The Audacity of Dope

J Dilla’s younger brother Illa J is prepping the release of his debut, Yancey Boys, and he just dropped the first 12″.  “We Here” has been going around the net for a minute, but since we premiered the b-side, “R U Listenin'” with Guilty Simpson, on Sound Session last night, I thought I’d post it up as well.  This joint is crazy.

Illa J ft. Guilty Simpson – “R U Listenin'”

Illa J – “We Here”

That beat right there?  Woooooooooow.  Reminds me of his brother’s remix for Crustation’s “Purple“…what y’all know about that jawn?

(if you prefer YouTube, here are parts 1 & 2)

One half of Seattle’s own Common Market, RA Scion, came through Sound Session yesterday and we recorded it for y’all.  We chopped it up about their new Tobacco Road album, their unique release party coming up on Thursday at Neumos, their experiences performing at the protests of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, and more.  You can watch the video above, or if you prefer just the audio, grab it here:

RA Scion on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?nu43ylmjxn3
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/1839003132f3b8cf/ )

Tobacco Road drops tomorrow…cop that!  Shout to the other half of CM, Sabzi, who we saw over the weekend as the Blue Scholars tore down Rock The Bells.  Some random RTB video will be popping up on TAOD this week.

Damn, how is it already September?  Time is moving so fast, this is crazy.  Anyway, here’s this weekend’s Sound Session for your listening pleasure.  We recapped some of our experiences at Rock The Bells (random RTB video and an interview with Phonte coming soon) and played all sorts of good music from people like Murs, Royce The 5’9″, Kardinal Offishall, Kanye West, Elzhi (in Seattle this week!) and more.  We also debuted songs from Illa J (featuring Guilty Simpson), Madlib (feat. Defari), and Now On (produced by Jake One…who sat in on the show) and chopped it up with RA Scion of Common Market live in the studio.  RA and Sabzi are set to drop one of the dopest albums of the year, Tobacco Road, on Tuesday so be sure to cop that!

Show #171 (9-7-08)

1. Murs – “Me and This Jawn”
2. Royce The 5’9” ft. Kid Vishis – “Kill ‘Em”
3. Elzhi – “Guessing Game”
4. DJ Revolution ft. KRS-One – “The DJ”
5. **INTERVIEW WITH RA SCION (of COMMON MARKET), PT. 1**
6. Common Market – “Gol’dust” (Local Artist)
7. Illa J ft. Guilty Simpson – “R U Listenin’”
8. Kid Cudi ft. Wale – “Is There Any Love”
9. Fusion Unltd ft. Little Brother, Nickleus F, Hall of Fame, & Skillz – “The Sun”
10. **INTERVIEW WITH RA SCION (of COMMON MARKET), PT. 2**
11. 88 Keys ft. Kanye West & Malik Yusef – “Stay Up (Viagra)”
12. Kardinal Offishall – “Nina”
13. Jazmine Sullivan ft. Kardinal Offishall & Lindo P – “Need U Bad (Remix)”
14. Termanology – “Please Don’t Go”
15. DJ Babu ft. M.O.P. – “Dearly Departed”
16. Johnson&Jonson (Blu & Mainframe) – “HalfA’Knot”
17. Jake One ft. Freeway & Brother Ali – “The Truth” (Local Artist)
18. Now On – “Catapults”
19. **INTERVIEW WITH RA SCION (of COMMON MARKET), PT. 3**
20. Shyan Selah – “Hollywood Blvd” (Local Artist)
21. Statik Selektah ft. Consequence – “Mr. Popularity”
22. Madlib ft. Defari – “Gamble On Ya Boy”
23. Janelle Monae – “Many Moons”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?rkxyenwet2o
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/1839028987f82afd/ )

Link to download just the parts with RA Scion – http://www.mediafire.com/?nu43ylmjxn3
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/1839003132f3b8cf/ )

Link to watch the interview with RA Scion – http://www.vimeo.com/1691757
(if you prefer YouTube, watch the 2 parts here – http://www.youtube.com/hyphentv )

If you’d like to be added to our weekly email list to receive the playlist and download links after every show, just shoot me an email, DJHyphen@gmail.com.

