Episode 323 | "The Salt is Missing" (with Nyla Symone)

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Music, Society & Culture, Music Commentary

4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Nyla Symone rejoins the crew as they address the Tyla backlash from last episode and accusations of xenophobia and "clip farming" (5:50) before diving into new music—breaking down Offset's latest project, its overlaps with Drake's recurring themes, and how both rappers are navigating reinvention (18:48). Next, the team reviews Teyana Taylor's cinematic 'Escape Room' (40:06), and debates the originality and passion behind Mariah the Scientist's 'HEARTS SOLD SEPERATELY' (52:07). They then share their top five current women in R&B (1:00:18), discuss Drake's pivot away from rap spaces and deliberate rebrand moves (1:08:37), and close with cultural talk on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement—calling him the "white Offset" who leveled up in both love and legacy (1:23:08).

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0:00.0	I'm not going to lie, man.
0:01.0	The people were saying they seen you outside.
0:02.8	Who?
0:02.9	Wait, that is not.
0:04.3	When I said go for it, I meant the first thing we talked about in pre-pro.
0:07.7	Oh. Oh, yeah, we'll get to that. Wait, outside where? Yo. Who? I don't want to drop any locations, but, um, who? Our god Lama, our engineer here. They say it. Lama don't be really he works so much I think he's a little delulu it's not true
0:21.0	He don't really be known what's happening in the world
0:23.3	Don't do too much
0:24.4	You know who They seen it. Lama don't be really, he works so much. I think he's a little delulu. It's not true.
0:21.2	He won't really be knowing what's happening in the world.
0:23.4	Don't do it.
0:23.9	He knew too much.
0:24.5	You know who he used to hoop with, right? What? See, he got a lot going on, so he can't really tell you. Yo, Lama, who used to who with, bro? Like, just give me the thumbs up
0:33.8	Nah, if y'all hear this name
0:35.7	Alright, he gave us the thumbs up
0:37.4	You sure?
0:38.2	So Lama used to live in Chicago
0:40.1	Not R. Kelly. thumbs up. Nah, if y'all hear this name. All right. He gave us the thumbs up. You sure?
0:38.2	So Lama used to live in Chicago.
0:51.7	Not R. Kelly. Damn. How did you know? Hold on. Not Arkelly. I tried to set it up. Whoa. How did you know? It could have been a lot of people. It could have been G. It could have been Coy. It could have been Kanye.
0:52.6	It could have been twisted.
0:53.2	No.
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