The Audacity of Dope

I told y’all that I’m all about these SXSW recap clips.  Chillin’ with the homies Y-O and Thurz in Austin was definitely one of my highlights, and as you can briefly see in the clip above, Theo also traveled down with ’em.  Very dope to meet another one of the up and coming MC’s in the game.

Shout to DRG Films for producing all these dope U-N-I clips recently.  Remember, A Love Supreme drops on the 31st!!!!

New video from the Custom Made crew, who I’ve been digging for a couple years now.  They’ve quietly been releasing some dope ish down there in Los Angeles, and certainly more grimy than most of the new stuff from the West.  Every now and then, you just have to step on someone’s sneakers you know?

“You’re good around celebs, not too laughy”

Here’s some footage shot by the legendary JKim at the Seattle release party for Exile’s Radio at Nectar Lounge.  This was a dope night all around – DJ Day and Ex killed their set, and I judged the Qualified Beat Battle.  Congrats again to the winner, Ohmega Watts, and shout to all those involved with putting on a great night.

Be on the lookout for Exile’s appearance on SNSS soon…more homies who were down at SXSW!

There’s a good chance that a lot of my posts for the next few weeks will be SXSW related, but that’s what happens when you have one of the best weeks of your life.  It’s fun to reminisce…sue me!

The homey GregTheDude was down in Austin as well and we were able to kick it a few times.  One of which was during the above performance of “Smile” by Janelle Monae at Vice Bar on the last night.  Greg’s always thinking ahead with his videos and flipping this in the “tall” mode came out type ill.  G, when are you gonna post the footage of Janelle surfing right over you?

If that’s not enough for you, check out Blu rocking the first verse of “Dancing In The Rain” with Exile at Malverde (one of my favorite venues down there) for the Creme de la Creme showcase.  Swapped in the CDQ audio, but the visuals are still clean as hell.  Shout to the homey Playboy Tre in the background!

I’m already looking forward to SXSW 2010.  Noooooo doubt.

Off the brand new Common Market digital release, Winter’s End EP, here’s the MTVu debut of RA Scion & Sabzi’s “Escaping Arkham.”  With Zia at the directorial helm, you already know the visuals are going to be flawless.  He’s really one of the most underrated directors in the game nationally…it won’t be long until people are flying him all around the country to do their videos.

Sidenote:  mobbing down to SXSW with a lot of Seattle folks, RA and Sabzi included, was one of my highlights of last week.  We have a ton of talent in the town and if you aren’t aware, you’re sleeping.  Plus, everyone is cool as hell…

You know when you see an interview (perhaps ours) with Pharrell and he’s very stoic and reserved?  Well when the cameras are off, this is generally the result.  Someone in his crew just caught it on camera at a McDonald’s in Paris.  Dude is hilarious.

Are y’all up on Ayah?  You should be.  More dope Canadian talent set to blow the hell up in ’09…

Shout to Melanie for sending this through!

Whoooo…I know I’ve already mentioned it a ton on the Twitter and on the blog, but SXSW was incredible last week.  Basically, it was a high school field trip with all your closest hip-hop buddies.  Damn near everyone in the industry (well, at least indie hip-hop) mobbed down to Austin to enjoy 80 degree weather, free food & drinks, and more live music than you can possibly imagine.  While the performances were insane, the best part was just meeting with so many like minded folks.  Hip-hop ain’t dead in the least.  You just might think so if you aren’t looking in the right direction.

