The Audacity of Dope

While the video is a fairly quick viral joint, and the song itself isn’t as long as I wish it was, I love the vibe of this record.  Dope beat and heartfelt lyrics about Bam’s homeland that can be found on his mixtape with DJ Muggs, Los Angeles, Philippines.

On episode #299 of SNSS, we celebrated our last night in KUBE 93’s current building/studio by playing new records from Wiz Khalifa, Blu, Coolroy, Fresh Daily, Pac Div, Lupe Fiasco, Pharoahe Monch, Kaimbr & Kev Brown, Miles Jones, and more.  Plus, the homey Black Milk checked in from Detroit to talk about his concert Wednesday at the Nectar Lounge in Seattle.  He’ll be rocking alongside local favorites Candidt, Grynch, and Sol.  It’s gonna be a great night, be there.

Next week, we’ll be celebrating our 300th show in a brand new, state of the art studio.  As J said at the end of the broadcast, “Hall Of Fame numbers…”

Show #299 (2-20-11)

1. Wiz Khalifa ft. Chevy Woods – “Middle Of You”
2. Malice & Mario Sweet ft. Choklate – “Happiness” (Local Music)
3. Blu – “Amnesia (Remind)”
4. Coolroy ft. Tunji – “Dreaming”
5. Kendrick Lamar – “Cut You Off”
6. Fresh Daily ft. Nicholas Ryan Gant – “Second Hand High”
7. Pac Div – “Take Me High”
8. Lupe Fiasco ft. Skylar Grey – “Words I Never Said”
9. Pharoahe Monch ft. Showtyme & DJ Boogie Blind – “Clap (One Day)”
10. J. Period ft. Black Thought, Rakim, & John Legend – “In The Ghetto (Wake Up!)”
11. Kaimbr & Kev Brown ft. The Kid Daytona & Asher Roth – “More Gritz (Gritz Remix)”
12. Saigon ft. Marsha Ambrosius – “It’s Alright”
13. Miles Jones ft. Shad – “Say What”
14. Raekwon ft. Ghostface Killah, Jim Jones, & Kobe – “Rock N Roll”
15. **INTERVIEW WITH BLACK MILK**
16. Black Milk – “Welcome (Gotta Go)”
17. Jaylib – “The Official” (Throwback of the Week)
18. Pusha T – “My God”
19. Serge Severe ft. Braille – “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” (Local Music)
20. Rick Ross ft. Meek Mill – “Perfectionist”
21. The Good Sin & 10.4 Rog – “Bad About You” (Local Music)
22. Kanye West ft. John Legend & Chris Rock – “Blame Game”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?i3n0naqqpbwi807
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/869108707d93385d/)
(2nd back up – http://www.usershare.net/yn8x00c97the)

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.

As I’ve mentioned numerous times, I’m a sucker for flashing lights.  It’s a good thing I’m not prone to epileptic seizures, since this video is clearly going to cause a few of those.  This is an epic anthem and ‘Ye’s partnership with the NBA for All-Star Weekend is working flawlessly.

Best artist alive.

Inspired by Slum Village’s “Climax,” of course.  Dilla told you later with “Won’t Do” as well.  Shout to all the homies in this one!

Jhene is apparently half black, but either way, this hook reminds me of the always hilarious moments in my life where I’ve been called the n-word.  Nothing will ever top this one Hispanic chick in college…but I’ll have to tell you that story offline.

Anyway, yet another dope record from the Top Dawg camp.  These guys are killin’ it.  Shout to Jerome D on direction as well.

Mitch: Ok so I don’t want to get ahead of myself here, but after a couple listens I think it’s safe to say that unless we get a new Outkast album this year The W.I.N.E. (Word Is Not Enough) by Stevie Crooks is already in strong contention for project of the year (IMO)… Yes that may sound a little premature, but if you’re familiar with who I am speaking of then it may not sound that far-fetched. He’s been on a hiatus of sorts since he dropped his last project Diamonds & Guns a year ago yesterday, and during that time he’s been hard at work putting together this work of art for us. I feel like I should be sitting in an Aston Martin sipping some fine wines listening to this, not driving though, of course.

Hit the jump for the tracklist and download link. Read more »

Cole and Drizzy could have made a larger production for the “In The Morning” video, but these visuals shot during their European string of concerts works nicely.  The best way to start your day!

Apologies for the slight delay in posting up the archive of SNSS, but Monday was both Valentine’s Day AND my birthday, so I took the night off.  Sue me.  Aside from some technical difficulties recording our breaks for the first 20 minutes of the show, we’ve still got all the dopeness for you below.  Shout to the Pac Div homies for calling in as well!

Show #298 (2-13-11)

1. Lupe Fiasco ft. Skylar Grey – “Words I Never Said”
2. Pharoahe Monch ft. Showtyme & DJ Boogie Blind – “Clap (One Day)”
3. Saigon ft. Q-Tip – “The Invitation”
4. Kyle Rapps ft. Joell Ortiz – “Hard Knock Children”
5. Jelani The MC – “De La Vega”
6. Shad ft. Dallas Green – “Live Forever”
7. Sol ft. Dice – “For The Love” (Local Music)
8. Kendrick Lamar – “Cut You Off”
9. Blu, Freddie Gibbs, & Homeboy Sandman – “In”
10. Action Bronson – “Back 2 The Future”
11. Tyga ft. Game, Snoop Dogg, & Pharrell – “Really Raw”
12. Pusha T – “My God”
13. Scribes – “Simple Things” (Local Music)
14. DJ Quik ft. Gift Reynolds – “Luv Of My Life”
15. **INTERVIEW WITH PAC DIV**
16. Pac Div – “Anti Freeze”
17. Co$$ ft. Blu – “Through The Flames”
18. Cee Lo Green ft. Melanie Fiona – “Feel For You (Remix)”
19. Talib Kweli ft. Nigel Hall – “Mr. International”
20. The Good Sin & 10.4 Rog – “All For You” (Local Music)
21. Fortilive ft. Neenah – “Make Up”
22. Common – “The Light” (Throwback of the Week)

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?rk888ua0k3ynyws
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/86626469e9a3b851/)
(2nd back up – http://www.usershare.net/8nb8lwblhp3c)

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.

Mitch: The homie Logics just dropped his latest project titled #Problematic. I heard  couple tracks a few months ago and have been waiting for this ever since. L’s recruited a slew of Seattle artists for the EP, including the Blue Scholars’ own Geo as well as Brainstorm of Dyme Def, J.Pinder and Eighty4 Fly. Download link & tracklist after the jump. Read more »

Incredible new visuals from Nabil Elderkin and the Distant Relatives.  “Patience” is found on one of two albums Lupe mentioned as his favorites of 2010 in our interview, and I must agree.  I remember hyping this album up and then being surprised when people didn’t generally rank it as high as I did.  It’s going to go down as one of the more underrated projects of the last decade.

Sidenote: how salty does Kanye have to be after seeing this?  Nabil is virtually his in-house director and he was sitting on this gem that would have been perfect for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy aesthetics…