The Ringer Music Show
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Goodbye For Now
‘The Ringer Music Show’ is officially going on hiatus until further notice
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Ten Predictions for the Future of Rap
Charles Holmes and Justin Sayles discuss the future of hip-hop and rap and what is coming next in this genre
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The Best of 2022 Draft
Charles, Justin, and Logan discuss their favorite music of the year
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DaBaby, Roddy Ricch, and the New Rap One-Hit Wonders
Charles Holmes and Justin Sayles discuss the changing nature of stardom and offer their "Top Five Rap One-Hit Wonders"
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The Good, the Bad, and the WTF of the 2023 Grammy Nominations
Charles and Rob break down the nominations and make their predictions for the big four categories
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Where Did All the New Pop Stars Go?
The guys examine what it means to be a new artist in 2022 and the rate at which listening to music is drastically changing
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Is It Really ‘Her Loss’? A Discussion on Drake and 21 Savage’s New Project
Charles, Justin, and Logan review the album and discuss Drake’s toxic persona
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What Do We Want From Rihanna’s Comeback? “Lift Me Up” and the State of Rihanna’s Music Career
Charles and Charity also share their general feelings on the pop-culture process of re-eulogizing Chadwick Boseman and the existence of Black Panther
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The Eminem Song Draft
Drafting the best songs from the Detroit rapper’s career, featuring best diss track, best verse, and other categories
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Lil Baby, the YSL Indictments, and the State of Atlanta Rap With Joe Coscarelli
Joe also discusses his new book, ‘Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story’
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Kid Cudi’s ‘Entergalactic’
Charles sits down with Logan Murdock to discuss Kid Cudi’s new animated rom-com and visual album
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Ranking the Best Rappers Over 40. Plus: Freddie Gibbs.
Charles and Justin discuss the best seasoned rappers still in the game
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Freddie Gibbs Bet on Himself and Won
The Gary, Indiana, native talks about his career and his latest album and major label debut, ‘$oul $old $eparately’
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How the Smashing Pumpkins Became the Antidote to Alt-Rock Slackerism
In the first part of a two-episode dive into the Smashing Pumpkins’ discography, Yasi and Rob Harvilla break down the band’s origins and discuss Billy Corgan’s songcraft
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Rap Beef
Charles and Clover Hope discuss the phenomenon, and talk beef-stirrers such as Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Drake, and Kanye
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2007 Song Draft
Charles Holmes teams up with ‘Dissect’ host Cole Cuchna and producer Justin Sayles to draft the songs you probably had on your iPod in 2007
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Reexamining Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ on Its 15th Anniversary
Justin, Logan, and Charles look back on the rapper’s third album
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The Race for 2022’s Best Rap Album
Charles and Justin talk JID, Danger Mouse and Black Thought, Roc Marciano, and more
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The State of Jay-Z and the “God Did” Verse
Paul Thompson joins Charles to discuss the legendary rapper’s feature on a new DJ Khaled track
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Hip-Hop’s Big TV Boom and Top Five Rapper Shows We Want to See
Writer Julian Kimble joins Charles to discuss Issa Rae’s ‘Rap Sh!t,’ ‘Atlanta,’ and more, before diving into their own fictional TV pitches about Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B, and others
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‘Renaissance’ Is the Comeback Beyoncé Needed
Charles taps Ringer senior editor Khal Davenport to discuss samples, the state of Beyoncé, and best-worst songs from ‘Renaissance’
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My Chemical Romance vs. Fall Out Boy
For The Ringer’s Emo Week, Charles and Rob decide which of the two rock bands is better
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The Greatest Song of the Summer (2000s Edition)
Charles, Kate, and Justin count down their top five best songs of the summer from 2000 to 2009
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The Frank Ocean Song Draft
Charles, Logan, and Justin draft some of Frank Ocean’s greatest songs to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of ‘Channel Orange’
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The Best Songs and Albums of 2022 (So Far)
Charles and Rob discuss their favorite songs and albums of the year so far
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Drake, Beyoncé, and Pop Music’s Sudden House Music Obsession
After the release of Beyoncé’s "Break My Soul," Charles, Khal Davenport, and Justin Sayles discuss the origins of dance music, whether the genre will see widespread popularity, and what it means for pop music
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Why Does Everyone Hate Drake’s Dance Album?
Charles Holmes and ‘Sound Only’ cohost Justin Charity break down Drake’s surprise new album, ‘Honestly, Nevermind’
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The Rolling Stone Hip-hop List and the Problem With Rankings in Music
Charles and Ross Scarano discuss where Rolling Stone went wrong and why lists might do more harm than good to music
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White Rapper Song Draft
In honor of Post Malone’s fourth studio album, Charles, Justin Sayles, and writer Jeff Weiss debate categories like best Eminem song, frat rap, and one-hit wonder
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Did Kendrick Flop?
Charles invites on producer Justin Sayles to break down what happened with Kendrick Lamar’s latest release, ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,’ which was met with a mixed critical response and saw its projected sales figures drop off dramatically in Week 2
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A Harry Styles Hater Listens to Every Harry Styles Song
Charles Holmes attempts to become a Harry Styles fan by inviting Kate Halliwell and Nora Princiotti to share their love of Styles and One Direction
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Kendrick Lamar ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’ Instant Reactions
Charles and guest Logan Murdock also bring on producer Devon Renaldo to discuss the song "Auntie Diaries"