This one's personal! Welcome to the second installment of our side by side series, where we pick 2 artists to compare and contrast, and create playlists that showcase their best work. The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony featured touching speeches from inductees Outkast and the White Stripes, which got us reflecting on how big of an impact these acts made on our young lives.

We start off with the Julius-crafted Outkast playlist, which samples from almost every Outkast album, but also includes a solo Big Boi track that reunites the duo, along with a slick Raekwon verse. We share our album rankings and make the case for Big Boi in the face of people who focus solely on André 3000's undeniable greatness.

Then we discuss Danny's White Stripes playlist, including tracks demonstrating why Jack White was a guitar hero for a 10-year-old Danny picking up the electric guitar. But crucially, this playlist also proves why Meg White's sense of timing behind the drum kit was key to the band's success.

Playlists:

• Danny’s Playlist: Spotify - YouTube - Apple Music
• Julius’s Playlist: Spotify - YouTube - Apple Music

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We're starting a tradition here at the Good Music Show: once a year doing a bonus episode about a new music-related animated movie with our friend and movie expert Danny Vincent. For this installment, we got his co-host Mark Young to join us! If you don't know, now you know: Danny and Mark are hosts of the excellent Pixar podcast "Looking for the Ocean!"

On this bonanza of a bonus, we cover the movie itself as well as the music, assisted by Julius's history as a K-Pop fan. With plenty of tangents along the way, including the Oscars, Wish, Zootopia 2, Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse.

Check out Looking for the Ocean HERE - we highly recommend it!

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Wrapping up our 2025 year in review, we begin with some honorable mentions that we did't discuss formally, including Mavis Staples, Earl Sweatshirt, Cleo Reed, and Florry.

Then we get into our top albums of the year. First we discuss the highly discussed album "Getting Killed" - the by-the-stats critical consensus album of the year. We talk about the context and cultural impact of the record, as well as highlight the excellent musicianship and production value.

Then we dive into a can't-miss 2025 album - "The Passionate Ones" by the Marcus Brown led Nourished by Time. We spend a good chunk analyzing the politics-infused storytelling. It is an album with a wide diversity of sonic influence and messages of hope despite the world's chaos. Tune in!

Links mentioned in the episode:

Geese - Live - 11/8/25

Cameron Winter - Live - 3/7/25

Nourished By TIme - Live - 9/18/25

Up Next:

• Side-by-Side: Outkast and The White Stripes
  • Danny’s Playlist: Spotify - YouTube - Apple Music
  • Julius’s Playlist: Spotify - YouTube - Apple Music

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