Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "NME+ PRESENTS: *AD FREE* THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT EPISODE 152 // "THE WAR IN RATLANTA (SPOTIFY EXCLUSIVE VIDEO VERSION)"
Episode Date: September 11, 2025Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0KLinktree: https://linktr.ee/Analytic Step into The Noto...rious Mass Effect Episode 152: "The War in Ratlanta" with me, Analytic Dreamz, as I break down the latest in music, gaming, and industry drama shaping culture today. This episode dives into Atlanta’s rap war, massive first-week numbers, tech shifts, and gaming blockbusters dominating charts. In music, Gunna cements his presence with 81K first-week sales while Young Thug fires back with a Spotify-exclusive diss track. Eminem and Dr. Dre return with a long-anticipated release, Offset drops Kiari, and NBA YoungBoy drops both Masa and a new single with Post Malone and DJ Khaled. Industry news hits heavy too: Sony raises PlayStation prices by $50 in the U.S., and Spotify increases subscription prices to expand global growth and innovation. The gaming world is no less explosive—Madden NFL 26, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Honor of Kings, and more dominate sales and reviews, while Ready or Not and Gears of War Reloaded hit one million players in record time. Roblox’s $2.8B empire stays in the spotlight but faces serious controversy. Finally, drama escalates as Young Thug exposes fake streaming accusations and a $150M Lil Baby deal, while lawsuits hit Roblox. Topics Covered: Gunna, Young Thug, Eminem, Offset, NBA YoungBoy Sony PlayStation & Spotify changes Madden NFL 26, Hollow Knight, Metal Gear Solid Delta, Honor of Kings Roblox empire, Ready or Not, Gears of War Reloaded Streaming scams, lawsuits, and industry revelationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Young thugs not even under QC, which makes me think that this whole interrogation was just a little prep time.
You know how you're in the gym, getting some shots up before the actual game?
This interrogation room was just the warm-up until he had to pillow talk with Mariah, the scientists,
and like let her know what was going on and behind the scenes.
It was really snitching for the love of the game.
Grand The Father 5, which is showcases that Grand The Father 6 can keep getting pushed back,
and Rockstar will never be able to feel it.
Dota 2 and Counter Strike 2
consistently puts BTA
on games that come out on Steam
as Counterstrike 2 is number 1
and of course Dota 2 is number 2
for like the millionth week in a row
I ain't seen this fast of a sellout since Lil Dickie
shout to y'all who know about him and his rise
yeah so he just has a lot of country artists on here
and it's very interesting because it's not bad music
I'm just basically acknowledging how a hip-hop artist
two years into his career completely flipped
and made a whole country album.
Number four, surprisingly,
not I'm just playing, not surprisingly,
because I've already covered this.
Hollow Night Silk Song is the fourth most play game on Steam,
and that transitions into my next point
on how I basically was telling people
all the way back,
if I can find it,
all the way back on August 27th of this year,
I was letting people know
that when Hollow Night Silk Song comes out,
it is going to Natu-Nit-Silksong comes out,
It is going to notoriously impact the masses because when it comes to the, what was it,
five to six year wait between the original Hollow Knight to this one, I don't know why fans were so engaged the way they were.
Because I will be playing the game soon.
That's another tidbit, just in case you didn't know.
I'm going to be playing this game soon, and I need to figure out the hype behind why people waited this long,
because they literally call in this the GTA of indie games, which may be a stretch because you know it's coming from their fan base.
So they're a little biased, but they are supporting in a way that lets them say stuff like that
Because the fourth most played game on Steam is no small fee. So shout out to Team Cherry. Shout out to Hollow Night.