The Audacity of Dope

My dinner is calling me (potstickers FTW!), so I’ll make this a quick one.  Peep this week’s edition of SNSS to hear some dope new music from artists like Focus, Pill, Donnis, Solange, Fashawn, Paten Locke, Gift Of Gab, Felt, the NYG’z, and more.  I think three of the songs we played might be in my top 20 tracks of the year:

• Mike Posner ft. Big Sean & Freddie Gibbs – “Bring Me Down”
• J. Cole – “Lights Please”
• James Pants ft. Mayer Hawthorne – “Thin Moon (Remix)”

Hmm…I’m looking forward to our end of the year “best of” show.

Shout to the Far East Movement for coming through the studio a while back as well.  Look for that full interview to be posted on the blog soon (have you checked our interview with Royce Da 5’9″?).  And speaking of interviews, shout to the new homey Elliott for meeting up with us for an upcoming article on Sound Session in the Seattle P.I..  For some extra goodness, check out his great sports blog – Outside The Press Box – and his movie site – What Would Van Damme Do?…I bet he’d dance.

Show #235 (11-29-09)

1. Focus ft. Crooked I, Jay Rock, Kida, & Marsha Ambrosius – “Homage To Dr. Dre”
2. Pill – “Coastin’”
3. Donnis – “Gone”
4. B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars – “Nothing On You”
5. Solange – “Stillness Is The Move”
6. Lupe Fiasco – “Thank You Freestyle”
7. Fashawn ft. Aloe Blacc & Devoya – “Hey Young World”
8. Paten Locke – “Ventilation P. Locke”
9. Gift Of Gab – “Richman, Poorman”
10. Freeway & Jake One – “Waited Too Long” (Local Music)
11. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Xperience – “Crew Cuts” (Local Music)
12. DJ K.O. ft. Silent Knight & East – “80’s Babies”
13. Felt (Murs & Slug) – “Bass For Your Truck”
14. Obie Trice – “Got Hungry”
15. Royce Da 5’9” ft. Busta Rhymes – “Dinner Time”
16. NYG’z – “Ready”
17. Kidz In The Hall ft. Marsha Ambrosius – “All Night (Make Up Sex)”
18. **INTERVIEW WITH FAR EAST MOVEMENT (SNIPPET)**
19. Murs ft. Far East Movement – “Break Up (The OJ Song) (Remix)”
20. Consequence ft. Kanye West, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Common, & John Legend – “Whatever U Want (G.O.O.D. Music Remix)”
21. EvergreenOne & Todd Sykes – “If I Was Famous” (Local Music)
22. Slum Village – “Dope Man”
23. Mike Posner ft. Big Sean & Freddie Gibbs – “Bring Me Down”
24. J. Cole – “Lights Please”
25. James Pants ft. Mayer Hawthorne – “Thin Moon (Remix)”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?v2jnnznmz22
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/692461798ab01565/)

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.

I had heard of Friendly Fires for a while, but hadn’t really peeped their music before I caught them in Seattle earlier tonight.  This was one of my favorite tracks that they performed and I remembered seeing the video at my day job.  Dopeness all around.

“One day…we’re gonna live…in Paris…I promise…”

You might recall that Slaughterhouse recently dropped by the Sound Session studio, but soon after, Royce Da 5’9″ returned for another show in Seattle and came through solo.  We covered a ton of topics in the 3 part conversation so I decided to put the full video online for y’all to enjoy.

Shout to Royce, easily one of the most down to earth and talented artists that we’ve had on the show.  When I was a high school kid losing my mind to all his verses in the late 90’s, I never would have thought I’d have the opportunity to kick it with him a few times.  Craziness.  Go cop Street Hop immediately and peep below for the interview.

Part 1:

(watch on HyphenTV)

• Reception of the Slaughterhouse project
• Familial relationship of the group
• Future of Slaughterhouse
• Earliest memories of Eminem

Part 2:

(watch on HyphenTV)

• Working with Eminem as part of Bad Meets Evil
• Learning recording techniques from Em
• His favorite MC’s
• Detroit’s knack for producing dope rappers
• His thoughts on J. Cole

Part 3:

(watch on HyphenTV)

• The Charles Hamilton/J Dilla fiasco
• His current relationship with Dr. Dre
• His new Street Hop album
• What he has left to prove in the game
• Future Bar Exam mixtapes

If you would prefer to just listen to the discussion and toss it on your mp3 player, here’s the audio of the full interview:

Royce Da 5’9″ on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?mkjzymhzzj1
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/690590078f4fcc91/)

Enjoy!

Newest visuals off KRS & Buck’s group album…Revolution on the cuts.  Looks like the homey Todd Angkasuwan should be working on the next Tron movie too, dope ish!

