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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Mary J. Blige, originally episode 252 from 2019-02-13.Original writeup below:–––––––––––––––––––––––––“…When you give your all, you win…”Absolute solid gold crown wearing greatness for you here, as Pip sits down with the phenomenal Ms. Blige for a thoroughly entertaining and uplifting chat. She's been making the rounds in promotion of her new starring role as ‘Cha-Cha' in the amazing ‘The Umbrella Academy', an adaptation of an equally amazing graphic novel, and she spent some time breaking down the whole experience with Pip in this rare interview. They get to cover a HUGE amount of goodies, ranging from her love of the script and its connections to real life, being educated in how to correctly beat up a person and do a ton of crazy stunts (until things got a touch too insane), the madness of the costumes, her love of learning and growth through roles, how she killed it in a Christmas play as a kid, growing up in the projects and how that didn't allow much room for dreaming, her non-braggy style and, of course, her illustrious and celebrated music career (including her friendship and career beginnings with a young Notorious BIG!). From music to acting but without ever losing sight or sound of her backgrounds, it's a heartwarming one here folks as you might expect from a true veteran of the entertainment industry. You'll love it.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureONLINEXDISCOGRAPHYIMDBPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mary J. Blige is being sued by her former friend and longtime stylist Misa Hylton for $5 million. Hylton is suing Blige because of a dispute over rapper Vado, who is signed to Blige’s label. The dispute is that Blige and her company will not release his album if they cut ties with Misa Hylton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It is Hump Day on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. In this episode, the RSMS crew discuss a variety of topics on today’s show. Former Vice President Kamala Harris is set to make a big speech, which is her first one since she lost the presidential election. Harris is expected to harshly criticize Donald Trump’s economic plan, and she plans to hint at a gubernatorial run in California. In other celebrity news, Mary J. Blige is being sued by her former friend and longtime stylist Misa Hylton for $5 million. Hylton is suing Blige because of a dispute over rapper Vado, who is signed to Blige’s label. The dispute is that Blige and her company will not release his album if they cut ties with Misa Hylton. April is Autism Awareness Month and on Wellness Wednesday, the RSMS brings more attention to autism. One out of thirty-six children have been diagnosed with autism and Jennifer Lopez and Bree Phillips from the ABA Center in Atlanta to speak about Autism Awareness Month. All of this and more on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. Website: https://www.urban1podcasts.com/rickey-smiley-morning-show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode Summary:On this episode of Live! with Fefe & Freddy, we explored the do's and don'ts of communicating with polyamorous folks, shared weekend updates from our Drag Bingo adventures, and gave our take on what it means to speak with respect in queer, consensual spaces. Plus, we celebrated women in space, reflected on representation in pop culture, and reminded everyone—again—that polyamory is not your punchline.Show Notes:Hosted by Felicia “Fefe” Minor and Freddy Prinze CharmingKey discussion topics:What NOT to say to a poly person or coupleRespecting communication and boundaries in polyamorous relationshipsMisconceptions around polyamory, group sex, cheating, and emotional connectionThe importance of curiosity, not assumptions, when exploring ethical non-monogamyHousekeeping:Get exclusive content, merch, and early access on Patreon: patreon.com/livewithfefeandfreddyMerch includes stickers, mugs, t-shirts, and totes at all tier levelsThank you to our amazing patrons and season sponsor, WigsofaKindLet's Talk About Us:Freddy: Drag Bingo at Shea Cheese was a blastFelicia: Reconnected with old friends at Shea Cheese and enjoyed the vibe, despite some guests dipping during blackout roundSunday was a reset day prepping for a busy weekJust the Tip: How NOT to Talk to a Poly Person or Couple“I wasn't looking for anything serious anyway” – no thanks“Where's my orgy invite?” – inappropriate“Who's your favorite partner?” – not how this works“Don't tell my partner I'm poly” – that's cheating, not poly“Isn't one partner enough?” – polyamory isn't about lacking, it's about love“Are you going to settle down?” – this isn't a phase“Who has sex with who?” – not your business“Can I join you guys?” – we're not taking applications“Oh, like Sister Wives?” – please stop“What about your kids?” – what about them?“Do you get jealous?” – we work through it, just like anyone elseA Closer Look at Current Events:All-woman flight crew took a 10-minute flight 66 miles above EarthBacklash included criticism over cost and performative messagingHighlighted contrast with real women losing jobs at NASAHarvard pushes back against dismantling diversity programmingCelebrating representation:30th anniversary of A Goofy MovieMary J. Blige's My Life added to the National Recording RegistryLarry Fitzgerald Jr.'s impact through youth STEM programs and startup investmentsUpcoming Shows & Events:April 17 – Sex Trivia at Gracie's Tax BarApril 24 – Drag Bingo at Drink Me Tea RoomMay 24 – Drag Story Hour AZ Annual Fundraiser (use code for 20% off)End of Show:Thank you to our live viewers and podcast listenersOver 15,000 downloads and growingJoin us next week for YOUR Wednesday night conversationListen on Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

At just 14 years old, Kimber Houston is already making a name for herself in the world of Thoroughbred aftercare. Alongside her mom, Tanya, she runs Trotty By Nature—a Montana-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to retraining and rehoming Off-Track Thoroughbreds (OTTBs) with passion, purpose, and a serious love for 90s and 2000s hip-hop.In this episode, we chat about:How Kimber founded Trotty By Nature as a teenTheir unique approach to OTTB retraining in Montana's rugged climateTraining philosophies, adoption tips, and advice for buying horses directly off the trackAnd yes, the incredible tradition of naming their OTTBs after iconic hip-hop artistsTheir current lineup includes names like Loupac Shakur ("Lou"), Notorious B.I.G. ("Biggie"), Snoop Horse, Neight Dogg, LL Cool Neigh, Mare E.J. Blige, Ne-Yo, and Left Ear Lopes ("Uno")—each one bringing a whole lot of personality to the program.Check out their work and adoptable horses at trottybynature.org.

Playlist: Jennifer Lopez, featuring Ja Rule - Ain't It Funny (Remix)Jennifer Lopez, featuring Ja Rule - I'm Real (Murder Remix)Ashanti - HappyAshanti - Feel So GoodMary J. Blige, featuring Ja Rule - Rainy DayzJa Rule, featuring Ashanti & Vita - Down 4 UAshanti - BabyAshanti - Rain On MeJay-Z - Can I LiveDMX, featuring Aaliyah - Come Back In One PieceMic Geronimo - Shits REalMic Geronimo - Life N' LessonsJay-Z, featuring Me'lisa Morgan - Can't Knock The Hustle (Fool's Paradise Remix)Ja Rule - Holla HollaJay-Z - Can I Get A...

The Queen of hip-hop soul, Mary J. Blige has joined the RSMS crew. She spoke about her new tour, For My Fans Tour. Blige spoke about what fans can expect while they attend the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It is Monday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. In this episode, the RSMS crew discusses various topics. There is some sad news in the hip-hop community. Atlanta legend, rapper, producer, and DJ, DJ Unk passed away over the weekend. His wife stated that he passed away in his sleep from cardiac arrest at the age of 43. Our deepest condolences from the Rickey Smiley Morning Show crew. In other celebrity news, Jamie Foxx broke up with his longtime girlfriend, Alyce Huckstepp. This has caused people in his circle to reveal that Foxx is no longer dating white women and only dating black women moving forward. Also, the Queen of hip-hop soul, Mary J. Blige has joined the RSMS crew. She spoke about her new tour, For My Fans Tour. Blige spoke about what fans can expect while they attend the show. All of this and more on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. Website: https://www.urban1podcasts.com/rickey-smiley-morning-show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics include:Reggie saw HereticMike Tyson vs Jake Paul Is it Tool's fault Mike Tyson lost?Musicians: What do you do if there's no green room to run to ?SLAPS: Z-Pain, Nettspend, Mary j. Blige, James Blake, Jessie Reyez ft. Ari Lennox No new episode next week, happy thanksgiving!Tan.gent on Spotify, BandcampFollow The Rumble TrioNew NOBS Brass EP HEREDoes It Slap Playlist The Hustle Season on Patreon Our LinktreeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-hustle-season-podcast--2776072/support.

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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss "Rob Peace," the 2024 American biographical drama film written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor and starring Ejiofor, Camila Cabello, Jay Will, and Mary J. Blige. It is based on the 2014 biography The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs. The film follows Yale University graduate Rob Peace, known as Shaun at the time his father was arrested for crimes he may not have committed, who turns to drug dealing in order to get his father out of jail while maintaining other activities.

V devadesátkách stál u začátku kaiéry umělců jako Mary J.Blige, Notorious BIG nebo Usher. Málokdo si troufnul vystupovat proti němu, měl moc, peníze, prosperující label a po boku vždycky ty nejkrásnější přítelkyně. Jenže teď spadla klec. Všechno odstartovalo děsivým záznamem kamer z roku 2016, kde v hotelu hlava nehlava mlátí svoji partnerku. A nebyl to začátek ani konec jeho běsnění.

In 2001, Nas made a major comeback after his previous two albums were not received well by fans. After being dissed by Jay-Z, there was talk that his career was on the outs. However, after dropping the album Stillmatic which included the scathing diss track Ether, he rejuvenated his career and reclaimed his crown as the king of hip-hop. https://www.instagram.com/str8_the_clippa?igsh=cTBzNnFhenRkN3Nl&utm_source=qr https://www.tiktok.com/@brandonhetzel996?_t=8pufND8XKmc&_r=1 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086006336425&mibextid=LQQJ4d

Rookies Bilge Ebiri and Brandon Streussnig join Screen Drafts vet Roxana Hadadi to competitively / collaboratively rank all 13 films directed by the Master of Dudes Rock Cinema, MICHAEL MANN!

Dive into the soulful world of 90s R&B as we explore My Life by Mary J. Blige, ranked #86 on Apple Music's Top 100 Albums of All Time. In this episode, we break down every track on this iconic album, showcasing Blige's powerful vocals, emotional depth, and innovative blend of R&B and hip-hop. Episode Highlights: Introduction: We set the stage with an overview of Mary J. Blige's impact on the R&B genre. Track-by-Track Analysis: Get an in-depth look at each song, from the sultry "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" to the unforgettable "I'm Goin' Down". Key Insights: Learn about the musical elements that make My Life a standout album, including its seamless fusion of R&B and hip-hop. Cultural Impact: Discover how Mary J. Blige's My Life influenced the music industry and inspired future artists. Personal Reflections: Hear our thoughts on the album's standout tracks, and how they resonate with listeners today. Key Tracks: "Mary Jane (All Night Long)": A perfect blend of R&B and hip-hop that highlights Blige's vocal talent. "My Life": The title track that captures the essence of Blige's emotional and vocal range. "I'm Goin' Down": A powerful performance that stands out as a highlight of the album. Join us as we journey through the highs and lows of Mary J. Blige's My Life, uncovering the stories and sounds that make it a timeless classic. Whether you're a long-time fan or discovering this album for the first time, this episode is sure to deepen your appreciation for one of R&B's greatest voices.  

Mary J. Blige is releasing a new boot. Blige has teamed up with premiere designer, Giuseppe Zanotti. Mary J Blige has been known for her boots and now she is making them available to her fans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It is Tuesday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. In this episode, Maria More spoke about Kendrick Lamar's song “Not Like Us” debuting at number one. This is Kendrick Lamar's fourth number one, but this is the first time in a while that a diss record has become a number one record. Speaking of diss records, Christian “King” Combs released a diss track in support of his dad, Diddy, towards 50 Cent. 50 Cent has publicly gone after Diddy in recent times amid Diddy's sexual assault allegations. King Combs no longer was having it from the Many Men rapper. Also, Mary J. Blige is releasing a new boot. Blige has teamed up with premiere designer, Giuseppe Zanotti. Mary J Blige has been known for her boots and now she is making them available to her fans. All of this and more on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary J. Blige was on the Today Show promoting her Strength of a Woman Festival and Blige began to talk about her love life. The Rock n Roll HOF nominee said that after all her heartbreak, she is in love with herself and ready to be loved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It is Friday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast. The RSMS crew addresses President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. Last night, President Biden gave his most important State of the Union address of his presidential tenure. Biden looked ahead to his second term agenda, he spoke about women's reproductive rights, the conflict in Gaza, as well as addressing his opponent, Donald Trump. It looks like the new “it” couple is over already. Rick Ross and his social media influencer girlfriend, Cristina Mackey, are officially over. Mackey has confirmed the end of their relationship on social media and said that it was good while it lasted but it is over, and she is okay. Mary J. Blige was on the Today Show promoting her Strength of a Woman Festival and Blige began to talk about her love life. The Rock n Roll HOF nominee said that after all her heartbreak, she is in love with herself and ready to be loved. All of this and more on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Boys make New Years Resolutions, Rik reveals a secret, and we find out that, Rik doesnt know the difference between Mry J. Blige and Macy Gray. Featuring Cale Evans, and Jacob Brayton. Music by Josh Brayton.

