Fairly KickAss Podcast – Vibes: Usage of AI in Music

Ass-Kickers! We have another one that might be a bit heavy for some of you – and for good reason – but we felt it was an interesting conversation to have.

Dan and Zack (still minus a J) are here with this Vibes episode, where we just… vibe. Good vibes, bad vibes, WTF vibes – all the vibes. It’s more conversational and less structured than our other episodes, and as such we use these episodes to cover topics that don’t fit neatly into any of the other episode types.

The usage of AI in all walks of life has been very hotly contested, especially over the past several years, and music is no exception. We both discuss the topic best we can. (Spoiler: we’re both dumb as hell and are far from experts on ANYTHING, much less this.)

In other episode types, we absolutely are the authorities; for example, in our Billboard Rerank episodes, each of us is confident that our reranking is correct, and will hear nothing to the contrary! But for this one, there’s none of that going on. There are no answers or conclusions at the end of this one. Just vibes.

As always, we want each and every one of you to participate in the conversation! Let us know what you think in all the usual ways:

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The Fairly Kickass website, right here where you’re currently at – that’s ⁠https://fairlykickass.com⁠ – is where we house all of our ride-along playlists, among other things, so check that out too. No playlist with this ep, but you’ll find the goods for all of our previous episodes for the past couple months – and everything before that is on Spotify with all the music interspersed within the episodes. You have options! Options are cool.

We’ll be hopping in the Wayback Machine next week for two episodes (7/24 and 7/31) that we recorded before J flew the coop, to make sure y’all don’t forget what he sounds like. August reviews after that on 8/7, then… well we can’t give you all the keys to the kingdom, y’know? (editor’s note: We don’t know yet. We don’t plan here. You’re well aware of this already.) You know what else you know? That’s right, you know to Keep. Kicking. Ass.

Fairly KickAss Podcast – Music Reviews for June 2024

Oh hello there! Yes you, you who are wanting to talk about the new albums and charting singles from June of 2024. Well let me tell you that… that this is the thing that you want. Yeah. This thing.

Our friendly neighborhood J is still on break, and certainly living the dream. Dan and Zack (it me) held down the fort for the reviews this month, and they did… C+ work, maybe? C-? All credit to Producer Nikki for chopping a TON of crap out of this one, because Dan and I can yap with the best of them. We will strive to do better on the next one!

Until then, hit us up and let us know how we did:

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Dan and I will have an interesting look at the role of AI in the music world next week – it will be all over the place, and we hope you check it out. Until then, we also hope that you Keep. Kicking. Ass.

Fairly KickAss Podcast REWIND – Deep Dive: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Pt. 2

We’re back with Pt. 2 of the Deep Dive into Cleveland’s own Bone Thugs-N-Harmony! In Pt. 1, our crew discussed the other crew’s history and discography, leading up to BNTHResurrection. In Pt. 2, we pick up at Thug World Order, covering the moving and shaking that lead to the final (for now) album, New Waves. There’s still a lot of meat on this… well, you know… so please join us for the conclusion of this fascinating, amazing, wild, and skeletal story.

Make sure to scroll up to get the ride-along playlists for this episode, and check this here website for ride-along playlists for other episodes of the podcast. On top of all that (it’s a lot we know), join us for the discussion in all the usual ways:

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June reviews will be coming next week! The format will be a bit different, since our trio will be a duo for a spell. It’s all good stuff though! Don’t worry, because unlike Bone, there is no infighting going on here. (Editor’s Note: there’s no infighting going on yet.) We should get back to the usual three’s company sometime in August! Until then, we hope that you Keep. Kicking. Ass.