Jay-Z's The Blueprint vs. Beyonce's Lemonade | LAST SONG STANDING [E2]

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Cole Cuchna

Music, Arts, Society & Culture

4.9 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

Today's matchup pushed Cole & Charles' friendship to its limits: JAY-Z's The Blueprint vs. Beyonce's Lemonade. The LSS Boyz continue their journey to crown the Best Album of the 21st century (so far). Every episode this season, Cole and Charles each nominate one album they feel should be in contention for the century's best. Each album is discussed individually before the two albums battle head to head, where Cole and Charles argue until they can agree on the better album. The winning album from each episode advances to the season finale Royal Rumble, where the LSS boys will face off one last time until they can finally agree on the Best Album of the 21st Century. New episodes every Tuesday. Hosts: Cole Cuchna & Charles Holmes Producer: Justin Sayles Audio/Video Editing: Kevin Pooler Video Engineer: Chris Wohlers Theme Music: Birocratic Chapters: 00:00 So Delicious Ad 00:32 Intro / Why Jay Z vs Beyonce? 07:11 The Blueprint - Album Facts 14:41 The Blueprint - Album Trivia 18:40 Biggest Song: "IZZO" / "Renegade" 31:07 Best Song: "Heart of the City" 36:00 Worst Song: "Girls, Girls, Girls" 40:19 Best Deep Cut: "U Don't Know" 43:40 Best Moment: "Takeover" at Summer Jam 50:17 Lemonade - Album Facts 1:00:24 Lemonade - Album Trivia 1:03:16 Biggest Song: "Formation" 1:06:04 Best Song: "Freedom" feat. Kendrick Lamar 1:14:36 Worst Song: "6 Inch" feat. The Weeknd 1:16:08 Best Deep Cut: "Sandcastles" 1:21:57 Best Moment: HBO Film / Surprise Drop 1:29:07 Head to Head: The Blueprint vs. Lemonade 1:44:32 And The Winner Is... 1:51:57 Cultural Exchange Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is presented by So Delicious Dairy Free.
0:03.0	We listen to music to free our minds, but are you ready to dairy free your mind?
0:07.5	This summer discovers so delicious dairy free frozen desserts.
0:11.0	With so many next level flavors that are 100% dairy free and unbelievably creamy,
0:16.0	your taste buds will do a double take as you figure out your ultimate flavor.
0:20.0	Is it salted caramel cluster or chocolate
0:22.0	cookies and cream, cookie dough or coconut vanilla bean, or even mint chip or the classic vanilla? Find out
0:28.3	at so delicious dairyfree.com. Welcome everyone to Last Log Standing. I'm Cole Kushna. And I'm Charles Holmes. And in this
0:41.6	four season of Last Song Standing, Cole and I are debating our way through some of the best albums of
0:47.2	the past 25 years in order to crown the greatest album of the 21st century so far, aka the last
0:53.3	album standing.
0:55.5	Last episode, Kanye West, my beautiful dark twisted fantasy, battle, Drake's take care,
1:00.9	and ultimately, twisted fantasy came out on top.
1:03.7	But this episode, we're diving deep into some black love.
1:07.4	But before we get there, Cole, I have to ask, how are you feeling? How are you feeling
1:11.6	after last episode? I feel it pretty good. I was proud of myself for making it through a Drake-centered podcast without shitting on him too much. I was... It was the most mature. I think so. I've seen you. Is this, honestly, that's how I felt for most of our Kendrick season. I'm just like, I'm like, oh, I got to be on my P's and Q's.
1:09.8	I've got to listen to most of our Kendrick season. I'm just like, I'm like, oh, I got to, I got to be on my P's and Q's.
1:29.5	I've got to listen to some of the best, best music ever made. Yeah, such torture. But if we go an album for album, I'd still, I'd still take Drake albums over Kendrick. We're after a great start. All right, but before we get too much, we already,
1:28.5	the people are producers in the back,
1:30.2	especially Justin. after a great start. All right, but before we get too much, we already, the people are producers at the back,
1:47.8	especially Justin are like, all right, you guys have talked about Kanye.
1:50.7	Enough.
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