The Audacity of Dope

This is the kind of song/video that makes me want to get away.  I haven’t taken a vacation in ages and it might necessary soon to clear my head and recharge.  There’s only so many emails you can do before you literally start going insane.

Thankfully, songs like this calm everything down…

As I’ve mentioned before, Amen has been one of my favorite MC’s for a minute now, but he doesn’t get anywhere near the exposure he deserves.  He’s gearing up to release more music than ever these days and after dropping Head On recently, he’s back with his “Entourage” inspired project, Queens Boulevard.   Check it out…

Download here.

The day job keeps a lot of great music videos coming across my desk and this quick one from Stefon Harris and Blackout caught my eye.  Dope graphics and a real cool jazzy sound combine for a great piece off their recently released Urbanus album.  The band and Concord Jazz are also hosting a contest for all you aspiring videographers to remix this clip.  Learn more here.

Yeah, this dropped a little while ago, but for some reason I didn’t get a chance to post it up then and I think it definitely deserves some shine.  I’m not too familiar with Rob Murat, but the stuff I’ve heard from him has been dope.  Plus, this joint features the homies Naledge and Double-O from Kidz In The Hall.  Be on the lookout for their new “Jukebox” video dropping soon as well!

Man, it’s a shame this video didn’t drop a little earlier because the song and visuals would have been perfect for the summer.  I’m not sure I really like the stutter video effects, or if I really understand highlighting the hair spin maneuver, but I still dig the video and the song is flawless.  I could listen to those drums all day.

Thanks to a pretty massive power outage in the Queen Anne/Magnolia area of Seattle on Sunday night, our recorded archive of SNSS had a bit of a malfunction.  While we lost the first 30 minutes of the show when we got knocked off the air, the back up generators kicked in and we still have the final hour for y’all.  The link below picks up right before the brand new track from Big Boi, so you can still hear great music from Kid Cudi, Bilal, Shad, De La Soul, Warren G, Aloe Blacc, and more.

Shout to the homey Skyzoo calling in from Brooklyn as well.  Be sure you cop his official debut album, The Salvation, in stores today!

Show #226 (9-27-09)

1. Crown Royale – “We Gotcha”
2. Royce Da 5’9” – “New Money”
3. Mistah F.A.B. – “Follow Me”
4. Consequence ft. Rick Ross – “The More I Get”
5. Wale ft. K’Naan – “Um Ricka”
6. Brother Ali – “Crown Jewel”
7. Anton Genius ft. Naledge, Dominique Larue, Apollo Cain, Truth, & Pugs Atomz – “Gettin’ Up (Remix)”
8. J. Cole – “Lights Please”
9. Big Boi ft. Too $hort & George Clinton – “Fo’ Yo’ Sorrows”
10. Kid Cudi ft. Chip Tha Ripper – “Hyyerr”
11. Shafiq Husayn ft. Bilal – “Cheeba (Nottz Remix)”
12. They Live – “Meth Heads” (Local Music)
13. **INTERVIEW WITH SKYZOO #03**
14. Skyzoo – “The Beautiful Decay”
15. El Prez ft. Donwill & Von Pea (of Tanya Morgan) – “Victory Lapse”
16. Shad ft. Jermiside & Destruments – “The Calling”
17. De La Soul – “La La La”
18. Warren G ft. Raekwon & Nate Dogg – “100 Miles”
19. Kyle Lucas & Captain Midnite ft. Sol & Grynch – “The New Light” (Local Music)
20. Othello ft. Now On & Mayer Hawthorne – “Active Balanced (Terry Cole Remix)” (Local Music)
21. Kam Moye – “Let’s Be Honest”
22. Aloe Blacc – “Houston”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?z1gymnywiix
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/6627369668e80d1f/ )

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.

RTC at Ruby Hornet grabbed some great footage of 2009’s breakthrough artist, Mayer Hawthorne, performing live at the Dark Room.  Peep part of “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” above, then a little reggae flip of the single below.

Head on over to Ruby Hornet for more clips and be sure to catch this tour when it hits your town!

Pretty self explanatory…the homies Tunji, Kam Moye, Jern Eye, and Evangillest rocking rhymes over live production from Keelay and Cook.  Shout to GregTheDude on the visuals!

There’s something a little Lebowskian about the style of this video (“no Donny, these men are nihilists…there’s nothing to be afraid of”) so it’s quirky, but I dig it.  Hudson is a really dope writer to me.

Ever told some white lies to get close to someone?  Be careful…

One of the most underrated cats in the game, TiRon, just dropped the video for “Throwing My Money” off his excellent Ketchup mixtape (download here).  Straight up, this is America’s theme song.

Now that your boy got a nice little promotion at the j-o-b, I might have to partake in some of this behavior myself…”spend it if you got it”…music to Tim Geithner’s ears.