Keep Moving Podcast Episode 4: The Reboot

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My Review: What A Time To Be Alive

What's good y'all, it's me again yourboy_john aka 2 Scoops aka John "don't forget the C" Williams. I'm going to give my take on one of my favorite albums of the year, the Future and Drake collabo What A Time To Be Alive (WATTBA).

When I first heard about this album happening, I knew I'd seen this movie before. An artist is hot, Drake notices, then he hops on a track with them, and on said track the only part people want to listen to is Drake's verse. For example, the Versace remix by Migos feat. Drake or Tuesday remix by ILoveMakonnen feat. Drake or most recently My Way remix by Fetty Wap feat. Drake. So it's only natural for Drake to work with Future because he's been pretty hot in these streets and DS2 is 100% fire. But the only difference with WATTBA is that Future out shines Drake on this project, which is a little crazy when you think about.

Oh yea, can anyone tell me what this collabo actually is. I thought it was a mixtape but then it cost like 10 bucks on iTunes so that makes it an album I guess?

But anyways lets get back to the music.

• This is essentially a Future album with a bunch of Drake features and I love it 

A lot of the songs sound like they could've been on Futures most recent album, DS2, and I'm ok with that because after DS2 all I wanted was more Future. During every song I'm thinking "where's Drake at?............Oh, sweet there he his." So can you really call this a full collabo, my opinion is no but I'm not complaining because all the songs are bangers.

• Even though this seems more like a Future project, Drake still finds a way to shine

Coming into this I had ZERO idea how Drake was going to sound like. Cus first of all, I think we can agree that Future is "harder" than Drake. So hearing about this collabo at first I didn't Drake would mesh well with Futures style of hip hop. But it all ended well. The song Live From The Gutter, Drake went off lowkey. Who knew Drake could spit about that gutter life. On Digital Dash, I'm not going to lie, Drake surprised me a little bit. That's a good thing.

• The songs that sound more Drake influenced are really good, Diamonds Dancing is my favorite song on the album

Even though Future was essentially in charge of this project, Drake still finds a way to get his work in to. Diamonds Dancing, Plastic Bag, Change Locations, and 30 for 30 freestyle feel more like Drake songs than Future songs. Diamonds Dancing goes all the way in, it's super smooth and it's basically Drake and Future singing a duet which I never thought would happen in my lifetime. Plastic Bag is your classic anthem for all them strippers out here makin a livin. In Change Locations, Drake has a crazy nice verse and 30 for 30 Freestyle is classic Drake.

• Why is Jumpman such a great song?

I know I said Diamonds Dancing is my favorite song off the album but Jumpman tho. That's the song you play after you played a couple of throwback songs at a party. Jumpman is the type of song you play when read your email before going to class and you found just got paid. Jumpman is the type of song you play when that one girl you've been peepin at in class comes up to you and starts talkin to you and in your head you're like, "Jumpman Jumpman Jumpman....." There's a plethora of scenarios where this song is appropriate.

• WATTBA is one of my favorite albums of the year

This isn't the very best of the year but it's for sure in my top 5 along with these works of art (in no particular order) Compton, To Pimp A Butterfly, Coming Home, and Surf

Keep Moving Podcast

What's good everyone, it's been awhile since doing one of these but it's whatever. Me and the homie, Patrick decided to start a podcast, the Keep Moving Podcast. This basically a few friends talking about whatever we want. We start out with a weekly top 5. This is where we list 5 of our favorite things from the week. Then we educate the people on what we're listening to with our weekly playlist. After that we like to introduce our guest, if we have one, then we go to our main topic which we decide behind the scenes. So basically whenever a new episode of the podcast drops, you'll find it here. Below are the first two episodes, we touch on a lot of topics so it should be an entertaining listen.

Jungle Remix - X Ambassadors & Jamie N Commons feat. Jay Z

This song is so World Cup, it screams drop everything and watch soccer. Jay spits mad fire and the beat pumps you up to the highest level. After listening to this, I'm ready to take on the world by myself or something.

