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