Sicko Rap and Drunk Country

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Four songs on the Hot 100 pop chart reveal the new directions in which music is headed. Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode" boasts an unprecedented formal structure that points to the future of hip hop. Meanwhile, in the world of country, Jason Aldean, Mitchell Tenpenny, and Dan + Shay are putting a modern spin on one of the style's oldest tropes: drinking bourbon. Together these tracks make up the vanguard of their respective genres, but are fans willing to take the plunge? Featuring: Travis Scott - Sicko Mode Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites John Zorn - Cat o Nine Tails Jason Aldean ft Miranda Lambert - Drowns the Whiskey Mitchell Tenpenny - Drunk Me Adele - Hello Justin Bieber - Sorry Dan + Shay - Tequila Recommend Reading: Kathryn Schulz on Chris Janson's "Drunk Girl" Recommended Viewing: Rich Redmond's studio drumming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sabotage, hired goons and a landfill in Utah.
0:05.0	How Steve Jobs' revolutionary catastrophe of a computer, the Apple Lisa, earned a brief
0:10.7	second life and then was buried for good.
0:14.8	Watch the Verges documentary Lisa's final act now on YouTube.
0:21.8	Welcome to Switched on Pop.
0:23.8	I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.
0:25.8	And I'm Slangwriter Charlie Harding.
0:27.4	Charlie, today we are going to be listening to some sicko, rap and some drunk country.
0:35.9	And I'm hoping by the end of this episode, we're going to be asking some very provocative
0:40.7	questions about where these two genres of hip hop and country music are headed.
0:46.6	Because I feel like there's a few songs on the charts right now that are pointing towards
0:50.4	the future of this music.
0:51.7	I don't even know what you're talking about.
0:52.7	I literally have no idea what you're talking about.
0:53.7	All right, then let's dive right in.
0:55.2	Okay.
0:56.2	This side A, sicko, rap.
0:58.8	And I say that because the song we are going to talk about is called Sicko Mode by Travis
1:04.5	Scott.
1:05.5	And I think we're hearing the disintegration of modern hip hop into something new.
1:10.7	All right.
1:11.7	Drop the needle.
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