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Drake's long-awaited sixth official studio album 'Certified Lover Boy' broke Apple Music and Spotify 2021 records for the largest streaming debut within a single day, beating Drake's own previous album record with 'Scorpion' in 2018. With 21 jam-packed tracks clocking in at just under an hour and a half, Drake gives his fans and critics plenty of material to digest. Listen as we discuss our though...

The Music Matters Media Podcast is officially back in action, relaunched, and ready to go! Despite having no new episodes released since the pandemic hit, the platform Music Matters Media has built a community of dedicated fans who have continued listening and have even gone back through our archive and spread the word to new listeners. As of September 2021, we surpassed the yearly streaming numbe...

'Funeral' is the thirteenth studio album by Lil Wayne. It features guest appearances by Big Sean, Lil Baby, Adam Levine, Jay Rock, 2 Chainz, Takeoff, the late XXXTentacion, The-Dream, Lil Twist, and O.T. Genasis. Listen as we discuss how we felt overall about the 24-track album, we talk about the quality of the features on this project and we discuss if it holds up to Wayne's big return to music w...

The Super Bowl LIV halftime show took place on February 2, 2020, at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was co-headlined by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, with guest appearances by J Balvin, Bad Bunny, and Lopez's daughter, Emme Muñiz. On today's episode we share our overall thoughts on the halftime show, we talk about Shakira’s and Jennifer Lopez's performances individually, and we t...

'Manic' is Halsey's third studio album and arguably her best effort yet! Listen as we discuss why this album is such an emotional roller coaster, we talk about the depth of what some of these songs actually mean and of course, we give you guys our top five favorite tracks off of ‘Manic’. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/musicmattersmedia Fo...

The 62nd annual Grammy award show took place last night so we decided to take the opportunity to record our thoughts live! Listen as we react to the nominations and winners of each category and find out who were our favorite performances of the night. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/musicmattersmedia For the full list of categories and win...

Selena Gomez has officially kicked off the new year by making her big return to music with her third solo studio album titled 'Rare'. For our 70th episode of the Music Matters Media podcast we talk about Selena's journey throughout the years, we give our thoughts about her latest release and of course, we give you guys our top five favorite picks off of 'Rare'. Visit our website: https://musicmatt...

For our first episode of the new year, we created a list of our top 20 most anticipated releases! Listen as we discuss our list of artists that we wish would release new music this year and for our most anticipated albums that have already been confirmed for 2020. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/musicmattersmedia

2019 is coming to an end and with so much fantastic music that was released this year, it would be criminal not to give you guys a breakdown of our top ten favorite albums of the year. Listen now to hear our honorable mentions of albums that just fell short of making our list, find out which albums we consider our favorite top ten of the year, and listen for who ultimately stole our hearts for the...

We're officially back just in time to give you two final episodes of the year! In this episode we talk about the last concert we attended in 2019, we discuss all of the shows we have been to throughout the year and we pick our top three favorite shows. Stay tuned until the end to find out which concert took our number-one spot! Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Me...

Simple Creatures just released their second EP this year titled 'Everything Opposite'. Listen as we give a track-by-track review of the EP, we compare it to their initial 'Strange Love' EP release and we pick our top three favorite tracks! Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr.ee/musicmattersmedia

Blink-182's tour with Lil Wayne has come to an end and we have a lot to say about it! We talk about our experience watching the grand finale of the tour at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, we talk about one of Lisa's video's going viral online and we discuss blink-182's latest album NINE. To watch the videos: Instagram: @Lisa_182 Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters...

Angels & Airwaves are officially back in action with two new singles and they are currently touring again for the first time in seven years! We discuss seeing the band live in at the PlayStation Theater in NYC, we talk about their two latest songs, and we go down memory lane ranking some of our favorite songs and albums in their discography. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Mu...

With the overwhelming amount of feedback we received from our last episode, we decided to continue the discussion on Jack White's cell phone ban policy by reading some of your comments! Listen as we read and continue to weigh in on your responses about the pros and cons of phones at shows. Also, make sure you stay tuned until the end of today's episode for a special thank you in celebration of the...

If you're planning on going to a Jack White related concert, be prepared to be phone-free throughout the show. White encourages concertgoers to "live in the moment" at his shows and enforces a strict no phone policy through a phone pouch lock service called 'Yondr'. Is this idea genius or completely ridiculous? We dive into our phoneless experience at the Raconteurs concert and we have a general d...

After seeing the Backstreet Boys live on their 'DNA' world tour, we took a trip down memory lane of 90s and early 2000s boy band nostalgia. On today's episode, we discuss some of our favorite boy bands, we talk about the Backstreet Boys vs. *NSYNC debate, and I give Erick a pop quiz on some of the most popular boy bands from our childhood. Visit our website: https://MusicMattersMedia.com/ 
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Today marks our 60th episode of the Music Matters Media podcast! For the big 60, we dive into the world of Jon Bellion. We discuss seeing him live for his big hometown show at Jones Beach Theater, we review his latest album 'Glory Sound Prep', and we give our top five favorite songs from his sophomore release! Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music Matters Media links: linktr....

On July 19th at the Good Morning America summer concert series blink-182 announced and confirmed that their new album will be dropping on September 20th! On today’s episode, we discuss the GMA concert, we rank Blink’s three latest singles from the new album, and we give five tips of advice to future concertgoers for live TV show tapings. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.com/ All Music...

The Marshall Tucker Band is an American rock band from South Carolina known for incorporating blues, country, and jazz elements into their sound. The band also helped establish the "Southern rock" genre in the early 1970s. Today my dad and I (you read that right!) will be discussing their show from the 'Through Hell and High Water...and Back Tour 2019.' We talk about his experience seeing them liv...

'thank u, next' is the fifth full-length studio album that was released by Ariana Grande earlier this year via Republic Records. On today's episode, we talk about her live performance during her 'Sweetener World Tour 2019', we review 'thank u, next' and discuss our least favorite and favorite tracks off of the album, and we talk about her choice of lead singles from her latest effort. Visit our we...

David Rust a.k.a Dat Boy DOPE, D.O.P.E standing for "Defying Other People's Expectations", is an up-and-coming hip-hop artist from Long Island, New York. In my interview with David, we talk about the creation of his debut full-length album titled "Reroute" and we dive into the meaning behind certain songs off of the album. We also discuss why David chose to name the album "Reroute" and the inner w...

Lil Wayne and Blink-182 are going on tour together this summer and the response from both of their fan bases sparked the idea behind this episode! In today's episode, we discuss different genre crossovers, we analyze today's current state of hip-hop compared to the rock music community, and we give three tips to help avoid elitism among music lovers. Visit our website: https://musicmattersmedia.co...

Casey Cole is the lead singer and guitarist from the alternative rock band Bass and Sound. In my interview with Casey we discuss the origin and history of the band, we talk about the dynamics of Bass and Sound additionally being a cover band, and we dive into the meaning behind their new song "Born in the Movies" and the potential of a future EP centered around the same theme. Make sure you stay t...

Vikki S is an extremely versatile singer and songwriter. She is known for experimenting with Pop, Jazz, R&B and most recently, EDM. On today's episode we discuss Vikki's very humble beginnings and her many accomplishments and accolades that she has achieved since starting out when she was only four years old. We also talk about her latest single featuring our former guest JonOne called "Digital Lo...

David Dross is the co-vocalist and bassist from the punk rock band No Advisory. In our interview with David we discuss the origin and history of the band, David announces the name of their new EP coming out on May 16th, and we go over a track-by-track of what you can expect on their new EP. Stay tuned until the end of today's episode to hear the premiere of a brand new No Advisory song called "Hom...