Can We Talk Music?

This episode we're talking all the current legal trouble hip hop is dealing with and the latest artistic masterpiece from Kendrick Lamar.

To keep with the fun of the "Hip Hop/RnB Collab" IG Stories Tournament, we played a quick round of Replaced with 5 Hip Hop/RnB collab songs. Listen and let us know who you would've picked to Replace the original artist on the songs we did! T-Pain f/ Yung Job - Buy U a Drank Frank Ocean f/ Andre 3000 - Pink Matter Wale f/ Chris Brown - Angles Usher f/ Jeezy - Love In This Club SZA f/ Travis Scott - Lave Galore

How has 2022 been to you so far musically? After you hear our opinions, let us know yours @CanWeTalkMusic on IG and make sure you check our IG Stories for this months music tournament!

Its been a very trying week in the court of public opinion for DaBaby, Trey Songz and Tory Lanez smh...

Had a lot of music related "squabbles" this week so we giving y'all the play by play because we know y'all like to tussle.

Our take on Will slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, some hypotheticals, Dreamville's Gangsta Grillz Mixtape "D-Day", our Usher IG tournament and a little Bel Air recap.

We been gone for a minute now we back with the jump off...WE BACK!!!

On this episode we talk the business of, pros and cons of and some of our favorite record labels of the past and present.

We talking G.O.A.T.s, the over and incorrect use of the term, who is NOT a goat, who's on the way to goat, all of it...real G.O.A.T talk, not just overhyping the fan favorites.

Its been 21 years since we were introduced to Sammie via his hit classic record "I Like It", so we sat down with him before his Live Performance In Orlando, FL (which is also his hometown) to kind of catch up with him and talk a few current music events. [ VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/RxLRGBFbNqc ]

We got N'Dygo Jonez in the house! Shout out to Mike/Michael/Sincerely Yours (he'll answer to one of those

We got a chance to sit down with singer, songwriter, performer, musical director and more... Jabari Clay! We talk about new music, received a few gems for upcoming artists and of course, plenty of laughs! Tune in! [CLICK HERE TO WATCH: https://youtu.be/RXkW0eHNCms]

We sat down with ORLANDO artist and CWTM Fam SINCERELY YOURS to talk everything from his clothing brand to his recently released EP “A LETTER TO YOU”. [VIDEO HERE]: https://youtu.be/nOfIwEP0VJE

We decided to throw a new game at y'all! This time its our new original game "A Song For Everything" and the title is literally how the game goes lol just listen for all the details and join in the fun.

We sat down with Orlando rapper Smoke to talk everything from his breakout project "Raysean Brown" to dates with hoes.. tap in lol

We sat down with Queen Fi, one of the dopest lyricist in Orlando, to discuss everything from her project "La Renn" to...missing tires??...TUNE IN! [VIDEO FOR THE EPISODE ON CWTM YOUTUBE] https://youtu.be/BPuD08dJvDM

We're back with another "Ranked". This time we're ranking best man and woman R&B Duets. WATCH: https://youtu.be/LO1AmIWJCT0

If you follow our IG (@canwetalkmusic) then you know we just wrapped up a TOUGH battle between some of the most popular tv show theme songs of all time. We recap the whole tournament and turn the conversation into a hilarious review of theme songs across entertainment in general! Enjoy and make sure you're following our IG for more music tournaments, commentary and info!

As a follow up to PART 1, we discuss all of these #Challenges that have been flooding social media and how the sound of music and music marketing has continued to change due to social medias influence.

You heard DJ DK's insight on our "The Discussion", now get to know him personally. [THIS EPISODE HAS VIDEO ON CWTM YOUTUBE CHANNEL]

Playing our word association again! [THIS EPISODE HAS VIDEO ON CWTM YOUTUBE CHANNEL]

There's been a long standing disconnect in Orlando between the artist and DJs of the city. Both sides, in their own way, feel unsupported and even disrespected. So we sat down with Orlando artist Smoke and Orlando DJ DJ DK to get a perspective on the matter from both sides to understand how the disconnect can be resolved. [THIS EPISODE HAS VIDEO ON CWTM YOUTUBE CHANNEL]

New year, new music. Lets talk about what we would like to hear in 2021.

