The Audacity of Dope

Just the biz this week.  Rooting for Japan and Spain to pull out victories in the morning and set us up for a stellar Elite 8 in the World Cup.  Shout to DV-One for co-hosting while J was out and about.  Holler.

Show #265 (6-27-10)

1. Shad – “Listen”
2. Royce Da 5’9” ft. Black Milk & Elzhi – “Real Hip-Hop”
3. Bilal – “Free”
4. Brother Ali – “Don’t Look At Me, Look Around”
5. Goodie Mob – “Night Train”
6. SOTA ft. Sol – “You Know Girls” (Local Music)
7. Theophilus London – “Flying Overseas (Version 1)”
8. Ice Cube – “I Rep That West”
9. E-40 ft. 50 Cent & Too Short – “Trick (Remix)”
10. Drake – “You Know, You Know”
11. The Roots ft. Truck North & Peedi Peedi – “Web 20/20”
12. Rakaa (of Dilated Peoples) – “C.T.D.”
13. Cool Nutz – “Monster Up” (Local Music)
14. Wiz Khalifa ft. Killa Kyleon – “Spotlight”
15. Aloe Blacc – “Femme Fatale”
16. Nneka ft. Nas – “Heartbeat (Remix)”
17. Dwele ft. Slum Village – “How I Deal”
18. Canary Sing – “My Style” (Local Music)
19. A Tribe Called Quest – “Luck Of Lucien” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Rhymefest ft. Mario – “The Classics”
21. Chromeo – “Don’t Turn The Lights On”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?rndmdzzyzw5
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/777516699cf5c159/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/ztq2802up7u6)

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.

“Act like an activist, you know…active”
— Black Thought, “Web 20/20”

From the “bang like bangers/hang like hangers” school of MC’ing, one of our favorite rappers of all time takes an unfortunate dip in the WLotD pool.  Sorry ‘Riq.  Still gonna play this song on SNSS tonight though…

Newest visuals from J. Cole and BBGUN, who are consistently killing the one shot style…very fresh.

The homey Laws just dropped the video for his DJ Khalil produced record.  “I’m a boss…M. Bison and Ganon in one…”

Peep our interview with Laws right here.

(word to Darius Lovehall)

I’m always amazed when I see/hear how dope Aloe is singing, because I used to bump his older stuff when he was really just killing it on the MC tip.  What an incredible artist…and speaking of which, RIP to the King.

So legendary.

It seems like there are a million things I could talk about for this week’s recap – from our Summer Jam to the World Cup…oh, and perhaps the NBA Finals – but I’ve been discussing these things so much in real life, I don’t even feel like typing ’em haha.  If you want to chat, say somethin’.

Show #264 (6-20-10)

1. Kanye West ft. Dwele – “Power”
2. Dom Kennedy – “Locals Only”
3. Cook Classics ft. Tunji & Deacon The Villain – “Towards The Future”
4. PackFM – “The Support Group (Interlude)”
5. PackFM – “I F*cking Hate Rappers”
6. Big Boi ft. Andre3000 & Sleepy Brown – “Lookin’ 4 Ya”
7. Wiz Khalifa ft. Killa Kyleon – “Spotlight”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH CLOCKWORK**
9. Drake – “Thank Me Now”
10. Shad – “A Good Name”
11. Bilal – “Free”
12. Slum Village ft. Colin Munroe – “Faster”
13. Cool Nutz – “Monster Up” (Local Music)
14. Spaceman – “I Get It In” (Local Music)
15. Royce Da 5’9” ft. Black Milk & Elzhi – “Real Hip-Hop”
16. The Roots ft. Blu, Phonte, & Patty Crash – “The Day”
17. Theophilus London ft. Jesse Boykins III – “Life Of A Lover”
18. Kardinal Offishall ft. Jully Black, Allistair, Korry Deez, Wio-K, & Black Kat – “Ol’ Time Killin’” (Throwback of the Week)
19. JFK – “12 Years” (Local Music)
20. Eternia & Moss ft. Rah Digga & Lady of Rage – “The BBQ”
21. Homeboy Sandman – “Mean Mug”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?zymktkm2qfq
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/77527238b74d9b09/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/nuvrvrfii3rd)

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.

Shout to Josh for putting me up on this dope new music from Tallahassee, Florida.  You’ve heard this record on SNSS recently and here’s the video.  Peep their site for more info – www.typicalweekend.com

If you’re like me, you’ve been listening to Drake’s Thank Me Later album quite heavily the past few weeks, so you’ll probably also enjoy this interview with Semtex.  While they don’t break down every song on the album (I would have been particularly interested to hear the story behind “Karaoke”), there’s a lot of good info in here.  I did laugh at the “sounds like your parents played a big role in your life” question though.  Generally speaking, that’s pretty much what they tend to do.

You can also check out footage of Drake murdering our Summer Jam last night over on the KUBE site.  It was impressive to watch, thinking back to when we played him over 3 years ago on Sound Session.  I never would have anticipated his success to be this great, but it’s really ill to have the hottest rapper of the moment actually be dope.  Novel concept, I know.

When Miguel blows up, we can all tell our friends we used to listen to him sing harmonies on Blu & Exile records before he got his deal…

Oh, and Seattle people: J. Cole is coming to Bumbershoot this year.  As one of the Bumberboard, you’re welcome.