The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more

493) Britney Spears - Right Now (Taste The Victory) - with Josh Schwartz and Steve Lunt

Guest: Josh Schwartz (KNS) and Steve Lunt (Jive Records) Honors: Britney Spears Songs: Right Now (Taste The Victory) Host: Artist Archivist⁠ James Rodriguez⁠  Breakin

492) Britney Spears - Before The Goodbye - Josh Schwartz

Guest: Josh Schwartz (KNS) Honors: Britney Spears Songs: Before The Goodbye Host: Artist Archivist James Rodriguez  Breaking down the importance of Britney Spears' a

491) Britney Spears - Lonely & Janet Jackson - What About

Guest: Josh Schwartz (Songwriter, Producer, Background Vocalist) Host: Artist Archivist ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠James Rodriguez ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Josh KNS Schwartz talks about the making of LONELY by

489) Janet Jackson - Unbreakable album and Black Diamond with Tommy Parker

Guest: Tommy Parker (Songwriter, Producer, Background Vocalist) Host: Artist Archivist ⁠⁠⁠⁠James Rodriguez ⁠⁠⁠ Tommy Parker on working with Janet Jackson on Unbreakabl

488) Darren Hayes - A Little Death

Guest: Darren Hayes Host: Artist Archivist ⁠⁠⁠James Rodriguez ⁠⁠ On the song A Little Death from Homosexual, Darren Hayes said "..the film La La Land...that is what you

487) Jon Shave - Britney Spears, Iggy Azealia, The Sugababes

Jon Shave is a twice Grammy-nominated and Ivor Novello Award-nominated songwriter and music producer whose work has generated over 23 billion cross-platform streams and m

486) What does an artist "lose" when they sell their catalog?

"YOUR FAV artist sells catalogue", but what does that mean? Online chatter, "don't stream the old albums that artist is not making music from it" but that is not true...

485) Darren Hayes - Do You Remember?

Guest: Darren Hayes Host: Artist Archivist ⁠⁠James Rodriguez ⁠ About the second single from Homosexual, Darren Hayes said "when does artist get to chance to write about

484) Janet Jackson - Throb

Might be overlooked by some, this house inspired track adds so much to the legacy of Janet Jackson, Jam and Lewis's legacy. Explaining why THROB deserves its flowers. H

483) Madonna - Give Me All Your Luvin

Often overlooked and dismissed, Madonna's lead single from MDNA helped Madonna achieve more chart success that separated her from everyone. It also primed Madonna for her

482) Britney Spears - Overprotected

Honoring the 25th anniversary of Britney Spears third studio album, Britney. Steve Lunt, Jive Records A&R at the time on the making of Britney's Overprotected. Guest: A

481) *NSYNC - It Makes Me Ill

Host: Artist Archivist ⁠⁠James Rodriguez ⁠ *NSYNC's 2000 album No Strings Attached had many gigantic hits but an album track may have had the longest most interesting ev

480) Darren Hayes - Let's Try Being In Love

Guest: Darren Hayes Host: Artist Archivist ⁠James Rodriguez  The film Call Me By Your Name influenced Darren Hayes on his eagerly anticipated solo song, Let's Try Being

479) Madonna - Rescue Me

Ever wonder how one of Madonna’s most underrated tracks came to life? In this episode, we’re diving into the making of “Rescue Me”…a song tucked inside her iconic 1990 gr

478) Darren Hayes - Homosexual

The reviews for Darren Hayes solo return were glowing! Let us rewind back to honor Homosexual. Host: Artist Archivist James Rodriguez 

477) Aaliyah, Missy Elliot, Magoo and Timbaland - Up Jumps The Boogie

Honoring the importance of Magoo and how he helped create a friendship and community that would change music. Host: James Rodriguez Artist Archivist

476) Janet Jackson and Kathleen Battle This Time

This song could have been a mess a song by featuring an opera singer... Going out of the box, is exactly what Janet, Jam and Lewis have been able to do for their entire

Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U - The Making Of

Rewind back to 2001: Britney Spears dropped “I’m a Slave 4 U” and changed the game. From bubblegum pop princess ➝ bold, R&B-driven icon. On today’s pod, we unpack the mak

474) Madonna - La Isla Bonita, the importance of the song

Madonna's La Isla Bonita, truly helped changed mainstream radio.... Host: James Rodriguez, Artist Archivist.

473) Britney Spears - B In The Mix with Steve Lunt

B In The Mix: The Remixes is often overlooked by the public, but fans of Britney Spears legacy understand that this compilation was a tractional bridge between In the Zon