Second Avenue Podcast

This week, we’re joined by a fan-favorite guest: Brennen Granados! We’ll take a look at a bracket we found online with 16 rappers to decide which one has been the best over the past ten years. We’ll see rising stars face off against legends on the last leg of their career to see which artist has had the best output since 2013. Let us know who wins your bracket and tune into our Instagram story thi...

This week we take a look back at life ten years ago and pick our top five favorite albums from 2013. Join us for a look back at some of the albums that shaped our music taste from some of today’s biggest stars.

We’re back with our second album of the month: The Melodic Blue by Baby Keem. We talk about our favorite tracks, moments, and more on a project that helped cement Keem as one of the biggest rising stars in rap. We also talk about Kanye & Ty Dola $ign’s upcoming stadium listening event, rumors of Rihanna’s return to music, the latest music releases and more!

This week we’re blind ranking rappers based on who we would beat in 1-on-1 basketball, want to have perform at our birthday party, want to have as a roommate, and want to be a guest on the podcast. We also talk about this week’s upcoming releases, rumors of a Kanye listening party, Drake helping Yeat or J. Cole get a number one song, and more!

This week we’re talking about our initial thoughts on Drake’s new album “For All The Dogs.” We talk about our overall opinion, favorite songs, and whether Drake delivers “the old Drake” on this project. We also talk about an upcoming Post Malone & Westside Gunn collaboration, Donald Glover hinting at new Childish Gambino music, Kid Cudi revealing his upcoming album will be 40+ songs, and more!

It’s October, so it feels like the perfect time to drop a new seasonal playlist. We’ve dropped a summer playlist the past two years, but it’s finally time for our first fall playlist! Listen to the full episode for our picks of ten songs each that we think give off a fall vibe. We also talk about Damian Lillard & Jrue Holiday getting traded, the new Las Vegas Sphere, rumors of a new Kanye West...

It’s the tenth anniversary of Drake dropping Nothing Was The Same in 2013 so we’re kicking off our Album of the Month series by taking a look back at our favorite songs and sharing some of our memories listening to this project growing up. We also talk about this week’s releases, TikTok and Billboard’s new chart, the US government cracking down on ticket resellers, and more!

Football is finally back and this week we’re talking about some of our favorite NFL and football references in rap songs! We also talk about the releases from the past month, Drake’s “For All The Dogs” delay, Spotify’s new “Daylist” feature, and more!

We’re back with part two of our top 10 concerts and this episode it’s Elijah’s turn to talk about his top ten favorite concerts he’s seen. After multiple Rolling Loud festivals in different cities, Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash, and more shows, you won’t want to miss his top 10 full of rap superstars!

Jonathon recently went to his 100th concert after seeing Kendrick Lamar at Lollapalooza in August. So it feels like the perfect time to dive into his top ten concerts he’s ever seen. From surprise guests to great setlists, find out what makes these ten pass up the other 90+ concerts he’s seen. Stay tuned for Elijah’s top ten coming later this week!

We’re finally back from vacation to give our thoughts on Travis Scott’s newest release, UTOPIA. This was one of our most anticipated releases of the year so we’ll talk about how it lived up to our expectations, favorite songs, features, and more! We also talk about Jonathon’s trip to Lollapalooza, songs we’re listening to right now, and other new projects & singles to drop.

We’re back with our final pre-recorded episode of our vacation series to talk about our favorite albums of the 2020’s so far. We each picked one album from 2020, 2021, and 2022 to show some love this week and for some of our favorites of 2023 so far be sure to go check out our best of 2023 episode from a few weeks back!

We’re back with another shorter summer vacation episode where we’re playing a game we’ve seen all over our TikTok FYPs. We’re playing Wavelength where we’ll guess a number from different hints including songs, artists, TV shows, movies, sports teams, athletes and more!  We recorded this episode last week so we also discussed our pre-release predictions for Travis Scott’s Utopia! Come back August 1...

This week, we’ve each picked three albums we’ve had in rotation. Some are classics we used to love, while some are newer favorites, and some are essentials that never leave our speakers. Join us to reminisce on familiar tracks and hopefully you find a new favorite track along the way!

This week we’re taking a look at the artists selected to be part of the 2023 XXL Freshman Class, as well as showing some love to a few artists we think deserve a spot on the list. We’re also talking about Travis Scott’s Utopia release at the Pyramids of Giza, Drake’s “It’s All a Blur” tour kicking off, and the latest new releases.

We’re tied up 3-3 in the all-time aux battle series so it all comes down to this game seven matchup. We both selected one category from each aux battle we lost then let our Instagram followers choose the final category. This episode, we’ll be picking songs for 2000’s pop, by a “lil” rapper, released in our birth month, color in title, song with no features, 2023 song, and a meme song. Head to our...

Last weekend, Jonathon went to Summer Smash Friday & Elijah went on Sunday. In this week’s episode we recap our trips to Summer Smash, the artists we saw, and our favorite performers of the day. We also talk about this week’s releases, Drake’s album announcement, and more!

We’re nearly halfway through 2023, so we’re taking a look back at the first few months of the year and picking our favorite albums so far. Nearly every week in 2023 has seemed like the new releases were a letdown with the upper echelon of stars not dropping as often as we’ve seen in the past few years, but has it still been a good year so far? Listen for our thoughts and our favorite projects!

This week, we’re looking back at some of the biggest tracks of summer 2013. These tracks are turning ten years old this year and we’re each picking five tracks to keep from a pool of twenty of the biggest songs of that summer. But first, we talk Celtics-Heat game 7 & NBA Finals, then we welcome a surprise guest to tell us about her trip to the Taylor Swift Eras tour. To close, we talk about th...

We’re back with our sixth edition of aux battles. Jonathon leads the all-time series 3-2 and has a chance to close the best-of-seven series this week. We’ll each pick tracks for 2023 Song, Certified Hood Classic, 2010’s Pop, J. Cole, SoundCloud Classic, Artist we haven’t talked about on the podcast, and song from a video game soundtrack.

This week we’ve each picked five artists for the other to guess based on Spotify’s “Fans Also Like” recommended artists. Play along and see if you can figure out which artists are the correct answer! We also talk about the latest updates in Travis Scott’s Utopia rollout and this week’s new releases.

We’re back with the 2023 edition of our Summer Playlist picks. Last year we each picked ten tracks we’d add to our playlist, now we’re doing a new version with updated picks. From familiar favorites to new releases, this playlist is perfect for all the vibes and activities that Summer can feature. We also talk about the recent releases including IDK, Lil Durk & J. Cole, Chase B with Travis Sco...

For this week’s episode, we wanted a chance to talk about some artists and songs that we don’t mention enough. So we’ve each picked five rappers for the other person to name the song that instantly comes to mind when you hear their name. We also give our thoughts on Jack Harlow’s “Jackman”, the NBA playoffs, and Kendrick Lamar’s “The Big Steppers Tour” record-setting performance.

With Coachella weekend two wrapping up, it’s officially music festival season, so that means an updated version of the Festival Lineup $15 Challenge. We each have $15 to choose artists ranging from $1 to $5 each and create their perfect festival lineup. We also discuss Frank Ocean’s Coachella performance, Metro Boomin & Future’s potential collab album, and this week’s new music releases.

Inspired by the TikTok trend, for this week’s episode, we’ve each picked 50 artists, songs, and albums for each other to shuffle and rank without knowing what will come next. We also talk about the past two week’s releases including Daniel Caesar, Drake, Kaytraminé, and Ice Spice. Lastly, we discuss the Rolling Loud Miami and Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash lineup, as well as our thoughts on weekend...