MDLSKL
Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji
Displaying all 5 Episode of MDLSKL with the tag “hiphop”.
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S2E3: A Tale of Two Justins
February 23rd, 2020 | Season 2 | 40 mins 13 secs
20/20, bieber, black eyed peas, changes, commentary, funk, futuresex/lovesounds, gen z, hailey baldwin, hailey bieber, hiphop, itunes, jessica biel, justified, justin bieber, justin timberlake, lil dicky, man of the woods, michael jackson, millenials, missy elliot, music, musictech, neptunes, pharrell, podcast, poo bear, pop, post malone, prince, purpose, r&b, rick rubin, scooter braun, spotify, tech, timbaland, timberlake, usher, will.i.am
Fourteen-years ago, 25-year old Justin Timberlake unleashed his career-defining 'FutureSex/LoveSounds' - An album desperately ahead of its time. At 25-years old, Justin Bieber released 'Changes', the follow-up to his 2015 comeback album 'Purpose'. This week, we contrast and compare the career evolution of Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber.
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S1E8: Lyrics & Law
December 1st, 2019 | Season 1 | 34 mins 53 secs
6ix 9ine, american music awards, art, artist, billboard, camila cabello, case, charts, court, court case, dr dre, eminem, grammy, griselda, halsey, hiphop, jail, jury, jusad priest, law, legal, lyrics, mtv, music, musictech, nwa, ozzy osbourne, post malone, prison, rap, rock, soundcloud, taylor swift, tech, tekashi, the game, travis scott, us, ynw melly, youtube
This week, we put the spotlight on the controversial use of song lyrics as evidence. From rock & roll to rap, we discuss what it really means to separate the art from the artist.
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S1E7: Expectations VS Reality
November 17th, 2019 | Season 1 | 37 mins 23 secs
apple music, billboard, camp flog gnaw, chance the rapper, charts, concerts, country, dj khaled, drake, eminem, hiphop, itunes, kanye west, kendrick lamar, migos, music, musictech, nf, nicki minaj, rankings, sales, schoolboy q, soundcloud, spotify, streams, tde, tech, tickets, tiktok, tyler the creator, youtube
This week, we put the spotlight on popular opinion and how this translates into sales numbers. We discuss the relevance of chart positions in the modern streaming era, sales strategies and the artist disputes that arise on the back of these.
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S1E6: Rhythm + Flow
November 3rd, 2019 | Season 1 | 35 mins 22 secs
aftermath, cardi b, chance the rapper, d smoke, gangstarr, hiphop, idol, jon connor, kendrick lamar, music, music competition, musictech, netflix, rhythm&flow, sir, snoop dogg, sounwave, t.i, tde, tech, the voice, x factor
This week, we put the spotlight on Netflix's hip-hop competition show, Rhythm + Flow. We discuss music competition shows, and their role in launching the careers of past, present and future music artists.
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S1E5: China's Streaming Revolution: Paying VS Pirating
October 20th, 2019 | Season 1 | 41 mins 29 secs
analytics, baidu, bennythebutcher, china, click farms, conway, copyright, data, digital, facebook, gangstarr, hiphop, instagram, ipo, music, musictech, netflix, piracy, post malone, rhythm&flow, ringtones, royalties, spotify, streaming, sza, tech, tencent, tencent music, the game, tunecore, vas, wechat, westsidegunn, yelawolf
This week, we put the spotlight on China's piracy-stricken music industry. From its origins to the rise of the game-changing Tencent Music (NYSE: TME).