The Audacity of Dope

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Sound Session team!  There’s about 15 minutes left on Christmas Day as I write this and after a few weeks of traveling (special shout to some of my good LA friends that I saw last week, Enrique and Brian from Interscope), then the craziness of the holidays, I’m finally feeling like I can relax and catch up on things.  Hopefully you all had a great holiday and got to spend time with your friends and family, and you’re not working like I am.

That said, when we’re hanging out and playing new music from the likes of B.o.B, Kendrick, Jay, Emilio Rojas, The Physics, Disclosure, Rochelle Jordan, Oddisee, World’s Fair, Nemo Achida, Drake, Flume, and more, it really doesn’t seem like “work.”  Enjoy the latest episode of SNSS and be sure to tune in for our Best of 2013 show next week!

Show #445 (12-22-13)

1. YG Hootie ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Two Presidents”
2. B.o.B – “Back Me Up”
3. Fat Trel – “She Fell In Love”
4. Rick Ross ft. Jay-Z – “The Devil Is A Lie”
5. Roc Marciano ft. Evidence – “Love Means”
6. Kanin ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Winner Circle”
7. Emilio Rojas – “Hold Up”
8. Nickelus F – “Sunday”
9. Joey Bada$$ – “Two Lips”
10. Talib Kweli ft. Mike Posner – “Colors Of You”
11. The Physics ft. Stay Hi Bros. – “On My Mind” (Local Music)
12. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Latch (DJ Premier Remix)”
13. Rochelle Jordan – “Follow Me”
14. Alina Baraz & Galimatias – “Make You Feel”
15. Donte Peace – “Maxxxed Out” (Local Music)
16. Run-D.M.C. – “Christmas In Hollis” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Owuor Arunga ft. DadaBass & Felicia Loud – “Black As They Come” (Local Music)
18. Oddisee – “Invisible Walls”
19. World’s Fair ft. Bilal – “Spanish Robin Williams”
20. Nemo Achida ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Hands On”
21. Kidd Upstairs – “So Far Away”
22. Flume ft. Ghostface Killah & Autre Ne Veut – “Space Cadet (Remix)”
23. Flume ft. Killer Mike & Moon Holiday – “Insane (Remix)”
24. Drake – “Come Thru”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/25790c5624/
(back up – http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/7886193/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/a8208vl2l7xs)

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I’m so late on the Disclosure bandwagon, but I hopped on a few months ago and I’m all in. These guys can do no wrong.

For this week’s episode of SNSS, we decided to switch it up a little bit and highlight one of our favorite groups, The Physics, by dedicating half the show to their excellent catalog in celebration of their new album release.  Personally, they are far and away my favorite local crew from the Northwest, which is saying quite a bit when you think about all the quality music our region produces these days.

The Physics sat in on the entire show and talked all about the group’s history as we ran through tracks from all their projects.  We finished with a few records off their new album, Digital Wildlife, which is available for free download right here.  I can’t recommend it enough so definitely download it now and Seattle folks: come out to their album release party this Saturday at the Croc.  See you there!

Show #444 (12-15-13)
**Co-Hosted by The Physics**

1. A$AP Mob ft. A$AP Nast & Method Man – “Trillmatic”
2. Lloyd Banks – “Tour Stories”
3. Roc Marciano ft. Action Bronson – “456”
4. Childish Gambino – “Sweatpants”
5. Flume ft. Ghostface Killah & Autre Ne Veut – “Space Cadet (Remix)”
6. Flume ft. Killer Mike & Moon Holiday – “Insane (Remix)”
7. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Latch (DJ Premier Remix)”
8. 7 Days of Funk (Dam-Funk & Snoop Dogg) ft. Kurupt – “Ride”
9. Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg – “F*ck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)” (Throwback of the Week)
10. Talib Kweli ft. The Underachievers – “New Leaders”
11. The Physics – “Ready For We” (Local Music)
12. The Physics – “I Just Wanna Beat” (Local Music)
13. The Physics ft. Maneak B – “Coronas On Madrona” (Local Music)
14. The Physics – “These Moments” (Local Music)
15. The Physics ft. The Good Sin – “Seward Park” (Local Music)
16. The Physics – “So Funky” (Local Music)
17. The Physics – “Take A Win” (Local Music)
18. The Physics – “Play It Off” (Local Music)
19. The Physics – “No Tellin” (Local Music)
20. The Physics ft. Dave B – “Higher Learning” (Local Music)

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/06b385f1b4/
(back up – http://www11.zippyshare.com/v/9421239/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/q446ocy1hbf6)

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The latest visual from Shad’s excellent Flying Colours album, one of the best projects of the year.  Stop sleeping and COP IT!

Apologies for another late archive of SNSS, but I was running around crazy last week in NYC for the day job and didn’t get a chance to toss this up.  Shout to everyone I ran into in the Big Apple, especially Lee (Warner), JJ (Foundation), and Jess (CoSign), who have been supporting me from waaaaay back in the college radio days and continue to be some of my favorite folks in the whole biz.  Appreciate y’all!

LA folks, headed your way this week so holler at me if you want to catch up!

For this week’s episode, we played new cuts from artists like Action Bronson, Sean Price, A$AP Mob, Kanin, YG Hootie, Nipsey Hussle, Alina Baraz, 21, Wiley, Joey Bada$$, Tinashe, 7 Days Of Funk, and more.  Lots of good music here.  We were also joined in studio by yet another talented up and coming MC from Seattle (we’re producing those for fun these days), Donte Peace.  Watch out for this kid and enjoy the show!