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HAMPTON, Va. (AURN News) — The iconic queen of hip hop/soul, Mary J. Blige, was set to grace Hampton University's campus on Tuesday to award a deserving female student with the prestigious "Pepsi x Mary J. Blige Strength of a Woman Scholarship." The scholarship, totaling $60,000, will be disbursed over a two-year period. Named in honor of the festival and summit hosted by Mary J. Blige, the scholarship aligns with the artist's mission to celebrate and advocate for women. The HBCU, in a recent press release, highlighted the significance of the "Strength of a Woman" initiative in empowering and supporting the academic pursuits of female students. To qualify, a female student had to meet specific eligibility criteria. A minimum 2.5 grade-point average is required, and recipients must be enrolled in programs related to business administration, marketing, arts, finance, or creative design at Hampton University. Blige, a multi-talented artist with a music and acting career spanning decades, has not only made significant contributions to the music industry but continues to impact communities through initiatives like the "Strength of a Woman" scholarship. Her visit to Hampton University marks another milestone in her commitment to empowering the next generation of women leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Royal Family! Recently I had a chance to do another set on SIRIUS XM FLY for The Happy Hour with Heather B.An opportunity to mix up the perfect dish of Hip-Hop and R&B from the 90's and 2000's. A big thanks to those of you who tuned in to the live show. Just in case you missed it, here it is along with the playlist.  Thanks for tapping in and as always if you like the vibes...please spread the love. Peace!@djprinceakeemwww.djprinceakeem.comDJ Prince Akeem- Playlist for 10/20/23 Where My Eyes Can See (Party Break)- Busta Rhymes  Limb by Limb- Cutty Ranks  Pass the Courvoursier x Give It 2 Me (Blend)- Busta Rhymes/Jay-Z  Give it 2 Me- Jay-Z (Unplugged)  Roc The Mic- State Property  Roc The Mic x Made You Look (Blend)- Nas  Jenny From the Block (Track Masters Remix)- Jennifer Lopez feat. Styles P & Jadakiss  Off the Books- The Beatnuts feat. Big Pun & Cuban Link  Off the Books x That Thing (Blend)- Lauryn Hill  1 Thing - Amerie  Case of the Ex x 1 Thing (Blend)- Mya  Love No Limit Remix- Mary J.Blige feat. Puff Daddy  Love No Limit Remix x Award Tour (Blend)- A Tribe Called Quest  Groove Thang x Ain't No Fun (Blend) - Zhane  Ain't No Fun (Nick Bike Edit) - Snoop Dogg  Every Little Thing I Do- Soul For Real  How We Do- The Game feat. 50 Cent  Southern Hospitality- Ludacris  Atliens-Outkast  Bring ‘Em Out- T.I.  Ms. New Booty- Bubba Sparxx  Shake That Monkey (J Rythm Pari Remix)- Too Short  Back that Azz Up (UKI Dancehall Edit)- Juvenile  Dilemma (Wesley Kuyper Edit)- Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland  The Choice is Yours x Sweat the Technique (Blend)- Black Sheep  The Shiznit- Snoop Dogg  Deep Cover- Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg  Ante Up- M.O.P feat. Remy Ma  Twinz x Ante Up (Blend)- Big Pun feat. Fat Joe  Look at me now Al Dente Edit- Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes  Ni**as in Paris Love Six Edit- Jay-Z & Kanye West  Diva x Like a Pimp (Blend)- Beyonce  Pop Lock & Drop It- Huey  How Low- Ludacris  Mercy- Kanye West  This is Why I'm Hot Remix- Mims  Bad Boyz- Shyne feat. Barrington Levy  Rude Boy x Bad Boyz (Blend)- Rihanna  Come & Talk to Me- Jodeci  Back to Life- Soul II Soul  Don't Walk Away- Jade  I Thought it was Me- BBD  Poison x Jeff Redd You Called and Told Me (Blend)- BBD 44. You Called and Told Me- Jeff Redd Why You Get Funky on Me- Today Humpin Around- Bobby Brown   It Takes Scoop - DJ Kool feat. Fatman Scoop Killing Me Softly Love Six Edit- FugeesPeople Everyday Richastic Edit- Arrested Development  So Good x Champion (Blend) - Buju Banton Party Time - Danny English feat. Egg Nog Your Body Hyalyte Edit- Pretty Ricky Can't Stop - Young Gunz  Can't Stop (Blend) - After 7 Peaches & Cream - 112 Long Way 2 Go x Me & U (Blend) - Cassie The Rockwilder- Method Man and Redman Cherchez Laghost -Ghostface Killa feat. U God  Can I Have It Like That- Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani 60. Wait- Ying Yang Twins Hot 2 Nite- New Edition After Party- Koffee Brown Don't Talk- Jon B Too Close x Still Not A Player (Blend)- Next 

Fifty years ago, hip-hop emerged from a party in the rec room of a Bronx building—and a new sound was born--one with roots in African music, but with its own vibe and messaging.  Since its first iterations, women have played significant roles in the creation and evolution of hip-hop: as rappers, DJs, producers, breakdancers, graffiti artists, scholars, journalists and more.   Women have been key innovators and rebels in hip-hop, creating new sounds, pushing back against marginalization, and speaking up when others try to push them down.Michele Goodwin and her two guests break down the past, present and future of hip-hop, and the crucial role of women in this timeline. Michele is joined by: Drew Dixon: a producer, writer, activist, entrepreneur and former A&R executive, who spearheaded the recording of iconic songs like “American Boy” (Estelle f. Kanye West), “My Love Is Your Love” (Whitney Houston), “Maria Maria” (Carlos Santana), “I'll Be There For You” (Method Man f. Mary J. Blige) and many more. In January of 2020, Dixon appeared as the main subject of On the Record, a documentary released in May of 2020 on HBO Max that documents Dixon's decision to come forward in the #MeToo movement as a survivor of sexual harassment and assault in the music industry. Dixon is also featured in the 2023 Netflix documentary, Ladies First, and is set to appear on a special plenary on women and hip-hop at this year's annual National Women's Studies Association Conference, co-sponsored by Ms. A graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School, Dixon lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her two teenagers. Janell Hobson: a contributing editor at Ms., Hobson spearheaded iconic the Ms. series "Turning 50: Looking Back at the Women in Hip-Hop" and "Tubman 200” in honor of what would have been Harriet Tubman's 200th birthday. Hobson is a professor of women's, gender and sexuality studies at the University at Albany and the author of When God Lost Her Tongue: Historical Consciousness and the Black Feminist Imagination. (This episode is part of “Turning 50,” which recognizes the women who shaped hip-hop through articles in print and online, a public syllabus highlighting women and hip-hop, Spotify playlists, and digital conversations with “hip-hop feminists” in music, journalism and academics.)Support the show

Grammy-Nominated composer, producer, and remixer Sebastian Arocha Morton is one of today's most eclectic and innovative musicians in the LA scene. He's composed and produced for award-winning films including Iron Man 2, Houdini, Robocop, The Spongebob Movie, Little Miss Sunshine, Disney's "Iron Man Experience" and "World of Color". Additional credits include video games such as EA's Madden 2019, and Primetime TV Hits "Young Sheldon”, "The Orville", “Mr. Robot", Tyler Perry's “Alex Cross”, among many others.  Sebastian's work (under the moniker ROCAsound) also includes collaborations with artists such as Sting on the Billboard #1 track “Never Coming Home”, Mary J.Blige, Seal, Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Rick James, Kaskade, Santana, Counting Crows, and eclectic drum programming and production sessions with the London Symphony for David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto's iconic “Scent of Magnolia”. Not to mention many other credits and artist collaborations... Follow ROCAsound below: www.instagram.com/rocasound www.rocasound.com en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Arocha_Morton Join the newsletter to get early episode access + free Ableton Live downloads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.liveproducersonline.com/newsletter

This week is a huge bag of mixed tunes from all corners of the world!Adrian kick starts the show with a huge nod to Ragga Hip hop with Cutty Ranks, Super Cat ,and Chaka Demus and Pliers. We skirt around the world of Hip Hop with some classic and recent findings and we then go off course with some future classic New Beginnings with Felipe Gordon and Framewerk.We pay our respect to Vicki Anderson who passed away last week for her huge contribution to music and then veer back on course with some 90s R&B with Mary j Blige,Lauren Hill and Miriah Carey.We then go into some classic 90s U.S Garage and house tracks and throw in the talked about producer of the day Reece Johnson with his disco influence worn firmly on his sleeve and we end with a classic Salsoul tack by First Choice.Joining the dots on the jorurney from the Sounds Ffrom Within.Tune into new broadcasts of Sounds From Within, LIVE, Wednesday from 4- 6 PM EST / 9 - 11 PM GMTFor more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/sounds-from-within///Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on Too Opinionated, we speak with actress Princess Davis! Since beginning her career in film and television, Princess had worked on numerous projects including Showtime's “Yellowjackets”, Hallmark's "A Gift of Peace", “A Bridesmaid in Love” and “Cut, Color, Murder”, and the award winning short film, “Consumer”. Princess is also an accomplished voice actor known for his work on “Polly Pocket”, “Molly of Denali”, and “Marvel Battleworld: Treachery at Twilight” in which she voiced Black Widow. Princess  appears as Terry in Mary J. Blige's Real Love and Mary J. Blige's Strength of a Woman, inspired by Blige's biggest hits, premiering on back-to-back Saturdays this month on Lifetime,   Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod (Please Subscribe)

