...

Breakups are never easy, let's be real. This week, we're talking about our favorite albums from bands that are no longer making music together. Maria definitely confuses one rock band for another and Drake reveals one of the bands on his short list of artists he hates. Who is it, you ask? Listen and find out! Also, if you haven't already, follow the pod on Instagram: @musicmariaandalso...

Happy Friday y'all! As the podcast you never asked for, we wanted to spend some time talking about things you DID ask about. Tune in this week as we attempt to answer several burning questions from listeners and friends alike. Big thanks to Travis, Nina, Jared, Glenn, Kayla and Tony for all chiming in! (Editing note: Regarding the outro, while Run-DMC was the first rap artist to have regular r...

What's the first album you've ever bought with your own money? That's the theme of this week and we're discussing John Cena's 2005 album "You Can't See Me" and "Virus" from Hypocrisy. Also, two rules this week: Don't ask us to do geography and don't look up the lyrics to "Blooddrenched" by Hypocrisy. Trust us on this. Thank us later. Op...

If there's anything about this show, it's that we're goddamn professionals. We're rockin' a one-mic setup today, baby. Join us this week as we discuss albums from our favorite artists, including Mac Miller's 2016 project "The Divine Feminine" and 2013's "Fortress" from rock band Alter Bridge. This time with 33% more awkward pauses and the shenanigans...

Everyone at one time has judged a book by its cover. This week, both Maria & Drake offered each other an album they were surprised they actually enjoyed from their respective genres. Maria chose the posthumous album from SoundCloud rap pioneer Lil Peep titled “Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2” while Drake chose metal group Leprous and their 2019 project “Pitfalls”. Wowza. Typical shenanigans occ...

Greetings, pals! The theme of today? Recent Albums! AKA anything we've really dug that's been released in the last 5 years or so. And the vibe? CHAOS. PURE UNBRIDLED CHAOS. We're dropping mics, we're confusing words, we're talking rap beef! We've got it all this week! Join us for what's surely our most chaotic and unhinged episode yet! Come on the journey as we also discuss traversing the plains o...