The Audacity of Dope

The homey Luck recently released the video for “Searchin'” off his highly underrated Beautiful Music 2 project and he filmed it in our lovely city of Seattle.  See…it doesn’t always rain here!

Download the whole album here.

I always preferred No Doubt’s ska sound over their pop records, but they’ve generally done an admirable job trying to merge the two.  I’m not mad at this record, but I really wanted to posted the video because Gwen Stefani is 42 years old.  Are you kidding me?  Whatever her, Nas, and Pharrell are doing, it’s downright spooky at this point.

And just for kicks, some of my favorite previous No Doubt videos:

One of my favorite tracks off Jared’s recent The 4th Chapter release gets the visual treatment from Nicolas Heller.  If you like what you’re hearing, you can download the whole EP here.

While most of the country is out partying and enjoying the weather, Lana releases the video for “Summertime Sadness,” painting a melancholy feeling on the sunshine like only she can.  Not particularly one of my favorites from the album, but still pretty good.  The whole project is strong.

Another set of visuals from possibly the most slept on album of the past year, TiRon & Ayomari’s A Sucker For Pumps.  First underwater spaghetti fight in music video history?

Stalley links up with Curren$y for visuals to my favorite record on Savage Journey To The American Dream.  This hook couldn’t be more fitting with Rick Ross dropping “3 Kings” earlier today.  And Meek was buzzing all around Seattle yesterday.  Damn…all MMG everything right now.  #TheTakeover

If you missed my interview with Stalley from a few weeks ago, click here!

You should get one if you don’t have one. They’re awesome. Even if they only like sports when they’re courtside.

Just another beautiful week here in Seattle, which, aside from our dearth of sandy beaches, completely stunts on your city in the summer time.  Sorry, no shots, just facts.

Here’s episode #370 of SNSS, featuring new music from the two stars of the industry right now, Frank Ocean and Nas, plus other favorites like Kanye, Pusha, Childish Gambino, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Curren$y, Harry Fraud, Dom Kennedy, Meek Mill, and more.  We were also joined in the studio by two of Seattle’s rising stars, J. Pinder and Eighty4 Fly, and on top of all that, we even have a comeback record from the elusive Cody Chestnutt!

Tune in and enjoy the show, but please pardon the fact that we’re still working out the small quality issue with the audio.  Hopefully you still enjoy the music and to make up for it, here’s a bonus treat: the video of our recent interview with Stalley!  http://youtu.be/wdXuUs2j6c0

Show #370 (7-15-12)

1. Kanye West ft. Pusha T – “New God Flow”
2. Childish Gambino ft. Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul – “Unnecessary”
3. Meyhem Lauren ft. Sean Price – “Grown Man Palettes”
4. Curren$y & Harry Fraud – “Sixty-Seven Turbo”
5. **INTERVIEW WITH J. PINDER, PT. 1**
6. J. Pinder – “A Learning Game” (Local Music)
7. **INTERVIEW WITH J. PINDER, PT. 2**
8. The Physics – “Days” (Local Music)
9. Frank Ocean ft. Earl Sweatshirt – “Super Rich Kids”
10. Dom Kennedy – “Lately”
11. Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Tha Shiznit” (Throwback of the Week)
12. 50 Cent – “Leave The Lights On”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH EIGHTY4 FLY, PT. 1**
14. Eighty4 Fly – “Kush High” (Local Music)
15. **INTERVIEW WITH EIGHTY4 FLY, PT. 2**
16. Nas – “Bye Baby”
17. KJ ft. Brendan Philip (of Purple HeArts) – “Vegetable”
18. Ellie Goulding – “High For This”
19. Elzhi – “Blue Window”
20. Meek Mill ft. Fabolous, Wale, & Mac Miller – “House Party (Remix)”
21. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Lights Down (Remix)”
22. King Mez – “Timely Fashion”
23. Maffew Ragazino ft. Skyzoo – “BK Accent”
24. Cody Chestnutt – “That’s Still Mama”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?juuokbmxois8zbv
(back up / streaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/sur23ri3fqmp)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/saay3ws9b894)

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 on TAOD, Twitter, SNSS, Facebook, various hip-hop panels, and just about any other place someone’s made the mistake of giving me a voice, the Physics are my favorite musicians in the Northwest.  They make the exact kind of hip-hop I love: soulful, genuine, complex, smooth, laid back, dope music.  They’ve put out a few projects over the years (which I highly recommend you cop right here) and now they’re back with their third full length LP, Tomorrow People.

They’re asking for assistance via a Kickstarter Campaign and any support you can provide will be well worth it.  Cop the album, a shirt, a hat, or even just donate a dollar to support the cause.  Anything you can provide is appreciated.  More information in the video above and the copy below:

After making music together for over a decade and a half, we are close to finishing our third full-length album, Tomorrow People. We are excited to release it on August 25. All we need is help from you.

Tomorrow People is pretty much about dope raps, dope beats, and dope hooks. After putting out our last LP, Love is a Business, and touring with the Blue Scholars last fall, we went straight back to the lab to produce a rap record that is more lyrical than our last, featuring some of Seattle’s best like Jake One, Sol, Grynch, Vitamin D, J. Pinder, and more. With this release, we are on the cusp of attaining our goals as musicians, knowing that tomorrow is unknown, but hoping that tomorrow will be amazing.

Those who pledge will have access to a wide range of incentives, including digital and physical copies of the album before the release date, Kickstarter-exclusive shirts and snapback hats, a verse from Thig, a beat from Justo, invites to a private Seattle hip hop BBQ, and more.

All funds raised through this campaign will help fund the mixing, mastering, duplication, and promotion of Tomorrow People. Anything we raise above our goal will go straight into a still-unannounced fall tour. The more backers we get, the more cities we can play in.

Please help us spread the word, and help us bring our music straight to you! Your support is GREATLY appreciated.

-The Physics

Support here.

The homey David Dallas relocated from New Zealand to New York and just dropped the video for the first song leaked off his Falling Into Place album.  Or as he put it:

“Sometimes you just wanna make a rap video at a days notice. Especially when you grow up on the other side of the earth and get a chance to go to a place you’ve only seen in skate vids, the Mo Money, Mo Problems music video and at the end of Men In Black. No days off until this thing takes off.”