THE MUSIC SNOBS
Snobbish taste. Outrageous takes. Welcome to the podcast where your favorite music lovers discuss, debate, and deconstruct the music and musicians who fascinate and frustrate them.
- Update frequency
- every 37 days
- Average duration
- 72 minutes
- Episodes
- 57
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2023
Media Assassins: An Uncomfortable Look At Modern Music Journalism
This is the episode only The Music Snobs could do. In this era of music streaming, corporate interests, and brand dominance, we take an uncomfortable look at the role of music journalism in the digit…
Anderson .Paak: The Mainstream Star Who Shines Underground
Welcome to Season 1, Episode 1 of The Music Snob’s new format! To kick things off we’ve centered this episode around one of today’s most innovative and promising artists: Anderson .Paak. Join us as t…
Did You See Donald Glover’s New Song (And Is Sight The New Sound)?
When Childish Gambino released This Is America he verified a burgeoning truth: sight is the new sound. With the recording industry now dominated by the visual appeal of online and mobile content, TMS…
The Past, Present, And Future of The Ballad (feat. Salaam Remi)
In mid-February love is always in the air, but is it in the groove? Salaam Remi—producer behind hits for Amy Winehouse, Miguel, Nas and more—joins TMS to debate the past, present, and future of the b…
The (Black) British Invasion: The Love Affair Between UK Artists And Black Music
The Music Snobs take a sonic trip across the pond to discuss the lasting love affair between U.K. artists and black music. From Soul II Soul to Sampha: what is it about the British that connects them…
In The Company Of Tourists: Prince, And The Only Eulogy To Him That Matters
A special From the Vault episode of TMS:
After his untimely death, just as it was during his unparalleled career, the mainstream has celebrated Prince’s purple pop while consistently ignoring his bl…
The Triple Threat Of Donald Glover
The Music Snobs take on the future by examining one of the present’s most talked about artists: Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino. With his 2016 album “Awaken, My Love”, the creator of TV’s “Atlanta…
Moving The Crowd In The Digital Age (feat. Van Hunt)
Join us for a very special episode of The Music Snobs as the crew welcomes the multi-talented singer, songwriter, and musician Van Hunt and debuts a brand new TMS segment. With the advent of online ‘…
Race, And Artistic Responsibility In An Age Of Crisis
After spending all of 2016 trying to shake off 2016, Scoop, Isaac, Jehan, and Arthur have returned to take a critical look at race and artist responsibility in current music.
The R&B Influence On Pop, And Pop's Infidelity To R&B
2015 gets the ultimate side-eye when your favorite Snobs take a moment to reminisce over the past 12 months in music. Join Scoop, Isaac, Jehan, and Arthur as they sound off about the return of R&B's …
Anatomy of 'A Butterfly': The Only Breakdown Of Kendrick Lamar's Masterpiece That Matters
The Music Snobs dive into 2015’s most talked about release, "To Pimp A Butterfly", and wonder aloud about the social, political, and religious undertones of Kendrick Lamar’s rare artistry, while blun…
The Internet: Is The Odd Future Band Reigniting R&B's Classic Past?
In the latest episode of The Music Snobs the past and present of R&B is given an odd future. While discussing the landscape of soul, the crew wonders if O.F.’s The Internet stands alone as the only a…
Jodeci: The Legacy Of The Singers With Attitude (feat. Phonte)
You wanted more so we’re giving you as much as you can handle. The Music Snobs return with guest-snob Phonte, co-founder and lead vocalist of The Foreign Exchange, for their second installment and lo…
The Misunderstanding Of Lauryn Hill (feat. Phonte)
What’s worse than a Music Snob? A Grammy-nominated guest-Snob crazy enough to get on the mic and talk sh-t with Scoop, Isaac, Jehan, and Arthur.* Little Brother MC and Foreign Exchange lead vocalist …
Valentine’s Day: The Perfect Hip-Hop Album For Modern Love
In the immortal words of the Force MD’s, “love is a house.” A house with windows that can’t keep out the winds of change, stairs capable of bringing you up yet constantly threatening to take you down…
Can Black Musicians Rock More Than A Mic? Black Rock In The Modern Age
Can Lenny Kravitz and Van Hunt prove to a modern audience that black musicians can rock more than a mic? The Music Snobs dissect and desegregate a genre as they examine Rock in 2015. And in a round t…
Worst Behavior; the Most Overshadowed Artist
Another year, another Snob-fest - Kicking-off the first TMS show of 2015, The Music Snobs review the worst behaviour of artists in recent years and ask: should we separate an artist's real life actio…
Who Sold The Soul: The Love Of Black American Music Everywhere But Home
Who sold the soul? The Music Snobs get to the bottom of what may be America's greatest loss: the possibility that black American music is no longer a black American art form and is loved (and support…
Is It Real, Or Is It Lana Del Rey?
Los Angeles-based songstress Lana Del Rey garnered both critical and commercial success this summer with her third studio album, Ultraviolence—a work that reignited the controversy that has surrounde…
Alt-Rock At A Crossroads: 'BloodSexSugarMagik' vs. 'Nevermind'
On September 24, 1991, both the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana released seminal classics that sent shockwaves through the alternative rock genre, becoming critical and commercial hits. So why has …