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Experience a journey into the mind with Lesley and Brad as they share key takeaways from an eye-opening talk with The Brain Prophet's Dr. Philippe Duoyon and Douglas Mapp. Discover the value of good sleep in combating dementia, the synergy required for body and mind for optimum output, and how AI affects our cognitive well-being.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:90's songs and movies that fill Brad and LL's cupsPractical tips to get good sleep hygiene.The connection between lack of sleep and dementia.How the Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) cleans your brain during REM cycles of sleep.How taking care of the body and brain results in peak performance.The effects of using AI on your brain in the future.Benefits of taking cold showers and things to do to challenge your brain.Episode References/Links:Contrology Pilates Conference  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipWaitlist for the flashcards deckUse this link to get your Toe Sox!ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan: [00:00:00] Years ago I heard Seth Goden say parents' jobs is not to like get their, like think that school's teaching their kids. It's to like actually teach their kids when their kids come home. And you do that by asking 'em questions. They can't Google. Or ask them questions, then don't let them Google. And if they answer a question, not telling them what if it's right or wrong, but ask 'em how they got to that answer because that is actually challenging the brain.So, you know what? Ask yourself a question. Don't let yourself Google. Try to come with an answer and then, you know, see what happens.Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Melissa Logan, plaza's instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt, my friend, my friends.Action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my [00:01:00] guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and be it till you see it. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.And stick around to the very end because we got some outtakes that's been happening. There's always outtakes. Um, and the team does collect them for bloopers on the YouTube, but uh, we're adding them into the end of the pod because you know what you need to know that we are not perfect. You're not perfect, and we're enjoying the process and we are enjoying that.So have a good laugh on our behalf. Love you.Welcome back to the Beat Till c interview recap, where my co-host in life, Brad and I are ready to dig into the cognitive combo I had with Dr. Felipe Dion and Douglas Map in our last episode. If you haven't yet listened to that interview, feel free to pause this now. Go back and listen to that one, and then come back and join us.Also, if you're listening to this on the O P C app, oh yeah, you don't even have to like go back. You can literally. Just see the list of, of latest episodes and you can go, I haven't listened to that [00:02:00] one yet. That's true. And you can listen to it all for free on that app. Just a shameless puck. Okay. Yeah, Brad Crowell: not only that though, uh, this one was, was like, there was a lot going on in this episode, so I actually listened to it, uh, slower than I normally would cuz they were thrown out like of, of science, a lot of science and a lot of stuff that like medical stuff.My Lesley Logan: poor brain was like, not catching up you guys. I failed the cognitive test on the air. I did laugh. I laughed out loud. I like, okay, in my defense I just did not understand the instructions and also I clearly, I did go get my brain checked, but Brad Crowell: I can see how he can like mess with you as the person running the test because.I could see the logic behind why you would want to answer the way that you answered. Yeah. And then I could also see how he was talking about modifying it to mess with people even more. I, I thought it was pretty cool. So, so do you, Lesley Logan: so I just wanna know. Pretty cool. Test everyone who listened. Do you think that he made it harder because I'm so amazing?Or do you, do we think my brain's fucked? Drop a one [00:03:00] in the comments on Instagram. Anyways. Okay, before we get into their conversation, let me just announce that today is international Skin Pigmentation Day. Cause I got some, and y'all all probably have some. And you know what? It's okay. Like get your cancer checked.Absolutely. But own the skin pigmentation. It makes you who you are. When I was growing up, they called them freckles, and now it's called malama. I do not like that. You hit a certain age and you go from having freckles to skin picking mutation. But at any rate, I see you. Happy International Skin Mentation Day.Show it off, Brad Crowell: um, Lesley Logan: this week. We are on a plane right now. Yeah. Right now. So as you, as you're listening, if you're listening to this in real time, we are on a plane. Come back from Korea. Um, Brad's probably sleeping. I am 1000%. Brad Crowell: Well, hopefully we are getting. Very deep, amazing. Multiple rem cycle sleep on this plane ride home.Well if Lesley Logan: we have a, a row to ourselves, absolutely. You will always. And I [00:04:00] might, um, yeah, I sleep Brad Crowell: sitting up y'all Not normally, but I can't, I have to lie Lesley Logan: down. And I have been known to have my legs up the wall of plane just to make room for me to sleep lying down because I have to sleep lying down. I have slept in a rolling, like a ball position just so I can sleep lying down, um, with the seatbelt digging in cuz I don't want them to wake me up cuz I'm not wearing it.So I like. Loosen it up and get myself in there so I can sleep lying down. At any rate, if I'm not Brad Crowell: sleeping, you can imagine it. It's hilarious. Lesley Logan: Don't worry. I am watching whatever movies they have because Flights to Asia have the newest, hottest movies and I'm so excited. It's true. Um, but next month, next month, um, lots of It's June.Brad Crowell: Yeah, it's June. Lesley Logan: Yes. Yeah, so in June we're actually staying in town. Brad's gonna go do some camping stuff, but I've got two Elevate Weekends happening. I've got one for Elevate Round two and one for Elevate round three. And if you're like, that seems like a lot. It's not cuz I'm awesome, but I'm, it's a, it's a, Brad Crowell: that's why it's Lesley Logan: not okay.Okay. Yeah, no, I mean, thank goodness for our team. Uh, Brad Crowell: um, unbelievable. You can't see me on ca uh, rolling my [00:05:00] eyes on the audio side of this, so Lesley Logan: don't worry. Um, and while it's amazing, um, we're also gonna go to Utah and do some vacation with our BFFs, uh, what do you call, like, couples who are BFFs because we're, where BFF was the Brad Crowell: couple.Yeah, I don't, uh, maybe we're c Lesley Logan: BFFs couple B BFFs. Anyways, someone will tell me, um, we're gonna go to Utah. Um, it's gonna be hot this month, supposedly in Vegas. But we're, we're not worried about it cuz we love it here. Um, and, uh, yeah, so anyways, lots going on in June at home in Las Vegas. I hope you can come and see the beautiful Brad Crowell: place.All right. If y'all can have an answer to that question cuz my brain is still trying to figure out is it like best couple friends forever? Is it bc fff it, whatever you think it might be. Make sure we know, oh, you know what Kareen, you gotta drop us a line. You what on Instagram? And tell us what you think it should be.Do you know what Kareen Lesley Logan: calls me? I don't. A T F. Trusted friend forever. That's me, trusted friend forever. Uhhuh, it's better than b fff tf F. Um, okay, so then, uh, July, we are [00:06:00] gonna be in the United Kingdom. We are teaching an amazing mullet tour of a weekend, Brad Crowell: so please literally called the mullet, Lesley Logan: y'all. Oh, we have mullets on the flyers.We have mullets on the notebooks. So I, I don't have a mullet, but we are gonna figure this out. Um, people Brad Crowell: think I have a mullet, but I Lesley Logan: don't. Well, you can make it look mullety. I Brad Crowell: can make it look like a mullet, but it's not Lesley Logan: actually a mullet. I think you do that, but I mean, whatever. Whatever we do for art. Um, so anyways, uh, at the time of recording there were a few spots left.Are there now you should check. Yeah. Um, you can go to opc.me/uk. It's gonna be in the show notes in August. We are doing the summer West coast tour. You guys, we are so. Bricken fired up for this. We are, we have amazing partners with this tour. We do. So we are leveling up this tour. Big. Yeah, it's gonna badass way.Uh, if you are somewhere between the bottom of California and the top of the United States, you're gonna wanna come. Yeah. You're gonna wanna get in your car. Brad Crowell: Come, come in our car. So if you're not sure where we're gonna stop. We're still dialing all that in, but you will find out by getting on the list. Go to [00:07:00] opc.me/tour.September. Yeah, Lesley Logan: Poland. Poland. You guys, there's an incredible conference happening in Poland. I'm speaking. Brad's gonna be there. We're having flashcards. If you have not wanna pay for massive shippings, use that money to go to this conference and enjoy incredible speakers. There's opportunities to take private sessions, which is never a possibility when I travel, which Brad Crowell: means you have to sign up early.Yeah. Cause those Lesley Logan: will go, yeah. So, uh, KR pilates conference.com. If you're like, how do you spell that? It's in the show notes. Yeah. Brad Crowell: KR pilates conference.com. And you can, uh, it's easy to get there from anywhere in Europe, um, or even in the uk. So, uh, come, come hang. It's gonna be super fun. Yep. And then looking forward to it.Lesley Logan: And then we go to October. Brad Crowell: Gonna go Cambodia. Cambodia. Can I wait to go back? It is filling Lesley Logan: up so fast. And um, we are so excited to go back. Yeah. We have so many people who are excited. They're like, which friend can I bring? It's just a ba it's just a wonderful place to truly retreat yourself. And then you will enjoy Pilate sessions.Breath Brad Crowell: work, come stay, come stay in our [00:08:00] village. Mm-hmm. Either with us at our house, um, or uh, at our neighbors. Yeah. Well, Lesley Logan: it's gonna be so fun if our house fills up, we have our neighbor's house and, but when I say that, it's not like an Airbnb where you're sharing a room in a house with other people. No, Brad Crowell: they have their own guest house.They're all, and they're literally 15 feet across the street from Lesley Logan: us. We all like, we're all we, you all have your own rooms. It's your own doors and your own bathrooms. Brad Crowell: And it's, well tu a room. Yeah. For some of 'em it's right. Yeah. We'll work it out. Yes. But anyway, Lesley Logan: my point is my, is. Brad Crowell: You're not like in a Yeah, you're not down the street from us.You're Lesley Logan: like literally crossing the path. You're in like a house where like you're sharing a living room with random people. You're in a guest, you're in a like a bed and breakfast. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Uh, that, that links in the, by the whatever you call the things below. Show notes. And then Brad Crowell: actually Leslie logan.co/retreat Lesley Logan: Iactually just got off a call with the lovely Erica Quest.Brad Crowell: Yeah, you did. I heard you two. I can hear you outside. You, you two, like make each other laugh so hard. Lesley Logan: It's hilarious. I know. And we're, we came up with that and with, uh, the, what we're gonna, what I'm gonna. Uh, pitch for our workshops for, uh, what's [00:09:00] happening in December, but in November, uh, we're bringing back our very tried and true amazing workshops that people have loved.That we've never brought to Miami, and we're gonna do some workshops before p o t. The P O t Miami stuff has not been released yet, but we will be at Miami, p o t. So just get yourself to Miami in November. Um, if you haven't gone to Cambodia, Poland, or the UK or a West Coast, I'm just saying yeah, come hang out.See you in real life. Get your fasts there. Brad Crowell: Get your fasts there. Next up is an audience question. Who is it from? It's from Erica Donahue. Sorry I said that wrong. It's, I'm reading Erica Quest. It's Erin Donahue, our dear friend from Bethle, Lesley Logan: Pennsylvania. We love Erin. Yes, she's a badass. We actually get to see her at uh, and Katie Donnelly every December, which is just like a true.Bless them. They even like did an outdoor adventure with me when I was definitely negative from Covid, but we still did outside so no one would get [00:10:00] anything before Christmas Eve. Yeah. Uh, so we love them. Um, and this is her Brad Crowell: question. Yeah. So she said, you often talk about small things that fill our cup. As a fellow nineties lover, what is your favorite nineties song and or movie that you cannot turn off when it's on mine?Are TLCs? No Scrubs and Empire Records. Okay, Lesley Logan: Aaron. Okay, so I love this question so much and I do think that like little things do fill our cup, right? So for 90 songs, I will just be completely honest, my parents raised me on focus on the family and my grandparents on the oldies channels. So I was at the Drifters concerts in front row.I forget who we were just talking about where they were like saying that, and I was like, oh yeah, no, me too, me too. Drifter's baby. So, um, luckily for me, pretty Woman is from 1990 and it is. Brad Crowell: Absolutely. Oh, that's your, that's your movie. That's my Lesley Logan: movie. That is your movie. 1000% my movie. [00:11:00] I don't care. I don't care if I, I watched it every day for an entire summer with my best friend.Um, it was our favorite thing to do, and my mom was always like, hi mom. My mom was always like, Leslie, you should be. Watching this every single day, it's gonna like, make you grow up to be a prostitute. And I said, uh, actually mom, she's an entrepreneur and she never takes less than a hundred. So, um, thanks Julia Roberts.Love you. Um, so that's my favorite movie that I cannot get enough of. I don't know. When did the League of your own come out? Because when I'm flying, uh, cuz pretty women's not on the planes, but a league of your own. Of their own. 92. 92. And then also Sleepless in Seattle. That movie, those another Brad Crowell: two Lesley Logan: I 93.93. Thank God for that. So when I, Aaron, when I'm on a flight, literally the last fight to Cambodia to fall asleep, I put on the lee of their own. And then when I woke up, Which I do on a plane. I went on to sleepless in Seattle, fell back asleep, missed the whole movie, woke up [00:12:00] at the end, went back to the league of their own, and like that was my night.It in between two of 'em and I fell asleep. So love them fills my cup so much in so many ways. For songs, this is actually a little difficult because again, as I mentioned, like. I grew up with focus on the family as one option and like the drifters as another option, and also Chuck Berry's my Dingling, somy Dingling. If you know you, it's h hilarious. It's a hilarious song. Bell Wood Ring. I just wanna play with my, and then he'd have the whole audience sing that part anyways. Um, so, uh, I did some, some stuff because I wanted make sure I got some songs right. Um, because I don't remember all the Christian bands.Brad probably does, but like, we probably had like clays of whatever it's called, jars of clay. Like just those, yeah. That, Brad Crowell: that, that's the first thing that came into my head was the entire album. Their, their first Lesley Logan: album. And there like, there was a couple of bands that like, My parents would let me play in their earshot, but whenever they would leave, and also I had some friends' moms who drove me to [00:13:00] school, so it's an ironic, of course.Alanis Morrisette. Thank you so much. Um, of course, Mary j Blige, of course, anything by Macy Gray and, um, Whitney Houston. Shout out. I mean, like, how can you not? I remember, do you remember this, Brad? We were walking the dogs in LA and someone's blasting. Um, I just wanna dance with somebody in their car. I just wanna dance with somebody.Yeah. And they stopped at the stop sign by our house and we started singing with them. Like, Brad Crowell: it was like, oh gosh, Whitney. Lesley Logan: Anyways, um, So, uh, so Erin said, no scrubs, Erin. Um, and there's an O P C workout called No Scrubs coming up for you. Um, that just have some fun. But I love salt and pepper. I love Lauren Hill.I loved, I mean like, uh, I don't think there's a 90 song that would come on now that I would stop playing unless it was like, who, weirdo Yankovich. That shit doesn't do me anything. Um, so I'm just into it all. I, [00:14:00] I just, I don't, I can't even pick a fave. I really, really cannot. Um, but also I feel like I should have gone to the, um, loveth fair.I think I missed out on an opportunity to like really just like, I don't think I was like the 1999 um, shit festival, the Woodstock thing. I think I was a little affair girl all along with my glasses and my perm bangs cuz my mom did that. And, uh, my braces, I think I would've filled it. Fit. Nailed it. Yeah.What are your Brad Crowell: favorites? All right, so, um, I definitely, uh, remember. Uh, being impacted seriously by Green Day and their album Due. Your parents, sledge? They certainly did not. Uh, but I listened on the bus, uh, and I got really into that. Um, do I play it over and over and over again? Not so much. Um, I'm trying to think about like, what would I play over and over again, uh, from the nineties specifically Lesley Logan: six PE on the Richer.You didn't play that over and over again. I mean, Brad Crowell: [00:15:00] um, on, no, I played like, um, like, uh, lit and a couple of other punk bands, like whatever. But who in the Blowfish did you Sure. A big bad Voodoo Daddy. Like, I mean, come on. But, uh, yeah, I mean, definitely, um, Lesley Logan: There was this Australian band that would go, um, oh, I can't think of it, but like I, um, it's gonna come up in this podcast.I will come back to it Brad Crowell: and they'll just be like, good thing. Well, movies. Okay. So I just was looking, um, the Big Lapovsky is in the late nineties, and that movie is amazing and I'm like super into that film. Um, uh, and the, uh, uh, the ne the other one was I, I kept looking up, like trying to figure out, um, Uh, is diehard.It's from 1988 and I'm like, no, no, because that one, like if it's on, I'm watching it, but diehard two is 1990, so I don't know if I have that same affinity for diehard two. Lesley Logan: Oh my God, dude. Okay. Just, no, maybe people listening remember this, but back when cable was a big deal [00:16:00] and I was in college, um, there would be like, I love the nineties.I love the eighties. It was on e and like, was it on e What? There was like a, a cable channel. There was a bunch of 'em. And like, anyways, uh, okay. So, but Savage Garden, truly, madly, deeply. Uh, the chorus is unbelievable. It's super fast. It's like, like you have to, like how to lick. Well, it's dun. I can't do it.I can't do it. I have to listen to it. At any rate, that's the commercial. You can't play it on the air. Oh man. Right now you cannot play it. We don't own the right, but you'all, just go. Those Savage Gardens truly, madly, deeply get to the chorus. And like you will be like, every time I see you, close my eyes da like that.It's like so fucking good. Anyways, I own the cd, I own the single. I bought the single, single and I played it over and over again. There you go. Aaron. That is the one Fills my cup first. Play it all the time. And Brad's like, no, I think that they're from Seattle. I'm like, they're, no, Brad Crowell: I was saying sound garden.You said Sound Garden. They're from Seattle. Yeah. This is Savage [00:17:00] Garden. Savage Garden. And they're from Queensland. Queensland. I didn't know Lesley Logan: that. And they're actually from Brisbane. And you know Brisbane. I fucking love you and Mr. Your faces. Let's go. Brad Crowell: Anyway, this has been fun going down memory lane way into it. Great question, erin. Thank you so much. Um, I hope y'all have had a lot of like ohs happening during this time.Anyway, stick around.Let's talk about Dr.Phillip Du and. Douglas Map, uh, two extraordinary individuals who are all about the power of the brain. Both are experts in their fields, uh, and they firmly believe that understanding how to harness the capability of our brains and changing our thinking can also change our lives and the world. Pretty, uh, pretty crazy.Uh, listening to them talk about, um, just. Stuff that is kind of everyday things that we probably need to be doing to take care of our brains. Um, and I, I really enjoyed the conversation. I think before you jump into. Uh, before you jump into it, just the concept of working, quote [00:18:00] unquote working out your brain.Um, I really liked the idea of that because we obviously know we need to work out our muscles and, you know, like be moving all the movement and all that kind of stuff. And in my, in my mind I was like, oh yeah, you know, I work out my brain by playing a puzzle video game on my phone. Lesley Logan: Oh, don't work. Do you not remember Philipp Dion's whole thing?Soduko is not gonna work. Brad Crowell: Yeah. So, uh, but they're, they gave us some pretty practical