Rod the Magnif’s Coffee & Beats

Coffee & Beats Episode With Hostage Welcome back to the café! Award Winning Poet Hostage1914 stops by the café to discuss his latest album Lucille’s Son and future projects to come! Sit back relax and enjoy!  Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro (0:43) - History behind the name “Hostage 1914” (2:17) - Coffee & Tea Talk (5:01)- Inspiration Behind the Poetry (12:14) - Lucille’s Son Album Breakdown (24...

Welcome back to the cafe! In today’s episode, I will be playing catch up with some album Taste Testers that you might have missed or you might have already checked out. Also, I have a new creamer recommendation Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Intro/100 Subscribers Alert!!! (2:03) - Creamer Recommendation (2:41) - Jamila Woods - Water Made Us Key Songs: Tiny Garden,...

Welcome back to the cafe! In this episode I’ll be reviewing the new Cleo Sol album, James Blake and much more! Also, I have a Fall K-Cup packet review and an Artist to Watch at the end! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Intro (0:40) - Coffee Recommendations (2:51) - James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven Good songs: Big Hammer, Fire the Editor (7:35) - Laufey - Bew...

Welcome back to the Virtual Cafe! I am and joined by special guest Eljeepi & Jordan from the ATS Report to review the new Jungle Album! Please be nice to my friends in the comment section! And once again, stay musically grounded for life! Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro/Eclectic Vibes Reunite!! (2:37) - How Did We Discover the music duo Jungle? (9:10) - Favorite Tracks off the Album (13:24) - Least...

Welcome Back! In this side episode of Coffee & Beats I will be telling a story about how I bought my first ever hip hop album! The Thumbnail says it all! (0:00) - Intro (0:26) - HIP HOP!!! YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT! (1:08) - 50 Year Anniversary of Hip Hop Story Time Setup (2:37) - The Story Begins (7:23 ) - And the first Hip Hop Album I Ever bought is.......... (8:49 ) - New Mixtape Reminder/Outro...

Welcome back to the cafe! In this episode I’ll be reviewing the new Olivia Dean album, plus Aja Monet, Meshell Ndegeocello, Little Dragon and more! Also, it very important to watch this video all the way until the end as I shoutout all of my Coffee & Beats supporters! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMPS: (0:00)- Intro (0:34) - Reminders/End of the Show Shoutout Anticipation...

Welcome back to the cafe! Here are my selections for my top 10 Albums of 2023 so far this year! In no particular order. Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMPS: (0:00)- Intro/Coffee Recommendations (3:26) - TRIBEZ - Redbird (4:10) - Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! (5:00) - Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? (6:01) - Madison Mcferrin - I Hope You Can Forgive Me...

Welcome back to the cafe! How good is the new Kara Jackson and Madison Mcferrin albums? Keep watching to find out. Also I have a live Coffee Shop Cafe Shoutout for y’all as well! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMPS: (0:00)- Intro (0:28) - Gosia’s Coffee Shop Shoutout/Reminders (1:56) - Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? (6:34) - Madison Mcferrin - I Hope Y...

Welcome back to the cafe! How good is the new Jessie Ware, Baby Rose and Dinner Party albums? Keep watching to find out. Also check out my new Segment Coffee Vibes Only, where I review lesser known artist and give them their flowers!  Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life!  TIMESTAMPS: (0:00)- Intro (0:28) - Reminders/New Segment Alert! (1:55) - Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! (6:36) - Baby R...

Album Taste Tester Reviews Welcome back to the cafe! It’s been a while since my last episode so I’m playing a little catch up! Here’s some albums that I would like you to check out to see if it satisfies your musical palate! Also I got a new coffee cup!!!! Keep watching to find out where I got it from! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life!  TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Intro (0:43) - New Coffee Cup...

Welcome back to the cafe! I'm joined by J6man from Y.B.S.N to review the new Sophomore Self-titled Masego album! Keep listening to find out how we REALLY feel about the album! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Terrance Howard has Invaded the Intro!! (0:43) - Our Introduction to Masego (13:56) - Favorite and Least Favorite Tracks (20:15) - Top 5 Tracks (21:47) - Closi...

Welcome back to the Cafe, I have a lot of new album reviews including my thoughts on the new Kelela, Caroline Polachek, and Oddisee projects. Also, I have a K-Cup recommendation for you! Enjoy and Stay musically grounded for life! Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro/Creamer Recommendation (2:07) - Kelela - Swan (5:22) - Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (8:02) - Oddisee - To What End (10:...

Welcome back to the Cafe for this Season 4 Finale! In today’s episode I will be going over my top 25 albums of 2022! Below are a list of honorable mentions that just missed the cut! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! I’ll see you in season 5! Timestamp: (0:00) - Intro/Creamer Recommendation (01:45) - First 15 (12:04) - 10-5 (15:48) - 5-2 (18:57) - My Number 1 Album of 2023 is….. (20:15) -...

