🎙 Welcome to Episode 14 of How It’s Related!
The madness ends here. Adam and Mike finally reveal their completed Music Bracket Madness—a four-region, 64-artist showdown covering Pop, Rock, Rap, and Country. After weeks of fierce debates and controversial upsets, one artist stands alone as the all-genre champion.
Does Nas outlast Metallica? Did someone really pick Hall & Oates over Black Sabbath? And how did Backstreet Boys knock out George Strait?
It’s the chaos finale you didn’t know you needed.
🎶 Music Bracket Madness: The Final Round
The bracket regions:
Gary Region = Pop
Detroit Region = Rap
Arkansas Region = Country
Liverpool Region = Rock
Just like the NCAA tournament, it’s seeded matchups… with musical legends.
🎶 Upsets, Shocks & Chaos
Muse over Lady Gaga? Yep, that happened.
Elton John as a 13 seed taking out Dolly Parton.
Backstreet Boys knocking George Strait out of the tourney.
Hall & Oates beating Black Sabbath. (Regrets were had.)
🎶 Bracket Breakdown: The Elite Eight
Adam’s Final 8:
🟦 Nirvana
🟦 Ice Cube
🟦 Eminem
🟦 Jay-Z
🟥 Metallica
🟥 Nas
🟥 Foo Fighters
🟥 The Beatles
Mike’s Final 8:
🟦 Michael Jackson
🟦 Queen
🟦 Beatles
🟦 Tom Petty
🟥 Elvis
🟥 Metallica
🟥 Eminem
🟥 Phil Collins
🎶 The Final Four & Champion
Mike’s Final Four:
Michael Jackson vs. Eminem
The Beatles vs. Elvis
Adam’s Final Four:
Nirvana vs. Eminem
The Beatles vs. Nas
🏆 Winner: THE BEATLES
Unanimous across both brackets.
🎤 Best Moments You Can’t Miss
⭐ Adam’s Backstreet Boys passion moment
⭐ Mike’s defense of Phil Collins over Jay-Z (yes, really)
⭐ Lil Wayne vs. Foo Fighters = the ultimate genre clash
⭐ “Hall & Oates stomped Foo Fighters” — a real quote
💬 Listener Poll: Who’s In Your Final Four?
📊 Did we get it right with The Beatles?
📊 What’s your biggest upset of the tournament?
📊 Who should’ve made the bracket but didn’t?
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