Best of 2024 so far: hip hop feuds, Hozier’s pop surprise and espresso shots

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The beginning of 2024 has brought new music aplenty. Some big releases are in the form of big-ticket albums by the world’s biggest superstars (shoutout Taylor and Beyoncé); some are in the form of soon-to-be radio-friendly staples (we love you, "Espresso"); and some are in the form of personal earworms (Justice! Rosie Tucker! Dua!). This episode of Switched on Pop, we take a look at the records that we can’t stop listening to from the past few months, from Metro Boomin to Kacey Musgraves to Willow Smith. Songs discussed: Metro Boomin, Future, Kendrick Lamar – Like That J Cole – 7 Minute Drill Drake – Push Ups Rick Ross – Champagne Moments WILLOW – Big Feelings Hozier – Too Sweet Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso Justice, Tame Impala – One Night/All Night Justice – Generator Rosie Tucker – All My Exes Live In Vortexes Lizzy McAlpine – I Guess Kacey Musgraves – Too Good To Be True Maggie Rogers – The Kill Dua Lipa – Illusion Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.7	Welcome to Switched on Pop. I'm musicologist Nate Sloane. I'm musicologist Nate Sloane.
0:50.7	I'm songwriter Charlie Harding and I'm producer
0:53.0	Vienna Cruz. 2024 has seen a deluge of brilliant music. A deluge?
1:00.3	A deluge? A deluge? Both, both of them, Charlie. That's how much music, okay? Some of it from
1:07.6	massive stars, some of it from up-and-coming artists, and in today's episode we are going to listen through some of our
1:14.0	standouts from the year to uncover the new sounds that are shaping our modern
1:19.4	soundtrack. Okay fun. Let's kick things off with a hip-hop
1:24.0	dis-battle that has been all over the news but I feel like the music behind the drama
1:30.9	has been less studied.
1:33.7	Riana is going to introduce this topic.
1:37.0	Yes, today we are talking about like that by Future and Metro Booming featuring Kendrick Lamar.
1:44.7	Young Dope,
1:45.7	Bill is selling dope as you like that.
1:48.0	Cooking doors, kicking in doors is you like that.
1:51.0	Young tho-nigga selling loads as you like that, I just spent three weeks at you like that.
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