tips on how to get your brain, um, working out anyway. Um, are you just gonna start, what is the one thing that, um, love your patients there? What is the one thing, uh, that you've loved that they said, uh, to help us work out our brain?Lesley Logan: So we've had Dr. Fe Dion on before, which is why I know this is a cool thing. Um, but I was just really excited to have him back because, There's so much to know about the brain. I don't even think scientists know everything about the brain yet. Like, and it's just, it's crazy. So, um, of course, you know, good sleep hygiene.It's been a thing that I've been wanting to work on [00:19:00] and, um, I've been really frustrated because of this aura ring. And it tells me how little sleep I'm fucking getting, even though I was going to bed, but I was like waking up 17 times ago. You just felt the Brad Crowell: best sleep in your life like a week ago. At the Lesley Logan: time of interviewing them, it was shit.And prior to that interview, my Aura Ring annual. Wrap up was like, uh, you averaged six hours of sleep, which is not what I, my goal was. My goal was seven hours of sleep, right? So obviously missed that by a big lot. And also like I wasn't getting into deep sleep, which is what our brain needs to do. We, so we have to train our body and brain to sleep.So I do have a nighttime routine. I have been cheating on it. However, do not work three to four hours before bed. Turn down the lights. As evening approaches, our friends have those like Google. Lights or their lights are on a Google situation and they just are on a timer end. Yeah. They just Brad Crowell: start dimming.They just start dimming. Lesley Logan: It's pretty cool. Do it. It doesn't, it doesn't seem to cost a lot, so you can like do it, but you have to think about it cuz all the things you can do to like not have to like remember to do [00:20:00] it. It's like, Amazing for decision fatigue. It also helps signal your body to start releasing melatonin.Hello? For sleep. They said no caffeine. Eight hours before, you know Europeans, you do things differently. So like, basically like Brad Crowell: if caffeine. Yeah, but I feel like science doesn't lie. You know, like, Lesley Logan: well, I've, I read a, I read a book on coffee and like, Some people can handle it after three o'clock and some people cannot.And Huberman also scientists, he also said like, if you can, you can't, if you can't, you can't. So just Fair enough, fair enough. You know, you, um, but, but definitely like probably eight hours before bed makes sense to me. Um, and they emphasize that you should get at least six to eight hours. I really, I feel good at seven hours.Eight kind of thinks you feel Brad Crowell: groggy. So that's good. Yeah. I need to, I need, I definitely am at the six hour mark and I need to step that up. The seven. Lesley Logan: Well also, cuz I don't want you to die. Well, Brad Crowell: yeah. And, and I mean, well, so here's what's in, he actually said, um, and this was an interesting way to think about sleep, because we kind of think of sleep like last.It's like the, it's like, eh, you get when I'm dead. [00:21:00] Well, there, I used to say that forever, but, but also like, you know, we're like, oh, I have a big day tomorrow, so I should get some sleep. And the the, you know, he said, Hey, you know, sleep is actually, literally sleep is made for your brain, right? Like, sleep is made for your brain.Okay, so when we say that, what that, what does that mean? Like you, you need to have the sleep so you can like power wash the brain, right? So that you can actually function and Yeah. And help your brain continue to be they actually communicating to itself Lesley Logan: during sleep. You, there's like all this fertilizer that's happening to your brain, the csf, the cerebral spinal fluid.Right. I don't know that I like the thinking about fertilizer like shit for my brain, but like, it it, well cuz fertilizer has a bunch of manure in it or chemicals. Sure. Okay. So, but let's just think about a holistic level, uh, according to the doctors and the scientists, um, when you sleep, you're like [00:22:00] literally giving your brain all the like, amazing gross shit that it needs.Here it is. Gross shit. Gross shit. Yeah, it's gross Shit. Sorry. It's gross. Sorry, Douglas. Um, anyways, uh, it's so, um, it's so important. And then they also mentioned this is why it's so important, if you listen to nothing, listen to this. There is links in science between dementia and sleep deprivation. Yeah. So y'all get your fucking sleep because you don't want to be dementia.Dementia. No. Have dementia. Yes. You don't wanna have it. You know, you don't wanna have it. And like we don't, we, and there's all these other things that are still trying to figure out why it's happening, but like, do yourself a favor and like, at least if one of the causes is lack of sleep. Get yourself some sleep.Well, Brad Crowell: I think, and the, you know, like, to take it a level deeper, basically he's talking about that CFS is cleaning your brain during those REM cycles of sleep. Uh, right. And he said, When you don't get the sleep that you [00:23:00] need, you're not clearing the brain as much as you need to clear it, which ultimately could cause a breakdown of communication, and that that if that communication breaks down, now we're talking diseases such as dementia.Lesley Logan: Dementia. Well, it makes sense. I mean, if you think about drains, If you don't clean them, there's buildup and then eventually there's blockages. Yeah. And. You know, in LA those things just become a burst pipe. So there's like these things that happen. So that could happen to you. Brad Crowell: It, it, it absolutely can. Yeah.So get your sleep. So that could happen to you. Lesley Logan: Uh, this is my for sleep. This is your brain on drugs. Brad Crowell: Yeah. Right. Uh, I really was also gravitating towards the, um, The, the conversation about, uh, business owners, like entrepreneurs. He said that, uh, uh, business people move the conversation forward because, uh, [00:24:00] especially, uh, Dr.Dion was, you know, he's in the, the, the health, wellness medical field. He's a fucking brain doctor. Brain doctor. But he's like, Hey, this is slow. Everything is slow in this field. But entrepreneurs get in there and they like, you know, Break stuff and they, they move a lot faster because, companies operating at peak performance are five times more efficient than companies that are not right.And that's a lot to do with the brain. So they were kind of going back and forth about this and, uh, basically it's, you know, his opinion was that business people have amazing take on the brain, whether or not they realize it because. For them to operate with efficiency. What are they doing? They're taking care of their body.They're taking care of their brain. They're probably, you know, uh, uh, doing, uh, like maybe it's, uh, supplements or sleep Oh, or some of these food that they're eating, and they're really intentional Lesley Logan: about it. Some of these business owners that I've followed, they're like, such biohackers and they're bio.Absolutely. They're doing some crazy studies on themselves and they move fast. And you're right, they break stuff and like, [00:25:00] not that science is slower, there's. You Brad Crowell: need money? No. No money. It's not the science, this law, it's the, the medical field that's, you know, moving the needle in like government stuff.Like that's, it's Lesley Logan: just slow. Well, that's because people, yeah, whatever, but like, You need money to study things and I think business people will are willing to do it because they will invest in the products that will help. The thing meaning cuz I mean, I bought a thing that a business person made to help me sleep better, so I'm in.Brad Crowell: Yeah. Um, and we're really excited to start sharing about that new, uh, device. Uh, we're working out a, a, a relationship with them. I Lesley Logan: know. I'm so excited to tell you all about it tomorrow next. I dunno, I'll, let me get Brad Crowell: to my emails. So Douglas Map also had like a side comment about ai, which I thought was really interesting cuz that, that always like, um, I'm always interested in that stuff.And, uh, he said actually he thinks that it's not necessarily gonna benefit us as much as we think it is, um, in a couple of, you know, in a generation or two. Because historically what has happened over the past, like couple of decades, [00:26:00] we don't remember people's phone numbers anymore because we don't need to, because we have cell phones.We don't try to do, um, math anymore because we have computers and laptops and uh, and you know, phones that have calculators on 'em. We, you know, there's a lot of like the, uh, normal processing trying to figure out of things that we just don't need to do anymore because we can either outsource it or we have a machine do it for us.And he said, so there's most, like, historically there's probably gonna be a similar effect on AI culturally. However, he said there's a caveat to that. If we don't train our brains to work beside it, then it will, it could potentially be negative. However, there's a way for us to actually. Use this AI in a beneficial Lesley Logan: way.Absolutely. People who use calculators are still like rocking crazy amazing business things. They just know how to use a calculator to make their mo self most, most efficient. Yeah. And also John Oliver had this on his AI segment. He's like, they're gonna be people who are, uh, lawyers and then there's gonna be lawyers who know use ai.[00:27:00] There are gonna people who are writers and there'll gonna be people who have writers who use ai. Doctors. Same thing. Doctors. Yep. So it's like you. You have to, you have to still use your con your contacts to help you remember phone numbers. You still have to use the thing, you have to learn how to use it.And so either you're gonna learn how to use it with you and like you'll become on top of the place, or you won't. But it's not like it's gonna calculate, doesn't fucking take over everyone. Right. Brad Crowell: Right. And that what, and the, the ai, you know, like he, he was talking about letting the AI think for us, well, can we do that?Yeah, of course. But. We will use the AI that much more effectively if we are asking it the right questions. So there's still a lot of like partnering with this AI tool to be the people who are asking the right questions of the AI are gonna get the best results from the ai. Yeah. And they're gonna be even more Lesley Logan: efficient.I agree. I agree. Because my friend did one of those AI drawings of herself. Uh oh. That's cool. You know, like she said, like, oh, draw me as like a superhero, whatever. There was a whole thing on on [00:28:00] Instagram and there, and several of them were really good. And then a couple of 'em had three hands, a lot of three armed AI things.Uh, I don't know what the AI is giving everyone three arms, so that's why you need to have a better person asking. And one of those hands was on her, like was like coming around to her boob, but like not, yeah, it was just like, she's like, where is his hand coming from and whose hand is it? Anyways, that's hilarious.People who know how to use it, people who don't. So keep your cognitions with you so you can be more analytical. Brad Crowell: Yeah. And, and, uh, some, I'm just gonna share. Super quick story that has nothing to do with anything, but I thought it was so fascinating. Um, my friend went to a, uh, a party and one of the things like, it was like a whole bunch of people, but they had a side room set up that was an AI voice activated ai.Um, like painter as it were. And so there was a screen and what it was doing was listening for the conversation in the room, and then it would make an AI, digital artwork, piece of imagery based on what it hurt, right? So they were just [00:29:00] throwing out phrases like, uh, one of 'em, literally someone said, Mount Everest, and then like, wait two seconds.And it would. It would like just show ALF on Mount Everest, right? Like those images don't exist. It wasn't like there's an episode of ALF where he's on Mount Everest. So they were, it was so fascinating how you can interact and create these amazing things with these, this new AI technology. So I love it. I mean, I think, uh, I think Lesley Logan: that people's imaginations can go more wild.Oh yeah, because the things that would hold a perfectionist back, like I can't draw on Mount Everest. Right? It would Brad Crowell: take me how long to draw Mount Mount Everest. Lesley Logan: I don have time for this. I need to sleep. Brad Crowell: Yeah, I got, I gotta get my REM cycle. I need seven hours. All right, Lesley Logan: let's talk about those being IT action items.What? Bold, executable, intrinsic targeted action items can we take away from your combo? I stole it. Brad Crowell: I did it. You totally stole it, but I'm gonna steal it back. Um, taking cold showers. In fact, uh, Dr. Philippe said taking free, he's been taking freezing cold showers. Uh, which [00:30:00] is a one up on me. I, I've been taking cold showers, I'm taking of cold showers.Um, I, well, I, I always start them at like, warm enough for me to get in without feeling like someone slapped me across the face. No. And then I make it cold, so it definitely gets cold. It's, it's not like, uh, but that initial shock, I'm ch I think I'm cheating, so, uh, it's not like I'm jumping in an ice cold pole that is, I'm not it.I Lesley Logan: can't wait for us to have our cold plunge in the, in the annex. But, um, okay. So, We did this episode. Did I say it on the episode or did I figure it out afterwards? That's, I'm not remembering, but like I had been wanting to take cold showers, but I also get up earlier Brad Crowell: than you, you mentioned that I was starting to take cold showers, so I think this is just when we began Lesley Logan: to do this.So, so, okay, here's what happened. This is like, thank goodness for divine appointments. Um, so I had this conversation with them and, uh, uh, y'all heard me fail my cognitive tests, but I do think that they were testing me. It's strong, harder than other people. That's what I think. But I did see my holistic doctor did get some stuff from my brain, my brain, and um, I had been [00:31:00] wanting to do cold showers, but our master bath bathroom is obviously in the bedroom and I get up way earlier than Brad sometimes like, and two hours after he goes to bed.So I didn't wanna take the shower because it's loud. It makes noise, it can do this whole thing. So then I was like, how am I supposed to do this cold shower? Because I don't wanna take it after the walk because I'm already awake. That doesn't work. That's I, I've listened to these guys that we just interviewed, and I also have listened to Huberman on the sleep thing.I have to take the cold shower in the morning, first thing in the morning. So then Huberman is like, Hey, here's some more information about cold showers in the morning. I'm like, oh, I can take him in the guest bathroom. We have a whole bath. We have an extra shower. Yeah. So then, I said, okay, so this is how you create habits.Everyone, first of all have, it can't be take a 15 minute cold shower, two minute, well, it's two minutes. That's all you need. That's what the study says. But I can't take this two minute cold shower as a goal because I have to now go across the house and do something over on that side of the house. So I had to start like putting clothes over there for the morning to go on the walk so that I would sure get into the shower.And then I started with like, [00:32:00] well, how long can I stay in this cold shower? So the first week, I got to a minute. And then I got myself up. I worked my way up to two minutes. I have been doing it every day. Yeah, since a week after I interviewed these guys, which you guys was months ago. So, At any rate, it is amazing.It does reduce inflammation. It does make me feel like I'm a badass and here's an extra credit thing. Do not turn the shower water warm afterwards. Brad Crowell: Oh, right. No, you, you, you stay cold and you exit the count, the shower cold. Lesley Logan: Exit Brad Crowell: cold, which by the way is, and then when you're drying off, that's like you're warming yourself up with your towel Lesley Logan: basically.We're gonna see how this goes cuz this is, uh, the first summer I'm doing this and the AC is on. When I'm getting outta the shower and it's really mouth fun, but it increases the blood flow, like you said, and it's just makes you alert. I, I Brad Crowell: think it also like helps your metabolism and there's a couple of other Oh yeah.You know things, but, but, uh, you know, basically what it's doing is, uh, it's forcing the blood into your brain [00:33:00] to protect your brain from the cold. Yes. Which is, Literally the best thing that your brain could get. Lesley Logan: Also, another shut up for why you should use your guest bathroom. All my married couples is this.I literal like, oh my God, it's so cold. Oh god. So cold. Oh god. So it's so cold. It's so cold. Oh my god. It's so, but it doesn't wake him up because it doesn't even turn on the water. I didn't even notice water heater doing it. No, I've been doing, I've not this today, even in hotel rooms. I've done it. So Awesome.I did it. What? Okay. Yeah. Nice Brad Crowell: job. Well, what about you? Lesley Logan: Okay. So I failed their cognitive assessment. Uh, and so my biggest takeaway is understand your cognitive abilities. Brad Crowell: Um, understand, understand your cognitive abilities. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Lesley Logan: Uhhuh. So find a cognitive assessment to identify those strengths and weaknesses.Um, I think they have some stuff they Brad Crowell: actually said if they, if you aret Sure. You can hit 'em up on Twitter and they'll point you in the right direction. Yeah. Lesley Logan: And then, um, uh, and then. He didn't mention like meditation, exercise I'm reading, but like, I think those things help. But, um, he did say put your [00:34:00] brain in a rigorous exercise, so you gotta challenge your brain without too much stress to help your brain grow.And I think that's really vague. So I definitely would tweet at them what those are. But I would also say like, try not to, like we Googled 90 songs. To like, kind of like remind ourselves like, what are our favorite 90 songs? Also, not because we didn't know what they were, but like is it nineties? Is it eighties?Is it early two thousands? That's a little bit hard for me, but then just like, but it, yes, but you, yeah, but you missed a bunch of parts where like, I was like, there's a, another band, there's a, and I tried really hard to figure out what that band was before we Googled and I got as many parts of the thing.I had the garden down, I had the, I had the rhythm down. So try to do things that challenge your brain. This is something that's been really important to me. Many, many, many year, years ago I heard Seth Goden say parents' jobs is not to like get their, like think that school's teaching their kids. It's still like actually teach their kids when their [00:35:00] kids come home.And you do that by asking 'em questions. They can't Google. Mm. Or ask them questions, then don't let them Google. And if they answer a question, not telling them what if it's right or wrong, but ask 'em how they got to that answer because that is actually challenging the brain. So, you know what? Ask yourself a question.Don't let yourself Google. Try to come with an answer and then, you know, see what happens. I loved it. I, these guys are amazing. You could, it was super Brad Crowell: fascinating. I really enjoyed that. Lesley Logan: I, I, um, I'm on a mission to sleep more. As of this moment, my average hours are six and a half. I'm still working on that seven, however, We have this product that we can't tell you about yet, but I, uh, got eight hours of sleep straight through.Did not wake up once within the third day of using this thing. And I'm so freaking excited because as long as I'm in the bed for eight hours, I think I could get close to seven. Right. So I'm in. Brad Crowell: Love it. Awesome. Lesley Logan: Well, I'm Lesley Logan. Brad Crowell: And I'm Brad Crowell. Lesley Logan: Thank you so much for joining us today. We are so grateful you're here.How are you going to use [00:36:00] these tips in your life? Let us know. Tag the vie pod tag, the brain prophets, and. until next time be until you see it. Brad Crowell: Bye for now.Lesley Logan: That's all I got for this episode of the Be Until You See a Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. 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Listeners, can U handle this? Handle what lol? Well, the Bored Bills 2001 of course! Yep, those guys are back to bust down every top charting track of the year. And whether U're a completely innocent citizen or maniacally twisted murderer, U'll find something to enjoy in Ur 3 Presenters' hard hitting analyses of the biggest pop songs of 2001 - songs including indelible numero unos by the likes of Destiny's Child, J. Lo, J. Blige, Outkast, Usher, Shaggy, Rik Rok and even the wacky freakers of Crazy Town, not to mention others as well (Nickelback comes to mind)!  So what's stopping U from just pushing play right about now? Nothing? Well then - go ahead: push it! I mean did we stutter stutter - stutter stutter or what?    

