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Doug Kellner + GAME OF THRONES, THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD, Kendrick Lamar and THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
Comedian Doug Kellner watches Game of Thrones for the first time (S07E06, “Beyond the Wall”) and shares his reaction with Hoff. They also discuss the movie The Hitman’s Bodyguard and the Kendrick Lamar album DAMN., then pound back some BookShots in … Continue reading
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Tagged books, damn., fiction, film, game of thrones, hbo, hip-hop, james patterson, kendrick lamar, literature, maxine paetro, movies, Music, novels, podcast, rap, television, the hitman's bodyguard, the medical examiner, tv
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Andrei Alupului + THE EMOJI MOVIE, BIG BROTHER, JAY-Z and HOUSE OF SPIES
Improviser Andrei Alupului joins Hoff to talk The Emoji Movie, yet another episode of Big Brother, JAY-Z’s 4:44 and Daniel Silva’s novel House of Spies. Spoiler: A few of these things are really not very good. iTunes: https://goo.gl/DTqk7G Soundcloud: https://goo.gl/3pFgkR
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Tagged 4:44, big brother, books, cbs, daniel silva, fiction, film, hip-hop, house of spies, jay-z, movies, Music, podcast, rap, television, the emoji movie, tv
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New Podcast Ep: Lizzie Martinez + JAY-Z, DUNKIRK and BIG BROTHER
Comedian Lizzie Martinez joins me to discuss JAY-Z’s 4:44, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and the CBS reality show Big Brother. We spend several minutes talking about a couch. It’s a really crazy-ass couch. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lizzie-martinez-jay-z-dunkirk-and-big-brother/id1254306301?i=1000390364901&mt=2
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Tagged 4:44, big brother, cbs, christopher nolan, dunkirk, film, hip-hop, jay-z, movies, Music, podcast, rap, television, tv
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Number 1s Is a Podcast Now
I finally realized that there are already too many blogs out there, so I’ve moved this project to a medium that’s totally not saturated yet: Podcasts! The first episode, initially performed as a Facebook livestream, is now up on iTunes … Continue reading
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Tagged american ninja warrior, books, dj khaled, fiction, film, grateful, helen hardt, hip-hop, marvel, movies, Music, nbc, podcast, rap, spider-man, spider-man: homecoming, steel brothers, surrender, television, tv
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Music: Future, HNDRXX
#1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, week of 3/18/17 What it is: The sixth studio album from Atlanta rapper Future, released one week after his self-titled fifth album, which also hit #1. After posting my review of the Future album Future, in … Continue reading
Music: Future, FUTURE
#1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, week of 3/11/17 What it is: The fifth studio album from Atlanta rapper Future. Pretty much everything I have to say about this album I already said about Migos’s Culture. I am sure that connoisseurs could … Continue reading
Music: Big Sean, I DECIDED.
#1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, week of 2/25/17 What it is: The fourth studio album from rapper Big Sean. The most notable thing about I Decided. for me was realizing how much Big Sean sounds like Drake–partly in his blasé … Continue reading
Music: Migos, CULTURE
#1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, week of 2/18/17 What it is: The second studio album from southern rap group Migos, which consists of members Quavo, Takeoff and Offset. I should note that after having been displaced for several weeks, … Continue reading
Music: J. Cole, 4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY
#1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, week of 12/31/16 What it is: The fourth studio album from rapper J. Cole. J. Cole is an odd case. He clearly wants to be taken seriously as a conscious and introspective lyricist, so … Continue reading
Music: THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE
#1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, week of 12/24/16 What it is: A compilation album in which various contemporary rappers and R&B artists (as well as Jimmy Fallon, for some reason) offer up their own takes on songs from Lin-Manuel … Continue reading
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