Barbershop Quintet Podcast

I invite a guest and we share our Top 5 songs from one of today's and all time's most influential rap and artist in general, who singlehandedly created a culture and a vibe that is a gift and a curse, Travis Scott and his most recent album, Astroworld. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not.

I invite a guest and we share our Top 5 songs from one of today's influential and unique standouts in the rap scene for the past decade or so, Kid Cudi, and his 3rd album after arguably two of his biggest projects in Man on The Moon I and II, Indicud, as it has reached its 10 year anniversary since the release. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and de...

1 theme. 2 DJs. 20 songs. 2 house parties. Which one are you going to? A head-to-head battle between my best friend, and me, as we curate 10 songs each under certain criteria and themes, as you, the listeners at home, get to vote on whose house party you will go to.  

I invite a guest and we share our Top 5 songs from one of today's most vocally talented pop artists and current chart toppers, Ariana Grande, and her 5th and arguably most controversial album which dropped in 2019, thank u, next. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not. 

I share my Top 5 songs from one of today's most talented, sophisticated, and, influential R&B artists of our generation, Usher, and his earlier sophomore album, My Way, which also has reached its 25th anniversary in 2022. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not. 

1 theme. 2 DJs. 20 songs. 2 house parties. Which one are you going to? A head-to-head battle between my best friend, and me, as we curate 10 songs each under certain criteria and themes, as you, the listeners at home, get to vote on whose house party you will go to.  

A familiar guest and friend of the show come back and we both share our Top 5 songs from one of today's most talented, and, influential new-generational R&B artists who conquered the synth sounds of the 80s, After Hours, which has broken records even though it was dropped right in the midst of COVID-19 in 2020. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100...

In this episode of the Quick 5 segment, I have invited a close friend and fellow sports fan of mine, as we discuss the NFL season so far, and break down who we think is under the most pressure going into next season. And as an added bonus, we went through a draft to build our NFL Team of the Year for the 22-23 season. 

My guest and I share our Top 5 songs from one of today's most talented and influential lyricists of if not all time, then in our generation, J. Cole and one of his earlier projects and arguably his 1st official album (not mixtape), The Sideline Story. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not.

In this episode, my guest sits with me as we share our thoughts on the season, and award predictions as we head into the all-star break. In the Buzzcut Lightning Round...well, we don't have one, but instead, we ran drafts for the 2023 All-Star game with our own picks of the reserves, all-time 3-point, dunk contests, and much more.

My guest and I share our Top 5 songs from one of today's most polarizing rappers and lyricists, Big Sean's 3rd release, Dark Sky Paradise. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not.

My guest and I share our Top 5 songs from a legend of our generation, Usher's highest critically-acclaimed album, Confessions. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not.

My guest and I share our Top 5 songs from one of the current day's biggest chart-topping pop artists and vocalists of all time, Bruno Mars' sophomore album as it reaches it has reached its 10-year anniversary in 2022, Unorthodox Jukebox. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not.

My guests and I share our Top 5 songs from one of last year's most polarizing albums from two of the most dominant current-day rappers, Drake and 21 Savage's album, Her Loss. We also dive deeper into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic.

In this episode, my guests sit down with me as they share their top 5 albums and songs of the year (that may be parallel to their Spotify's Wrapped). My guests also share the new artist they have discovered this year; they share their thoughts on the contrast between Kendrick's and Drake's project releases; and predictions on next year's breakout artists and many other predictions as well. In the...

My guest and I share our Top 5 songs from one of the current day's most influential artists and lyricists of all time, J. Cole's most renowned and critically-acclaimed album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not.

My guest and I share our Top 5 songs from Chance the Rapper's most religion-centered and his 3rd "mixtape", The Coloring Book. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not.

My guest and I share our Top 5 songs from one of Jay-Z's if not his most critically acclaimed and first of the trio, The Blueprint. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not.

In this episode of the Quick 5 segment, I have invited my in-house anime expert, my brother onto the show. As we are sitting in the midst of fall and heading into the winter, we both share our 5 anime shows that will keep you warm and fuzzy at home. 

In this episode of Quick 5, I make my predictions on which 16 out of the 32 teams will make it out of the group stages, and which 5 countries will have the best chance of winning it all this year. I also predict this tournament's best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, and striker. 

My guest and I share our Top 5 songs from Chris Brown's sophomore album, as it reaches its 15th year anniversary this year, Exclusive, the Expanded Edition. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not.

In this episode, I bring the boys BACK. We share our most significant "what if" moments in NBA history in the past 25 years, but just injuries and transactions, not gameplay. My guests also share their thoughts on the chances of MJ winning 8 in a row if he didn't retire; the higher Basketball Hall of Fame chances between sets of several players like Westbrook vs Harden or Klay vs Dray; and they ma...

My guest and I share our Top 5 songs from the King of Pop, Michael Jackson's arguably most world-renowned album, Thriller as it reaches its 40th year anniversary this year. We also take a deeper dive into what this album meant to us, rate it out of 100, and determine if it's a classic or not.

In this episode of Quick 5, I have invited a friend of mine, and a fellow enemy and mate, who's usually near the top of the league standings in an NBA fantasy league that I started almost nearly 10 years ago,  to discuss our predictions on who will blow up in head-to-head NBA fantasy leagues this year. We also give out share some of our players we'd like to take risks on and just safe bets th...

In this episode of Quick 5, my housemate, his buddy, and I decided to take a weekend trip out to Montréal. For those who know Montréal and food, the poutine, a bed of fries, dropped with a heap of cheese curds on top and smothered with layers of gravy, is if not their most, it would be one of their most well-known foods that you must try when there. Not only did we try the base level poutine from...