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The biggest stage in music is still the Super Bowl Halftime Show. In 2023, that stage belongs to Rihanna. This is a noteworthy show for multiple reasons.Rihanna hasn't released an album since 2016's ANTI, which was a TIDAL exclusive! Seven years is a long time. She has since built two billion-dollar brands with Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty, and recently became a mother. Could this be the start of a music comeback for RiRi?A few years ago, Rihanna famously turned down this opportunity citing her support of Colin Kaepernick. But that was before Jay Z's Roc Nation entered into an agreement with the NFL to produce the show in 2019. That relationship — Jay signed Rihanna to her first record deal at 16 — likely patched things up.This performance is also noteworthy since it's Apple Music's first year as sponsor, taking over from Pepsi's decade long-run. To unpack it all, I brought on Louie Mandelbaum aka DJ Louie XIV. He's a pop music connoisseur and breaks down the genre on his Pop Pantheon podcast. Here's what we covered on the episode: [1:38] How Rihanna has stayed relevant without releasing music[4:49] Factors behind Rihanna's cool factor[13:18] Where will Rihanna's performance rank among Super Bowl halftime performances?[18:03] Evaluating Roc Nation as halftime show producers[26:47] “Chaotic” MTV-era producing halftime shows [28:59] Apple Music's impact as first-time show sponsor[32:52] Is performing at the Super Bowl still the biggest stage?[37:15] Is Rihanna finally returning to music?[45:32] Predicting future Super Bowl performersListen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Overcast | Amazon | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSSHost: Dan Runcie, @RuncieDan, trapital.coGuests: Louie Mandelbaum, @DJLouieXIVThis episode was brought to you by trac. Learn more about how artists can bring web2 and web3 together for their fans at trac.coEnjoy this podcast? Rate and review the podcast here! ratethispodcast.com/trapitalTrapital is home for the business of music, media and culture. Learn more by reading Trapital's free memo.TRANSCRIPTION[00:00:00] Louie Mandelbaum: I would say there's three moments that really stand out to me, maybe four. the first is I do believe from the jump, she always had the coolest records from Pon de Replay on like Rihanna, Pon de Replay, SOS, Unfaithful. These were like very state of the art cutting edge, well-made. Cool pop songs. She always had that going for her.[00:00:23] I think from the jump, but I don't know if that necessarily translated into her celebrity persona. I think that began to emerge around her third record, which is 2007s Good Girl, Gone Bad. I think Umbrella kind of to me stands as like the moment where Rihanna went from sort of upstart to like true.[00:00:39] Kind of a-list Pop Star, that record is obviously widely considered to be one of the best pop songs of the 21st Century For Good Reason. [00:01:15] Dan Runcie Guest Intro: Today's episode is a Super Bowl special. This is all about Rihanna, the halftime show, and how this show has evolved over the past few years. I was joined by DJ Louis the 14th, who is the host of the Pop Pantheon podcast, and him and I talked all about what do we expect from Rihanna? This is the first big music thing that she's done in quite a few years.[00:01:35] What do we think? Where this show will sit in terms of other performances that have been historic in the Super Bowl, this is now gonna be the fourth Super Bowl that Rock Nation has done. What do we think about the job that they've done? This is the first year for Apple Music. How have they been doing and what do we think we'll expect from them moving forward?[00:01:53] And also, We all know about the Super Bowl bounce, what artists do the year after the show. So what do we expect from Rihanna for the next couple of years after the show? What do we expect to see from the show moving forward? And we make some predictions at the end on who we think would be some dope Super Bowl performances that we could likely end up seeing in the next couple of years.[00:02:14] Here's the episode. Hope you enjoy it.[00:02:16] Dan Runcie: All right. Today we have the pop culture expert himself, DJ Louie the 14th here with us. Today he's hosted the Pop Pantheon podcast, and he was the best person that I had that I wanted to talk about this upcoming Super Bowl halftime show with the one and only Rihanna. So Louie, we're talking a little bit before we recorded just about her and how, I know she's someone that you can riff on for a while, but it would be good to start with where this fits with Rihanna's career right now, because she's someone that, I think it's almost gonna be seven years since Anti came out at this point, that at least the Super Bowl halftime show would've happened. I know she had the Black Panther song, but it's been so long since she's released new music, but she's still stayed so current.[00:03:04] What do you think it is about her that just keeps that.[00:03:08] Louie Mandelbaum: Dan. Thank you so much for having me on the show. So glad to be speaking with you. What I think is Rihanna's number one currency as a pop star, you know, like lots of pop stars have sort of a thing that. Is the engine behind their stardom, you know, for someone like Taylor Swift for instance, I would say it's her songwriting chops.[00:03:28] That's like the thing that everybody turns to about her. For Beyonce, it's kind of her epic performance abilities. Like, not to say they don't have other attributes that, you know are working towards their success, but they're sort of like a main thing with all of them. I tend to think, and to me Rihanna's has always been her cool factor, like Rihanna is the coolest pop star of her generation, and she's never been the most traditionally talented at any of like the musical aspects of all of it. Like she's not like a generational songwriter. She's not a particularly like gifted dancer, you know, she's a very distinctive, but not traditionally powerful vocalist necessarily.[00:04:13] So Rihanna's thing has always been that she is genuinely cool, like in a way that isn't put on or try hard in any sort of way. And I think that allows her to have a certain amount of interest in everything that she does, even when she's not making music. And of course, she's done a really fantastic job of building out her brand identity outside of just being a pop star through the success of her various fashion lines, Fenty Beauty, Savage, all of that stuff.[00:04:47] Has allowed her cool factor to like disseminate through culture without her necessarily releasing music. But I think the most important part when it comes to her returning to music is that unlike other pop stars of her generation, say like a Katie Perry, who definitely does not run on Cool factor, I think that Rihanna is appealing to pop's core fan base, which has shifted out of her specific generation. So like since Rihanna's released new music, like there's an entire new generation of pop fans that are now like the kind of core center of pop music that were very, very young last time that she released music. But I think Rihanna's cool factor.[00:05:28] I guess my hypothesis is that Rihanna's cool factor can allow for her to potentially be someone that they'd be interested in engaging with on new music in a way that they wouldn't, for somebody like Katie Perry or even someone like Lady Gaga, or even someone maybe even like Beyonce, I think that her cool factor creates the circumstances where perhaps people will still be engaged and interested in her releasing new music, despite the fact that it's been such a long time.[00:05:56] Dan Runcie: When do you feel like that cool factor emerged? Because I agree with you. I think there is something intrinsic about her that just pulls people in and thinking about her career, it's almost been 20 years now. She came on the scene as a teenager and, of course, I think that in the early years we do start to see a bit more of the record label created person, and you don't see as much of the personality, but over time you start to see that.[00:06:20] When do you think that shifted? Whoever's like, oh, here is the Rihanna that is showing us why she's the shit and other people aren't quite at that level.[00:06:30] Louie Mandelbaum: I would say there's three moments that really stand out to me, maybe four. the first is I do believe from the jump, she always had the coolest records from Pon de Replay on like Rihanna, Pon de Replay, SOS, Unfaithful. These were like very state of the art cutting edge, well-made. Cool pop songs. She always had that going for her.[00:06:53] I think from the jump, but I don't know if that necessarily translated into her celebrity persona. I think that began to emerge around her third record, which is 2007s Good Girl, Gone Bad. I think Umbrella kind of to me stands as like the moment where Rihanna went from sort of upstart to like true.[00:07:09] Kind of a-list Pop Star, that record is obviously widely considered to be one of the best pop songs of the 21st Century For Good Reason. It's an incredible song and something that really allowed her specific kind of reading nasally voice to like shine through and like she gave that song a Life that I think even other vocalists couldn't necessarily.[00:07:30] That was a song that famously like got passed around to Britney and Mary j Blige and acon and a lot of other artists. So it's really her plus this song that sort of came together and it was like her cool factor and her specific brand of Rihannaness that really made that song what it was. But I also think in a sort of, weirdly, maybe this is like a sticky and difficult or chewy idea. But I do think in the wake of what happened between her and Chris Brown, which was obviously like a horrific public experience, and you know, a very difficult thing for her to parse through. And for the public who, you know, were experiencing her at like one of many zeniths of her career, her experiencing this huge public, you.[00:08:16] Incident with her boyfriend. I think the way that she emerged out of that as this kind of like titanium, no fucks given sort of, brand of like pop heroin or anti heroin in some ways. I think that was the moment in which like the Rihanna persona really crystallized like somewhere between rated R and loud and the kind of caval kid of albums and songs that came after.[00:08:41] She emerged as this very specific brand of turn of the 2010s pop star who was kind of like middle finger in the air, like kind of gave off the air of like, I'm not even trying that hard, but like everything I do is amazing. Like that was another thing about her that I think really like codified her pop star.[00:09:00] Every pop star is working really hard. It's a very hard job. So I don't wanna make it sound like she's not doing that, but there was a way in which she made it feel. She wasn't even kind of trying and like everything she did was a smash, even though she was kind of like casual about it, she never gave off the air of someone that was just like gritting her teeth and working really hard in the way that like a lot of pop stars can seem.[00:09:22] So I think it was those combination of factors around that time, oh 9, 10, 11, that like the full embodiment of the Rihanna, like pop heroin slash anti heroin. I don't know exactly how to frame that, came into full, like being at that point.[00:09:40] Dan Runcie: Yeah. I think another thing that happened right around that same timeframe was the accountant that she had and how she had almost went bankrupt from trusting someone that was very shady with her money too. And that's where I think a lot of that zero fucks given as well. You combine that, the Chris Brown, you know, domestic violence and abusing her and then.[00:10:02] That combination. Yeah. I do feel like by loud sonically we also started to hear a little bit, it almost felt like there was a bit more of like a tone in a oomph in some of the music there, which has been cool to see ever since. And I think like over time, she's just leaned more and more into that. And she also was someone who I think for every year, for up to at least the middle part of her career, she was releasing an album pretty much every year.[00:10:27] But then I feel like by the time that Anti comes around, Slowing down. She's starting to put more into her. And we kind of saw similar transitions with how Beyonce, maybe it started to do, releases that word bit more, you know, less of the general, here is what you're getting. But no, let me be a bit more myself and tap into something like what we saw with formation and the self-titled.[00:10:50] I think you started to see that a bit more with Rihanna and I feel like this. lines up with it as well. And I think another piece that I think about with her too is social media and just how we saw another side of that personality was just a bit how cutting and how, you know, direct she could be with people, whether it was her online, back and forth with Sierra, or even, I think there was one of the Kardashians, or maybe it was like Kendall Jenner had said something about, oh, That I hear this song played at the Rihanna concert, and then she's just like, then don't come if you don't want to hear that song.[00:11:23] And little things like that. It's just like, okay, all right, here we go. You know, throwing a little spice everywhere and slowly making people realize that this is who she is.[00:11:33] Louie Mandelbaum: Yeah, the social media thing is like definitely critical. I'm glad you brought that up because she kind of was like the peak celebrity of Peak Instagram, Twitter, years. Like she was the one that made it all like really enticing. I mean, her Instagram persona in the early 2010s was like the reason to be on Instagram.[00:11:52] And of course all of those clap backs. Our legendary and still cited it to this day. Another one of my favorites is like when some tabloid like tweeted something about, you know, something derogatory about her and she said something like, your pussy's too dry to be riding my dick like this, or something like that.[00:12:09] It was just, you know, we. I think that that was, first of all, she's very clever and smart and good at that stuff, so you can't fake that. But I do think the era of the social media celebrity has been all about creating an accessible persona or something that feels relatable as opposed to like the idea of pop stardom being something that's sort of like cordoned off or celestial or like, you know, something that is untouchable.[00:12:33] You know, the transition that pop has gone through in the 2010s has been toward stars that at least give the patina of relatability or accessibility. And I think her persona on social media and in tandem with the fact that she, I think the fact that she isn't a virtuoso in the way that Beyonce is so defined by her virtuosity created or helped kind of pave the way for the way that Pop stardom has evolved over the 2010s into something that's more about a brand of personality that feels accessible somewhat.[00:13:09] Like relatable, that they could be one of your friends that you know stuff about them, that they don't have to be perfect and manicured necessarily, even though that imperfection can be perfectly manicured in and of itself. But yes, no question about it. Those were all things that she played an integral role in creating that have only become bigger and more prominent aspects of pop stardom in the latter part of the 2010s as she's been kind of pulled back from pop music.[00:13:35] Dan Runcie: and it was interesting to hear you talk as well about the things that set her apart in thinking about the Super Bowl performance coming up. Because this is a stage where so many of the best performances lean into people that are the best performers or have that musical ability that transcends in a lot of ways and for her, even though that cool factor is something[00:13:57] Louie Mandelbaum: Remember Maroon five.[00:13:59] Dan Runcie: Oh man. It's funny, before listening to this, I was listening to where you had ranked a lot of them and I was like, I wonder where he has the maroon five one. And then eventually I was like, oh yeah, like, I'm sure it's closer to that one. I mean, we could talk about that one for a while. I do think that this rietta performance should be, better arrangement and spectacle than that one.[00:14:22] I am curious though, because of course, from a range of, let's say that, "The Who" or the Tom Petty. I mean, I wasn't as much of a fan of those, and I know you weren't either, but of course, Princeton, Beyonce are more of the highly regarded ones based on what you know about Rihanna and where you think she'll fit, where do you feel like this performance would likely end up in terms of where the, where she ranks compared to other halftime perform?[00:14:50] Louie Mandelbaum: Well, I'm awfully curious, Dan, because we haven't seen her do much in a long time, so it's definitely going to fill in some blanks and some curiosities that I think a lot of fans are wondering about where Rihanna is as a pop star and performer. Prior to kind of hanging up her pop star crown, let's say in like, you know, after the Anti tour, let's say in like 2017 or 2018.[00:15:12] She had made great strides as a live performer. I think early in her career she was sort of a weaker performer. Her vocals weren't that great live. She was kind of a listless dancer. Again, she pulled out a lot just based on her swag, but like she had made really huge strides in her performance ability and her vocal ability.[00:15:31] I mean, she was singing so well towards the, you know, end of the promo cycle for auntie when she was in her like Love on the Brain live performance era. I mean, she was shutting it down in a way that I never had imagined she would. She sounded amazing. So I'll be curious to know where her voice is. The thing is that Rihanna's going to do this in the Rihanna way, I would imagine, like, I just don't think, again, prince and Beyonce are two artists that are defined by virtuosity.[00:16:02] They are artists that you know are going to get on stage and be the Absolut. Apex of musicianship of performance ability. They're two of the greatest examples of those things in the most untouchable way possible. Rihanna's like a very different type of pop star. She kind of just gets on stage and grabs her dick, you know?[00:16:21] And like everyone's like, yeah. You know, so that's like what she does. So and I also want to pinpoint that again, and I've said this before, the things that she makes easy look easy or tossed off, or casual or not, like, don't be fooled like a lot of effort and thought and work goes into all of that with her.[00:16:40] So I would imagine we're gonna get some version of "the Rihanna thing" in a Super Bowl performance, which of course, every Super Bowl performance in the modern era is gonna be highly choreographed. It's gonna have massive production values, but I can't imagine her turning in something, again, even akin to like Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's, which is another one that I think is fantastic, but two other performers that are just like impeccable dancers, like super tight performers.[00:17:06] I have a feeling we're gonna get some version of like something that actually maybe relates a little bit more to a rock stars version of the Super Bowl. Not that she's gonna turn in like a Tom Petty-esque performance, but Rihanna can actually just stand there and sort of swag in a way that like, you know, your Beyonce's never gonna really do so. The question is, Is it gonna be up to snuff? I don't think anybody knows that. I think that's part of the fun of waiting for this thing is that we haven't seen her do anything in so long. She's had a baby. It'll be interesting to see like where she's at as a performer. I wish I knew more about it, but I'm just as curious as everybody else's.[00:17:47] But I would bank on the fact that someone of her pedigree and experience is going to turn in something epic and God knows like she's got the production budget and all of the help that she needs to like make that happen. So Rihanna can do a lot just by being Rihanna. So I would say that, I'm sure it's gonna be epic.[00:18:08] My guess is it will probably be epic, I guess.[00:18:11] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I do think that putting her in the top half of performances is a pretty safe bet, I think you could say. I think that comparing to the Prince or the Beyonce, to your point, I think there was so much that you expected from them based on what they're known for before going into it, that you already had that heightened expectation there.[00:18:31] With Rihanna, there's a lot more unknowns. Before this, I was going back and looking at, okay, what are the signature Rihanna performances that are out there. I was looking back at past VMA performances, past Grammy performances, and again, it's so long since you've seen some of those, so it's tough to compare.[00:18:48] And even some of those songs, I mean, she's doing some of the songs that she had done with Calvin Harris, which I'm sure we'll hear at the Super Bowl. But she's also done stuff from Anti that we just hadn't seen in that, you know, grand of a estate, at least in some of those, settings before. It'll be interesting to see.[00:19:06] I'm definitely expecting at least on the top half, but I've thought a lot about just the Super Bowl at all because you brought up the J Lo and Shakira one, which I do think was great on the performance perspective, just given where they are, and that was actually the first. Super Bowl that Rock Nation has done since they had took over as the lead to help the NFL with entertainment for the halftime show.[00:19:30] So that was the first one they had. Then they had the one with the weekend, and then you had last year the West Coast hip hop ensemble with Mary J. Blige and Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Kendrick and 50 cent was one of the guest acts there. And then you have this one with Rihanna. How do you feel like the Rock Nation era of the Super Bowl halftime show has been?[00:19:51] Louie Mandelbaum: Well, it's definitely been putting a focus on artists of color and artists that are, many artists that are adjacent to r and b and hip hop in a way that the previous iterations like touched on but weren't so focused on. So that's been really good and I think that's been needed and an important pivot. So that's been good. I think the J Lo and Shakira Super Bowl halftime show is one of my all-time top favorites. I think it was absolutely spectacular. They were both incredible and they both managed to make their like two six minute sets that they had to split up, like feel com comprehensive in this way that I was just like floored by.[00:20:26] It was just every moment of that was thrilling. So I love that one. I did not care very much for the weekend's performance. I thought I've never found him to be an incredibly compelling live performer, and I felt the same way about his Super Bowl performance. it just didn't do that much for me.[00:20:41] But I think he was a, a good choice. I mean, he's a massive superstar. He certainly deserved the slot and it made sense. And I thought last year's was great. I mean, I grew up in that era of hip hop, so seeing Dre, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg. I'm never gonna be unhappy about that. And I thought they did a really nice job of threading those all together in a way that made sense.[00:21:05] And it felt like, you know, if you grew up on that music, like how are you not gonna love that? I don't know. It was hard to deny. But that was a very unconventional Super Bowl performance because in the last, let's say 10 to 15 years especially, they've become very codified as this. Artist Showcase for One superstar, they become this kind of like elite performance showcase for these upper echelon pop stars.[00:21:31] if you get that slot, it sort of says something about how culture sees you as, as we would say on my podcast, as like a top tier, pop star. So the last year one was definitelylike an anomalous one in the sense that it I guess it was a celebration of Dr. Dre's, you know, production work on some level, but it wasn't necessarily like the traditional pop star extravaganza that we were used to.[00:21:55] So they've tried things, which is nice, and I think it is nice to shake it up, but I am excited for it to be back to this like one artist sort career capstone thing because I think that that's been a really fun and fruitful mode for the Super Bowl halftime show. So I'd say they've done a good job and I think that I am, you know, I mean they landed Rihanna, which is like interesting considering that she had sworn off doing this because of Colin Kaepernick, which I know was another topic you wanna talk about, but clearly there's something that Rock Nation's involvement with this has. Changed in her mind about her willingness to participate with the NFL on this after she had pretty publicly said that she wouldn't.[00:22:39] Dan Runcie: Yeah, there's been a few things that Rock Nation has done here that I think have been good. I think that they were able to create themes around the event and try to tie in the location in some way, right? They had the Super Bowl in Miami, so they went deep on K. How can we get more music involved with Latin culture even though JLo herself is not from Miami?[00:23:01] That was the tie in there with her and Shakira, and I know that after watching J Lo's Netflix documentary, she was upset about the fact that she had[00:23:10] Louie Mandelbaum: yeah. [00:23:11] Dan Runcie: to share the stage, not against Shakira, but just Kind of like you said the past decade before that, was this is a capstone on a singular pop star, and then here you have J Lo, and now she has to share the stage with someone else.[00:23:23] I know she was upset about that,[00:23:24] Louie Mandelbaum: Which she very easily could have done. She very easily could have done that. I just wanna put that out there. Like J Lo definitely could have held down a 13 minute halftime show by herself.[00:23:34] Dan Runcie: I think so too. I mean, we've just seen her perform at all these different settings and in so many hits in. people can have issues with her as a vocalist or things like that, but in terms of the performance, it was top notch.[00:23:45] So I'm with you on that one. And then with the weekend one, I do think that's the weakest of the ones. And there was less of a tie in, I forget the location of that Super Bowl specifically, but I know that, he had a huge years, the middle of the pandemic and the only person that was really like, you know, elevating as a superstar in the pandemic to a new level was him.[00:24:05] So I understood that. And then, yeah, the West Coast ensemble, that Super Bowl was in LA definitely didn't see it coming just from what we expected, but it was cool, and I do think that a lot of this speaks to the relationship piece and this taps into maybe a bit of that factor about why. They were able to get Rihanna in a way that they may not have been able to get her in 2016, 2017.[00:24:28] I think of course, when they had done that, this was right after Colin Kaepernick was kneeling and the league had a lot of heightened f a lot of people were heightenedly frustrated with the league because of not only its stance on police brutality, but this was also a moment where the league's relationship with domestic violence was getting more underlied.[00:24:49] It was only a couple of years after the Ray Rice incident. The concussion discussions were more and more, the NFL, at least from a public perception place, was probably in its lowest point that I could remember, at least in my lifetime, in that mid 2010s era. So to ask Rihanna then was rough. And I think another thing too that stuck out to me with how Rock Nation went about things, Jay-Z had said this in one of the press conferences that the NFL would ask three of these artists at the same time if they wanted to do the show. So then if someone comes back and then someone says yes before then now you have to go rescind the offer to the other person that said yes, which is a very. Bad way to go about this, especially if you tarnish relationships with things like that.[00:25:33] So I've always kept that in my mind, like if there's certain artists that haven't done it yet and you're like, oh, why hasn't this artist done it? Part of me wonder, is it because they like asked three people to do it and then two of them said yes, and then now they need to go, you know, renege on a deal with someone.[00:25:48] So I knew that Jay-Z was very deliberate about, we ask one person at a time, and then if that person says yes, then great. But if that person says no, then you move on to the next person. It sounds so obvious, but that's how they did it. And at least I had heard close to, some sources that told me that Rihanna was the first choice that they had for this year.[00:26:07] And then she said yes. So that was cool to see. And yeah, I mean, I think it speaks to it as well. Jay-Z obviously had signed, Rihanna's, her first record deal with, Def Jam. She was with Rock Nation. After that, they've always been in business together. So it was cool to see[00:26:24] Louie Mandelbaum: Well, I think part of the problem too is that there's like, we're running out of these superstars who are deserving of this capstone performance. Like there really only is like a handful of those super, super top tier pop stars that haven't done it at this point. It's like Rihanna was an obvious one.