The Audacity of Dope

Never was a huge fan of this song, but as always, ‘Ye kills his verse.  The visuals look pretty good, aided mostly by the location and the fine choice for a leading lady (despite the ridiculous wardrobe(s)).  Overall, the Mr. Hudson album was a solid project and the final phase of Kanye’s 808’s & Heartbreak era.

Sound Session listeners will remember that about a month ago, we co-hosted the show with the legendary Bilal.  Loyal listeners will remember our first interview with him from last year, but this time around, we dedicated the whole episode to his music.  We played nothing but Bilal records all night, mixing a sampling of our favorite songs from all 3 of his classic albums, some b-sides, and guest appearances with his colorful and insightful commentary.  He even closed out the show with a live performance of “Levels” off his newest project, Airtight’s Revenge.

I posted the audio of the entire show previously (download here), but now I’ve got the accompanying video up for y’all if you’re so inclined.  Be sure to check out part three, where he performed “Levels” live on the air to close out the show.

Cop Bilal’s latest album, Airtight’s Revenge, if you haven’t already.  Another classic!

As much as I love my iPhone 4, the system for creating and importing ringtones is pretty wack (even as an Apple fan, I loathe iTunes).  With that in mind, I decided to knock out a bunch of ringtones for files that were sitting in front of me so I could sync to my phone in one fell swoop.  If you’re a fellow iPhone user, here’s a link for about 40 different .m4r files ready to go.

iPhone ringtones – http://www.mediafire.com/?pavqs74hxuasl8p

Artists include A Tribe Called Quest, Big K.R.I.T., Bilal, Clipse, Dr. Dre, Drake, D-Sisive, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mos Def, Notorious B.I.G., The Physics, The Roots, Theophilus London, and Wu-Tang Clan.  Also, being a radio DJ (and a civilized person), I used clean edits so you don’t have to worry about any inappropriate ringtones in public.  Enjoy…

I swear, interview coming as soon as I can get to the station through this snow and get the audio.  Cop Trunk Muzik 0-60 in the interim!

Directed by: Jon Jon

“This is more than a video, more like a short story of a guy walking rapping his own lyrics, real HipHopSh!t.”  Be sure and download Eighty4’s 1st Class In Fly World mixtape too if you haven’t already.

Hyphen: Good lookin on the post Mitch.  Y’all should support the homies…good people and good music/videos!

As I write this, it’s 25 degrees and snowing in Seattle, and as anyone who has been to the 206 knows, our city pretty much shuts down when these conditions set in.  We’re not necessarily overwhelmed by copious amounts of snow, but instead, the slightest dusting always turns our hills into deathtraps.  Additionally, Seattle drivers are notoriously poor (present company excluded, of course), so with the temperatures staying in the 20’s for the next few days, it doesn’t look like I’ll be venturing out of the crib for a bit.  As long as this clears up by the time I have to move to my new home, it works for me.

Meanwhile, SNSS is back to keep you warm for the Thanksgiving holiday and as we say each year, we’re thankful for [Hov] you, the listener [/Jay-Z].  Hope you get to share the holiday with your family, friends, and all the pumpkin pie you can eat.

Show #286 (11-21-10)

1. Freeway ft. Peedi Crakk – “Snappa Pow”
2. Ghostface Killah – “Together Baby”
3. Bobby Creekwater ft. Big K.R.I.T. & Mike Bigga – “Airborne”
4. Curren$y – “Airborne Aquarium”
5. Kid Cudi – “Mojo So Dope”
6. Droop-E ft. E-40 – “I’m Loaded”
7. The Kid Daytona ft. Freddie Gibbs & Alex (of the Kickdrums) – “Take Aim…Bang!”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH SONNY BONOHO, PT. 1**
9. Sonny Bonoho – “Touch You” (Local Music)
10. J. Cole – “See World”
11. The Left – “Desperation”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH SONNY BONOHO, PT. 2**
13. Kanye West ft. John Legend & Chris Rock – “Blame Game”
14. Yelawolf – “Love Is Not Enough”
15. Cee Lo Green – “No One’s Gonna Love You”
16. Parker – “Sky Music” (Local Music)
17. Jay Electronica ft. Jay-Z – “Shiny Suit Theory”
18. Jay-Z – “Can I Live” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Thurzday (of U-N-I) – “Los Angeles”
20. Sol – “Feed My Ego” (Local Music)
21. Soul Khan ft. Sene – “Shot Glass Magnified”
22. Bilal – “Think It Over (Exile Remix)”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?bxqyb3y2w27i38q
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/830275654d1cb328/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/vany8eqeurv4)

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’ve been waiting for Daytona’s The Interlude project to drop for a minute and it’s finally here.  It doesn’t disappoint one bit either…some of the best music out this side of Kanye right now.  Inspired by that golden era that I know we all miss.  Be sure to grab this ASAP!

Download here.

After the promo video dropped, here’s the official clip from my girl Lykke.  #swedishpride

On that Inception type steez.  #authenticity.

Plain and simple, Aloe Blacc has murdered everything he’s touched this year.  He might be my artist of the year for 2010…well, if Yeezy didn’t release another 5 mic’er, but in any event, Aloe is up there.  This time he lends a helping hand to the artist formerly known as Medaphor for “Where I’m From.”