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The Opus

The Opus

52 episodes

Consequence and Sony bring you an exploration of iconic albums and their ongoing legacy. Join host Adam Unze as he examines how masterpieces continue to evolve: shaping lives, shaking rafters, and ingraining themselves into our culture. Maybe you’re a longtime fan who wants to go deeper. Maybe you’re a first-time listener curious to hear more. Either way, you’re in the right place.

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Hip-Hop 50: Cypress Hills Weed Rap Changed Cannabis Culture

Published: Aug. 25, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds

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Hip-Hop 50: Cypress Hill Revolutionized Hip-Hop via Hard Rock and Latin Funk

Published: Aug. 23, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 35 seconds

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Hip-Hop 50: Cypress Hills Chemistry Made for Explosive Hip-Hop

Published: Aug. 18, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 43 seconds

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Hip-Hop 50: Cypress Hill - Southern California Was a Cultural Powder Keg

Published: Aug. 16, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 18 seconds

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Hip-Hop 50: The Score - Fugees In the Lab

Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 16 seconds

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Hip-Hop 50: The Score - Fugees In Haiti

Published: Aug. 9, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 13 seconds

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Hip-Hop 50: The Score - Fugees In the Basement

Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 35 seconds

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Hip-Hop 50: The Score - Fugees at the Crossroads

Published: Aug. 2, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 47 seconds

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The Legacy of Billy's The Stranger Lives on at Madison Square Garden

Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 58 seconds

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Billy Joel's The Stranger Plays Like a Greatest Hits Album: The Opus

Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 54 seconds

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Billy Joel and Producer Phil Ramone Captured Collaborative Magic on The Stranger

Published: Dec. 29, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 43 seconds

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Billy Joel Reintroduced Himself to the World with The Stranger

Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 44 seconds

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The Opus: Billy Joel's The Stranger is Coming Soon

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 54 seconds

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The Legacy of Alice in Chains' Dirt Spans Generations

Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 36 seconds

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Alice in Chains Dirt Is a Work of Dark, Personal Lyrical Genius: The Opus

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 21 seconds

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How Alice in Chains' Sonic Alchemy Led to the Unique Sounds of Dirt: The Opus

Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 2:25 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 3 seconds

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Alice in Chains' Dirt Was a Venn Diagram of Grunge, Metal, and Hard Rock: The Opus

Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 48 seconds

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The Opus: Alice in Chains' Dirt is Coming Soon

Published: Oct. 3, 2022, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 49 seconds

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The Real Riot Behind Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin On

Published: March 17, 2022, 2:13 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 38 seconds

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Sly and the Family Stone Really Was a Family Affair

Published: March 10, 2022, 3:48 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 56 seconds

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A Message About The Opus: Sly and the Family Stone

Published: Feb. 17, 2022, 10:36 p.m.
Duration: 41 seconds

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There's a Riot Goin On: Sly and the Family Stone's Musical Riot Still Rages Through Decades of Sampling

Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 9:23 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 53 seconds

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There's a Riot Goin On: Sly and the Family Stone Kicked Off a Funk Riot in 1971

Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 4:24 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 47 seconds

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Ten: The Final Show of Pearl Jam's First Tour Heralded Future Stardom

Published: Sept. 2, 2021, 7:21 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 41 seconds

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The Best Songs on Pearl Jam's Ten Aren't the Singles

Published: Aug. 26, 2021, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 54 seconds

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Ten: Jeff Ament's Art Helped Define Pearl Jam

Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 8:53 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 36 seconds

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Ten: Pearl Jam Is Alive Because of an Unlikely Series of Events

Published: Aug. 12, 2021, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds

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Cypress Hills Weed Rap Changed Cannabis Culture

Published: Aug. 5, 2021, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds

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Cypress Hill Revolutionized Hip-Hop via Hard Rock and Latin Funk

Published: July 30, 2021, 2:51 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 35 seconds

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Cypress Hills Chemistry Made for Explosive Hip-Hop

Published: July 22, 2021, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 43 seconds

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Cypress Hill: Southern California Was a Cultural Powder Keg

Published: July 15, 2021, 2:41 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 18 seconds

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Just As I Am: Bill Withers Songs and Booker T. Jones Mind Were a Match Made in Soul Heaven

Published: June 3, 2021, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 33 seconds

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Just As I Am Episode 3: Bill Withers' Just as I Am Was Populist Soul for Complicated Times

Published: May 27, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 51 seconds

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Just As I Am Episode 2: Bill Withers Remains a Voice of Protest

Published: May 20, 2021, 6:33 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 36 seconds

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Just as I Am: Bill Withers Went from Blue-Collar Everyman to Soul Legend

Published: May 13, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 16 seconds

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The Score: Fugees In the Lab

Published: April 2, 2021, 1:23 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 16 seconds

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The Score: Fugees In Haiti

Published: March 25, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 13 seconds

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The Score: Fugees In the Basement

Published: March 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 35 seconds

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The Score: Fugees at the Crossroads

Published: March 11, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 47 seconds

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Pearl: Janis Joplin, The Feminist Icon

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 2:20 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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Pearl: The Last Days of Janis Joplin

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 19 seconds

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Pearl: The Janis Joplin We Never Knew

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 13 seconds

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Pearl: Janis Joplin Never Stopped Singing

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 49 seconds

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Abraxas: The Beats Beyond Santana

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds

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Abraxas: Charting the Influence of Santana

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 4:11 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 21 seconds

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Abraxas: The Band Behind Santana

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 1:32 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 43 seconds

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Abraxas: Carlos Santana Truly Arrived After Woodstock

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 5:28 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 16 seconds

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Welcome to The Opus - Season 11: Santana's Abraxas

Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 5:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 2 seconds

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Whitney Houston: Behold, the Everlasting Star!

