Second Avenue Podcast

This week, Jonathon and Elijah created a bracket featuring some of Drake’s biggest hits throughout his career so they can decide which Drake chart-topping track is the best of them all. They also discuss this week’s new music releases including EST Gee, Ab-Soul, Blood Orange, and more. They also talk about the Anthony Fantano and Drake leaked DM situation.

Jonathon and Elijah rank some of the most iconic producer tags in rap. They rank fifteen of the most popular tags out today. Then, they discuss Nav’s new album, the upcoming final Brockhampton project, Vince Staples' Netflix show coming soon, and more!

Jonathon and Elijah take a look at some of the best (and worst) rapper tweets of all time. Then they discuss this week’s releases, The Weeknd’s upcoming HBO show, DaBaby’s low ticket sales, J. Cole’s NBA 2k cover, and more.

In this week’s episode, Jonathon and Elijah take a look back at 32 of the most iconic songs from one of the most beloved years in recent music history. Then they discuss a huge week of music releases with JID finally dropping his album & DJ Khaled dropping another project loaded with the biggest names in the game. They also touch on the rise and fall of AI Rapper FN Meka.

Jonathon and Elijah are back with another edition of guessing Pitchfork ratings for rap albums. This week they each picked ten albums for the other to guess how Pitchfork scored them. Then, they discuss this week’s releases, a Supreme and Andre 3000 collab, and Blonde’s sixth anniversary.

Jonathon and Elijah face off in the first episode of rap trivia. They have to name songs based on lyrics, samples, features artists & producers, NBA references, pick which song has more streams, and more! Then, they discuss this week’s new music releases, Kanye announcing Skete’s death, Drake’s new face tattoo, and more!

Last week, Mac Miller’s Swimming and Travis Scott’s Astroworld celebrated their fourth anniversaries so Jonathon and Elijah decided to take a look back at one of the most stacked years for music releases in recent memory. Then, they discuss the Young Money reunion, Travis Scott’s return to headlining concerts, Kendrick Lamar working on new music already, Kanye teasing Donda 2 coming to streaming s...

Elijah recaps his trip to Miami for Rolling Loud. From Kid Cudi’s set being cut short to Travis Scott’s surprise appearance, he details his most notable moments from the festival and talks about getting ready for Rolling Loud New York this fall. Then, Jonathon and Elijah discuss Joey Bada$$’s “2000”, Barack Obama’s summer playlist, and more!

In this week's episode, Jonathon and Elijah rank some of their favorite albums based on their cover art. Then, they talk about Elijah's upcoming trip to Rolling Loud Miami, Kendrick Lamar's The Big Steppers Tour setlist, Joey Badass' upcoming album, and more!

In today’s episode, Jonathon and Elijah decide which albums they would choose if they could only listen to ten albums for the rest of their lives. Then they discuss this week’s releases including Steve Lacy, DJ Premier, and more! They also touch on Brent Faiyaz’s first week sales, Drake’s October World Weekend, and Frank Ocean’s Blonded Radio. To close the episode, they pick which track would be t...

Since we're just past the halfway point of 2022, Jonathon and Elijah take a look back at their favorite albums of the year so far. They each picked ten albums to highlight as their favorite of the year and also picked one standout track from each project. They also talk about upcoming projects that could crack their top tens before the end of the year, Brent Faiyaz's Wasteland, a Danny Brown &...

After a close matchup in Aux Battle #2 back in April, Elijah looks for revenge against Jonathon. In this week's episode, they'll pick songs for the categories: city, food, 2022 XXL Freshman, Birth Year, Numerical title, "Lil" rapper, and a 4th of July cookout. Then, they discuss the feature list for the upcoming Calvin Harris project, Travis Scott's upcoming album & live performance in London,...

This week, Jonathon and Elijah take a look at the artists selected for the 2022 XXL Freshman List. They also discuss which artists were snubbed and which ten artists they would have personally included. Then, they discuss this week’s releases including Lil Nas X, Lupe Fiasco, and Brent Faiyaz, as well as Drake earning his eleventh number one album.

