The Audacity of Dope

Remember this story about ‘Ye rapping to Tunji and I acapella in the back of HOB Anaheim when he was on the come up?  Well that passion is still there and on full display in these videos of his recent trip to the Facebook offices this past week.  I’ve been saying for years that no other successful MC cares this much about his art.  When you combine that passion with his ability, you have the best artist in the game.

Just peep “Mama’s Boyfriend” for proof:

Greatness.

That different kind of For The Win.  FTW.

Gibbs is a perfect example of how you can be a lyricist and still make ‘hard’ records.  This chorus is something that Pac himself would be proud of.

Whoooo…this beat is nefarious.  The homey Sky kills it too.  Hardest rap video containing a frisbee of all time?

This is my ish right now.

At first, I had absolutely no desire to see Dinner For Schmucks, but I must say, the commercials and the newest installment of BtF has me second guessing that.  I need to see Inception first though…perhaps tonight.

On last week’s SNSS, we started talking about our favorite MC’s of all time and my answer for the last decade plus has always been the late, great Big L.  I did mention that there might be another artist overtaking L in my personal list, and I think it’s actually already happened.  Kanye is hands down my favorite artist of all time, throughout any genre.  The music has been dope from day one and the man is absolutely hilarious with everything he does.  If you haven’t seen Aziz Ansari’s bit about ‘Ye, he nails it perfectly.  Dude is just so excited about everything, it’s comedy.

With the new album finished (and no longer called Good Ass Job), ‘Ye has started making the rounds to media outlets to get the buzz going.  While the above trip to the Rolling Stone office was great, the highlight of the week has clearly been his entry to the Twitterverse.  You have to follow this dude…it’s incredible.  Peep it – @kanyewest.

Be prepared for a lot of Kanye talk on TAOD.  You’ve been warned.

At the end of this week’s Sound Session, we started tossing around the topic of “your favorite rapper.”  Of all the pointless music debates I seem to have every day, this one has to be my favorite.  I just love that there’s no wrong answer.  How are you going to correct me on my favorite MC?  That said, I reserve the right to clown you when you say something off the wall.  “Pras?!?!?!  PRAS?!?!?!?!  I guess that’s how you was raised…”

Show #269 (7-25-10)

1. Nas & Damian Marley – “Nah Mean”
2. Big K.R.I.T. – “Country Sh*t”
3. Kaimbr ft. Roddy Rod & Hassaan Mackey – “Army Fatigue Rap”
4. Asher Roth – “I’m Eddy”
5. Dom Kennedy – “Locals Only”
6. Fice – “Two Five Three” (Local Music)
7. Dam-Funk ft. MC Eiht & Steve Arrington – “Hood Pass Intact (Remix)”
8. Onra ft. T3 – “The One”
9. Lauryn Hill – “Repercussions”
10. Shad – “Telephone”
11. Pigeon Hole ft. D-Sisive – “Light Show” (Local Music)
12. J. Cole – “Premeditated Murder”
13. Curren$y ft. Mos Def – “Breakfast”
14. Laws ft. Funkghost – “Vintage Futuristic 2”
15. The Roots ft. STS & Joanna Newsom – “Right On”
16. Rakaa ft. Aloe Blacc – “Crown Of Thorns”
17. Trek Life – “So Supreme”
18. Moe Green – “Non Title Match”
19. Big L ft. Kid Capri – “Put It On” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Outrageous & Dice – “I Love My Life” (Local Music)
21. Shawn Jackson ft. John West – “Lil Big Man”
22. John Legend & The Roots – “Our Generation”
23. Drake – “Karaoke”

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(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/787223765744d5e7/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/bf27kkujeinf)

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The homey Cook on the beat…chyea!

Um, this pool party looks enjoyable.  Highly.

Though working in the video production world, I must comment on the seemingly poor encode they uploaded.  Ugh.  Perhaps it had something to do with the waterproof camera, but I would have loved to see a more crisp version of this video.  That said, still dope and the song is obviously greatness.