Published: June 18, 2020, 4:19 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 57 seconds

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Whitney Houston: The Science Behind the Voice

Published: June 4, 2020, 12:27 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 33 seconds

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Whitney Houston: Whitney's Billboard Run Contains Multitudes

Published: May 28, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 8 seconds

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The Infamous: Mobb Deep Crafted Their Own Language

Published: May 14, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 40 seconds

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The Infamous: Experience Outweighs Practice

Published: May 7, 2020, 6:19 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 58 seconds

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The Infamous: Finding Success By Learning From Failure

Published: April 30, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 42 seconds

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The Infamous: Mobb Deep's Commitment to the Truth

Published: April 24, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 52 seconds

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Bitches Brew: Breaking Down the Album Artwork

Published: April 9, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 4 seconds

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Bitches Brew: The Expanding Universe of Miles Davis

Published: April 2, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 21 seconds

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Bitches Brew: The Indefinable Greatness of Miles Davis

Published: March 26, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 2 seconds

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Bitches Brew: The Importance of Challenging Music

Published: March 19, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds

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Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Sounds of the Influenced [Bonus]

Published: March 5, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 6 seconds

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Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Importance of Creative Conflict

Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 58 seconds

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Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Bridge to Beyonce

Published: Feb. 20, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds

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Bridge Over Troubled Water: Sailing with Simon and Garfunkel

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 7 seconds

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London Calling: Radio Clash's Timeless Transmissions

Published: Dec. 19, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 15 seconds

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London Calling: Clash of the Cultures

Published: Dec. 12, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 16 seconds

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London Calling: The Clash's Great Rebellion

Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds

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Welcome to The Opus - Season 6: The Clash's London Calling

Published: Dec. 3, 2019, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds

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Blizzard of Ozz: The People vs. Ozzy Osbourne

Published: Nov. 7, 2019, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 7 seconds

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Blizzard of Ozz: The Unexpected Influence of Ozzy Osbourne

Published: Oct. 31, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 30 seconds

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Blizzard of Ozz: The Prince of Darkness Finds Unlikely Shelter

Published: Oct. 24, 2019, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 21 seconds

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Welcome to The Opus - Season 5: Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz

Published: Oct. 22, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds

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Red Headed Stranger: The Wonderful World of Willie

Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 1 second

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Red Headed Stranger: Betting It All on Being Different

Published: Sept. 26, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 59 seconds

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Red Headed Stranger: Willie Nelson's Outlaw Rebirth

Published: Sept. 19, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 40 seconds

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Welcome to The Opus - Season 4: Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger

Published: Sept. 13, 2019, 9:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds

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Grace: Keeping Jeff Buckley's Legacy Alive

Published: Aug. 29, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 16 seconds

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Grace: Buckley and Grace After Death

Published: Aug. 22, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 36 seconds

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Grace: Post-Gender, Post-Genre: The Voice of Jeff Buckley

Published: Aug. 15, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 2 seconds

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Welcome to The Opus - Season 3: Jeff Buckley's Grace

Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 2:50 a.m.
Duration: 53 seconds

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Electric Ladyland: The Enduring Legacy of Hendrix

Published: Jan. 31, 2019, 3:23 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 33 seconds

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Electric Ladyland: The Cinematic Immortality of Hendrix

Published: Jan. 24, 2019, 4:26 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 35 seconds

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Electric Ladyland: The Studio Wizardry of Hendrix

Published: Jan. 17, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 32 seconds

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Electric Ladyland: The Deification of Jimi Hendrix

Published: Jan. 10, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 22 seconds

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Welcome to The Opus - Season 2: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Electric Ladyland

Published: Jan. 8, 2019, 2:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 4 seconds

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Blood on the Tracks: How Dylan Birthed Bootleg Culture

Published: Dec. 7, 2018, 5:32 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 56 seconds

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Blood on the Tracks: Evaluating Dylan's Cinematic Legacy

Published: Nov. 30, 2018, 5:29 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 18 seconds

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Blood on the Tracks: Beth Orton and Kevin Morby on Dylan's Songwriting Process

Published: Nov. 23, 2018, 6 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 16 seconds

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Blood on the Tracks: Canonizing Bob Dylan's Human Opus

Published: Nov. 16, 2018, 9:55 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 41 seconds

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Welcome to The Opus - Season 1: Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks

Published: Nov. 12, 2018, 9:52 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds

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