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The Breaks
Roddy Ricch vs Selena Gomez
This week on The Breaks
- Hosts Confucius and Fresh discuss how Selena Gomez’s plea to fans to stream her new album so that she could beat Roddy Ricch for number one proves that hip-hop is the most popular genre in the music industry.
- Both hosts discuss the fake story about Boosie Badazz fighting George Zimmerman.
- Adrian Armstrong from “Brown State of Mind” joins The Breaks for an interview.
- Fresh argues in his Unpopular Opinion that Gary Clark Jr. has transcended the Austin Music Scene and should not have been nominated for this year’s Austin Music Awards.
- In his Confucius Says segment, Confucius encourages people to focus on being themselves and making good work in order to succeed and implores them disregard anyone who tells them otherwise.
The Austin Music Poll is open until Tuesday January 28th. The Breaks have been nominated for an Austin Music Award, along with lots of other people from KUTX. Click here to cast your vote now!
The Breaks are presenting the Love Lockdown February 13th at Stubbs indoors featuring Jake Lloyd, Eimaral Sol, Jay Wile & arya. You can get your tickets here!
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The Breaks
Shaggy Shoots Down Rihanna
This week on The Breaks
- Hosts Confucius and Fresh discuss how they feel about Shaggy turning down the opportunity to be on Rihanna’s new record after he was asked to audition.
- They talk about the reaction too Boosie Badazz wearing a Kappa sweater to an NBA game
- Austin Artist J Soulja, creator of The Smokeout Concert Series, stops by for an interview with The Breaks.
- In his Unpopular Opinion, Fresh tells us why he’s sick of people saying that Black Leaders can’t be entertainers or athletes.
- Confucius shares his 2020 goals for The Breaks.
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Be sure to get your tickets to Love Lockdown on Feb 13th at Stubbs indoors
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This Song
This Song: Metric
Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw from Metric talk about hearing “Teardrop” by Massive Attack early in their musical partnership and how it inspired them, terrified them and helped them find a collaborative way of making music that still works for them today.
“I remember listening to that song…and just feeling like..it was sort of a mix between feeling like anything was now sonically possible, and that I would never achieve anything. Because I felt like it had gone to the heights and depths of what I hadn’t known existed, which is an enlightening and somehow taking wind out of sails moment at the same time.” — Jimmy Shaw, Metric
📸 Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon
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The Breaks
DaBaby: Right or Wrong?
This week on The Breaks:
- Hosts Confucius and Fresh discuss whether DaBaby was right to have his crew jump a concert promoter who shorted him.
- Both hosts explain why they feel documentaries like “Surviving R. Kelly – Part II: The Reckoning” are necessary to amplify the voices of people of color who have been victims of sexual assault.
- Fresh tells us why he’s not ashamed to be labeled “Industry” in his Unpopular Opinion.
- Both hosts discuss their feelings about the recent crop of podcasts hosted by hip-hop artists like Joe Budden and T. I.
- Confucius encourages Austin hip-hop artists to bring their most professional, high energy selves to their live shows in his Confucius Says segment.
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The Breaks
All Things Drake
This week on The Breaks:
- Hosts Confucius and Fresh discuss Drake’s interview on the Rap Radar podcast where he talks about his reaction to the Pusha T diss track “The Story of Adidon.”
- They talk about Keyshia Cole’s reaction to the O.T. Genasis song “Cuz” which is a parody of her song “Love.”
- Austin rapper Flyboy Kane joins Confucius and Fresh in the studio for an interview.
- Fresh’s Unpopular Opinion is that industry plants don’t actually exist.
- Confucius encourages everyone, especially people who are interested in Austin’s Urban Music scene, to understand the power of consistency in his Confucius Says segment.
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