'THE REAL IS BACK PT. 2’ (Review of J. Cole’s The Off Season, BET’s New Girl Group Reality Show, T.I. and Tiny Investigated by the LAPD)

Don't Alert The Stans

Welcome back to Don’t Alert the Stans! For this week’s episode, it’s finally a full house as Eden, Sope and Nic are together again as a trio for the first time in over a month. Kicking off the news agenda this week is T.I. and Tiny who are now being investigated by the LAPD over unrelenting sexual assault allegations. As a response to the accusations, T.I. has released a new single ‘What It’s Come To’ lambasting their accusers (41:35). A year following a viral clip showing 3LW’s Kiely Williams and Destiny Child’s Farrah Franklin engaging in a shade fest, which was later revealed to be from an aborted reality show pilot, BET have announced that the show has now been picked up and is set to air in June. Starring ex-members from groups like 702, Blaque, Total, Cherish, Danity Kane and more (53:23). Rounding out this week’s episode is a sequel to the J. Cole centred ‘Groupchat Convo’ which began with Eden and Sope a few weeks ago. With Nic back in the fray, the boys delve into an comprehensive discussion about his new album ‘The Off Season’. While Sope focuses on why musically it misses the mark, Eden and Nic dissect the project as a wider extension of the person and man J. Cole has grown into over the last decade. Examining his politics, financial stature and consistent misogyny (01:03:00). Not one to miss! Sope’s Listens For The Week: Xscape - Off The Hook J. Cole - The Off Season Nicki Minaj - Beam Me Up Scotty Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale LSDXOXO - Dedicated 2 Disrespect En Vogue - Let It Flow Nic’s Listens For The Week: Latto - The Biggest KAM-BU - Dumpling Malibu Mitch - I Like What I Like Eden’s Listens For The Week: Iman Omari - Energy Robin Thicke - On Earth, and in Heaven Remember to RATE, REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE! Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro Music by: @Jmzofficial Artwork designed by: @_manlikemike Episode audio edited by: @TonySupremeuk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode at #DATSPOD! Rate and review us on Soundcloud, Apple Music, Spotify and Anchor Follow us on: Twitter - @datspod Instagram - @datspod Anchor – @datspodcast Hashtag - #DATSPOD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/datspodcast/message