The Audacity of Dope

Trippy (visuals) mane. Digging the hip-hop chop influence on the beat here too, good stuff.

Another enjoyable week on Sound Session.  Check out show #453 for new music from Common, Ab-Soul, CyHi, Fashawn, Vado, Bishop Nehru, Mar, N.A.S.A., Chuck Inglish, Chromeo, Supastition, and many more.

Plus, if you missed our recent interview with Lupe Fiasco, be sure you peep that right here.  Enjoy!

Show #453 (2-16-14)

1. Common ft. Ab-Soul – “Made In Black America”
2. CyHi Da Prynce – “Napoleon”
3. Jamall Bufford – “Oh My God, Forever”
4. J. Pinder – “Life Is Simple, Pt. 1” (Local Music)
5. Fashawn – “Ladies”
6. Beyonce ft. Kanye West & Jay-Z – “Drunk In Love (Remix)”
7. YG ft. Drake – “Who Do You Love”
8. Vado ft. Chinx Drugz – “Hay Now”
9. Future ft. Pusha T & Pharrell – “Move That Dope”
10. Snoop Dogg ft. Daz – “What’s Your Pleasure”
11. 2Pac ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg – “2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted” (Throwback of the Week)
12. Curren$y – “Hi Top Whites”
13. Dave B – “Cigarettes” (Local Music)
14. Bishop Nehru – “You Stressin’”
15. Mar – “Man x Woman”
16. Mac Miller – “Diablo”
17. Mundy – “MunGotti” (Local Music)
18. Supastition – “Eardrum”
19. TwizzMatic – “Re-Program”
20. Isaiah Rashad ft. SZA – “Heavenly Father”
21. Jarell Perry – “Black Valentine”
22. Chuck Inglish ft. Chromeo – “Legs”
23. N.A.S.A. ft. Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) – “I Shot The Sheriff”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/9fd55e5b28/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_453%2C_2-16-14.mp3
(back up – http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/9596635/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/duud29stmauf)

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.

New Little Dragon! Nabuma Rubberband will be released May 13th.  Enough said.

Actually, one more thing: the illustrious NABIL handled Creative Director duties on this one.  Dude is a beast.

Sound Session #452 was an episode all about celebration.  As we always do around his birthday, we celebrated J Dilla’s life by playing his instrumentals all night long and talking a bit about his dopeness.  Still the greatest producer of all time in my book!

We also discussed the 10 year anniversary of a classic album, Kanye’s debut, College Dropout, which coincidentally dropped during the 2nd semester of my senior year in college.  We were graduating, not dropping out, but that album still defined that time of my life and encapsulated so many of the feelings my friends and I had back then.  It helped that we got to kick it with a younger Yeezy when he was on tour in LA that year, and the stories we have from those encounters are some of my favorite memories ever.

Kanye rapping his “18 years, 18 years!” verse from “Gold Digger” acapella to us 2 years before we’d hear it again on Late Registration?  Check.  Kanye asking us incredulously, “you’ve actually heard of me?” when we were telling him about how much we liked his mixtape freestyles?  Check.  The turntables skipping so much at the El Rey that Ye stopped Don C from playing the instrumentals and had John Stephens (later renamed John Legend) sing background melodies for him to rap over?  Check.  Kanye pouring us all glasses of champagne as he performed “Last Call”?  Check.

Ironically enough, I went back to my college last week to play in an alumni game with my old basketball teammates and it definitely brought me back to those days.  Shout to everyone I saw in LA, I appreciate y’all!

Enough of that, enjoy this week’s show and be sure to come out to the release party for our new Northwest Fresh mixtape on Saturday at 2312 2nd Ave in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood.  Free entry, open bar, prizes, good music, good people…what else do you need?  You can even celebrate Valentine’s Day and my birthday at the same time!  Here are the details.

