Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs

Tone Loc was everywhere; then, he wasn't -- or so it seemed. Did Anthony Terrell Smith really disappear, or did the nineties just make him less visible? What exactly is in a Fuzzy Navel? Why does his work keep stumbling into trans panic? And will MC Hammer ever see chart justice? With a little help from Robert Stack and LL Cool J, we're contemplating the mystery of Tone Loc. Our intro is Kris Kross for Sprite, and our outro is the Unsolved Mysteries Hammer remix. To become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas. To buy our Madonna A to Z book, click here. SHOW NOTES WhoSampled.com The Lost Songs Project Episode 73: Jamie Foxx feat. Guru and Common, "Any Given Sunday" Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

21 Nov 202241min

Sarah is obsessed with late-'80s Bronx/Central Islip outfit JVC Force! Mark...is also on this podcast! ...But seriously, folks: we're unpacking a handful of tracks from "Doin' Damage," peering into the 1990 divide, and pouring one out for our shortest episode. Wheel that seafood tower on over to our table and listen in. Our intro is J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E., and our outro is the Commodores. To become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas. To buy our book, click here. SHOW NOTES The Blotter Presents 024 Strong Island on Netflix Episode 22: Tinie Tempah, "Written In The Stars" Episode 121: Travis Tritt, "Foolish Pride"   Episode 42: Tim McGraw, "I Got Friends That Do" Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

14 Nov 202234min

Salt-N-Pepa's here and they came to out-rap you -- but not in a mean way! Today we're talking about six Salt-N-Pepa hits across a handful of albums, the difference between '80s and '90s SNP, when #smarternotharder comes to hip-hop, and how talking "About Sex" sounded 30 years ago. Nobody's getting on OUR nerves in the third Beats Around The Bush ep of MASTAS... Our intro is the Yo! MTV Raps credits break, and our outro is 702. To contact us or buy our books, visit MarkAndSarahTalkAboutSongs.com. To become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas. SHOW NOTES Episode 25: "I'll Take Your Man" and "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" "Salt-N-Pepa: Our Life in 15 Songs" at Rolling Stone Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

7 Nov 202244min

In our second Beats Around The Bush-isode, we're (re-?)introducing the world to the joyous, winking, horny turn-of-the-nineties sound of Jeffrey Fortson, aka Def Jef. We're also remembering Def Leppard, early Law & Order: Mothership, regrettable t-shirts of freshman year, and Gowanus Bob. Grab a lemon-lime bev and prepare to have your vision corrected with an all-new episode of MASTAS! Our intro is Messrs. Kid 'N Play, and our outro is Shaquille O'Neal featuring Def Jef. ("...Psych!!") (...jk, it is in fact Shaq.) To contact us or buy our books, visit MarkAndSarahTalkAboutSongs.com. To become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas. SHOW NOTES The Def Jef wiki Fortson on Discogs.com Law & Order ripped-from-the-headlines eps from the first season The West Coast Rap All-Stars Episode 223: Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock, "It Takes Two" Episode 109: Def Leppard, "Pour Some Sugar On Me" Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

31 Okt 202227min

Welcome to our Beats Around The Bush season, in which we investigate the rap and hip-hop that brought us joy during/near the first Bush presidency, 1988-1993ish. After we try to explain our construction of this framework, we dig into our first BATB topic: "hippie hop," the relaxed/baked grooves of the time from artists like De La Soul, PM Dawn, Us3, Digable Planets, and Arrested Development. Who has the sexiest flow? Which group's album sent Sarah tumbling off her dorm futon? Does Mark have middle-school poetry sins to atone for? How ya doin', Al(s): it's a brand-new season of MASTAS. Our intro is the late George H.W. Bush, and our outro is Gramatik. To contact us or buy our books, visit MarkAndSarahTalkAboutSongs.com. To become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas. SHOW NOTES This journey really began with our very first ep, about 1991's "Now That We've Found Love" A look back at the PM Dawn/KRS-One beef An oral history of "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" Destabilize yourselves with nineties-osity The "Rec Ex" Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

24 Okt 202257min

Who is the Lilith Fairest of them all? At last, our answer -- but first, we look at last-comers Heather Nova, Jewel, Paula Cole, Des'ree, and Natalie Merchant. And we ask a few more questions, like which sophomore year lyrics belong to, high school or college; whether we feel truly confident in our Lilithosity metrics; who's our favorite liberal scold; and when someone's going to form a lit-mag EIC union. All this, plus a surprise 40th-place finish, a Mark-rage epilogue, and a potato gun loaded with C-minus Dylan lyrics in the Lilith Fair 40 season finale. Our intro is by Laura Barger and Jack Baldelli, and our outro is by Janis Joplin. Interstitial music provided by the Sundays. To contact us or buy our books, visit MarkAndSarahTalkAboutSongs.com. To become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas. SHOW NOTES The Lilith Fair 40 homepage Episode 97: Hit-Single TV Themes Of The '90s Episode 8: Jewel-erdome! "You Were Meant For Me" vs. "Hands" Episode 150: 10,000 Maniacs' "In My Tribe," Ranked Episode 100: Surprise Party! Visit our sponsor, BetterHelp Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

12 Sep 20221h 8min

The second-to-last set of 5 songs joins the Lilith fray by zig-zagging all over the map: Ani DiFranco, India.Arie, Natalie Imbruglia, Aimee Mann, and Chantal Kreviazuk take us from a soggy subbasement of the Brill Building, to the desert, to the diner for a celery soda, to the valley of the shadow of WTF. That's where the doctors with butterfly nets found us; where did the Top 35 rankings find YOU? Grab a copy of the CanCon statute and a vegan crunch wrap, because we're almost done with the Lilith Fair 40. Our intro is by Laura Barger and Jack Baldelli, and our outro is by Peggy Lee. Interstitial music provided by Cat Power. To contact us or buy our books, visit MarkAndSarahTalkAboutSongs.com. To become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas. SHOW NOTES The Lilith Fair 40 homepage Episode 29: Dan Bern, "Marilyn" Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

5 Sep 202254min

The murderers' row of artists joining us for our Top 30 episode -- Joan Osborne, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple, Shawn Colvin, and Lisa Loeb & 9 Stories -- might actually literally kill us? Primitivism without authenticity, dorm-room BS, a plea to send all the puppies, and the unexpected pleasures of representative democracy all have a moment this week, so while we figure out how the Hooters got in here, grab a pair of tiresome spectacles and listen to our latest ep! Our intro is by Laura Barger and Jack Baldelli, and our outro is by Pat Benatar. Interstitial music provided by Agnes Obel. To contact us or buy our books, visit MarkAndSarahTalkAboutSongs.com. To become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas. SHOW NOTES The Lilith Fair 40 homepage Episode 242: Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car"  Episode 39: Fiona Apple, "Criminal" Episode 210: Fiona Apple, "Heavy Balloon" Episode 68: "Stay" Title Bout Visit our sponsor, BetterHelp Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

29 Aug 202256min