2020 is over so and music actually didn't suffer too badly from the pandemic. Listen to us review the artist and music of 2020. Happy New Year!

Its that time of year again. Tune in for our conversation about the music that is the literal soundtrack of Christmas.

Y'all know word association, popular game in media today. Here's the CWTM version.

Our December artist episode belongs to the Jigga Man. Listen to learn how to stay in your lane.

The Grammys got it wrong again smh lets talk about it.

We sat down to relive and review the most epic Verzuz battle to date!

We're talking the past, present and future of Pop.

This episode we discuss music's child stars of the past and present.

On this episode we go over our favorite moments from the podcast in celebration of our 1 year podcast anniversary! This episode is also special because we filmed it too! So Saturday November 7th 2020, head over to the CAN WE TALK MUSIC YOUTUBE CHANNEL TO WATCH this episode! Thank you all for your continued love and support! Great things in store for year 2, stay tuned!

Somebody is "cancelled" almost every day. Often time its one of our music artist who's found themselves on the bad side of the fans and consumers. On this episode we talk about the effects of cancel culture in music and if artist can come back after the public has decided to "cancelled" them.

Kanye is controversial. Many have cancelled him, some are still tuned in, most just want him to chill and focus on the music...so we talk about all of Kanye but ultimately our focus is the music.

Kanye has hits, but his b-sides slap too! Lets talk about it.

With all the recent issues artist and hip hop creatives have been expressing with their contracts, deals and labels, we decided to take a closer look at what’s going on and why these predatory business practices keep happening.

In this episode we take a look back at a few artist who had a major impact in music at one point but have since been kind of quiet.

In this episode we discuss how artists real lives actually impact their music, whether it be a dangerous incident thats playing out in front of the public, bad business, beef, family issues, break ups or just the pressures of life. Listen to us discuss how their real lives effect their music.

Our September artist episode belongs to the heavily underrated Big Sean! BOI. Tune in and find out why we think y'all should be putting more respect on B.I.G. Sean Don. Swerve!

Big Sean's B-Sides are so good they should've been A-Sides! Listen to us break down our favorites.

Season 1 of The Sixteen is a wrap! The Final 4 happened live and our winner was crowned! Listen to us recap the entire and get our take our Final 4's final performances!

The virtual rounds of The Sixteen are done and The Final Four have been revealed! Listen to us recap Round 4 and the competition as a whole as we prepare for The Final Four Live! If you're behind on The Sixteen, head over to our IG (@CanWeTalkMusic) and get caught up.

Sex has been apart of music FOREVER but it seems like y'all are still having a hard time accepting sexual music from women. Lets talk about it.

Recapping third round performances for #TheSixteen! Competition is getting really good!!! #DontDuckTheMFnBridge

We all know Usher, we all know Ushers music. Lets talk! Usher is our August artist of the month.

Usher has plenty of hits and plenty of albums, but right now we're showing love to the b-sides of his amazing catalog.

Round 2 of The Sixteen saw the competition starting to heat up! Listen to us recap as we prepare for Round 3!

We play a fun round of 21 Questions themed after 50 Cents classic track 21 Questions feat. Nate Dogg.

Round 1 of The Sixteen is a wrap! Listen to us give our opinions on the talent thus far as well as break down what exactly the judges are looking for moving into round 2. FOLLOW OUR IG TO REVIEW AND VOTE ON THE SIXTEEN and follow our other social medias (FB/Twitter/Youtube) for special information regarding The Sixteen!

Hip Hop has been doing its best to thrive amidst the covid-19 pandemic, the continued injustices against black and brown people and the multiple passings of prominent figures. So how has Hip Hop really been holding up? Lets talk about it.

We all know global megastar Lil Wayne. Young Money president, cultural icon, hip hop mogul, mumble rap pioneer and the person that gave music global megastars Drake and Nicki Minaj. He deserves all the flowers he receives for his legendary career. Here's us giving him more.