Melyssa Ford returns to her seat as the Bionic Six starts with discussing Jerrod Carmichael’s new HBO reality show (23:39 ) before turning to Drake’s IG post of Joe over the weekend (46:34 ). The internet then reacted to Joe’s Sexyy Red take from an old podcast (57:50 ), Iowa tops LSU in the women’s basketball Elite 8 (1:02:48 ), and the JBP compliments Nicki Minaj’s tour (1:15:55 ). Also, the first week sales are in for Beyoncé as well as Future & Metro Boomin (1:18:20 ), Lizzo is retiring (1:22:18 ), Pharrell & Chad Hugo are beefing over the rights to ‘The Neptunes’ (1:38:32 ), the impact of Kendrick’s ‘Like That’ verse continues (2:03:58 ), Part of the Show (2:39:33 ), and much more!  

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Sleeper Picks: 

Joe | Omah Lay - “soso”

Ice | Ryan Trey - “RIDIN 4 U”

Parks | Roc Marciano (feat. Knowledge the Pirate & GREA8GAWD) - “Larry Bird”

Ish | JoJo - “Dissolve” 

Melyssa | Lianne La Havas - “Bittersweet”

QueenzFlip | Cash Cobain & Bay Swag - “Fisherrr”