Rolling Stone dropped a controversial list of the top 200 rap albums of all-time. In this week's episode, Jonathon and Elijah react to the top fifty entries on this list, as well as a few albums that didn't quite crack the top fifty. Then, they give their initial thoughts on this week's releases including Drake's album "Honestly, Nevermind" and Logic's "Vinyl Days." They also discuss Joey Bada$$'s...

In this week's episode, Jonathon and Elijah take a look back at some of our favorite collaborations between Drake and Lil Wayne. From "HYFR" to "Seeing Green" and everything in between, we rank these songs on a tier list to decide which collabs are the best in their discography. Then, we discuss the past two weeks of new music releases, a possible Drake project dropping this summer, Rolling Stone'...

In this week's episode, Jonathon and Elijah rank Insider's last ten "songs of the summer." They also choose which songs they would give the "Song of the Summer" title for the past ten years. Then, they discuss Aaron Donald signing with Donda Sports, Travis Scott's latest tease of his upcoming album, and their most anticipated upcoming album.

This week, Jonathon and Elijah are joined by Devon “Childish Devino” Stephens to create a tier list ranking songs from the popular Spotify playlist “Songs That Get White People Turnt.” Spanning many decades and genres of classic songs that everyone knows and loves, we decide which would be the best to play at the function and which you should probably skip when you get the aux. They also discuss t...

After a 1,855 day hiatus, Kendrick Lamar has returned with his album “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.” In today’s episode, Jonathon and Elijah dive into the album giving their early thoughts, favorite songs, the future of pg Lang, & more! They also discuss the Celtics-Bucks playoffs series, Future edging out Jack Harlow to retain the Billboard 200 top spot, Joey Bada$$’s upcoming project “2...

In this week's episode, Jonathon and Elijah each select ten songs you need for the perfect summer playlist. Then, they discuss Jack Harlow's Come Home The Kids Miss You, the possibility of Kendrick Lamar's upcoming album being a double album, Logic's Vinyl Days feature list, Future's "Wait For U" video, and more!

With just under two weeks until the release of Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, Jonathon and Elijah each pick five moments from Kendrick Lamar that showcase why he’s one of the greatest rappers to ever pick up a mic. It’s been a while since he’s dropped and if you’re looking for a reason to be excited for his new album look no further than these bars, verses, songs, and moments. Then, they discuss...

Jonathon and Elijah discuss the results of last week's aux battle. Since Saturday was Brockhampton's final performance as a group, they also revisit their favorite song from each Brockhamton project. Then, they discuss Kendrick Lamar's album announcement, Pusha T's new album "It's Almost Dry", Tyler, the Creator's record-setting Call Me If You Get Lost tour, and more!

After a dominating 5-2 win in the first aux battle, Elijah looks to defend his title as Aux King of Second Avenue. However, Jonathon looks to bounce back as the guys choose songs they'd bump on the aux for seven new categories including 2000's Pop, Intro tracks, songs with 3+ features, and more! Then, they discuss a potential Kanye West DONDA tour, Coachella, Travis Scott's hint at his future, and...

In this week's episode, Jonathon and Elijah react to the 2022 Grammy winners for the general and rap fields then rank the past ten Rap Album of the Year winners at the Grammys. Next, they give their opinions on a week full of great album and singles dropping including Vince Staples' "Ramona Park Broke My Heart" album, Jack Harlow's viral single "First Class", and IDK's Kaytranada produced-track "T...

Jonathon and Elijah talk about their experience at Baby Keem's The Melodic Blue tour this week. Then, they fill out the Hivemind Kanye West Madness Bracket to choose which Kanye song is the best. They also give their predictions for the 2022 Grammys, discuss Dreamville & DJ Drama's D-Day project, Vince Staples' new single, and more!

Jonathon and Elijah remember the songs that got them through 2020. They also react to new music from Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky, Denzel Curry, Kid Cudi, Chance the Rapper, and more in one of the most exciting weeks of music release of the year so far. Finally, they discuss the latest news in the rap game including Pusha T dissing McDonald’s, Atlanta Season 3 premiering, Lucid Dreams climbing th...