The Audacity of Dope

Donny goes the hell off on this one and the M-Phazes beat is crazy (reminds me of Freeway’s “Line ‘Em Up“).  Looking forward to seeing him perform this at SXSW in a few days.

The official song of the 2010 World Cup gets a more universal remix and a dope video from Nabil Elderkin.  I wish I was headed to South Africa, but I’m already scheming on Brazil 2014…

From the Myx Music homies:

“The video was directed by Matt Koza of HOJ Media and also co-stars, Sudan Green (the son of famed spoken word poet Ursula Rucker) who plays the younger version of Kam in the video. The video documents Kam’s life story of becoming a father at 16 and shows the pressure he was facing at the time. By no means does this song/video condone teenage pregnancy. Its a way of showing younger people that your life isnt over when you make a bad decision. It just means you‘ve got to work twice as hard at your dreams. Hopefully someone will feel inspired by it. Enjoy!”

My recent foray into the home buying market makes me wonder how anyone could develop wealth when having a kid as a teenager.  More power to those who can still do it, but damn, talk about stacking the odds against you.

Big Boi continues to make dope music, but I think we can all agree that we’d rather hear him rhyme with Andre than Too Short and Gucci.

I love Miss Jack Davey’s voice.  Shout to the homey Al with the cameo too.

Visually, I’m not sure the video is up to par with “I’ll Be In The Sky,” or as creative as “Autotune,” but can you really go wrong when you just cast a million cute girls?  Nope!  I’m really glad this record is proving to be Bobby Ray’s first hit.  We played it early on Sound Session and to see it get added to rotation on stations across the country is a beautiful thing.

So…I would write a quick wrap up of yet another dope edition of Sound Session, but in all honesty, there’s only one thing consuming every waking moment of my life right now.  Oh yes, that’s right.  Young Hyph is in the process of becoming a first time home owner.  While it’s a daunting step to take, it’s exciting to wander down this path and we’ll see where it takes me.  For now, I’ve got my eye on this one spot downtown…really nice location, incredible views, iconic building…perhaps you’ve seen it?

But nah, in all seriousness…[Hov] it’s…about…to go…down [/Jay].  Any advice from those who have been through the process recently would be much appreciated.  In the meantime, holler @ some dopeness:

Show #249 (3-7-10)

1. Redman – “Lookin’ Fly”
2. Kendrick Lamar – “Celebration”
3. Dave Coresh – “Keep It Movin’”
4. Kidz In The Hall ft. The Kid Daytona – “Out To Lunch”
5. Co$$ – “Dub Plate”
6. Concise Kilgore – “Alaska”
7. J. Pinder ft. Big Pooh & Zach Bruce – “Later On” (Local Music)
8. U-N-I ft. Miguel – “Lately”
9. Black Spade ft. J*Davey – “New U”
10. Drake – “Over”
11. Laws – “Hold You Down”
12. Freeway & Jake One – “Stimulus Outro” (Local Music)
13. B.o.B ft. J. Cole – “Gladiators”
14. A.R.M. ft. Slug – “Fear Of The Mundane”
15. Balance ft. Fashawn, Mistah F.A.B., & Thurzday – “Bootleg Liquor”
16. Little Brother – “Curtain Call”
17. Spaid – “Clarity” (Local Music)
18. El Prez ft. Diz Gibran & Tunji – “2 Live and Die In L.A.”
19. Nas – “Undying Love” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Reflection Eternal – “In This World”
21. Aloe Blacc – “Dollar”
22. Alicia Keys – “Unthinkable”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?inwmdhwawno
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/7349578590aaa3aa/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/411hsusshkpf)

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The L.A. crew is back with their newest video, “Soundclash,” a song taken from their upcoming Five EP that drops later this month.  Directed by DRG Films, the same homies behind U-N-I’s A Love Supreme documentary that I narrated.  Dope ish.

New visuals from Talib and Hi-Tek for another track off their upcoming Reflection Eternal reunion album.  On first listen, I think I prefer “Just Begun,” but this is dope as well.  The video effects are ill…Punit Dhesi and Steven Tapia did a great job here.

By far, my favorite part of being a DJ is getting put up on dope artists that are just now starting to get some buzz.  I had seen Dave Coresh’s name here and there and I’m glad I finally decided to peep his material.  This video for “Keep It Movin'” is ill…watch out for dude.