Beers, Beats & Bailey

In this week's episode, we discuss the life and music of recently-deceased rapper XXXTentacion, the first trailer for "Creed II", Season 3 of the CW's "Supergirl", the new DC/Warner animated feature "The Death of Superman", the second season of Netflix/ABC/Marvel's "Luke Cage" and the latest chapter in the Jurassic Park franchise: "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom". Matthew Bailey on Social Media: https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACKS: Water & Earth - Devaloop BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://radiojuicy.com/album/from-the-bits-to-the-cosmos BUY THE INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM HERE: https://radiojuicy.com/album/from-the-bits-to-the-cosmos-instrumentals Landmarks - Pete Flux & Parental BUY THE DOUBLE ALBUM HERE: http://gentlemansrelief.bigcartel.com/product/pete-flux-parental-infinite-growth-2cd

In this episode, I review Nas' 12th studio album "Nasir", Ricardo shares a brief overview of the Jay-Z & Beyonce album "Everything is Love", we discuss trailers from this year's E3 event, I review the remake of "Super Fly", Ricardo talks about "Ocean's 8" and we share our honest opinion on the long-awaited sequel "Incredibles 2". TIMESTAMPS: 04:05 - E3 2018 Trailers 25:36 - Nasir (Album Review) 1:00:28 - Everything is Love (Album Overview) 1:05:09 - SuperFly 1:45:40 - Ocean's 8 1:56:34 - Incredibles 2 BACKING TRACKS: i know what - low class organic - seize BUY THE COMPILATION ALBUM 'the abstract era' HERE: https://kadv.bandcamp.com/album/the-abstract-era Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169

In today's episode, we review the lyrically brutal response to Drake's "Duppy Freestyle" from Pusha T called "The Story of Adidon", followed by the new Kanye West album/EP "Ye", the Trinbagonian feature-length drama "Moving Parts", Season 4 and the first half of Season 5 of the sitcom "Arrested Development", and the Han Solo movie that everyone asked for: "Solo: A Star Wars Story. 03:32 - The Story of Adidon 16:39 - Ye 41:23 - Moving Parts 58:05 - Arrested Development (Seasons 4 & 5A) 1:24:28 - Solo: A Star Wars Story Matthew Bailey on Social Media: https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACKS: New World Sherona - Anthony Sample, Exodus - Mr. Backside BUY THE COMPILATION ALBUM 'Beatmaniacs Vol. 1 - Come Together' HERE: https://postpartum.bandcamp.com/album/beatmaniacs-vol-1-come-together

In Episode 6 of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo Medina and I discuss the legacy of Allen and Albert Hughes' raw, gritty and highly influential urban drama "Menace II Society" 25 years after its release.  Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 Music by Frank Nora (audioblocks.com) Thanks for listening!

In today's episode, we review Pusha T's third studio album "Daytona", the final season of Starz' "Ash vs. Evil Dead", Season 1 of SyFy's "Krypton", Season 4 of CW's "The Flash", the rape/revenge thriller "Revenge" and the second film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451". TIMESTAMPS: 07:45 - Daytona (Album Review) 42:24 - Ash vs. Evil Dead (Final Season) 1:06:54 - Krypton (Season 1) 1:16:17 - The Flash (Season 4) 1:32:26 - Revenge 1:51:31 - Fahrenheit 451 BACKING TRACKS: Confusion - Wilczynski BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://erstma1kurbeln.bandcamp.com/album/kanonenbutter-vol-1-lost-in-basics The jazz - I.L.L. Will BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://vindig.bandcamp.com/album/expedition-vol-20-one-will

As much as we would've loved to talk about the Royal Wedding throughout the entirety of today's episode (sorry, ladies), we opted instead to discuss Season 2 of Netflix's "Dear White People", Season 2 of FX's "Atlanta" and the sequel to 2016's surprise R-rated superhero action comedy hit "Deadpool". TIMESTAMPS: 06:00 - Dear White People (Season 2) 33:25 - Atlanta (Season 2) 1:24:35 - Deadpool 2 Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACKS: Her – Soupbox BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://soupboxmusic.bandcamp.com/album/perception remember - ruff-t BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://kadv.bandcamp.com/album/boom-bap-hooray

Check out Beers, Beats & Bailey on iTunes (FEEL FREE TO LEAVE A RATING): https://itunes.apple.com/tt/podcast/beers-beats-bailey/id1369455002 Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 Doe Boi on Social Media https://www.instagram.com/goodjobdoeboi/ Music by Frank Nora (audioblocks.com) In Episode 5 of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo Medina, San Fernando producer/rapper Doe Boi and yours celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dark Man X's debut album "It's Dark and Hell is Hot".