Show #443 (12-8-13)

1. Action Bronson & Party Supplies – “Rolling Thunder”
2. Sean Price & M-Phazes – “Dump In The Gut”
3. A$AP Mob ft. A$AP Nast & Method Man – “Trillmatic”
4. Drake – “Wu-Tang Forever”
5. Wu-Tang Clan – “It’s Yourz” (Throwback of the Week)
6. Kanin ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Winner Circle”
7. YG Hootie ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Two Presidents”
8. Nipsey Hussle ft. J. Stone – “All Get Right”
9. Leezy Soprano ft. Kokane – “Just That Type” (Local Music)
10. 7 Days of Funk (Dam-Funk & Snoop Dogg) – “I’ll Be There 4U”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH DONTE PEACE, PT. 1**
12. Donte Peace – “Remember ‘97” (Local Music)
13. **INTERVIEW WITH DONTE PEACE, PT. 2**
14. Jhene Aiko ft. Childish Gambino – “Bed Peace”
15. Childish Gambino ft. Jhene Aiko – “Pink Toes”
16. Tinashe ft. Travis Scott – “Vulnerable”
17. Alina Baraz & Galimatias – “Make You Feel”
18. Made In Heights – “Death” (Local Music)
19. 21 – “Smoker’s Redemption”
20. MeLo-X – “Break From Flatbush”
21. Wiley ft. Andreena Mill – “Born In The Cold”
22. Justin Timberlake ft. J. Cole, A$AP Rocky, & Pusha T – “TKO (Black Friday Remix)”
23. Joey Bada$$ – “Two Lips”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/b27f4f1e84/
(back up – http://www6.zippyshare.com/v/14516984/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/o5vhq370ao7o)

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Looks like the ASAP Mob is gearing up for another group release and this is the first offering we’ve seen from it. While I don’t expect them to follow this vibe for the whole project, I’m glad this one isn’t a trap record.

This one is straight out of ’95. And that’s a beautiful thing.

It’s been a busy week here, so apologies for the delay on the latest episode of SNSS.  Lots of good music on this episode from artists like Action Bronson, J. Cole, ASAP Rocky, Lloyd Banks, Yo Gotti, Tinashe, Childish Gambino, Made In Heights, The Game, Cormega, OnCue, Aloe Blacc, and more, but I must admit, the most enjoyable part of my week was checking out the Drake tour.

It’s pretty clear to me that as big as some of these other artists are, it’s Kanye and Drake at the top…and then everyone else.  Nobody else has the popularity, artistry, and quality like those two.  Drake’s a great live performer, with better breath control and enunciation than most of the backpack rappity rap rappers that try to criticize him (or at least their fans do).  He also has hits…an astonishing number of hits…for someone’s who’s only been releasing music for a little over 5 years now.  He shut down the arena and didn’t even do about 30 records he could have.  Impressive.

Anyway, in more important and serious news, our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of a longtime fixture in the Seattle hip-hop community, Byrdie.  While he passed away last week, his music will live on and it’s clear that everyone in the scene here cherishes the memories they have with him.  I only knew him a little bit, since he was most active while I was at college in California, but I remember him being one of the first artists from the town that I played on my college radio show.  I was always excited to hear new music from him and it’s unfortunate his illness didn’t allow him to release more material.  RIP Byrdie.

Show #442 (12-1-13)

1. Byrdie – “B.Y.R.D.I.E.” (Local Music) (Throwback of the Week)
2. Step Brothers (Evidence & Alchemist) – “Step Masters”
3. Action Bronson & Party Supplies – “The Don’s Cheek”
4. Justin Timberlake ft. J. Cole, ASAP Rocky, & Pusha T – “TKO (Black Friday Remix)”
5. Schoolboy Q – “Man Of The Year”
6. Yo Gotti ft. T.I. – “King Sh*t”
7. Lloyd Banks – “Lead The Blind”
8. Tinashe ft. Travis Scott – “Vulnerable”
9. Jhene Aiko – “The Worst”
10. Drake – “Come Thru”
11. Childish Gambino – “Telegraph Ave”
12. MeLo-X – “A Tree Must Be A Tree”
13. Made In Heights – “Death” (Local Music)
14. Gabriel Teodros ft. Sarah MK – “Black Love” (Local Music)
15. Kenautis Smith & Black Spade – “Lay It Down”
16. Aloe Blacc – “Love Is The Answer”
17. Black Milk ft. Mel – “Interpret Sabotage”
18. Owuor Arunga ft. DadaBass & Felicia Loud – “Black As They Come” (Local Music)
19. The Game – “Breakfast With Al Pacino”
20. Pusha T ft. Pharrell – “S.N.I.T.C.H.”
21. Cormega ft. Raekwon – “Honorable”
22. OnCue ft. Sonny Shotz – “Anything’s Real, Pt. 2”
23. Shad – “Thank You”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/40432572/file.html
(back up – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/23ac17eead/)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/ay2cfn93wwmx)

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THURZ and Cali Martyr showed you can make a twerk friendly banger and still spit on this one, though I do prefer the dirty “God Damn” edit. The video dropped a while ago, but I’ve been sleeping on posting. Still one of my favorite tracks of the year and the visuals just add to the appeal.