After a long period of relative silence, it looks like Lupe has decided to stop letting these counterfeit ‘lyricists’ get all the shine.  He’s been ripping freestyles lately and now he’s dropped a new mixtape to stake further claim to the throne.  FNF Up!

Special shout to Shake @ 2DopeBoyz for creating some dope artwork (crushing the original) and splitting the tape up into single tracks.  Enjoy!

01 Intro
02 The National Anthem (Radiohead)
03 Turnt Up (Travis Porter)
04 Fireman (Yoga Flame) (Lil Wayne)
05 L.A.S.E.R.S. Manifesto Interlude
06 Angels (rmx) (Dirty Money)
07 So Ghetto (Jay-Z)
08 Say Something (Timbaland)
09 Thank You (Jay-Z)
10 The One (Slaughterhouse)
11 Popular Demand (Clipse)

Download here:  Lupe Fiasco – Enemy of the State: A Love Story

Ok, I’ve given Jimmy Fallon a rough time since his show came on the air, but “this ish right herrrrrrrrrrrrre?”  This is great.

My favorite track of the month is easily Mayer Hawthorne’s remix of James Pants’ “Thin Moon,” and the fine folks at Stones Throw have given me the go-ahead to post it up for y’all.

James Pants ft. Mayer Hawthorne – “Thin Moon (Remix)”

EDIT: Apparently there was a mix up and the label has now asked for the song to be removed. If you got it, lucky you.  If not, you can always tune into Sound Session this week to hear us run it over 100K watts.

Mood music.  Enjoy.

The new Canon 7D camera apparently shoots incredible video.  Peep this clip from aspiring filmmaker Brandon Moza walking around Vancouver, set to Radiohead’s “Go Slowly.”

It’ll cost you a pretty penny…emphasis on the pretty.

Pardon the brief delay on this week’s SNSS archive, but we had a few technical difficulties.  Plus, it’s a short week for Thanksgiving, so everything seems even more hectic than usual.  I’ll gladly take it if it means a 4 day weekend though…

Check out this week’s show for great music from artists like Lupe Fiasco, Slum Village, Obie Trice, Souls of Mischief, Strange Fruit Project, Macklemore, James Pants, BlakRoc, and more.  Plus, we aired a snippet of our recent interview with Wale.  We’ll be posting the full discussion (with video) on the blog soon (along with the full Royce Da 5’9″ video in the next few days).  Keep it locked.

I know it’s generally a positive holiday, but whenever this day comes around, I can’t help but think of Nas’ bars from “What Goes Around“:

“The Indians saved the Pilgrim/
And in return, the Pilgrim killed ’em/
They call it Thanksgiving, I call ya holiday hellday/
Cause I’m from poverty, neglected by the wealthy”

Not trying to be a Debbie Downer, but remember how we got here…and on that note – *ahem* – Happy Thanksgiving!

Show #234 (11-22-09)

1. Lupe Fiasco – “Fire”
2. Slum Village – “Dope Man”
3. Obie Trice – “Got Hungry”
4. Royce Da 5’9” ft. Busta Rhymes – “Dinner Time”
5. Freeway & Jake One – “Love” (Local Music)
6. Souls Of Mischief – “Proper Aim”
7. Rita J ft. Guilty Simpson – “Outlasted”
8. Strange Fruit Project ft. Thesis – “Crash”
9. DJ Crazy Toones ft. Kurupt – “2 Turntables and a Microphone”
10. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Otherside” (Local Music)
11. CunninLynguists ft. Freddie Gibbs – “Imperial”
12. Nipsey Hussle ft. Snoop Dogg & Pooh Bear – “Gangsta’s Life”
13. Pill – “Coastin’”
14. James Pants ft. Mayer Hawthorne – “Thin Moon (Remix)”
15. Solange – “Stillness Is The Move”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH WALE (SNIPPET)**
17. Wale – “Triumph”
18. Consequence ft. Kanye West, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Common, & John Legend – “Whatever U Want (G.O.O.D. Music Remix)”
19. Emilio Rojas – “Bold and Arrogant”
20. EvergreenOne & Todd Sykes – “If I Was Famous” (Local Music)
21. BlakRoc ft. RZA & Pharoahe Monch – “Dollaz & Sense”
22. J. Cole – “Dollar & A Dream 2”
23. Drake – “Fear”
24. Yoshi ft. Buff1 & Darien Brockington – “Magnetic”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?3z2yomzgiom
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/68919161f763de1c/)

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.

Visuals for the latest track from the Slaughterhouse album.  If you missed our SNSS interview with 3/4 of the group, peep it here.

I have another dope interview with Royce on deck, so look out for that in the coming week.  If you’ll excuse me though, it’s time to watch Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and be thoroughly disappointed.  Michael Bay…slaughtered…my childhood.