The Audacity of Dope

Some simply visuals for a web video of LL’s “Mr. President” off his new album, Exit 13.  Is it good?  Ehh.  Does LL’s rhyme style work in 2008?  Ehhhhh.  Do I support him making a song with at least a cursory amount of substance?  Absolutely.

I don’t even hate wackness.  I hate wackness that glorifies other forms of wackness.  If your heart’s in the right place, I’ll let it slide all day.

Us, over the weekend in St. Louis, vs. them:

We win.

A little while back, I mentioned chopping it up with Shawn Jackson and my old homey Newman from Giant Panda during the Seattle stop of their tour with People Under The Stairs and Common Market.  What better time to post that Sound Session interview up than today, when their New Jack Hustle group album, Soundcheck, officially goes on sale?

Check out this interview to hear Shawn and Newman talk all about how New Jack Hustle came together and what they wanted to do with Soundcheck.  Among other topics, they discussed the unique recording process behind the album, how it differs from their past work, their backgrounds, the recent explosion of the Los Angeles hip-hop scene, and more.  Plus, you can peep one of the songs off the album, “Ronald,” featuring the criminally slept on Versatyl from the Lifesavas.  Enjoy:

New Jack Hustle on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?mdz1nxmjw5m
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/50124594cf82f2eb/ )

For more information on NJH, hit their MySpace and then cop the album today!

Yes, yes y’all.  Here’s the newest edition of the greatest radio show on corporate radio, Sunday Night Sound Session for you to enjoy at the office, in the gym, on the commute, etc..  We played some of the dopest songs out there by people like John Legend, Butta Verses, Black Milk, Planet Asia, Murs, Foreign Exchange, and more.  We also ran two incredibly ill singles that you’ll hear all over the place in the coming months, John Legend’s “No Other Love” and Kanye’s “Heartless.”  For fellow diehard ‘Ye fans…does his beat on “Heartless” remind anyone else of the track he made for his Jagged Edge “Let’s Get Married” remix (same beat he used for Rhymefest’s “Fight With The Best”)?  Super dope regardless.

Along with all the good music (no pun), we gave out tickets for upcoming concerts with Q-Tip, the Cool Kids, Pacific Division, B.o.B., Dyme Def, and the Massive Monkees.  Plus, Microsoft hooked us up with some custom Murs and Kidz In The Hall Zunes (what up Paul!) for a few lucky winners.  If you’re in the Northwest, you really should be listening live…we reward our faithful listeners.

Lastly, we aired an interview with Newman (of Giant Panda) and Shawn Jackson, known collectively as New Jack Hustle.  Their album, Soundcheck, is in stores today so go cop that!

Shout to my dude David from the Barack Obama campaign as well for coming through to tell y’all how to get involved in the final 2 weeks of this historic election.  We’re almost there.  Yes We Can.

What can I say…it was a big show.  Peep it:

Show #177 (10-19-08)

1. John Legend ft. Estelle – “No Other Love”
2. Butta Verses – “Cassanova Brown”
3. Shad – “Brother (Watching)”
4. DJ Green Lantern – “Stand Up”
5. Incise ft. Tunji (of Inverse) – “True Greatness”
6. Statik Selektah ft. Little Brother, Chaundon, & Joe Scudda – “On The Marquee”
7. Akrish – “No God” (Local Artist)
8. Diverse – “Escape Earth”
9. Termanology – “The Chosen”
10. Kanye West – “Heartless”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH NEW JACK HUSTLE, PT. 1**
12. New Jack Hustle (Newman & Shawn Jackson) ft. Vursatyl (of the Lifesavas) – “Ronald”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH NEW JACK HUSTLE, PT. 2**
14. Black Milk ft. Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price, & DJ Premier – “The Matrix”
15. Planet Asia & DJ Muggs ft. B-Real – “Lions In The Forest”
16. Kidz In The Hall – “Children’s Story”
17. DJ Green Lantern – “1 Mic, 1 People”
18. Murs – “Can It Be”
19. Sweatshop Union – “Oh My” (Local Artist)
20. Jake One ft. J. Pinder, GMK, & Spaceman – “Big Homie Style” (Local Artist)
21. DJ Green Lantern – “Find Ur Dreams”
22. Malik Yusef ft. Kanye West & Adam Levine (of Maroon 5) – “Promised Land”
23. Foreign Exchange ft. Muhsinah & Darien Brockington – “Something To Behold”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?m2hmddyo3m2
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/50312005dcea41ca/ )

Link to download the full interview with New Jack Hustle – http://www.mediafire.com/?mdz1nxmjw5m
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/50124594cf82f2eb/ )

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.

