Joe, Kyle and Yumeiyo discuss The Lonely Island film, “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.” We ranked 15 of the songs on the soundtrack. Full disclaimer, do not play this around your kids, we get to the E’s right away. Also major controversy in the rankings…Enjoy!
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Joe, Kyle and Yumeiyo, have fulfilled their initial obsession with Hamilton and will now branch out to other musicals across cinema.
Kyle, Joe and Yumeiyo discuss the recent film adaptation of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg. We ranked 13 of the tracks written by Steven Sondheim with the music done by Leonard Bernstein. We discuss some of the themes of the film, our likes and dislikes as well as our favorite line, characters and performers. We agree on nothing as always making it a fun listen.
On this bonus episode, Joe, Kyle and Yumeiyo are joined by Mike Ryan, co-writer of The Big Game and producer on the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz. We ask Mike all the burning questions as to why would a sports-adjacent podcast decide to record a NFL related musical. We all give our rankings, go over some of our favorite lines and Mike provides some insight as to what went into this project. This is surely an episode you don’t want to miss.
Kyle, Joe and Yumeiyo discuss the film adaptation of Rent directed by Chris Columbus based on the Broadway play from Jonathan Larson. We ranked songs 1-27. We discuss some of the themes of the film, as well as our likes and dislikes. We also shared our favorite line, characters and performers.
Joe, Kyle and Yumeiyo discuss the Netflix film, tick, tick…BOOM! directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda based on the semi-autobiographical stage play from Jonathan Larson. We ranked songs 1-13. We discuss some of the themes of the film, the historical accuracy and how we related to the material. We also shared our favorite line, characters and performers.
Kyle, Joe and Yumeiyo discuss the Disney hit movie Encanto closing the door on the Lin songwriting saga. We rank songs 1-7, plus track 9. We discuss the meaning and the themes of the film, while also sharing our favorite line, characters and performers.
Joe, Kyle and Yumeiyo tackle the third movie in the Lin saga, Vivo. We cover our thoughts on both the film and soundtrack. We disagree some, and we get on each other’s nerves, which is always great. We also give our favorite lines from the soundtrack.
Kyle, Joe and Yumeiyo are finding their stride as they breakdown In The Heights. We cover our thoughts on both the film and soundtrack, discuss the differences from the movie and the musical then we rank the songs, while mixing in our favorite lines from the soundtrack. Likely our most emotional episode ever.
Joe, Kyle and Yumeiyo are excited to be back and we start things off with Disney’s Moana. We give our thoughts on the film and soundtrack, ranks some of the songs and provide our favorite lines throughout the soundtrack. And like every list there’s a bit of controversy.
Joe, Kyle, and Producer Yumeiyo go back and reranked all 23 songs apart of the mixtape and they give their top lines from the project. We will see you all again sometime soon. Stay safe and keep singing!
Kyle and Joe give their thoughts on the song, “Dear Theodosia (Reprise),” performed by Chance The Rapper and Francis and The Lights. We don’t pull any punches and go on a lot of tangents.
Joe and Kyle welcome company member Big Smo to discuss, “Who Tells Your Story,” performed by Common, Ingrid Michaelson plus Black Thought and The Roots. Joe’s internet is working so we are able to start the New Year with a bang!
Happy New Year from The Ham Boys, we tried to deliver on a new episode, but Joe’s internet wouldn’t allow it. Here’s an oldie, but a goodie. Enjoy!
Kyle and Joe welcomes back their producer Yumeiyo from his retreat to breakdown John Legend’s cover of, “History Has Its Eyes On You.” Kyle covers Legend’s come up in music and give an insight in how he got his name. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Joe and Kyle are producerless as Yumeiyo has some training to do, so we take on, “Washington On Your Side,” performed by Wiz Khalifa. We also profile the artist, while sharing our strong opinions.
Kyle and Joe give you a double dose of this episode by breaking down the Stay Alive (Interlude) and the Cabinet Battle 3 (Demo). We take a look at the career paths of Daveed Diggs, J. Period and Stro Elliot.
Joe and Kyle go in depth on Andra Day’s cover of Burn. They give their analysis on the song and Kyle takes a look into her career. This is a good and funny episode, you don’t want to miss.
The Ham Boys, Kyle, Joe and Yumeiyo come together to tell you their thoughts on this cut song performed by Dessa, “Congratulations.”