[00:26:40] Taylor is obviously one that's sitting out there, I'm sure. Ariana could probably do one at this point. There's like a handful of them left in the mix. But like Drake, drake, absolutely. But there's not that many and you know, there's a whole, you know, extra conversation we could be having right now about the state of pop stardom and how we aren't minting superstars in the same way that we used to do it.[00:27:04] But I think that was another reason why perhaps they felt the need to shake up the format a little bit, including with last year. And maybe even with the Shakira and JLo one and find ways to like do other versions of this because there really aren't, like we've burned through the like a-list pop stars, really, like a lot of them have already done this, so it'll be interesting to see if they continue to kind of like mix it up or like, you know,[00:27:32] hopefully like Billy Eilish and Little Nas X and Olivia Rodrigo, like just really turn it out over the next four or five years so that they're ready, like, you know, in the mid to late 2010s, 2020s to take over for the Super Bowl. halftime show life. I don't know. We'll see. But maybe we are gonna get like more of these.[00:27:49] different themed ones or mis mix and mashups. I mean, that's how they used to be like in the early 2010, early two thousands when MTV was doing them prior to Janet's situation. they were doing these kind of like huge ones, like people don't remember, but like Janet's Super Bowl performance was not like the ones that we get now from superstars, even though obviously she could certainly have done. She did two or three songs, really you got Nelly and Kid Rock and I mean, Justin Timberlake, like a panoply of other artists were involved in those shows. So they used to be more of like a smorgasboard, or at least sometimes they would be kind of like these conglomerations of sometimes very loosely connected stars.[00:28:33] Louie Mandelbaum: There was [00:28:33] Dan Runcie: Did you like those MTV halftime shows? [00:28:35] Louie Mandelbaum: And No Doubt. I mean, they were incredibly chaotic. Like I just think that they were so random. But yeah, I mean, they had their own charms. Like there was the one year that was like Aerosmith and Britney and Nsync, and Nelly and . I mean, they were fucking weird, but like they had their own charms, I guess.[00:28:52] But just a different kind of show, I guess.[00:28:54] Dan Runcie: Yeah, going back and watching some of those, the fact that Nelly did two Super Bowls is[00:29:00] Louie Mandelbaum: I know it's so weird.[00:29:01] Dan Runcie: thinking about that moment, right? But. [00:29:04] Louie Mandelbaum: the two Super Bowl clubs is like Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, and Nelly.[00:29:12] Dan Runcie: I know, right. And maybe Tony Bennett did like one or two from the older ones if I remember correctly. But yeah,[00:29:18] Louie Mandelbaum: No, 90s ones are fucking psychotic. The nineties ones are like out of their minds. Truly like, Chaka Khan, I think like doing like Indiana Jones and Indiana, it was like psychedelic fever dreams. Or maybe it was Patti LaBelle, not Chaka, Patti LaBelle doing Indiana Jones, like themed Super Bowl Halftime performance is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen in my life.[00:29:44] Dan Runcie: Man, and it just makes you think about how far this show has come along and I think to that, even if we see these ensembles, I like the fact that there will be a bit of a theme to them moving forward. And I think there are so many creative things you can do. And I'm also curious to see how the show will continue to shape with the sponsor that's leading it because I feel like that's another element to this. This is Apple Music's first year. As the primary sponsor for the show after Pepsi had had it for the past decade, and we knew that Pepsi chose not to renew. They wanted to put more money into digital, and Apple was willing to pay more for the show. And I know that a lot of these streaming services are trying to get into the livestream business.[00:30:30] Apple was one of the more public companies I was trying to get NFL Sunday tickets. So there's always this association, both with music and entertainment that they've wanted to do to try to essentially sell more AirPods, sell more iPhones or whatever the exposure ends up getting them.[00:30:46] But I am curious to see, is there gonna be any type of integration or any other type of thing that we'll see that is a shift because I feel like this Pepsi era gave us so many of these singular pop star capstone shows. I feel like I think about Beyonce when I think about the Pepsi era of Super Bowl halftime shows.[00:31:02] What will this Apple Music one look like? I'm not sure, but what do you think? Is there anything that you expect to see moving forward now that it's kind of new chapter, new sponsor,[00:31:12] Louie Mandelbaum: Like Rihanna just like comes out wearing a pair of AirPods or like, I don't know, like she she sits down at like a MacBook Air and like in the middle of the stage. yeah, I don't know. That's a good question. I think, well, what's interesting maybe that you were making me think about earlier is that clearly having an artist like Jay-Z involved and Rock Nation involved is gonna be like a more artist friendly way to program these things that's gonna like value, cuz Jay-Z is a music artist, so he's gonna have some form of respect for the people he's booking. I think part of the issue sometimes here is that this is such a huge opportunity. This is the biggest stage in media for any star to get a chance to do this. Is such a huge moment in their career that I can understand why, like prior to Jay-Z. The NFL or whoever was programming these things in the past, like felt like they had all the power . Cause really there's very few opportunities in media. Where like someone like Beyonce feels like, oh, I should do this.[00:32:12] I mean, Beyonce barely does anything at this point. Like there's very few things that would feel like she didn't have the power in every situation. I was just reading an article the other day about how like the Grammys are so desperate to have her perform, but of course like why would she, I don't know what would be like, what would be the benefit of that to her at this point?[00:32:27] So the Super Bowl was really one of the last remaining things that feels like. Oh, like this is exposure that like you get once in a lifetime and it's so humongous. So I can see how that power dynamic works in terms of like what Apple's gonna do versus Pepsi. I don't know if I have any clearer thoughts on like how it's gonna be different except to say that like, again, perhaps Apple is like more of like, in the music industry, like is like more part of the music industry in some way.[00:32:54] They obviously like have been an integral part of like music consumption for the last 10 or 15 years. Whereas like Pepsi, like, you know, aside from like their iconic ads, like really, anyway, Pepsi's not exactly like, you know, music driven necessarily in the same way, so maybe that's gonna have an effect. Do you have any thoughts on that? I'm not totally sure.[00:33:13] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I'm not a hundred percent sure either, I do feel like apple's Dream would probably be to be able to have some type of live stream where you could watch it directly through Apple Music if you're on your computer or if you're on your phone or something like that. I know that the networks that broadcasters show are probably holding onto those rights and want them exclusively, whether it's Fox NBC, CBS, so I don't know if that would actually happen, but I'm sure it's something that they want just thinking about where things go. but beyond that, it'll be interesting to see. It's something I'm definitely gonna be looking out for, but I think it's still a little early to put any predictions on that. One thing you did say though, that was, that touched on something that I was thinking about earlier was just where the Super Bowl sits within pop culture within media and its importance because I do think that for a long time. We always thought of this as, yes, this is the biggest stage in entertainment, and I still do think, especially for a US artist, I think this is still the biggest stage that you could have, but thinking about someone like Beyonce, I think most people would probably look at the past 10 years and say, okay, Beyonce did perform the Super Bowl twice, and what's her signature performance of the past 10 years?[00:34:27] it was her Coachella performance and that's probably not something that we could have said about a artist 10 years before that, cuz I know Coachella has just grew and grew and definitely became an even bigger thing the past decade plus. And I'm now thinking, okay, in this next decade with where things are going, even just now where the Super Bowl sits, how are things shifting?[00:34:49] Is the Premier Music Festival and doing a great performance there, especially since they're now all being live streamed. Could that ever rival or get even close? Are there other types of opportunities that are engine closer? I feel like the Super Bowl probably will always still have that stranglehold just because of how many eyeballs you get, but that's something I've been thinking about, just how these things are shifting and what that may look like.[00:35:13] Louie Mandelbaum: Well, there's no comparing giving somebody a two hour concert to like do the most in the way that Beyonce obviously like now, has defined the most that you could possibly do with that. And of course that is her most well regarded performance ever. And like probably the. Most well regarded live performance of all time question mark.[00:35:33] So no question about that compared to like getting 15 minutes, but. There's the amount of people that are watching the Super Bowl is unmatched. Like no matter how many people are watching that Coachella live stream, like for instance, my parents, my parents still haven't seen Homecoming like they're not big Beyonce people, but my parents see every single Super Bowl halftime performance like, so I still think it's one of the rare instances where monoculture like still exists.[00:36:00] It's like one of the only things I mean I watched the Super Bowl and I could care less about sports. I have zero interest in football. I've never watched another game the entire year, but like I'm there like, you know, with it on mute until , until the halftime show happens. So it is one of the rare instances where monoculture still exists and people still tune in and you're still getting in front of people.[00:36:24] like for better or worse, the people that are watching Coachella are people that are already having some sort of interest in the artists that are performing there. This show puts you in front of a large group of people that like may not give a shit about you and wouldn't like choose to watch you perform even on the Grammys or anything like that, but there you are, so I think it is a level of exposure and a reminder to people and I think the way that these songs burn up streaming charts and Apple,you know, iTune store charts immediately following this, like, the artist that performs at these shows, like tends to like, have humongous streaming and, you know, download boosts following the show bears out that like you're getting in front of people that like just wouldn't seek you out in other instances.[00:37:06] And we have so few examples at this point of like actual monoculturelike functioning in this way, but I do think the Super Bowl is one of the rare moments where that still does happen.[00:37:16] Dan Runcie: Yeah, no, you're right. And I think too, just thinking about how media has changed, especially since the pandemic, if anything, all the other stuff from a broadcast perspective, people are watching less and less, and that's becoming more niche in the N FL even compared to other sports is still the dominant thing.[00:37:36] So I think the Super Bowl, if anything, is probably just having more and more importance from that perspective. So I think it'll always be number one there. You brought up the thing about the bounce and the impact.[00:37:45] Louie Mandelbaum: And prestige. I mean, I think the other thing is just the prestige of the, of getting chosen for it is also something really important. Like yes, getting a Coachella headlining spot is like a big deal, but like people who wouldn't get. Super Bowl head. Letting spots yet like a Billy Eilish last year are still gonna get that Coachella slot like getting that Super Bowl slot is a badge of like honor and confirmation of your like superstar, A-list legendary hall of fame status as a pop figure in a way that like very few other things can coordinate in this day and age, I don't think.[00:38:21] Dan Runcie: Yeah, no, that's a good point. And I think the other point you mentioned too, about the impact that this show has, of course, the week after the Super Bowl or the day after the Super Bowl, we'll see the streaming numbers or the downloads or even the record sales. But I think the thing that I've paid more attention to is some of the ways that these artists are making even more money from their tours or other things like that looking at someone like the Weeknd, he goes from performing in arenas to performing in stadiums and having one of the biggest tours of the year and even last year's West Coast hip hop ensemble. I think Mary J. Blige had the biggest tour that she had had. Dr. Dre, I know he didn't go on tour, but he just sold some of his music and maybe some of the high end interests there could have helped.[00:39:04] And even Snoop Dogg sold a bunch of NFTs afterward and launched his record label that was aligned with this. And if we could think about Rihanna who hasn't released music in seven years, what do we think this next year post Super Bowl will look like? Do you think we'll get a tour? You think there'll be a collaboration?[00:39:22] Do you think we'll finally get that album?[00:39:25] Louie Mandelbaum: I hope so. I mean, I tend to wonder like why she would be doing this if it wasn't to set something up because it doesn't seem like she has interest in just sort of like maintaining like she hasn't done anything in so long that I don't know why she would just do this, like randomly. So one has to imagine that this is the kickoff to an era of some sort. God knows she could launch a humongous tour without having a new album, and I think it would be massively successful like I wonder if Rihanna could play stadiums at this point. Just doing kind of what seems to be the new trend with all the girlies right now, which is doing their greatest hits. That's like Taylor's doing that.[00:40:04] Madonna just announced that she's doing that. I mean, Rihanna could certainly be like, Hey, you know, let me perform my greatest hits, which also constitute like the 25 best singles of the last, you know, 23 years or whatever. So like I have to imagine that it's setting something up. I don't know what to say about the album.[00:40:25] I mean, like I feel like I'd be getting in front of myself to say that she's gonna release something because she's really been adverse to releasing new music, and I wonder if there's anxiety about reentering a streaming marketplace that has changed quite a bit even since 2016. As I mentioned earlier, as much as I do think she has the capacity to appeal to the current pop fan base, cross section. She is certainly, you know, eight years has gone by, like, you know, things have really changed. I wonder if there's like trepidation about like how to work this system. I mean, you look at some of these seasoned pop acts, like even Beyonce. Like Beyonce did well with Renaissance. I mean, she did nothing to promote it, which is like a whole other conversation we could have about that.[00:41:14] But like, you know, the record sold well but isn't doing numbers like Taylor's doing and you know, isn't the sort of like jugg, you know, A-list, A-list, A-list juggernaut that like Bad Bunny is, or that, you know, some of like the new Vanguard of pop stars are. So I wonder if there's a feeling on Rihanna's part in terms of like someone who's had a career that's churn so much on.[00:41:38] A cavalcade of number one hit singles over and over and over and again. Album after album, after album, after album. About like how she's supposed to work that. Exactly. Cuz things have just changed so much and the guard has changed. And so that's a long-winded way to say I don't. No, if you had a gun to my head, I would say tour an album or forthcoming as a result of this, or like on the back of this.[00:42:05] I can't imagine that there isn't. But I will remind people that in 2013 when Beyonce did the Super Bowl, she didn't announce any, like there was nothing new happening. Later that year in December, almost a full year later, she dropped the self-titled album Out of the Sky, but, It felt like that performance just sort of existed in a vacuum when it happened, so it's not as if that doesn't happen.[00:42:28] So it's a little bit hard to say, but if she was smart, I would say given the amount of years that have gone by and how much like she could use of refocusing on the music and that the Super Bowl's gonna give that to her, I would hope that she's using this as some sort of direct launchpad.[00:42:44] Dan Runcie: Yeah, my prediction is Tour. Yes. Album maybe. And the album point is in large part for some of the reasons that you mentioned too, because the last album, I believe there was a botched release with Anti, I think it leaked[00:43:00] early on title cuz I think it was a early release or something like that. It was messy and I know that she was pissed about that and I'm sure that many fans were too And.[00:43:10] People can't escape leaks. I mean, Renaissance leaked early. these things are still happening. And to your point, yeah, there's a whole new system on how these things are being done. And SZA, she's someone who I think kind of perfected this system, but she's with a record label that has. Literally adapted its strategy to be able to understand how to perfect this thing.[00:43:31] And she had this whole waterfall release thing and you need singles leading up to it to kind of make that happen and Rihanna hasn't released music recently, so there's so many things that would need to happen before anyone would really expect, okay, boom, day after the Super Bowl, here's an album.[00:43:46] Like I do not think that's gonna [00:43:48] Louie Mandelbaum: Two things. One is that, I don't know though, cause here, two thoughts I'm having. One is you are right about the anti rollout and it wasn't just the leaks that were the problem. There was a series of underperforming lead singles that led that record off until they landed on work. It was, you know, Bitch Better Had My Money, didn't crack the top 10. There was. You know, the, kind of weird Lucy with Kanye and Paul McCartney. I mean, there was like, you know, a series of singles that like, didn't quite do the job that like usually Rihanna lead singles were doing at that moment where every single one you could to a number basically were like generation defining smash hits.[00:44:25] So that's one element of it, but I kind of think the the SZA thing is an interesting comparison to me because yes, SZA released singles before the record came out, but like Shirt didn't catch fire in the same way that Kill Bill has since the album came out. And there's a big thing now with records that come out where.[00:44:44] Fans pick the hit, you know, you dump the record and fans, I mean, it's the same thing that's happened with Cuff It on some level. Like yes, you know, Break My Soul, hit number one, but Cuff, it's actually been a bigger hit than Break My Soul. If you go look at Spotify numbers, it's got more streams. It's a bigger song.[00:44:58] It's got it got the organic TikTok element that came into play. If she had done literally anything to promo it, if she had performed it or made a music video, I'm sure that song could have hit number one easily. But of course, that's a whole other thing about why Beyonce is doing nothing to promo any of this, but I think Rihanna might benefit from removing herself in the same way that Beyonce did with her self-titled Record and Lemonade.[00:45:24] To some degree, I guess, formation notwithstanding from the sort of like trying to find a lead single prior to dropping an album. I think Rihanna's in a phase, especially with Anti, which is her most critically well regarded work, an album that I think like expanded the possibilities for Rihanna being like a sophisticated and intriguing albums artist to come forth with a full record and sort of like see what catches fire from there might actually be a better strategy for her than trying to locate. In a boardroom, like a single that's gonna function like an umbrella or only girl in the world or whatever. Cuz this marketplace is just way more fickle and difficult to figure that out in than it was during her peak era.[00:46:06] So I actually think her dropping an album like literally after the Super Bowl with no notice, like, could be actually like a pretty effective strategy. But again, I don't know that she's gonna do that, but I'm just pontificating on like what I think could work for her. I actually think that might be a better strategy than like doing some more traditional rollout.[00:46:24] Dan Runcie: Yeah, it'll be fascinating to see. I mean, there's so many unknowns to the same way where I think even before Beyonce reformed, we kind of had an idea of what to expect. we don't know what to expect in a lot of ways, so I'm excited for that. But, Louie, before we let you go, let's make a prediction.[00:46:39] So we talked a little bit about maybe some future ensembles that we could see, or some artists that we could see perform. who do you think would perform, I don't wanna just say next year, because that might be a bit too. Keeping it contained, but what is a artist or a mix of artists that you could see doing the halftime show in the next couple of years?[00:46:58] Louie Mandelbaum: I think the obvious answer is like Taylor is obviously going to do this at some point. It's actually like somewhat surprising to me that she wasn't doing it this year. She's having a massive year. This record is gigantic. She has her biggest hit in a long time. This album is a juggernaut in a mainstream way for the first time in like, you know, a series of interesting kind of career diversions that were all huge.[00:47:20] But like, this is definitely like, feels like a big, big moment for her. And she is such a classic Super Bowl artist, not in maybe the Rock Nation era, but she is white country, you know, blonde, critical darling, rock bonafides, like whatever, like, so it's truly surprising that she hasn't done it yet again, Ariana seems like another obvious one.[00:47:41] At some point, I'm assuming Ariana's gonna come forth with a new record. She's due. It's been, I think, Two and a half years or something since her last album. So one has to imagine she's due for a new era soon. She feels like she's of the caliber and of the stature at this point to do one of these by herself.[00:47:57] So those seem like two obvious superstars. And Drake, I think Drake is on the other one. You brought him up. He's obviously seems like a slam dunk. You know, generational superstar. Literally, I don't know how he'd pick the hits, which is another thing with Rihanna, like how's she gonna pick what she performs in terms of like groupings of artists?[00:48:15] I think that's really interesting. I mean, I wonder like what a version of like the MTV format would like look like in the modern era like how could you like bring a group of artists together? Again, the Dre thing was really an interesting sort of like roll of the dice on that idea, but I'm wondering like how you might do that. In other contexts, like, I'm trying to think of like other rap crews, like obviously the other ones that comes to mind like, ha, why hasn't Jay himself done it yet? I mean that's an interesting one to me too. I know Jay famously said, you know, I don't need the Super Bowl, but now he is intrically involved in the Super Bowl.[00:48:53] He feels like another obvious artist and obviously someone that could like kind of corral and very interesting stable of guests. So. it's like Jay-Z and Friends seems like it could be an interesting one. Unfortunately, we've lost another obvious either co headliner or headliner himself in Kanye who was now radioactive and would never get the slot anymore.[00:49:12] I don't think so. He's someone that certainly deserves it on a musical front, but like I think is just, you know, persona non grata in most spaces at this point. And. I don't know. I'm trying to think of like good groupings. Do you have any ideas of like, what could be like a thematic grouping?[00:49:28] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I mean, it's funny, I was just looking here at some of the upcoming locations to see if that could give us any clues. But before I get there, you brought up a few things that I was thinking about the Taylor thing. I agree with you. I think that will happen. I think she's waiting until all of the re-recording come out.[00:49:45] So I don't think 1989[00:49:47] Taylor's version came out. I don't think that Reputation Taylor's version came out. So I think once those come out and she's like, yes, you can play all my non-Scooter Braun owned music wherever you want after that, then I think[00:49:59] she'll do it. so I think she's kind of waiting there. [00:50:02] Louie Mandelbaum: Yeah. I think [00:50:03] Dan Runcie: do it. I don't think that I mean, there's no Super Bowl team in Canada, so there's no tie in there, but I wanna see him do it. I mean, I've been a fan of his for a while, but some upcoming locations. So you have this one in Arizona. The next one is in, Las Vegas, and then the one after that is in New Orleans.[00:50:19] New Orleans could be interesting. I feel like, you know, a whole bunch of, you know, culture with vibe there. I don't know. what artists necessarily, I know you have a lot of, hip hop[00:50:27] Louie Mandelbaum: Big Freedia Super Bowl halftime show when?[00:50:30] Dan Runcie: Big Freedia would be something, oh man, I feel like they'll do something with that. Assume that, you know, rock Nation is still involved. I feel like we'll get something cultural there. But, the one person that I do wanna say, and I think you mentioned this on a podcast as well, I think I love Bruno Mars as a performer. It was too early though, and I think you're right about that like he performed before Uptown Funk, before 24K magic.[00:50:54] And I think that he may have done like a snippet of those songs at the Coldplay one that he guested it on with Beyonce. But no,[00:51:01] we have a [00:51:01] Louie Mandelbaum: whole next. [00:51:02] Yeah. He did Uptown Funk. I.[00:51:03] Dan Runcie: Yeah, we have a whole next set of those to do. And maybe if it's too bland to do him again, maybe you mix him with someone else or something like that, you know, him and Cardi B have done a few songs, like something like that could be kind of cool.[00:51:16] Louie Mandelbaum: Yeah. What about Nicki and Cardi? I mean, like we haven't had a female rapper headline on her own.[00:51:22] Dan Runcie: I mean, can you get those two in a room though?[00:51:25] Louie Mandelbaum: No, not together. Not together. Not together. I mean like what about one or the other? I mean, Cardi, maybe not, but Nicki certainly is a generation defining pop artist who like certainly deserves her own show. I think that'd be an interesting choice. I think the New Orleans one is really interesting because you're like, all right, you could have like Wayne as like one of the primary headliners of that, you know, and then you could like mix in.[00:51:50] I don't know, like other famous, you know, there's so many famous New Orleans artists. You could do like a Cash Money, Drake, Wayne, Nicki, [00:52:01] Dan Runcie: That would be special. That would be special.[00:52:04] Louie Mandelbaum: Mm-hmm.[00:52:05] Dan Runcie: All right. Well, we're calling that now. That's our prediction. We'll have to check back, but that's our prediction for when is this? February 2025. So two years from now, Drake, Nicki, and[00:52:14] Wayne. The Cash [00:52:15] Louie Mandelbaum: Right on. We'll have to check in about. That seems like an obvious good one. I mean, honestly, great show I That would be amazing.[00:52:22] Dan Runcie: Yeah. No, that would be something that would be good. But no, Louie, this was so much fun. Thank you again for coming on and for the folks that are listening and want to hear more about how you break down pop artists, where should they go?[00:52:35] Louie Mandelbaum: They should subscribe to Pop Pantheon wherever you get your podcasts. It's really a taxonomy of pop stardom. We take them all one by one. We have really in-depth discussions about their careers and disc photographies, and then we rank them in a series of tears called the Pop Pantheon. So if you are interested in pop music, I think it's both informative and fun and smart and stupid at the same time. So if you like to talk about pop music and to overanalyze it as we do, follow us at wherever you get your podcast, Pop Pantheon, and also we're on Instagram and Twitter at Pop Pantheon pod. And I'm @DJLOUIEXIV on Instagram and Twitter.[00:53:18] Dan Runcie: Awesome. Great stuff. Thank you. Appreciate it. 

