5. Ellen Adair Discusses Chance the Rapper, Coloring Book

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Actor, author, baseball analyst and podcaster Ellen Adair (Billions, The Sinner, Homeland) is here to share her enthusiasm for Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book. She discusses why this mixtape is special for both the musical performances and lyrical themes.

Ellen Adair on Twitter: @ellen_adair

Take Me In To The Ballgame (Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde’s baseball movie podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-me-in-to-the-ballgame/id1523233237

I made a reference to (and recommended) the YouTube music reaction series, Lost In Vegas. You can find the videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJPOmOZzDxZZxPWFgeE50hQ

1:10 Ellen joins the show

2:29 What Ellen’s been up to during the pandemic

5:50 Why Ellen chose Coloring Book for this episode

10:20 What’s more important to Ellen: Coloring Book’s lyrical themes or the music?

12:30 I ask Ellen about religion

15:27 Is Coloring Book a mixtape or an album?

17:55 Does Ellen have an album she loves in spite of a potentially disqualifying track?

19:56 Ellen’s favorite tracks from Coloring Book

24:44 Do we like certain albums because of their similarities to other music we like?

28:44 Al’s first impressions of Coloring Book

Track-by-track breakdown:

35:00 All We Got

37:26 No Problem

39:16 Summer Friends

40:55 DRAM Sings Special

42:20 Blessings

44:41 Same Drugs

50:56 Mixtape

51:17 Angels

53:24 Juke Jam

54:47 All Night

56:24 How Great

1:00:32 Smoke Break

1:02:33 Finish Line/Drown

1:05:07 Blessings (reprise)

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