The Audacity of Dope

Is there a better female R&B artist out right now than Goapele? Assuming you count Adele in the pop world and perhaps overlook Erykah, I’m not sure there is…

We played this record on SNSS last week and I love it.  It’s not my favorite “gunshot made into a beat” song (that would be 50’s “Heat“), but Nottz & Kardi turned in a banger.  Plus, Kardi spit some real ish.

Kill shot…it’s a kill shot!

Roc Marciano has been killing it for years (you should remember those old Flipmode records) and recently, he’s starting to finally get the credit he deserves. Here are the new visuals for “Emeralds” off his upcoming project, Reloaded, dropping this summer.

Quickstrike off the homey Thad’s Maven project, which you can download here.  Do it.

New music on this week’s SNSS from artists like Busta Rhymes, Twista, Just Blaze, Kardinal Offishall, Nottz, Reef The Lost Cauze, BJ The Chicago Kid, AZ, Obie Trice, Eminem, Steven A. Clark, and more.  Plus, we were joined by Stas and Cat, collectively known as THEESatisfaction, who have just released their newest album, awE naturalE, today.  Go cop that!

Show #354 (3-25-12)

1. Busta Rhymes ft. Twista – “Can U Keep Up”
2. Oddisee – “Slow It Down”
3. Kardinal Offishall – “Kill Shot”
4. DJ Phinisey ft. John Crown – “Attention!” (Local Music)
5. Reef The Lost Cauze – “The Prey”
6. Nas – “The Don”
7. Big K.R.I.T. – “I Got This”
8. Schoolboy Q ft. ASAP Rocky – “Hands On The Wheel”
9. Danny Brown – “Grown Up”
10. **INTERVIEW WITH THEESATISFACTION, PT. 1**
11. THEESatisfaction – “Earthseed” (Local Music)
12. **INTERVIEW WITH THEESATISFACTION, PT. 2**
13. THEESatisfaction – “Deeper” (Local Music)
14. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Fly Girl Get’em”
15. Frank Ocean ft. MeLo-X – “White (MeLo-X Gentrification Mix)”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH THEESATISFACTION, PT. 3**
17. Rittz ft. Yelawolf – “Sleep At Night”
18. Slum Village ft. De La Soul – “Turning Me Off”
19. AZ – “My N****s”
20. Outkast – “Aquemini” (Throwback of the Week)
21. Dee-1 – “It’s My Turn”
22. Notion ft. Grynch & Luck-One – “Champagne & Caviar” (Local Music)
23. Obie Trice ft. Eminem – “Richard”
24. Miguel – “Adorn”
25. Steven A. Clark – “Don’t Have You”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?xa558y1wqup1vho
(back up / steaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/6oqf11ci4jgr)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/ykmteillslhz)

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.

There’s something about Lana’s music that’s just sexy AF.  I like a girl that’s that confident in herself and dedicated to her dude too: “love you more…than those bitches before.”  Well alright then.

Alright, last Nardwuar interview from SXSW…I just love these…and you can’t even front, they actually get the artists to reveal a little more about their history than most interviews.

Plus, this might be the best ending in a while.  “Everybody Harlem Shake!”

Bronson was one of the few artists at SXSW that I hadn’t seen perform before so I was really excited to see him rock. Aside from being a dope MC, this dude is completely hilarious on and off stage. You can get a sample of that in this video with Nardwuar.

Some folks have been wondering who’s rapping on our new SNSS intro each week, but our regular listeners should already be familiar with Homeboy Sandman.  They probably remember us playing this record too, which may be the greatest lyrical example of breaking down the creative process that I’ve ever heard.  No exaggeration.

I was already planning on posting this video of Dee-1’s SXSW adventures and then I saw footage of myself guarding him in the HoopxHang Tournament hahaha.  Let the records show that Team Hardknock dispatched Team Nola in that first round game, but on the real, chopping it up with one of my favorite new MC’s was a blast.  Much respect to Dee for his music and movement.  You’re gonna hear a lot from this dude in the near future…