The Audacity of Dope

Not much to say this week.  Hope you’re all celebrating the holiday season with your friends and family.  Tune in next week for our “Best of 2012” edition of SNSS.  Don’t miss it…

Show #393 (12-23-12)

1. Game ft. Pusha T – “Name Me King”
2. T.I. – “The Introduction”
3. Maffew Ragazino – “Friday Night”
4. Supastition – “Yada Yada”
5. Skyzoo ft. Freeway – “Pockets Full”
6. **INTERVIEW WITH SCRIBES, PT. 1**
7. ASAP Rocky ft. Kendrick Lamar, Joey Badass, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Actin Bronson, & Big K.R.I.T. – “1 Train”
8. Thurz ft. Jarell Perry – “Keep Livin’”
9. Elijah Blake ft. Common – “X.O.X.”
10. Shelton Harris – “Wake Up” (Local Music)
11. Chin Injeti ft. Sonreal – “Gunna Be Fine” (Local Music)
12. **INTERVIEW WITH SCRIBES, PT. 2**
13. MC Eiht – “The Reign”
14. Outkast – “West Savannah” (Throwback of the Week)
15. Big Boi ft. Phantogram – “CPU”
16. J. Cole – “2012”
17. Arima Ederra – “Flow Chart”
18. Rhye – “Open”
19. Mac Slug ft. Reno Red – “Music Is Key” (Local Music)
20. 2 Player Co-Op (Trackademicks & 1-O.A.K.) – “Nothing Looks The Same”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www14.zippyshare.com/v/67208981/file.html
(back up link – http://linkmixes.com/53cm5qwe7d8w)
(2nd back up – http://www.sharebeast.com/yzr606v2x2fw)

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.

Lost in all the (well deserved) mania about Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ recent success is the fact that Allen Stone has taken the world by storm as well.  The Northwest native has been touring and performing non-stop for months, much of which is documented in his new video for “Sleep.”  This is the number one reason I could never do tour life.  I am NOT about that sleepless life.

New visuals from Kweli and Ryan Leslie, directed by the latter.  I’m not sure how I feel about this new trend of R&B singers deciding to rap, but I’m not mad at Ryan’s skills on the mic.  Lord knows he can do pretty much everything else musically (go check all the YouTube videos of him in the studio if you’re not familiar), so he might as well rap a bit.  Shoot, everyone else is these days.

The Kid Daytona links up with German production duo JR & PH7 for “Humid Nights” off The Good Life.  Check out the project right here if you’ve been sleeping.  Along with Daytona, the guests featured include Sean Price, Skyzoo, Guilty Simpson, Chuuwee, King Mez, Fly.Union, Phonte, Median, Torae, Freeway, Saigon, Ras Kass, and more.  Very solid lineup.

One of the realest records of the year. I’m not sure Live From The Underground lived up to the immense expectations everyone had for it, but K.R.I.T. still delivered a good project and he’s clearly one of the best artists we have in hip-hop right now.

When news spread last week that Trinidad James signed a $2 million dollar record deal with Def Jam, many involved in the industry took to Twitter to give our two cents.  My mini-rant got picked up and spread around the net a bit (read most of it here), and we planned on discussing some of the issues on the air for this week’s SNSS.

However, that topic and the debates it sparked were rendered completely meaningless by the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday.  Our thoughts are with all those affected, which really should be everyone reading this.  Even if you weren’t directly touched by this event, you’ve undoubtedly been affected by gun violence and/or mental health issues at some point in your life.  Both are far too pervasive in our society and while both have been debated for years, it looks like this might have finally been a tipping point to move in the right direction, at least in terms of gun control regulations.  The debate can rage on for years (and has), it seems we might finally be able to close the “gun show loophole” and perhaps even accomplish a ban on assault weapons.  I haven’t heard one reasonable argument against either of those goals and they seem like the least we can do.  Between Newtown, Columbine, Blacksburg, and the day to day violence we see in places like Chicago and Detroit, we simply must do better.  An intelligent conversation and plan for moving forward is not too much to ask.

We touched on this topic a little during this week’s show, but the focus, as always, was on the music.  We played new records from artists like Game, J. Cole, JMSN, Talib Kweli, Jamall Bufford, John Legend, the Delfonics, Snoop Lion, Wais P, Big Boi, Little Dragon, and more.  Plus we were joined in studio by one of our favorite artists in Seattle, Dice.  Her debut album, Reflections In Broken Glass, comes out Tuesday!

Enjoy the show and be safe out there folks.