Yes, yes y’all.  It’s finally time for the Seattle stop of the Red Bull Big Tune (an event that originated here with my people J. Moore, Vitamin D, Jake One, DV-One, and Marcus Lalario) and here’s the itinerary for the week:

Monday, Sept. 8th: Red Bull Big Tune Kick-Off (flyer)
The War Room
722 E. Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122
Featuring DJ Maseo of De La Soul and special guests
9pm, 21+, $5 cover

Tuesday, Sept. 9th:  Educational Outreach – Producer workshop with Jake One & Vitamin D
Vera Project
305 Harris Street, Seattle, WA 98109
4pm – 6pm
Free and All Ages

Red Bull Big Tune Film Premiere (flyer)
Screening and Live performance by Brainstorm of Dyme Def with special guest DJ DV-One
Nectar
412 N. 36th Street, Seattle WA 98103
9pm, 21+, $5 cover

Wednesday, Sept. 10th:  Youth Workshop with “Aim for Peace” program
Buttermilk Studios
1108 13th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
4pm – 5:30pm
Free and All Ages

Thursday, Sept. 11th: Red Bull Big Tune In-Store featuring Black Milk & Elzhi
GOODS
1112 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101
4pm – 5:30pm
Free and All Ages

Friday, Sept. 12th: Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle (flyer)
Beat Battle and special performances from Elzhi & Black Milk
Neumos
925 E. Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122
8pm, All Ages, $5 cover

See y’all there…

This is pretty much what the internet was invented for.

Sidenote: Rock The Bells was dope…footage and stuff coming soon.  Tune in to Sound Session tonight as well for all sorts of dopeness!

My man El Prez from Los Angeles has been leaking new joints recently, but he just dropped the official mixtape for y’all to check out entitled The Daily Show.  If you’re a Sound Session listener, you may remember Prez from his “UAINTUPONTHIS!” joint with the U-N-I homies.  And if you remember that, you know dude is dope.  I would write more, but I need to get some ish ready for Rock The Bells later today at the Gorge.  Matter of fact, I think I’ll bump this on the way down to the show…

Tracklisting and download link after the jump! Shout to What Eye Thought for the drop.

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If you’re as big of a Kanye fan as I am, you remember a lot of his early material featuring a dope Chicago MC named Mikkey. Well after a brief stint with Cash Money Records (I still have no idea why he signed there), Mikkey returned to his roots and has released a ton of great songs over the past few years. He just compiled a mixtape called Uncrowned King, which is filled with new and previously unreleased material featuring collaborations with ‘Ye, Common, No ID, and more.

Thanks to Drew over at FakeShoreDrive, you can download the tape right here.

Along with all her other moral standings that I find reprehensible, one thing I really despise about Sarah Palin is that she’s such a staunch supporter of the NRA and hunting. I’ve always been an animal lover and sympathetic to animal activism, so I can’t agree with anyone who enjoys hunting or fishing for entertainment. Theoretically, if you’re killing a creature for sustenance, I can live with that. If you’re just murdering creatures for entertainment, I think there’s something seriously wrong with you.

Also, I find it curious that a lot of hunters are also ultra-religious, when the Bible clearly states “thou shall not kill.” How do they justify that? Don’t animals have souls just like we do? How can they claim to follow the word of God when they can’t even follow the Commandments?

This woman cannot be a heartbeat away from the presidency.

One of the best things about living in the day of digital archiving is that everything is on record. You can’t expect to say one thing today, contradict it tomorrow, and then claim it never happened. Well, I guess if you’re John McCain and the Republicans, you can and do. Self-ethering at its finest.

Ending the first week of the all-Wayne WLotD month:

“Tell that beef I’m Burger King, I represent that Saints sign/
I’m so high, I could paint signs”
–Lil’ Wayne, “Let Us Pray”

He abuses those “I’m so high…” punchlines like crazy.