It’s never fun to put a legend in WLotD, but this line just confused me:

“It’s Redman, hurry, my flow, hot curry/
Only dude with Pro Tools and a Blackberry”
–Redman, “This Is It (Showoff Remix)”

I know like 10 people with Pro Tools and Blackberries, so I know Redman knows a million…wtf.  Am I missing some alternate meaning?  Eh well, always good to hear the Funk Doc rhyme.

Brand new visuals for “New Shades” from New Jack Hustle (Newman of Giant Panda & Shawn Jackson) off their Soundcheck album for your viewing pleasure.  Don’t forget to peep their last piece too, which currently holds the title of “dopest video for a song that’s not even on the album.”  I’ll post up my full interview with the homies later this evening.  Soundcheck in stores tomorrow!

It’s been a minute since Phonte and Brainchild have graced us with an episode of GGR, but believe me, it’s tough to do radio shows when you’re constantly working on other projects.  In the latest edition, Brainchild kills the mix and Tay waxes poetic about his top 10 “black coffees.”  Check it out:

1. The Randy Watson Experience “Tic Tac Know!”
2. The Cool Kids “Delivery Man”
3. FDR “Puff Puff Pass”
4. Erykah Badu “The Healer”
5. Digable Planets “Dial 7 (Axioms Of Creamy Spies)”
6. Bill Withers “Kissing My Love”
7. Lloyd Chalmers “I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More”
8. Black Milk “Purple Track 6″
9. Robert Glasper “J Dillalude” (Simon S Extended Edit)
10. Madlib “Ashby Road”
11. Nicolay & Kay “Through The Wind”
12. Georgia Anne Muldrow “Runaway”
13. Reggie B “It Gets Better”
14. Houston Independent Spit District “Recess” (feat. Khimmy J)
15. Towa Tei “Happy” (feat. Viv & Bahamadia)
16. Mr. Dalvin “Get Mine”
17. Ralph Tresvant “When I Need Somebody”
18. Madlib “Chops & Thangs”
19. Phoenix “Congratulations”
20. Dwele “Light Skin Sugar”
21. DJ Premier “Dink”
22. The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination “Soulbath”
23. DJ Krush “Beats”
24. Lakeside “Something About That Woman”

Download here.

Royce is the man and he ripped the rest of this verse, but ummm:

“Get into his ass cause I ain’t opposed/
I’m a living anal probe”
–Royce The 5’9″, “Slaughterhouse”

Yeeeeeeaaaah…no.

This week’s Sound Session should be online for y’all by the end of the night…hold tight.

This is my ish right now and since I’m going to play it on Sound Session tonight, I thought I’d post up the video.  Yeah, I’m late on it, but sometimes it takes a second for international hip-hop to catch on in the States.  Shad is dope as hell though, so better late than never!

Shad – “Brother (Watching)”

This dropped a few days ago, but who would have thought working two+ jobs would make it hard to post up ill stuff regularly?  Eh, no matter!  So if you missed it, here’s Green Lantern’s long awaited Obama inspired mixtape, aptly titled Yes We Can.  The songs are dope, but the real highlight of the tape is how Green cut up various quotes from Obama and his supporters for all the interludes.

1. Intro
2. David Banner,Busta Rhymes,Talib Kweli – “Black President (Remix), Pt. 1″
3. Barack Obama – “Stand Up”
4. Nas Speaks on Politics
5. Styles P and Cassidy – “Make It Out”
6. Jay-Z Speaks “The American Dream”
7. Barack Obama – “One Mic, One People”
8. Russell Simmons Speaks on Obama
9. Joe Budden, Twista, & John Mayer – “Waiting on the World to Change 2008″
10. Angie Martinez – “Yes We Need A Mixtape!!”
11. Malik Yusef, Kanye West, & Adam Levine -  “Promised Land”
12. Wale, Rhymefest, Christina K, & Royce The 5’9″ – “Black President (Remix), Pt. 2″
13. Barack Obama – “My Life”
14. Jay-Z – “Lick a Shot”
15. Russell Simmons on Change
16. Wyclef Jean – “Obama for President”
17. Charles Hamilton – “The Moment”
18. Find Ur Dreams (Interlude)
19. George Bush’s Highlight Reel
20. Mikkey Halsted – “King George”
21. Obama on Hip-Hop
22. Joel Ortiz feat Dante Hawkins – “Letter To Obama”
23. Akon and U.M. – “Aint No Sunshine”
24. Qadir and Dwayne – “Its My Time”
25. Johnny Polygon and Amanda Diva – “Colorblind”
26. Mavado – “We Need Barack”
27. Jay-Z / Gabe Real – “What We Need” (Speech)
28. Qadir – “Yes We Can” Outro

I spent my entire Saturday afternoon handing out instructional literature for absentee voters in my neighborhood, so it’s safe to say I’m “fired up…ready to go.” Nov. 4th: be ready!

Download here.