The Audacity of Dope

Honestly, I’m amazed Phonte and Brainchild have time for these excellent podcasts.  I always feel like I’m incredibly busy and constantly have projects to finish, but I know these guys do as well.  The fact that they do all their work and put out these episodes of GGR so often shows you how much they love the music.

The interview I recorded with Tay at Rock The Bells will be coming soon…as soon as I get a minute to put it online!  In the meantime, enjoy GGR #9, where he even speaks on the concert in the intro:

The Birth Control Edition

In this week’s edition, Phonte discusses the trials and tribulations of parenthood and explains why you really don’t wanna know how many sexual partners your s/o has had.

1. Pete Rock “Don’t Be Mad”
2. Sleepy’s Theme “Choked Out Saturday Night”
3. Outkast “Elevators (Me & You)”
4. digital underground “Oregano Flow” (Gumbo Soup Mix)
5. Be Rezell “Blowed Away”
6. Timbaland & Magoo “Written Rhymes”
7. Jodeci “Can We Flo?”
8. Brentford All-Stars “Greedy G”
9. Alan Hawkshaw “Mile High Swinger”
10. Sly & The Family Stone “Positive”
11. The Rimshots “Harvey Wallbanger”
12. The JB’s “Hot Pants Roads”
13. Maceo & The Macks “Cross The Track (We Better Go Back)”
14. Kool & The Gang “Funky Stuff”
15. Illa J “We Here”
16. Coultrain “Green”
17. Hueston Independent Spit District “No More”
18. Owusu & Hannibal “Delirium” (Up Hygh Remix)
19. DJ Quik “Down Down Down”
20. Shonie “Come & Get It”
21. Platonic “877″
22. Theo Parrish “The Rink”
23. Samon Kawamura “You Are The Only One”
24. The Randy Watson Experience “Knocking At Your Door”
25. The Foreign Exchange “Daykeeper”

Download here.

And yes, The Audacity of Dope is my blog Tay!  hahahah.  A pensive Phonte at RTB, Washington:

No words.  I laughed, I cried, I was on the edge of my seat.

Erykah Badu linked up with OKP and the homies Tunj and GregTheDude to talk about her inspirations, her live performance, and her music.  She also talks briefly about her next album, including plans for a Bilal/Andre 3000 duet!?!?!  Chyea.

(that 3rd verse is real.)

As I mentioned a while back, Butta is an honorary member of our Seattle hip-hop community plus he’s dope as hell, so you know I’m posting the video for his lead single from Reality BV.  The album drops digitally Tuesday, cop that!

Butta Verses ft. Lucian – “If I DIe”

Video courtesy of OnSmash.

It would have been hilarious if he said “nazi” instead of “not see.”  Ok, well maybe just to me.  Anyway, no idea what this is from, but it’s great.  I literally grew up on Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, so Will is one of my all-time favorite people.  Next time I’m at the club (which won’t be soon if you know me), I’m breaking out the MiB dance.  Stop me.

*crosses fingers that scientology rumor isn’t true*

While an unofficial video for this leaked a while back, here’s the real deal.  I dig this song, but something about the Greg Nice style rhyming kinda annoys me, I can’t front.  Still good to see Tip coming with another album and it was dope to see him at Rock The Bells last weekend.  Here’s an ill pic of Mos Def pointing out Tip’s lyrics to “Excursions” as he spit ’em.  Ill.

Shout to Dreezy for the great picture…

Two weeks through the all-Wayne WLotD and I’ll just say this: some rappers are very lucky this is Wayne’s month, because I’ve been hearing a lot of horrible lines lately.  Ice Cube, I’m looking at you.

“Yeah, I’m so bright, not shady/
My teeth and my ice so white like Shady”
–Lil’ Wayne, “Barry Bonds”

He really thought that was clever?

(wtffff @ that “host’s” wack ass voice and inflections.  yeesh, even Cita was embarrassed)

Rev speaks about what being a DJ means to him, the purpose of his upcoming King of Decks album, and the story behind “The DJ” with KRS-One.  Plus, he talks about his DJ’ing hero, and my own G.D.J.O.A.T., the magnificent, Jazzy Jeff.  King of the Decks drops Tuesday!  Here’s the jawn we ran on Sound Session last week:

DJ Revolution ft. KRS-One – “The DJ”

“All the b*tches love me, I need a thick guard/
And if she don’t give head, she’s a nimrod”
–Lil’ Wayne, “Do What We Do”

Ever since I saw those In Living Color skits with Jamie Foxx and David Alan Grier reciting “poetry from the hood,” this kind of stuff has been hilarious to me.  Shout to McFly for sending this over.