And we're BACKKK!! On the season 2 opener for the 411 podcast with Jaleel J.Blige, Jaleel celebrates the podcasts 1 year anniversary, Catches yall up with all the things he's been up to, specifically the development of his current series that is in the works titled in Secrecy. Sit back and listen to the preliminary ideas he is currently brewing up! intro:"Tonite (For Colored Girls Mix)" by Those Guys Listen to So into U and Lavish life, Stream Here Follow me on social media platforms Jaleel J. Blige Jaleelcampbell.com

(Chorus)Ooh yeah. Mmmm.Mmmmhmmm.(Verse 1)Everybody!Mmmm.Oh.Make it feel alright.Mmmm.Mary's back!(Chorus)Ooh yeah.Mmmm.Mmmmhmmm.So just dance for me.

“O Give Thanks” Gratitude is an Attitude. Rev. Wanda Nero Butler and Rev. Jon Scott of First Unity Campus St. Petersburg, Florida, share insights about a Musical Holiday Event titled “O Give Thanks,” why they do, why we should, and the power behind a Gratitude Attitude. Guest Bios: Rev. Wanda Nero Butler is a Licensed and Ordained Minister, and current Music & Arts Director at First Unity Spiritual Campus. She's taking St. Petersburg, Fl by storm by bringing talent in the Tampa Bay Area together to create community and spirituality! Her talents span several genres as an internationally known gospel recording artist and producer with nine recorded projects and Stellar nominations to her credit. She performed and toured the nation in over 12 stage productions (8 of which she wrote or co-wrote.) Rev. Wanda performed on stage at the legendary Regal and Drury Lane Theaters in Chicago, the Fox in Atlanta, the Kennedy Center in D.C., the Beacon, and the Famed Carnegie Hall in New York, with Michel Pascal, Rev. Dr. Temple Hayes & Deepak Chopra! She was musically accompanied by Paul Pesco (who has accompanied artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Alisha Keys, Hall & Oates, Mary j. Blige, Whitney Houston, etc.) also accompanied at Carnegie Hall by Myron McKinley Of Earth, Wind, and Fire. Rev. Wanda toured with or performed for world-famous celebrities Aretha Franklin, Patty Labell, Robin Givens, Charlie Wilson, Leana Horne, Bill Cosby, Edwin & Tramaine Hawkins, Angela Bofield, Angela Winbush, Yolanda Adams, Tyler Perry and Gladys Knight who recorded one of Wanda songs entitled “Can't Help But Love Him” with Marvin Winans, and received congratulatory documents from President Bill Clinton…just to name a few. For 7 years Wanda was the national director of the Drama Guild for GMWA (the gospel music workshop of America. She has three movies to her credit, “Fast Break” (with Gabriel Caplin- now on YouTube) / was a writer and featured in the movie “Church Girl” and her song written by her and her Father (Power in the House) was featured in the movie “Never Alone” with Rev. Dr. Temple Hayes and produced by Michel Pascal. Link to website: https://firstunity.org/member/rev-wanda-nero-butler/ Rev. Jon Scott- Spiritual Leader at First Unity Campus St. Petersburg, Florida. His religious heritage is three generations of fundamentalist preachers. He always loved music, singing in church, and connecting with people, and is a consummate communicator and world changer who skillfully unveils a mystery through meditation, song, or inspirational message. His visionary teachings make a cosmic concept of the Universe accessible and easy to understand. A troubadour and iconoclast who changes the energetic vibration in a room with a simple word or phrase. A man who is helping to create a better world by showing people new ways to see it. He is a lover of humanity with a deep desire to be an example of pure presence in physical form. Jon receives some of his inspiration from the teachings of leaders such as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Bishop Carlton Pearson, and Baba Ram Dass. Rev. Jon Scott considers himself to be a lifetime student and open to all inspiration. https://firstunity.org/member/rev-jon-scott-first-lady-kerri-bell-scott/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/5PByyFBTGLI Call in and Chat with Kat during Live Show with Video Stream: Call 646-558-8656 ID: 8836953587 press #.  To Ask a Question press *9 to raise your hand Have a Question for the Show? Go to Facebook– Dreams that Can Save Your Life Facebook Professional–Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos http://kathleenokeefekanavos.com/