Welcome Back to the Cafe! Hope you enjoy these album reviews and coffee recommendations! Hope you enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro (1:45) - Creamer Recommendation (2:33) - My Interview with YBSN Shoutout (3:20) - Kadhja Bonet shoutout! (4:06) - SAULT audio album review alert! (4:33) - Homeboy Sandman - Satellite (6:59) - Ghost Funk Orchestra - A New Kind Of Lo...

Welcome to the back to the cafe! Here is an exclusive audio review of the new 5 album releases from the critically acclaimed UK Collective Group SAULT! Enjoy! Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro (4:14) - Earth (5:00) - AIIR (6:00) - Untitled (7:28) - Today & Tomorrow (9:02) - 11 (11:34) - Recap/Outro Interview With YBSN Link: (https://youtu.be/v5WWFtWsvD4)

Welcome back to the Café! Season 4 continues with a review of the new DOMi & JD BECK album also reviews for Sidibe, Robohands and Jazz is Dead 13. Hope you enjoy, and if there are some albums that you enjoy that you would like me to check out, shout them out in the comments! Stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMP: (0:00) - Intro/Coffee Recommendation (2:00) - Sidibe - Diamond in the Deser...

Welcome back to the Coffee & Beats Café! Back open for season 4!! Kicking things off with reviews for the new Regina Spektor & Stimulator Jones albums! Also a new creamer recommendation is on the way for you! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life!   TIMESTAMP:  ( 0:00 ) - Intro ( 3:04 ) - Regina Spektor - Home, before and after ( 7:55 ) - Stimulator Jones - Round Spiritual &...

Welcome back to the Café! Season 3 Finale presents my selection for the best albums of 2022 so far. I also have some honorable mentions that you can check out! Hope you enjoy, and if there are some albums that you enjoy that you would like me to check out! Stay musically grounded for life! See you in season 4! TIMESTAMP: (0:00) - Intro (0:18) - Reminders (1:16) - Honorable Mentions (6:35) - Top 10...

Welcome back to the Café! How good was Toro Y Moi - Mahal album? Keep watching to find out, also I have more reviews for new albums by SAULT, Darius & Internet sensation CARRTOONS! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMP: (0:00) - Intro (1:35) - Toro Y Moi - Mahal Key Tracks: Loop, Magazine, Medium, Postman, Deja Vu, Clarity (5:35) - Darius - Oasis Key Tracks :Equilibrium, Nothin...

Welcome back to the Cafe! You are just in time for our Album Taste Test! I’m here to help you try a different collection of albums and hopefully you like them! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! (0:00) - Intro (1:00) - LaBlue & Astrønne - Blue Phases Key Tracks: Keep It Smooth, Blue, Femme Du Crepuscule, Sous La Pluie, Liquide, Cafe Paris (2:25) - Baird - Birdsongs Vol. 3 Key Tracks:...

Welcome back to the Café! How good was Pete Rock's Petestrumental Vol. 4 album? Join me with Vibes and Stuff Podcast host Ian, as we breakniy will down for you! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMP: (0:00) - Intro (0:38) - Pete Rock - Petestrumental Vol. 4 (18:57) - Pete Rock - Das Me Da King

Welcome back to the Café! How good is the new album from Fana Hues? Listen to the review to find out. Also I will be reviewing the new Koffee - Gifted album and the new Kaelin Ellis - The Funk Will Prevail. I also have a big announcement, listen to find out! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! Timestamps:  (0:00) - Intro (1:23) - Coffee Recommendation (2:54) - Koffee - Gifted (5:48) -...

Welcome back to the Café! How good was Alex Isley’s comeback album, listen to the review to find out. Also I will be reviewing Ibibio Sound Machine and Jensen McRae’s new album. I also have a creamer recommendation! TIMESTAMP: (0:00) - Intro/Creamer Recommendation (2:27) - Jensen McRae - Are You Happy Now (7:13) - Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity (11:03) - Alex Isley - Marigold (16:04) - Future...

Welcome back to the Café! In this mini audio review I have to albums on deck by Luna Li & Raw Poetic! Also two bonus tracks at the end of the segment! Enjoy and stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMP: (0:00) - Intro/What I’m Drinking (2:03) - Luna Li - Duality (6:07) - Raw Poetic & Damu The Fudgemunk - Laminated Skies (9:22) - Outro (10:17) - Raw Poetic - Open Roads (14:51) - Luna Li - Silver...

Welcome back to the Café! Rod The Magnificent is taking a day off, so Bro. Sanders will be taking over giving you the latest jazz releases! Sit back, relax, and open your minds to some smooth jazz recommendations! Stay musically grounded for life! TIMESTAMP: (0:00) - Intro/Let’s Get Cozy with Bro. Sanders (1:57) - Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Weiss (2:47) - Blue Lab Beats - Motherland Journey (3:33)...