The Audacity of Dope

Nardwuar hit a home run with all his hip-hop interviews at SXSW last year and this year was no different.  Dude was everywhere.  Here’s his clip with Kendrick Lamar, where K. Dot gives you a little insight into his history.  Love the story about his dad driving him and his mom home from the hospital for the first time and blasting Big Daddy Kane because “he has to hear this.”  Awesome.

Now this is an OFWGKTA cut I can get with.

At a photo shoot with Terry Richardson, the entire Odd Future crew started rapping along to their song as it played in the background and they ended up filming this impromptu music video.  Yeah, it’s 10 minutes…but that beat is great and each MC does his thing.  Tyler has the charisma of course, and Earl is everyone’s lyrical favorite, but I was pretty impressed by the other members as well.  Besides, you can tell they’re just genuinely having fun, kicking raps…and I love that.

We’re back from SXSW and as usual, a good time was had by all.  It would be impossible to list out everyone we ran into, but big shout to all the artists, managers, promoters, record labels, corporate sponsors, etc. that we hung out with.  It’s always fun to catch up and trade stories from the past year, even if the event as a whole certainly jumped the shark this time with all the major artists and companies getting involved.

Special shouts to Hardknock TV and The Smoking Section for organizing the 2nd Annual HoopxHang 3 on 3 basketball tournament.  Just like last year, they invited a bunch of industry cats to play some ball and this time around, I ran with Team Hardknock.  My teammates, Carl Chery from XXL and Nick Huff from Hardknock TV, and I pulled off some March Madness of our own and won the championship…plus bragging rights for the next year.  Good times and a great event overall.

Here’s this week’s SNSS, featuring music from some of the artists we saw at SXSW, including The Kid Daytona, Boldy James, Wiz Khalifa, Schoolboy Q, ASAP Rocky, Jhene Aiko, Miguel, Big K.R.I.T., BJ The Chicago Kid, Polyester, Dee-1, 50 Cent, Nas, and Raekwon.  Enjoy!

Show #353 (3-18-12)

1. The Kid Daytona ft. Jadakiss – “Low (Remix)”
2. Boldy James – “Jimbo”
3. Wiz Khalifa ft. Juicy J – “My Favorite Song”
4. Schoolboy Q ft. ASAP Rocky – “Hands On The Wheel”
5. DJ Phinisey ft. John Crown – “Attention!” (Local Music)
6. Jhene Aiko – “Higher”
7. Miguel – “Adorn”
8. Big K.R.I.T. – “Insomnia”
9. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Aiight”
10. Polyester – “Show Me”
11. Dee-1 – “The Garden Of Eden”
12. SOTA – “Unfazed” (Local Music)
13. Roc Marciano – “Poltergeist”
14. 50 Cent ft. The Madd Rapper – “How To Rob” (Throwback of the Week)
15. Nas – “The Don”
16. Quakers ft. Jonwayne – “Smoke”
17. Planet Asia ft. Raekwon – “No Apologies”
18. Co$$ – “Love Is”
19. Rittz ft. Yelawolf – “Sleep At Night”
20. Dave B ft. Royce The Choice & Yola – “She’s Al’right” (Local Music)
21. Frank Ocean – “Whip Appeal”
22. Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay – “212”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?4qcg6kbm5z17mg0
(back up / streaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/35x5hgouqbe6)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/jvap46ux5cq8)

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.

White rappers be having theeeeeeeeeee worst relationships with women ever.  I need at least one of them to start rapping about their beautiful queen and happy life.  That won’t happen here, but the results are still dope.  Yelawolf is underrated on hooks too…

SXSW had a lot of highlights, but seeing Jhene perform in person was definitely one of them. She sounded great too, which is pretty hard to do at a festival where horrible acoustics and inept soundboard operators are the norm. Impressive.

Here’s a quick preview of her lead single, “3:16am,” off her upcoming Def Jam debut. Fisticuffs on the beat.

Can’t talk…scrambling to get ready for SXSW.  We’ll be in Austin from Wednesday until Sunday (then promptly back to the 206 for next week’s SNSS).  Hit me up if you’ll be there so we can link up!  Email, text, cell, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram…find me.

Show #352 (3-11-12)

1. Kardinal Offishall – “1st 48”
2. Schoolboy Q ft. ASAP Rocky – “Hands On The Wheel”
3. The Kid Daytona ft. Jadakiss – “Low (Remix)”
4. Nitty Scott, MC ft. Action Bronson & The Kid Daytona – “Auntie Maria’s Crib (The Neapolitan Remix)”
5. Roc Marciano – “Poltergeist”
6. Saigon – “Say Yes, Pt. 2”
7. Fresh Espresso – “Hush” (Local Music)
8. Brother Ali – “Electric Energy”
9. Miguel – “Gravity”
10. Obie Trice ft. Drey Skonie – “Spend The Day”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH DAVE B, PT. 1**
12. Dave B ft. Royce The Choice & Yola – “She’s Al’right” (Local Music)
13. Big K.R.I.T. – “4EvaNaDay (Theme)”
14. **INTERVIEW WITH DAVE B, PT. 2**
15. Mac Miller ft. Posdnuos & Raekwon – “Of The Soul (Remix)”
16. J. Cole – “Grew Up Fast”
17. Dee-1 – “The Garden of Eden”
18. P.R. ft. Substantial & Funky DL – “Sunchild”
19. Prometheus Brown & Bambu (The Bar) – “Lookin’ Up” (Local Music)
20. Notorious B.I.G. – “Gimme The Loot” (Throwback of the Week)
21. Cormega ft. Action Bronson, Roc Marciano, & Saigon – “M.A.R.S.”
22. Rittz – “Injury”
23. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Aiight”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?9vr7uqbov2r8r8g
(back up / streaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/3ssl962ychuu)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/b8r1vlp03lbz)

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 imagine that mothers and fathers everywhere can relate to this one. I’m still on #TeamIceGrill though.

Possibly the most underrated producer in the game, 14KT, combines one of his amazing productions with handshot footage of family moments from 2011.  The result is a beautiful look into life and love. RIP to his pops.

I just mentioned how I’ve been thankful and inspired to see NYC’s current generation continue the legacy of that classic mid-90’s boom bap and Torae is, of course, another prime example. Primo on the beat. Knowledge on the mic.

This is how you rap!

I’m so glad to see cats like Maffew, Action Bronson, Saigon, Roc Marciano, Sean Price, etc. still making that kind of NYC music that Biggie would have been proud of.