Show #392 (12-16-12)

1. Game ft. J. Cole & JMSN – “Pray”
2. Talib Kweli – “Fly Away (Apollo Brown Remix)”
3. Jamall Bufford – “10,000”
4. DJ Phinisey ft. Grynch & Hyphen8d – “This Road” (Local Music)
5. **INTERVIEW WITH DICE, PT. 1**
6. John Legend – “Who Did That To You”
7. Adrian Younge Presents The Delfonics – “Stop and Look (And You Have Found Love)”
8. Charlie Red – “Norah Jones”
9. **INTERVIEW WITH DICE, PT. 2**
10. Dice – “Celebration” (Local Music)
11. Kendrick Lamar ft. Drake – “Poetic Justice”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH DICE, PT. 3**
13. Snoop Lion ft. Mavado & Popcaan – “Lighters Up”
14. Truck North ft. Black Thought & Asher Roth – “Capital Crime”
15. Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson ft. Planet Asia – “Nasty”
16. Wais P ft. Action Bronson – “Staten Island Ferry”
17. Big Sant – “Live”
18. Geto Boys – “Six Feet Deep” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Choklate – “Wide Open” (Local Music)
20. Big Boi ft. Little Dragon – “Descending”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www70.zippyshare.com/v/12311818/file.html
(back up link – http://linkmixes.com/6f7vv1e8woch)
(2nd back up – http://www.sharebeast.com/02vtchpmg33p)

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.

Can’t. Stop. Listening to chillwave.

Yeah, I know music snobs enjoy debating the validity of that “genre” classification but call it whatever you want, I dig this stuff a lot these days.  Toro Y Moi, Washed Out, Rhye, etc..  Good vibes and a welcome respite from all these LOUD records in the marketplace.

This video is clean AF by the way.  Anything In Return comes out January 22nd.

What a weekend in sports, [kanye] haaaaaahn? [/kanye]  From the shocking Pacquiao knockout to the Seahawks blanking the Cardinals 58-0…to United defeating City at the death in the Manchester derby to the Bo Jackson 30 For 30 documentary, there was really something for everyone.  That doesn’t even speak on all the college and pro basketball that’s starting to heat up.  Great time to be a sports fan…

And now you have this week’s archive of SNSS on top of it all.  We played new records from artists like Little Dragon, Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Red, Pharrell, Big Sant, Fashawn, Chuuwee, Dilla, Moka Only, Yonas Michael, Rhye, DJ Vadim, and more.  Check out the show below and don’t get caught slippin’ like Manny.

Show #391 (12-9-12)

1. Big Boi ft. Little Dragon – “Mama Told Me (Unreleased Version)”
2. Promise ft. Slakah The BeatChild & Brendan Philip – “Somebody Else”
3. Charlie Red – “Norah Jones”
4. Wiz Khalifa ft. Pharrell, Tuki Carter, & Amber Rose – “Rise Above”
5. Bruce Leroy ft. Spaid & Cally Reed – “Back To The Indica” (Local Music)
6. Pusha T ft. Popcaan & Travis Scott – “Blocka”
7. Big Sant – “Holdin’ My Nuts”
8. Kendrick Lamar ft. MC Eiht – “m.A.A.d. city”
9. Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson – “Let’s Play”
10. Fashawn – “Just A Man”
11. Chuuwee – “40 Oz’s & 40 Sac’s”
12. PROPS! ft. Vitamin D – “Superstar” (Local Music)
13. Smash Brovaz – “Paper Planes”
14. Yancey Boys (Dilla & Illa J) ft. Frank Nitt – “The Throwaway”
15. Moka Only – “Resistance” (Local Music)
16. Yonas Michael – “Made Love With A Leo”
17. Rhye – “Open”
18. Notorious B.I.G. – “Warning” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Arima Ederra ft. Blu – “Questions”
20. Fizzyology (Lil Fame & Termanology) ft. Lee Wilson – “Lil Ghetto Boy”
21. DJ Vadim ft. Jazz Bailey – “Lost My Love”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/80699075/file.html
(back up link – http://linkmixes.com/d6w1vhj9pr1k)
(2nd back up – http://www.sharebeast.com/ttqd3iotxw6b)

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.

Yesterday I posted Rhye’s “The Fall” but I was put up on “Open” today as well and it’s an amazing record.  The video above is fairly NSFW, but it’s not trashy or anything.  According to the singer in the group, Milosh (a guy…don’t be fooled by the voice), “I hate that music is so debaucherous these days. It’s all overly sexualized in a perverse way. Love is beautiful, and sex is beautiful, and I don’t think those things should be shown in a grotesque way. I’m just attempting to express love and sensuality in a very honest way.”

The video below, where Milosh sings “Open” to his wife in their living room (which appears to be the first time she’s heard the song), speaks directly to that sentiment:

And finally, here’s the Victoria’s Secret ad using this record with Miranda Kerr. Just cause.

Yes please.

Me likey. The debut album from Rhye, Woman, is set to be released in March.