A and B Side: Vampire Weekend, The Who, and Lizzo

WELCOME! This is the Groupies podcast. The music podcast about music. We had a weird week at the Groupies but that didn’t stop us from getting our first guest ever to come in and speak on a NUMBER of things. Ryan Rosa, the hip hop connoisseur (and Grant's coworker), dug into her childhood and adolescence growing up with music, and how it shaped her music tastes today.   Artists and songs mentioned, include: 1) Talib Kweli - Good Mourning https://open.spotify.com/track/6cWPz408v5jMZjgTiiqbLh?si=N91AV_r-RaCuMyKC5ANMGA 2) A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation https://open.spotify.com/track/32WDVNZXIAuu7EqncTTKjH?si=fCnEVmBkTdqV1jMnQK2mGQ (Playlist maybe coming soon.)

Chance the Rapper finally dropped his debut "studio" "owbum". The owbum has caused mass confusion among the Groupies on whether the album as a whole was a good piece of work. Spoiler alert: the majority of the Groupies are disappointed by the release. As hinted by the memes, Chance sure does love his wife. In this A-Side, we dig into how Chance got started rapping, what Acid Rap and Coloring Book meant for his career, and where The Big Day stands among the rest of his work. It's a good one, folks.

It's been a rough few weeks for A$AP Rocky. We dig into how he got himself into prison in Sweden, why the President of the United States is tweeting about it, and why rappers need to stop getting involved in confrontations (hint: let your security team take care of it).  The XXL freshman list dropped some time ago, and we go over our top picks on the list, walk over the best cyphers and freestyles, and talk about rappers who've rebuffed the magazine in the past.  We wrap up the pod talking about Grimes' utterly insane diet and exercise regiment, as well as touch on a possible $25 million lawsuit on Lil Nas X's hands. 

Yeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhh we're gonna take that horse to that Old Town Panini Road and Kick It. Ugh, I'm sorry that was terrible. THIS WEEK on the Groupies Podcast Extraordinaire, we have two exciting things. First, our companion and longtime Groupie, Tom, is back in action. Second, Lil Nas X. That's right, the man, the myth, the legend himself. We got an exclusive interview with the memey rapper...jk wish we did. BUT we talked about the records he's breaking with his masterpiece, Old Town Road, in addition to talking about his debut EP, 7.

The Groupies have kicked off the Summer Sessions. It's officially summer break for us here at the pod, and while it's taken us a bit to get back into talkin' about music, what a better way to get things off, than by talking about Adam Levine and This Love. We dig into their debut album, with some of the most iconic singles of a decade and SO MUCH MORE.

We back! We're talking ALL about our latest Groupies playlist we've worked on. Tune in!

We talk about artists that have VISIONS for their work. Literally. Video content. Imagery. You name it.

Jack Antonoff. Is. A genius. That's the consensus of the Groupies. Tune in this week as we hone in Jack's solo project and his first release under the name in 2014. The former "fun." member broke off into his own solo act that has proved wildly successful and has garnered a loyal fanbase, of which the Groupies are a part of. We luv you Jack <3.

Yeah we're, boooooorn in Michigannnnnn yeah. This week we're talking about artists born and raised from the great state of Michigan where the Groupies are from. This is a fun one.

We take a look at Michigan's own La Dispute in this A-Side, featuring a special guest! We dive into the 2011 album of the post-hardcore band, and figure out what hardcore looks like as well in 2019