We talk about a bad book, then take a trip to Puerto Rico to talk about the new Bad Bunny album but really just use it as a vehicle to talk about modern colonization.

Show Notes:

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

• Storygraph
• Sadiq’s Review of Heavenly Tyrant

Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

• BAD BUNNY - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film)
• BAD BUNNY - BAILE INoLVIDABLE (Video Oficial) | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
• BAD BUNNY - PIToRRO DE COCO (Video Oficial) | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
• Unpacking Bad Bunny's personal and political 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS'
• Fabiola Méndez: Tiny Desk Concert
• El Laberinto del Coco: Tiny Desk x globalFEST
• Genius
• Official Website
• Data Vampires: Going Hyperscale (Episode 1) - Tech Won’t Save Us
• Coquí - Wikipedia
• Radio Menea

Chapters:

• (00:02) - Cristian takes an L
• (05:08) - Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
• (19:02) - Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

• Sadiq Saif - Host
• Cristian Colocho - Host

We do our year end wrap up, and talk about the best Music and Games of 2024.

Show Notes:

Albums of the Year 2024

Sadiq’s Albums of the Year

• Charli xcx - BRAT
• Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
• Khruangbin - A LA SALA
• Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn
• Shaboozey - Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going
• Elkka - Prism of Pleasure
• GloRilla - GLORIOUS
• BigXthaPlug - TAKE CARE
• Kendrick Lamar - GNX
• Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes

Cristian’s Albums of the Year 2024

• JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU
• Tyler the Creator - CHROMAKOPIA
• Denzel Curry - KING OF THE MISCHIEVOUS SOUTH
• Logic - Ultra 85 (I know do not judge me)
• Beyonce - Cowboy Carter
• NxWorries - Why Lawd?

Performance of the Year

• Doechii: Tiny Desk Concert

IDK if we have albums we’re looking forward too but

• Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent Creatures

Games of the Year 2024

Sadiq’s Games of the Year

• Alan Wake 2
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Cristian’s Games of the Year

• Starfield: Shattered Space
• Destiny 2: The Final Shape
• Cyberpunk 2.0
• Black Ops 6
• Tears of the Kingdom

Postscript: Neither Dave Chapelles or SexyReds politicial views are endorsed by either of us, to make it super clear.

• (01:36) - Albums of The Year
• (38:50) - Video Games of The Year

We talk briefly about the Game Awards, then we discuss Kendrick Lamar’s GNX.

Show Notes:

Twitter Fingers Turn To Trigger Fingers

• Drake alleges UMG falsely inflated Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' | AP News

Other Links

• It's Getting Harder to Deny that Payola 2.0 Is Alive and Well in The Music Streaming Era | Headphonesty
• SpotifyPanel

Info Links

• Genius
• Wikipedia
• YouTube Playlist
• Apple Music
• Spotify

Track Listing

1. Wacced Out Murals
2. Squabble Up
3. Luther (with ​SZA)
4. Man at the Garden
5. Hey Now (featuring ​Dody6)
6. Reincarnated
7. TV Off (featuring ​Lefty Gunplay)
8. Dodger Blue (featuring ​Wallie the Sensei, ​Siete7x, ​Roddy Ricch)
9. Peekaboo (featuring ​AzHike)
10. Heart Pt. 6
11. GNX (featuring ​Hitta J3, ​YoungThreat, ​Peysoh)
12. Gloria (with SZA)

Talking Points

• MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD
• How Kendrick was in the Studio Making this New Album (GNX)
• WTF is a GNX?

Chapters:

• (00:01) - A Brief Game Awards Sidebar
• (04:13) - Drake Suing UMG
• (14:38) - GNX