The Audacity of Dope

This kid Kendrick Lamar really came out of nowhere in the past year to become one of my favorite new MC’s.  He spazzed on this joint something crazy.  Shout to Dave for sending it through.

Damn…the girl in this video is hella cute.  Oh…and the song is dope too. LOOOL @ Double-O’s adlibs.

Thurzday and Y-O are back with another video off A Love Supreme 2.0, this one directed by Jerome D for “Desha Dayana.”  Freshness.

Slow down J, you’re killin’ em.

Damn, my man who doesn’t like when I post Drake stuff on the site is gonna want to skip over this one too hahah.  Not to compare the two unfairly, but Donnis does share Drake’s abilities to appeal to a nice cross-section of the hip-hop crowd.  He can rap.  He can make catchy hooks (this one is a monster).  He picks good beats.  As he references in the song…it’s a nice mixture of Kanye, T.I., ‘Kast, Jay-Z influences, combined with his own talent that shapes his sound.  I’m a fan.

Safe to say, his best video yet…Drizzy!

Another fun episode of SNSS this week and another great weekend full of dope shows here in Seattle.  Not only did Freeway and Jake One cap off the weekend with an epic performance at the Stimulus Package release party on Sunday night, but one of our favorite groups out there, Little Dragon, made their second appearance in the town on Friday.  J. Moore and I recorded a quick interview with our Swedish friends aboard their tour bus, so be sure to peep that video if you haven’t already.

Other than that…enjoy the dopeness:

Show #254 (4-11-10)

1. Joell Ortiz ft. Novel – “Call Me (Statik Selektah Remix)”
2. Gil Scott-Heron ft. Nas – “New York Is Killing Me (1200 Squad Remix)”
3. Opio – “Aggression”
4. Erykah Badu ft. Kirsten Agnesta – “Incense”
5. Cook ft. Tunji & Deacon The Villain – “Towards The Future”
6. Pac Div ft. Ty$ – “Rollin’”
7. Asheru ft. Raheem DeVaughn – “Boondocks”
8. Miguel ft. J. Cole – “All I Want Is You”
9. Sonny Bonoho – “Dark Everyday” (Local Music)
10. Little Brother – “Tigallo For Dolo”
11. Danny Brown – “Gametime”
12. Delorean – “Dear Langston”
13. Roc Marciano – “Raw Deal”
14. Brother Ali & Fashawn – “Breakin’ Dawn Boys”
15. Big Boi – “Shutterbug”
16. After The Smoke – “Typical Weekend”
17. Yahzarah – “Why Dontcha Call Me No More”
18. Gorillaz ft. Little Dragon – “Empire Ants”
19. D.I.T.C. – “Day One” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Vitamin D ft. The Note – “Who Dat????” (Local Music)
21. J. Pinder – “Three Words” (Local Music)

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?mtkocmzjj2o
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/7490820659841040/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/dndc13h74r2q)

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.

This is my ish right now.  Off Delorean‘s debut album, No More Heroes.

Deacon The Villain, Kno, and Natti are back with new visuals off their latest release, Strange Journey Volume Two.  Produced by J-Zone (that beat is banoodles) and directed by Kno and Matt Hobbs, this video came out great.  And as we all know:

As we discussed on last week’s Sound Session, the young homey J. Pinder has teamed up with GOODS to release a free EP for y’all with some great records.  Guest appearances from Big Pooh, Guilty Simpson, Toki Wright, and Zach Bruce, plus production from Jake One, Vitamin D, and Kuddie Fresh.  You may even remember “Safe Place” with Guilty Simpson from our Cornerstone Mixtape a while back…enjoy!

Download here.