Episode notes
Oliver’s albums
Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) (2010)
Laura Mvula’s Sing to the Moon (2013)
Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)
Frank Ocean’s Blonde (2016)
Tyler, The Creator’s Flower Boy (2017)
Morgan’s albums
Thundercat’s The Golden Age of the Apocalypse (2011)
Robert Glasper Experiment’s Black Radio (2012)
Beyoncé’s Beyoncé (2013)
D’Angelo’s Black Messiah (2014)
Kamasi Washington’s The Epic (2015)
Oliver and Morgan are kicking off the new decade and talking about their favorite albums from the 2010s. They discuss their own personal journeys through the decade and the changes in the music industry in general.
Happy new year, Heat Rockers. Hope you all have a great one!
Show Tracklisting:
- Erykah Badu: Fall in Love (Your Funeral)
- Tyler, the Creator: See You Again
- Robert Glasper Experiment: Ah Yeah
- Kendrick Lamar: Momma
- Beyoncé: Drunk in Love
- Frank Ocean: Nights
- Erykah Badu: Love
- Erykah Badu: Out My Mind, Just In Time
- Erykah Badu: 20 Feet Tall
- Laura Mvula: Like the Morning Dew
- Laura Mvula: Father Father
- Laura Mvula: She
- Kendrick Lamar: Alright
- Kendrick Lamar: Wesley’s Theory
- Kendrick Lamar: Complexion (A Zulu Love)
- Kendrick Lamar: For Sale? – Interlude
- Frank Ocean: Pink + White
- Frank Ocean: Godspeed
- Frank Ocean: Self Control
- Tyler, the Creator: Glitter
- Tyler, the Creator: See You Again
- Thundercat: Daylight
- Thundercat: Walkin’
- Robert Glasper Experiment: Cherish the Day
- Robert Glasper: Portrait of an Angel
- Robert Glasper Experiment: Move Love
- Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio
- Beyoncé: Haunted
- Beyoncé: Drunk in Love
- Beyoncé: Partition
- D’Angelo & The Vanguard: Really Love
- D’Angelo & The Vanguard: 1000 Deaths
- Kamasi Washington: The Message
Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there
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Oliver’s full list
- Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
- Rufus Wainwright: Out of the Game
- Earl Sweatshirt: Doris
- DJ Rashad: Double Cup
- Laura Mvula: Sing to the Moon
- Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly
- Beyonce: Lemonade
- Frank Ocean: Blonde
- Tyler, the Creator: Flower Boy
- Lee Fields: Special Night
Morgan’s full list
- Janelle Monae: The Archandroid
- Thundercat: Golden Age of the Apocalypse
- Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio
- Beyonce: Beyonce
- D’Angelo & The Vanguard: Black Messiah
- Kamasi Washington- The Epic
- Yussef Kamal – Black Focus
- Rapsody – Laila’s Wisdom
- Meshell Ndegeocello – Ventriloquism
- Kaytranada – Bubba
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Hosted by Oliver Wang and Morgan Rhodes, every episode of Heat Rocks invites a special guest to talk about a heat rock – a hot album, a scorching record. These are in-depth conversations about the albums that shape our lives.
Our guests include musicians, writers, and scholars and though we don’t exclusively focus on any one genre, expect to hear about albums from the worlds of soul, hip-hop, funk, jazz, Latin, and more.
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