'Teenage Emotions,' Lil Yachty's Brand, and the Next Generation of Hip-Hop (Ep. 311)

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The Ringer's Donnie Kwak, Micah Peters, and Justin Charity discuss Lil Yachty's new album, 'Teenage Emotions.' They examine Yachty's brand vs. his music (7:40) and the album cover art (11:33), and try to determine an overarching theme to the project (31:09). Finally, they answer this question: Is 'Teenage Emotions' any good (39:02)? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The monoculture may be over, but a perfect pop song can still unite us.
0:05.0	Join the ringer on our quest to find the song of the summer.
0:08.0	We're digging through streaming service charts and playlists,
0:11.0	thank pieces and social media memes to calculate what we think will be the song that stands the test of time.
0:16.0	Visit theringer.com now to view the official mathematical guide to the 2017 song of summer.
0:31.0	Welcome to a very special edition of the channel 33 MusicPod.
0:40.0	On today's episode we will discuss a rapper you might know from this top 10 Billboard hit.
0:52.0	Or maybe his sprite commercial with LeBron James.
1:01.0	The King of Teens is just released his debut album Teenage Emotions.
1:05.0	We're going to attempt to answer the burning question.
1:08.0	Is Little Yadi any good?
1:10.0	I'm Donnie Quagg, East Coast, Bureau Chief at the Ringer.
1:12.0	I'm joined from LA by Ringer's staff writer, Micah Peters.
1:16.0	Hey, what's up?
1:18.0	And here in Studio in New York, and another then, Joe Budden.
1:22.0	Just kidding, just kidding. It's Ringer's staff writer, Justin Cherity. What's up, Justin?
1:26.0	You cannot tell me.
1:28.0	Friends, follow adults.
1:30.0	Great to be here, man.
1:32.0	And I'm Micah and Justin had a very spirited debate about the merits of Yadi on a piece that was published on The Ringer.com.
1:38.0	In case you haven't read that yet, I'm going to allow each of them to present their thesis statement on Little Yadi.
1:45.0	And Micah, since you're a big fan of his, you can go first.
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