Sommerleigh's YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIyqKL-ZuzALxqFPWjxh78g Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACK: allthetime – digitalluc BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://digitalluc.bandcamp.com/album/re-ups TIMESTAMPS: 01:13 - MCU Phase One 12:31 - MCU Phase Two 25:50 - MCU Phase Three 52:08 - Avengers: Infinity War Ricardo Medina, special guest Sommerleigh Pollonais (MovieJunkieForLife) and yours truly discuss "Avengers: Infinity War" and the ten years of films it took to get to that monumental point in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

FINALLY, we've made it to episode 100!! We celebrate this milestone by talking about Kanye West's latest attention-grabbing antics, Season 1 of the CW's "Black Lightning", the Warner Bros./DC animated feature "Batman Ninja", the teen/parent sex comedy "Blockers" and the monstrous film adaptation of the 80s video game "Rampage". Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACKS: Yotaro – Spring Wax BUY THE COMPILATION ALBUM "Beats in Cycle" HERE: https://hermitcityrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/beats-in-cycle Mono Massive - Deep Blue BUY THE COMPILATION ALBUM "The Chronic" HERE: https://radiojuicy.bandcamp.com/album/the-chronic Thanks for listening!

In the fourth episode of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo Medina, San Fernando producer/rapper Doe Boi and myself look back at the debut album from the late, great Bronx rapper Big Punisher: 'Capital Punishment'.  Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 Doe Boi on Social Media https://www.instagram.com/goodjobdoeboi/ Music by Frank Nora (audioblocks.com) Thanks for listening!

In this episode, we discuss WWE's Wrestlemania 34 event, the HBO Sports documentary "Andre the Giant", the DC/Warner Bros. animated feature film "Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay", Season 3 of the CW's "Legends of Tomorrow", the Season 3 premiere of SyFy's "The Expanse" and Season 1 of Netflix's "Lost in Space" TV reboot. Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACKS: wish me - Awlnight BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://inneroceanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/awlnight-koolinout Heaven's Air - sleepinpatterns BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://vindig.bandcamp.com/album/blu-box Thanks for listening!

In the third episode of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo Medina and I discuss two iconic sci-fi movies released in 1968: Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking "2001: A Space Odyssey" and Franklin J. Schaffner's intellectual "Planet of the Apes". 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - 01:41 PLANET OF THE APES -  1:00:46 Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 Music by Frank Nora (audioblocks.com) Thanks for listening!

Beers, Beats & Bailey delves into the current controversy surrounding the highly popular Channel Awesome YouTube channel, the powerful sixth episode of FX's "Atlanta" (Season 2), the nail-biting horror/thriller "A Quiet Place" and the Steven Spielberg-directed film adaptation of Ernest Cline's sci-fi/pop culture extravaganza "Ready Player One". CHANNEL AWESOME CONTROVERSY - 02:23 ATLANTA - "Teddy Perkins: - 25:07 A QUIET PLACE - 31:48 READY PLAYER ONE - 50:46 Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACKS: 01. cloud vibes (Side A.) & 02. cloud vibes (Side B.) BUY THE ALBUM "Cloud Vibes" from the Rigged Pads Collective HERE: https://riggedpadscollective.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-vibes

Ricardo Medina and I review the series premiere of SyFy's "Krypton", the dark political satire "The Death of Stalin", the film adaptation of the 2013 reboot of the classic "Tomb Raider" video game, and the sequel to the robots-vs-monsters movie we all asked for: "Pacific Rim: Uprising". PRE-RAMBLE (includes thoughts on Migos' "Walk It Talk It" music video) and the "Deadpool 2" trailer - 02:15 Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACKS: Bump - Lanzo BUY THE ALBUM HERE: http://shop.coldbusted.org/album/omnipotent real shit - Sleepdealer BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://sleepdealerbeats.bandcamp.com/album/homesick Thanks for listening!

