The Audacity of Dope

Two of my Seattle brethren, Scribes and Jon Augustavo, link up for the latest video from the upcoming MC. Produced by BeanOne and off Scribes’ What Was Lost project, available for download here!

The Kooley High homies have released a video for my favorite track off Eastern Standard Time, which means SNSS listeners should remember it from when it first dropped.  The beat is too smooth, though I can’t help but hear that Q-Tip sample and want to listen to “Find A Way”…

I was recently thinking about this Delorean “Dear Langston” record that I posted a few years ago and wondered what ever happened to the group.  Turns out, they’ve renamed themselves DLRN (perhaps because of these guys?) and they’re definitely still around.  Here’s their latest work featuring the homey Geo.

DLRN proudly presents the visual accompaniment for the track “Reset” off their second EP The Bridge.  The track features the Blue Scholars’ Prometheus Brown and Illecism of Fly High.  Filmed for several days underneath the sweltering Mojave Desert sun, the video was directed by Sami Abdou of Faux Real Productions and filmed by Tim Jenkins.  Conceptualized and written by Abdou, the music video gives a modern take on the old spaghetti Westerns of the 60’s.

DLRN is currently hard at work preparing the third installment of their EP trilogy to be released next year. Until then, The Bridge & No More Heroes is still available for download at http://dlrn.bandcamp.com.

Just the biz this week.  Shout to Luck-One for coming through the Sound Session studio.  Be sure to download his new project here.  Also, special thanks to M.anifest for letting us world premiere his “Kilimanjaro” record (produced by Budo)!

Show #328 (9-18-11)

1. Pusha T ft. Kanye West & Young Jeezy – “Amen”
2. Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Mr. Hudson – “Why I Love You”
3. Rapper Big Pooh – “Medicine Man”
4. Rashad – “Pass Me By”
5. Fly.Union – “Long Run”
6. Chip Tha Ripper – “Realer”
7. J. Cole ft. Trey Songz – “Can’t Get Enough”
8. Trackademicks ft. MoxMore – “Low-Tech Life”
9. Goapele – “Play”
10. **INTERVIEW WITH LUCK-ONE, PT. 1**
11. Luck-One – “Breakthrough” (Local Music)
12. Mac Miller – “Face The Facts”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH LUCK-ONE, PT. 2**
14. Statik Selektah ft. Big K.R.I.T. & Freddie Gibbs – “Play The Game”
15. TiRon & Ayomari ft. Yummy Bingham – “All My Love”
16. Murs – “Remember 2 Forget”
17. Drake – “Club Paradise”
18. Game ft. Drake – “Good Girls Go Bad”
19. JayKin ft. Skyzoo – “The Speech” (Local Music)
20. Dead Prez – “Hip-Hop” (Throwback of the Week)
21. Clemm Rishad – “Back To The Paper” (Local Music)
22. **M.anifest – “Kilimanjaro” (WORLD PREMIERE)**
23. DTMD ft. yU – “Keep On”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ci87h9koz7iqc43
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/ywcqzrolmycg)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94510418e1d9d891/)

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 a fan of Chicago’s Add-2 for a while now and when I saw he dropped a warm up mixtape for his upcoming Save Our Souls project, I knew it would be good.  When I actually had a moment to sit down and listen, it definitely didn’t disappoint.  This is a damn good project.  Download it below and keep your eye on this dude…

Download here.

Sound Session listeners will recognize this track from some of our recent episodes and it’s one of my favorite Pacific Northwest records of the year.  JayKin played this for me when I dropped by Alife Vancouver a few weeks ago and I was hooked right away.  Even with our fleeting summer weather, the vibe instantly puts you in a good mood.  Combine the audio with dope shots of Vancouver at night (Gastown!) and you can’t go wrong.

Off JayKin’s Sneakers and Video Games 2 (Bonus), which you should download right here…RIGHT NOW!

The yin to my last post’s yang, I LOVE this record, but the video is too creepy for me.  I almost feel like if they just put Nabil’s “Swim Good” visuals to this track, it might turn out real dope.  Eh well, I’ll cope.

Bridget Kelly, on the other hand, must feel a little sideways about this song getting visuals after Frank supposedly wrote it for her Roc Nation project…

The long awaited video for Frank’s “Swim Good” finally dropped and, as expected with all Nabil directed visuals, it’s clean, dope, and a little twisted. This is actually one of my least favorite tracks on Nostalgia…Ultra, but that’s not really an indictment because the project as a whole is incredible.  If any of the records could potentially catch on to radio after “Novacane” finishes its run (still my song of the year), it’s this one.  Here’s hoping the mass public continues to take notice of Frank.

Oh, and you always win points with me for any panda or samurai references.  Well done guys.

Talking with a director buddy of mine and we agreed that Hype Williams’ visuals here are not very impressive, but I must admit, this song has grown on me the past few months.  Kanye’s verses are poor for his standards (almost sounds like the corny cameos he’ll make on big pop records like Katy Perry’s “E.T.” remix), but overall, the song works.

Besides…”BLOOOOOOP BLOOOOOOP!“

Jermaine might have my favorite record out at the moment with this one. “THAT’S THE HOOK RIGHT THURR!!!!”