The Audacity of Dope

Apologies for the week long delay for SNSS #336, but some things came up last week (namely, my baller trip to Los Angeles to see Frank Ocean! *notsohumblebrag*).  Here’s the show though, complete with new music from Pac Div, ASAP Rocky, Asher Roth, Jhene Aiko, The Away Team, Drake, Wale, and more.  Plus, we were joined in studio by local artist Props, who has a real dope track we’ve been playing featuring Wale and produced by Vitamin D.

Check out the show here!

Show #336 (11-13-11)

1. Pac Div – “Posted”
2. ASAP Rocky – “Peso”
3. Danny Brown – “Pac Blood”
4. Don Trip ft. Cee Lo Green – “Letter To My Son (Remix)”
5. Roc Marciano – “Emeralds”
6. Planet Asia ft. Tri-State – “Gold Kufis”
7. MED – “Too Late”
8. Heavy D ft. Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, CL Smooth, Big Daddy Kane, Pete Rock, & Q-Tip – “Don’t Curse” (Throwback of the Week)
9. DJ Quik – “Heavy Mr. Big Stuff”
10. Wale ft. Kid Cudi – “Focused”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH PROPS, PT. 1**
12. Props ft. Wale – “Grindin’ To Eat” (Local Music)
13. J. Cole – “Sideline Story”
14. **INTERVIEW WITH PROPS, PT. 2**
15. Th3rdz – “Rap Rap” (Local Music)
16. Asher Roth – “Common Knowledge”
17. Freddie Gibbs ft. Dom Kennedy – “Menace II Society”
18. Jhene Aiko ft. Casey Veggies – “In Love We Trust”
19. Amy Winehouse ft. Nas – “Like Smoke”
20. Goapele – “Break Of Dawn”
21. Drake ft. The Weeknd – “Crew Love”
22. Gazmo ft. Bruce Leroy – “Stuupid” (Local Music)
23. The Away Team – “Scars & Stripes”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?srccsc4fcmv434y
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/i8llcg3162dt)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/96445050118ae549/)

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.

After “Like Smoke” with Nas, which we’ve been playing on SNSS the past few weeks, “Our Day Will Come” is the second track to leak from Amy’s posthumous Lioness: Hidden Treasures album dropping December 5th.  I can’t wait for a new Amy album, but it’s tragic that we’re getting it under these circumstances.  So talented.  RIP.

Wale, Miguel, and Miguel’s hair release the official video for “Lotus Flower Bomb” off Ambition, which is doing real well on the charts so far.  Congrats to Wale, MMG, and the Warner fam.  Wale can rub folks in the industry the wrong way, but he’s been cool to me every time we’ve met and it’s always dope to see talented artists become commercially successful.  Super dope actually.

Seattle folks: I’ll be giving out a pair of tickets to Wale’s upcoming show in Seattle on Sound Session tomorrow night.  Plus, you’ll get to come meet the man himself at KUBE with us earlier in the day.  Listen tomorrow to win!

And while we’re on the subject of TED talks, here’s the homey Shad discussing “Bearings” and how he stays focused on the right path.  If your favorite rapper couldn’t get up and do one of these talks about a substantive topic, and do it coherently, you’re listening to the wrong people.

As usual, you should already know what you get with a Jay Smooth commentary.  Please take 10 minutes out of your day and watch this.

RIP Heavy D! I never met Heav, but from all accounts, he was an incredibly positive and amazing person. He was a classic hip-hop icon that could span all sub-genres of the culture to get love from everyone. Don’t just remember the uptempo pop songs and dance moves…dude could rhyme.

He’ll be missed in this industry and worldwide.

On this week’s SNSS, we were joined by the one and only dream hampton!  Dream is one of the finest literary voices in hip-hop, a co-author with Jay-Z, the longtime friend of the legendary Notorious B.I.G., and just an all around amazing woman.  While in town for a public discussion with Kimya Dawson, dream stopped by our show to share some stories and check out some new music.  She even revealed that she’ll be making her music video directorial debut soon with Seattle’s own Thee Satisfaction!  And while the on air tales were great, oh how I wish we could share all the off air stories…

Enjoy!

Show #335 (11-6-11)
**Co-Hosted by Dream Hampton**

1. Torae – “For The Record”
2. Gilbere Forte ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Black Soul”
3. Phonte ft. Jeanne Jolly – “Everything Is Falling Down”
4. ASAP Rocky – “Peso”
5. Statik Selektah ft. Nitty Scott, MC & Rapsody – “Black Swan”
6. Drake ft. Rick Ross – “Lord Knows”
7. Freddie Gibbs – “Natural High (Even Higher Learning)”
8. Lloyd Banks – “Love Shots”
9. Wale ft. Meek Mill & Rick Ross – “Ambition”
10. Props ft. Wale – “Grindin’ To Eat” (Local Music)
11. Common – “Sweet”
12. Camp Lo – “Luchini AKA This Is It” (Throwback of the Week)
13. Proh Mic ft. Paola Jean – “Easy Luvin” (Local Music)
14. Amy Winehouse ft. Nas – “Like Smoke”
15. Peter Baldwin – “Suicide Girl”
16. Jesse Boykins III – “B4 The Night Is Thru”
17. Notion – “Zeused Up” (Local Music)
18. Black Milk & Danny Brown – “Zap”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?8dkmvvkbt4a2qdj
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/qe1tflqd2jru)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/958245008231c787/)

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.

Big shout to my guy Rockwell Powers for putting me up on Peter Baldwin’s music. I’ll try to post more from Peter later, but for now, be sure to peep his website and follow him on Twitter.

I figured I’d follow J. Cole’s “Lost Ones” with a track that represents another possible outcome to that unfortunate scenario. While Cee Lo’s addition to the record doesn’t seem necessary to me (and there’s a little too much Coolio in “Gangsta’s Paradise” happening for his visuals), I hope it helps the song get the notoriety it deserves.

Artists take note: this is the kind of emotion you should put in your music. And you also shouldn’t have kids until the situation is right. But you already knew both of those things…right?

No words necessary, just some real ish. #ColeWorld