Shouts to everyone we ran into down in Texas, let’s run it down real quick…*deep breath*…Heavy Hitter, Blue Scholars, Common Market, Grynch, DJ Nphared, Budo, Grieves, David Meinert, Jessica @ Spectre, Exile, the whole Rhymesayers camp, Brother Ali, Jake One, Abstract Rude, Deep Rooted, U-N-I, the Agency Group, Jon Kim, Jonathan @ Om, Fresh Daily, Blu, Theresa @ the Musebox, 6th Sense, Outasight, Daytona, Freeway, Peter Rosenberg, Mazzi, Homeboy Sandman, Lanna @ Dada.net, Chelsea @ CO Clubs, Syntax Records, New West Records, JJ @ Foundation, Now On, Haircut/Mayer Hawthorne, 14KT, Buff1, Stephanie @ A-Side, DJ Graffitti, ID @ Interdependent, D.O., Garrett @ North Starr, Alex @ Ruby Hornet, Raekwon, Karim/Nightclubber Lang, Keelay & Zaire, Fortilive, the Myx Music fam, Theo, Asher Roth, Tanya Morgan, I Self Divine, Doomtree, Chris London, CurT@!n$, Odyssey, El Prez, Donny Goines, Dae One, Noni Spitz, Clint @ MVD, Bryan @ Paper Garden, Yvette @ Mint, Bambu, DJ Phatrick, Eskay @ Nah Right, TC @ Smoking Section, DJ Low Key, TJ @ TJ’s DJ’s, B-Rich, Playboy Tre, B.o.B., Hi-Tek, Daniel Glogower, Dow Jones of Tha Bizness, Shad, G, Classified, Cook Classics, GregTheDude, Charles Hamilton, Kid Cudi, Plain Pat, Emile, Big Sean, GLC, Mr. Hudson, Consequence, Janelle Monae, Ian and Jason @ Black Box, Hey Ocean, Adam @ Feldman & Associates, 88 Keys, Crew54, Yak Ballz, Connie @ Filter, Kidz In The Hall, D-Solo, Mickey Factz, P. Casso, Kosha Dillz, Matt @ Coalmine, Staci @ Interscope, Hanif of Animal Fam, Henri, Donnis, The Knux, Hip-Hop Official, the Cool Kids, Pac Div, Grace & Glenn @ Columbia, Tom Windish, Green Lantern, Balance, Curren$y, Steve Aoki, A-Trak, Mistah F.A.B., Talib Kweli, Corey Smyth, Strong Arm Steady, Amanda Diva, Eli Paperboy Reed and the True Loves, Davey D, Zion I, BK One, Camp Lo, Hollywood Holt, Proton, K’Naan, Lady Sov, Rye Rye, N.A.S.A., Truth Universal, Hollyweerd, Izza Kizza, Grip Plyaz, Tami @ Epitaph, and many, many more that I can’t remember right now…my apologies! That almost felt like making liner note thank you’s…wow, I don’t envy that.

Anyway, a lot of the talent out at SXSW was represented on this week’s SNSS playlist.  Shout to Asher and the SRC/Universal Motown fam for calling in to help debut his “Lark On My Go Kart” track.  I’ll post up that full interview shortly, but in the meantime, enjoy the music!

Show #199 (3-22-09)

1. 88 Keys ft. Kid Cudi – “Ho Is Short For Honey”
2. B.o.B. – “Mr. Bobby”
3. Wale ft. Lady GaGa – “Chillin’”
4. Rhymefest ft. Queen Latifah – “Goin’ In”
5. Pacific Division – “O.P.P. Freestyle”
6. **INTERVIEW WITH RIPYNT**
7. Ripynt ft. Jazz Digga – “Can’t Take It” (Local Artist)
8. Blu & Miss Jack Davey – “iFeel”
9. GLC ft. Kanye West & T-Pain – “Flight School”
10. **INTERVIEW WITH ASHER ROTH (SNIPPET)**
11. Asher Roth – “Lark In My Go Kart”
12. Kidz In The Hall – “I Got It Made (Reebok Classic ’09)”
13. Zion I ft. K. Flay – “Coastin’”
14. J. Pinder ft. Shawn Starr – “Havin’ Problems” (Local Artist)
15. U-N-I & Ro Blvd ft. Kes Kaos – “My Life”
16. Mayer Hawthorne – “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out”
17. Braille & S1 ft. Strange Fruit Project, Thesis, & Ragen Fykes – “Broken Heart” (Local Artist)
18. Shad – “I Heard You Had The Voice Of An Angel”
19. Tanya Morgan – “So Damn Down”
20. Keelay & Zaire ft. Prophit – “Nurf To The Turf”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?kowtrojwezz
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/57521853875b9324/)

If there are any problems with the links or 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.

“A few new stations, put me in rotation/
They’ve embraced the martian, congratulations”

Well, more than a few stations are finally on board with the Kid Cudi movement and “Day N Nite” is skyrocketing up the chart.  Aside from ‘Ye and the always ill Miss Janelle Monae, Cudi was pretty much the star of SXSW, getting mobbed everywhere and packing out show after show.  Let’s just say there were plenty of Cudi Buddies ready and willing for the man.

Hit the jump to see Cons and Cudi perform this track live at ‘Ye’s showcase in Austin.

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