本期接上 pt.1, 我们聊的内容主要从 New Jack Swing 到 Contemporary R&B，后者也是伴随我小时候，现在成年后最喜欢的 R&B 时代！！！ Spotify主题歌单：https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0oLctseoCREqHAmoCuGLKc?si=c08b225e336647de Episode notes: 在Hip-Hop 发展的黄金时代，New Jack Swing 开始出现，它对接下来流行乐的影响十分深远，推动了当代 R&B 的形成； Janet Jackson 于 1986年发布的 “Control“ 宣告了一个新的时代，在当时是一部无法归类风格的作品（制作人为 Jimmy Jam 和 Terry Lewis），之后的 “Rhythm Nation 1814” （1989）开创了专辑呈现方式的概念性； 80s 也是童星团体开始运作的时期，当时著名的有 New Edition ，团体成员在单飞后各自也产出了优秀作品； 从 New Edition 分裂出的 Bell Biv Devoe 是 New Jack Swing 风格不得不提的代表，被称为”R&B with Hip-Hop mentality”; New Jack Swing 的开创者是Teddy Riley，比较早的作品是 Keith Sweat 的”Make It Last Forever”(1987); Teddy Riley 所在的团体 Guy 第一张同名（1988）大获成功，也是一张 New Jack Swing 优秀作品； Diddy 老爹推广的音乐人 Jodeci, Mary J.Blige, Heavy D 淡化了一些 New Jack Swing 强烈的拍子，93年之后，这些音乐人开始转向明显的当代 R&B； 与 Teddy Riley 同时期的Babyface 对当代 R&B 的成型也非常重要，他的厂牌 LaFace 对当代R&B 的发展至关重要； 90s 出现了很多R&B 男孩女孩团体，TLC 是我们的最爱，真是太酷了； 90s 到00s初的当代R&B 女歌手中，我们的爱给了 Brandy和Aaliyah，Aaliyah 的“One In A Million“（1996） 带出了 Timbaland 和 Missy Elliott; 小邪恶小怪异的男孩组合 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 也得说说，太独一无二了； 与当代R&B 同时期的90s 末出现了 Neo-Soul； 其实从70s 的灵魂乐发展到90s 的当代 R&B / Neo-Soul ，有许多并行的不同风格在影响，旁枝谱系不太容易以单一线性去归纳； 00s 是我最爱的当代 R&B 时期，Usher, Bow Wow（听不够的“Wanted”（2005）, Chris Brown, Omarion 的音乐是只属于那个时代的多情。当时的音乐歌词内容其实也很有特色，在小时候我并不懂，但长大后我开始明白了成年人感情中的复杂； 2010s 开始，R&B 风格已经非常包容，没有明显风格类型，虽然叫做“Alternative R&B”但与当代 R&B 已经不同； Playlist: Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile (1986) Bell Biv Devoe - “Poison”(1990) Guy - “Teddy's Jam”(1988) Jodeci - “Cry For You” (1993) Babyface - “If We Try”(1986) TLC - “Creep” (1994) Aaliyah - “4 Page Letter”(1996) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - “Foe Tha Love of Money”(1994) Bow Wow - “Let Me Hold You” ft. Omarion (2005) Ja Rule - “Always On Time” ft. Ashanti (2001)

B. Cox looks back at Mary J. Blige's debut classic album What's the 411? as it turns 30. As the youngest signee of Andre Harrell's Uptown Records, the New York-born singer was brought under the tutelage of producer and executive Sean "Diddy" Combs for debut album. Utilizing samples of popular hip-hop records from the 80s matched with drums to complement the sweet vocals of Blige, she burst onto the scene with three smash singles in the summer of 1992. Working with the likes of Cory Rooney, Dave "Jam" Hall, Mark Morales and Devante Swing, the album shot to the top of the charts. The unique sound, coupled with Blige's persona, fashion and relatability, earned Blige her first nickname: "The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul".The album was certified triple platinum and won Blige Best New R&B Artist and Best R&B album at the 1993 Soul Train Music Awards. It was the start of a now 30 year career that has seen 14 albums all crack the Billboard 200 top 10 and also credited with making the marriage of hip-hop and R&B one of "real love"Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comSupport The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow NotesAlbumism: Mary J. Blige's Debut Album "What's the 411?" Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective=https://albumism.com/features/tribute-celebrating-30-years-of-mary-j-blige-debut-album-whats-the-411Music Musings & Such: Show It Some Love: Mary J. Blige's "What's the 411?" At Thirty https://www.musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsandsuch/2022/6/25/feature-show-it-some-real-love-mary-j-bliges-whats-the-411-at-thirtyThe Boombox: Mary J. Blige's "What's the 411?" Changed the Landscape of 1990s R&B https://theboombox.com/mary-j-bliges-what-the-411-re-shaped-the-landscape-of-1990s-rb/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Join Mikala, Ama, and Dami as they kick off the first episode of the podcast; where they discuss the album that fortified their friendship, Mary's J. Blige's "My Life". Social Media Twitter - @madmusicpodcast Instagram: @madmusicpodcast Email: madmusicpodcast@gmail.com Credits Hosts: Mikala (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omegafattyassid09/ (omegafattyassid09)), Ama (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amaziva/ (amaziva)), Dami (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afrodamiac/ (afrodamiac)) Producer: Joe Gangemi, Mathew Passy (Towncast Studios) Resources Mary J. Blige Album "My Life" Burna Boy New Album "Love Damini" Rolling Loud Miami July 22-24 Episode Playlist on Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5HPtRqi77owOAJkCBq9wdM?si=85NzAfftSheH197L6BKrkA (open.spotify.com/playlist/5HPtRqi77owOAJkCBq9wdM?si=85NzAfftSheH197L6BKrk)

She is known to be the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul.” Mary J. Blige came from a tough childhood before becoming a singing sensation. Blige found an escape from her life through music and eventually dropped out of school before working with Puff Daddy. Her first album, “What's the 411?”, was a hit, followed by her second album “My Life”, which explored her emotional struggles. By her fourth album, Blige was finally finding herself and learning to forgive. She realized that it's never too late to pursue her dreams, and years later came out with her seventh album, “The Breakthrough”, earning her 8 Grammy Awards. Blige continues to earn her legacy, performing for Barack Obama and collaborating across genres with artists like The Roots, U2, Drake and more. In 2022, Blige performed in the Super Bowl and was named as one of TIME's 100 most influential people in the world. Although she was faced with heartbreak and setbacks, Mary J. Blige continues to define and expand the world of R&B music. Watch Behind the Music now on Paramount+. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thank you for listening! xxxooo The agents watch three music documentaries. The first, Dave Grohl's WHAT DRIVES US about life on the road of bands in vans. The next music focused documentary is MARY J. BLIGE: MY LIFE about the 25th anniversary tour celebrating Blige's phenomenal album “My Life.” And third the music doc-based work is a series set in Virginia of a competition to cast a gospel choir by Bishop Ezekiel Wiliams and co-produced by his nephew Pharrell Williams, called VOICES ON FIRE.   Please let us know what you think. Have you seen these docs? Whats your favourite music documentary? Email us at: theagency.podcast@gmail.com 

Romain Tassinari, Alexis Tain et Alex Masson sont nos selectors de bons sons. On parle du nouveau documentaire à venir de David Bowie “Moonage Daydream” et de Prince ! Plus quelques bons morceaux dénichés par Romain Tassinari ! Tracklist : Brazilian Girls - Don't StopLa Femme - Sacate La Kali Uchis - Desafinado (from Minions - The Rise of Guru)Boldy James & Real Bad Man - Medellin (feat. Crimeapple)Tristesse Contemporaine - Rude!Kendrick Lamar - Count Me OutGiift - Me TimeMamas Gun - Cure the JonesDavid Bowie - Moonage DaydreamDavid Bowie - Loving The AlienMary J. Blige feat. Anderson Paak - Here With MeMavis Staples & Levon Helm - The WeightPrince - Let's Pretend We're Married (Syracuse, NYC, 1985)Prince - Pussy ControlJ. Brown - WassupDJ Camacho - Keep Your Head Above Water featuring Claybone Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

B. Cox and Domo review Mary J. Blige's pivotal third album Share My World as it turns 25. After a three-year hiatus from her sophomore album My Life and a split from producer, manager and mentor Sean "Diddy" Combs, the annointed "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" reemerged on a new label and with a change in sound. After suffering from clinical depression and bouts with drugs alcohol, Blige made an effort to clean up her life and found a renewed focus on her music.Departing working with Diddy for the first time, she served as co-executive producer with Steve Stoute and worked with producers such as the Trackmasters, Rodney Jerkins, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Bryce Wilson. She also had features with the likes of Nas, Lil' Kim, the LOX, Kelly, George Benson and Roy Ayers. With a more optimistic outlook on life, she set out to prove that she had range beyond just hip-hop themed beats and tracks and that she could be a convential R&B songrtress as well.The album was her first to debut as #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart in the US and reached the Top 10 in several other countries. It has been certified triple platinum and is considered as the project that helped her cross over into mainstream success.Visit The Vault Classic Music Reviews Onlinewww.vaultclassicpod.comLearn More About the "Podcast GPS" BootCamp Course!www.vaultclassicpod.com/podcastgpsSupport The Vault Classic Music Review on Buy Me A Coffeehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/vaultclassicpodShow NotesAlbumism: Mary J. Blige's "Share My World" Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospectivehttps://albumism.com/features/tribute-celebrating-25-years-of-mary-j-blige-share-my-worldRated R&B: Revisting Mary J. Blige's Album "Share My World" 25 Years Later. https://ratedrnb.com/2022/04/revisiting-mary-j-blige-album-share-my-world/Essence: What Mary J. Blige's 'Share My World' Means To Me 25 Years Laterhttps://www.essence.com/entertainment/what-mary-j-bliges-share-my-world-still-means-to-me-25-years-later/Audacy: Run That Back: Mary J. Blige-Share My Worldhttps://www.audacy.com/music/hip-hop-r-b/run-that-back-mary-j-bliges-share-my-world-turns-25Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vault-classic-music-reviews-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Josh and Logan spend the episode reading listener emails and it goes off the rails! They read about some crazy break up situations, decide what it means to be "farted on" and recount all the Power Ranger dinosaurs for some reason. The emails in this mailbag take some truly buckwild turns and Josh and Logan go on some of their most aggressive tangents yet. Enjoy! Come see Josh and Logan perform stand up in Arlington, VA on December 8th! Tickets: https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/158032 This week's Track from Josh: "B4IGO" from the 2021 Comedy Central special #(Hashtag) Follow us! Josh - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshjohnsoncomedy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshJohnson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoshJComedy Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/joshjohnsoncomedy Logan - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loganmnielsen/ Email us at joshjohnsonshow@gmail.com Music by Brad Kemp http://www.secondbedroomstudio.com