Childish Gambino and Chance the Rapper working on a joint EP

now that chance finally released his verse on "worst guys", maybe he can hurry up and finish the rest of our EP. #hinthint
— Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) June 8, 2014

This is the best news I've heard all day, two of my favorite rappers working together on an EP. These guys are good by themselves but together, they're unstoppable. Don't believe me, just listen for yourself.








Y'all need to get excited, because I am.

Looking For You - Justin Bieber feat. Migos

Is this not what MLK was dreaming about, talk about progress. So Justin Bieber has been trying to be a black guy his whole career, so he must be trying pretty hard if he got Migos on this song. But the thing is I don't know whether to be happy for Bieber for having a song with Migos or to be sad for Migos because they're on a Justin Bieber track. That being said, I don't know if I like the song yet, only time will tell.

About The Money - T.I. feat. Young Thug

So here's T.I. still trying to stay relevant. I'm going to be honest, his best years are behind him. But this song is straight fire though. This is two Atlanta rappers, collabing to make good music. I give it two thumbs up.

Up Down Remix - T-Pain feat. Kid Ink, Lil Boosie & B.O.B.

Goodness, this isn't a remix this is a brand new song. I love it. T-Pain is killing the one hit wonder game right now. I was just trying to think of a bad T-Pain song and I couldn't think of anything. How many other artists can you say that about, not many.

P.S. FREE BOOSIE! Even though he's already free I feel like I still have to say that.

Problem - Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea

Talk about a banger, Ariana Grande has been taking over the music world ever since that Victorious show ended. Nickelodeon was really holding her back by making her play the stupid red head girl on the show. But this is musical gold and Iggy Azalea is doing it big for all the female rappers out there. This is a solid collab, these two team should team up and make an album together, plain and simple. Just give what the people want, which is more Ariana and Iggy.

Off The Corner - Meek Mill feat. Rick Ross

Now this song is straight fire. It's Meek Mill doing what he does best, make songs. My favorite part of this song is the beat, I could listen to this for days. Even though I'm not a fan of Rick Ross, I actually enjoy his part. Mill is speaking truth, because he graduated from the streets, no diploma. Facts only.

American wins the Boston Marathon

So this guy, Meb Keflezighi, became the first American to win the Boston Marathon since 1983. I wouldn't have it any other way, an American has to win after what happened last year. This is why America always wins, because America is the best. Go red, white and blue. Too bad I can't pronounce his last name though but I can pronounce America, that's all that matters.


If this video didn't give you chills then I don't know what will. 'Murica

Benz Friendz - Future feat. Andre 3000

Well there you have it, Andre 3000 proving once again why he one of the all-time greats. All he needs now is one more solo album to seal the deal. The one time he did a solo album (The Love Below) he combined his with Big Boi's (Speakerboxxx) and they won a grammy for best album. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is the only rap album to win best album, which further confirms their greatness.

If Iggy says Andre 3 Stacks is one the best rappers alive, then he's one of the best rappers alive.

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Outkast is back!

Outkast began their 20th anniversary tour this weekend at Coachella. This is great, this what I've been waiting for. Andre 3000 and Big Boi together on stage doing what they do best, spit bars. Don't take for granted that they are back performing again because this is one of the greatest rappers of all time and Big Boi, and you'll be able to see both of them on stage. I can't wait for them to come up to Milwaukee, they'll be at Summerfest this year along with a bunch of Atlanta artists, Ludacris, B.O.B. and Usher. Summerfest will be crackin', as the kids say nowadays.

Oh yea, here's a couple Outkast songs to get your earbuds warmed up (especially for those who've only heard Hey Ya)
   

Beyonce plays golf now

Queen Bey felt like showing off her golf skills on Instagram a few days ago. Me being a strong advocate for golf, I can say she's off to a good start. I like her form, she has very nice posture. We can work on her grip a little bit, right now she's got a nice baseball grip going on but that's ok, you have to start somewhere. I can't complain though because it's just Beyonce doing Beyonce things.

Chance the Rapper puts up a new song

So Chance released another banger, The Writer. This guy refuses to make garbage songs doesn't he. Just taking the rap scene by storm and he hasn't put out an official album yet. If you haven't heard of him do yourself a favor and listen to some of his stuff.