The Audacity of Dope

I’m not a huge fan of this track as a whole, but Kanye status = insta-post.  I readily admit that I jock dude, pause, but he’s probably my favorite artist doing it right now.  On a side note, do you think Keri Hilson’s album lived up to all the buzz/hype she’s been getting?  I’m only one listen in, and there are definitely some joints (“Alienated” and “Slow Dance” in particular), but I dunno…

This is exactly why I wasn’t running around SXSW trying to Flip Cam all the performances hahah.  Levi’s and Fader combined to do a great job covering the performances at the Fader Fort, and the highlight was Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music showcase.  Common came out to do “The Light” and get the ladies in the mood (handing out assists like Steve Nash…well done Com), and then Erykah popped up for the outro and an impromptu freestyle session.  Super dope.

New dopeness from Michigan MC and Athletic Mic League affiliate, Octane, off his Forgotten Chosen album with Illite.  The hook is slightly generic and reminiscent of Thugnificent, but the verses are mean.  Plus, the homey 14KT* is on the beat, so you already know.

*Special shout to KT for hanging out with me when Shwayze was getting drinks thrown at him on stage at the Red Bull Moon Tower event at SXSW.  Easily one of the hilarious highlights of the week:

“Oooh, can’t hit me…I dodged that like the Matrix”…

*10 more drinks fly on the stage*

(shout to Geo for the cam time…)

Sure, a full blown SXSW ’09 recap would be nice, but I’m sure there will be footage of every single performance all over the net soon, if not already.  Truthfully, there are no words that can describe what a crazy and fun networking experience the conference provided, but I hope you were following along with the Twitter feed the last few days.  I’m sure I’ll share a few stories on tonight’s Sound Session and throughout the week, but if you’ll excuse me…I need to board this plane and get ready for an insanely busy week of catching up on work.  Shout to everyone I met in Austin.  As Diddy would say, “LET’S WORK!!!!!!!!!”

So, most of you probably know that I’m down in Austin at SXSW this week and that’s why the updates on TAOD have been on hiatus.  In short, this experience is absolutely crazy and it’s only been 2 days so far.  I’m about to hit up the Nah Right/Smoking Section showcase, but before I do, I thought I’d drop a quick note and say peace to the faithful TAOD readers.  Also, if you’re interested in all the shenanigans, debauchery, and/or tomfoolery that’s happening down here, follow me on Twitter and stay in the loop – www.twitter.com/djhyphen

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Notice I didn’t call it a ‘mixtape’ hahah.  Outasight is a really talented artist coming out of NYC and he just teamed up with 6th Sense and Mick Boogie to drop this prequel before his official album is released.  There are all sorts of talented folks making appearances on this (Tunji, Cook Classics, Donny Goines, Oddisee, etc.), so you should already know.

Download here.

Naledge and Double-O were recently chosen by Reebok to remake Special Ed’s classic, “I Got It Made,” and this is the resulting video.  On first listen, I dig the song and the visuals are fresh as hell.  One of those videos where you can just tell they had a good time making it.

Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s back to packing for SXSW.  Hopefully I’ll get to say what up to the Kidz homies down there (I’m shooting for the Fader Fort at 1pm on Friday).  Should be a crazy week…

“is niiiiiiiiiiiiice”

88, ‘Ye, and the Decon fam just released the video for “Stay Up,” one of the dopest tracks of the past year in my opinion.  It would weird me out too much to rock that old dude makeup, but it looks like 88 and ‘Ye felt at home as Clifford and Rufus.  The first verse on this reminds me of when ‘Ye was just starting to get his mixtape buzz and spitting hilarious bars all over the place.  Great stuff.

If you missed either of 88’s appearances on Sound Session from last year, peep ’em here and here.

Look at me staying up late on a Sunday night to archive the show right away, fresh off the presses for y’all.  Well, to be honest, I’m actually posting it up with the quickness because I’m trying to prep for this week as best I can.  It’s set to be a crazy one as I’ll be headed down to SXSW in Austin on Wednesday and coming back to Seattle right before the next SNSS, so free time will be at a minimum.  In fact, J. Moore will also be down there with a lot of the 206 family, so if you’re there too, give us a shout.  SNSS x SXSW, you know what it is.

Shout to Keelay (of Keelay & Zaire) and Nightclubber Lang for coming through last night’s show as well.  If you haven’t copped Kee & Zee’s Ridin’ High album, you’re sleeping on one of the best releases of the year.  Look out for some video footage of the interview coming soon as well.  In the meantime, enjoy the audio:

Show #198 (3-15-09)

1. Fashawn – “Remember The Times”
2. Slaughterhouse (Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce The 5’9”, & Crooked I) – “Fight Club”
3. Focus ft. Big Pooh, Sha Stimuli, & Kurupt – “Homage To Pete Rock”
4. Zion I – “Antenna”
5. Braille & S1 ft. Ragen Fykes – “Stay Together” (Local Artist)
6. Blu & Miss Jack Davey – “iFeel”
7. **INTERVIEW WITH KEELAY & NIGHTCLUBBER LANG, PT. 1**
8. Keelay & Zaire ft. Blu, Fortilive, & Nino Moschella – “The Times”
9. Nas ft. Marsha Ambrosius – “If I Ruled The World ’09 (Smirnoff Signature Remix)”
10. Method Man & Redman ft. Saukrates – “A Yo”
11. Ghostface Killah & MF Doom – “Chinatown Wars”
12. Brother Ali – “Begin Here”
13. Buggs Tha Rocka ft. Little Brother – “Get Away”
14. LaRue – “Rise Up” (Local Artist)
15. **INTERVIEW WITH KEELAY & NIGHTCLUBBER LANG, PT. 2**
16. Keelay & Zaire ft. Tunji – “Addicts For Real”
17. Ripynt ft. Jazz Digga – “Can’t Take It” (Local Artist)
18. Deep Rooted – “Billie Jean Theme”
19. JR&PH7 ft. Black Milk & Guilty Simpson – “Top Rank”
20. Ernie Gaines – “So Sorry”
21. Mayer Hawthorne – “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out”

Link to download the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?zzzazggmzzg
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/57120189f9bbb2a7/ )

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