We pay tribute to East Coast rapper Craig Mack and legendary physicist Stephen Hawking, and discuss the second trailer for the highly-anticipated "Avengers: Infinity War", the BET mini-series "Death Row Chronicles", the sci-fi thriller "Annihilation" and the sci-fi fantasy "A Wrinkle in Time". Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACKS: 2 Hits (ft. Glad2Mecha) - aCatCalledFRITZ BUY THE "VERTICAL IRIS" ALBUM HERE: https://acatcalledfritz.bandcamp.com/album/vertical-iris Mustafa In The Sky With Diamonds Instrumental - aCatCalledFRITZ BUY THE "VERTICAL IRIS (BeatBang Version)" ALBUM HERE: https://acatcalledfritz.bandcamp.com/album/vertical-iris-beatbang-version

In the second episode of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo Medina, Doe Boi and I talk about the 1993 comedy / mockumentary "CB4" and its (possible) relevance 25 years after its release, especially within the genre of hip hop which the movie boldly poked fun at.  Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 Doe Boi on Social Media https://www.instagram.com/goodjobdoeboi/ Music by Frank Nora (audioblocks.com) Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Ricardo Medina reviews the 10-part web series "Stargate Origins" and the Eli Roth-directed, Bruce Willis-starred remake of the classic 1974 revenge flick "Death Wish", while I review the second season of the Netflix / Marvel TV series "Jessica Jones", the dark comedy "Game Night" and the VOD-available, Bruce Willis-starred (sort of) action thriller "Acts of Violence". Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACKS: Deeper - Emapea BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://emapea.bandcamp.com/album/zoning-out-volume-1 up till lights go off - koe da flavekid BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://jindujunrec.bandcamp.com/album/gats-in-da-back Thanks for listening!

Clearly more people opted for the further adventures of Rick Grimes than this year's Academy Awards. But Ricardo and I checked out the ceremony, and in this special episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, we talk about its hits, misses, wins and losses. Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 Backing tracks: "Funkbap" - Knowz "Tired" - Sloop Tha Loop BUY THE COMPILATION ALBUM "POSTPARTUM Vol. 3" HERE: https://postpartum.bandcamp.com/album/postpartum-vol-3 Thanks for listening!

In this comic-book themed episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina, Julien Neaves, Sommerleigh Pollonais and I review the DC/Warner animated feature film "Batman: Gotham by Gaslight", the live-action adaptation of the widely popular "Full Metal Alchemist" anime/manga and a watershed in superhero cinema - Marvel Studios' "Black Panther". Julien Neaves on Social Media https://www.facebook.com/julien.neaves/ https://www.facebook.com/MovievilleTT/ https://www.instagram.com/movievillett/ Sommerleigh Pollonais on Social Media https://www.facebook.com/sommerleigh.pollonais https://www.facebook.com/groups/794085497392173/ (MOVIE JUNKIES CONT'D) https://www.youtube.com/user/darqjade BACKING TRACKS: Water, hops and malt - Prime Time Beats BUY THE COMPILATION ALBUM "THE JAZZ HOP CONSPIRACY VOL. 1" HERE: https://s1x-music.bandcamp.com/album/the-jazz-hop-conspiracy-vol-1 hours - Toshiki Hayashi BUY THE ALBUM HERE: https://percentc.bandcamp.com/album/karakusa Thanks for listening!

In this episode of Beers, Beats & Bailey, Ricardo Medina and I complete our 2018 Academy Awards reviews with "Last Men in Aleppo", "Strong Island", "Loveless" and "Dear Basketball", and share our thoughts on the new trailer for "The Incredibles 2" and Season 1 of "Star Trek Discovery". LAST MEN IN ALEPPO - 02:51 STRONG ISLAND - 06:31 LOVELESS - 18:06 DEAR BASKETBALL - 32:37 THE INCREDIBLES 2 TRAILER - 37:16 STAR TREK DISCOVERY (SEASON 1) - 42:33 Matthew Bailey on Social Media: legallyblack.wordpress.com www.patreon.com/legallyblack https://twitter.com/LegallyblackMJB https://www.instagram.com/matthewbaileyreviews/ https://www.facebook.com/mattbaileyTT https://www.facebook.com/legallyblackMJB/ Ricardo Medina on Social Media https://twitter.com/Rmeddy https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.medina.7169 BACKING TRACKS: kneecap - by illfitting chains - by mlvn BUY THE COMPILATION ALBUM "BLESS Vol. 1" HERE: https://inneroceanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bless-vol-1 Thanks for listening!