Show #452 (2-9-14)

1. YG ft. Drake – “Who Do You Love”
2. Schoolboy Q – “Break The Bank”
3. Future ft. Pusha T & Pharrell – “Move That Dope”
4. Raz Simone – “Don’t Shine” (Local Music)
5. Yelawolf – “Box Chevy V”
6. CyHi Da Prynce – “Napoleon”
7. Phife Dawg – “Dear Dilla”
8. Add-2 – “Bomber & A Fly Chick”
9. Joey Badass – “Pantie Raid, Pt. 2”
10. Jarell Perry – “Black Valentine”
11. Rashad – “First Move”
12. Miguel – “Simplethings”
13. Mar – “Man x Woman”
14. J. Pinder – “Orange Papers” (Local Music)
15. Isaiah Rashad – “Soliloquy”
16. Step Brothers (Evidence & Alchemist) – “More Wins”
17. OB Obrien – “Steve Nash”
18. Grieves – “Shreds” (Local Music)
19. Tech N9ne ft. Mayday, Kendrick Lamar, & Kendall Morgan – “Fragile”
20. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z & J. Ivy – “Never Let Me Down” (Throwback of the Week)
21. Sam Smith – “Nirvana (Harry Fraud Remix)”
22. Fabolous ft. Jeremih – “Thim Slick”
23. Major Lazer ft. Pharrell – “Aerosol Can”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/2b48507905/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_452%2C_2-9-14.mp3
(back up – http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/63999368/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/u98z3ledypgd)

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.

The Seahawks are Super Bowl champs and we talked all about it, continuing the celebration from the game late into the night on this episode of SNSS.  The entire city is still on a (natural, I swear) high 24 hours later, and I don’t see us coming down any time soon.  The parade on Wednesday is going to be incredible and being on air right after the game was an experience I’ll never forget.

Check out the show to hear a little bit of what it was like in the city last night, plus you can hear our homey iLL Chris join us as we ran through tracks from Mobb Deep, Schoolboy Q, Isaiah Rashad, Yelawolf, YG, OB Obrien, Fat Joe, Pharoahe Monch, Mar, and more.  Historic night.

Show #451 (2-2-14)

1. Queen – “We Are The Champions” (Throwback of the Week)
2. Dame Dash ft. Kanye West, Young Chris, Beanie Sigel, Cam’Ron, & Twista – “Champions” (Throwback of the Week)
3. Drake – “Trophies”
4. V. Dot ft. Louis V – “Town Biz” (Local Music)
5. Mobb Deep – “Taking You Off Here”
6. Schoolboy Q – “Break The Bank”
7. Isaiah Rashad – “Soliloquy”
8. Big Sean – “1st Quarter Freestyle”
9. Fearce Vill ft. Romaro Franceswa & Prometheus Brown – “Take Me Home” (Local Music)
10. Spekulation – “Bout That Action” (Local Music)
11. **INTERVIEW WITH iLL CHRIS, PT. 1**
12. YG ft. Drake – “Who Do You Love”
13. Yelawolf – “Box Chevy V”
14. **INTERVIEW WITH iLL CHRIS, PT. 2**
15. iLL Chris ft. Justis – “Ain’t Made It Yet” (Local Music)
16. Kanye West – “Champion” (Throwback of the Week)
17. **INTERVIEW WITH iLL CHRIS, PT. 3**
18. OB Obrien – “Steve Nash”
19. Talib Kweli, Elzhi, & Phonte – “No Competition”
20. DJ Kay Slay ft. Fat Joe & 50 Cent – “Free Again”
21. Pharoahe Monch – “Bad MF”
22. Def Dee ft. Jamall Bufford – “Keep It On The Hush” (Local Music)
23. BJ The Chicago Kid & Add-2 – “15 Minutes Of Fame”
24. Big Boi ft. Phantogram & Sade – “CPU 2.0”
25. Jhene Aiko – “Everything Must Go (Froback Remix)”
26. Buju Banton – “Champion (Remix)” (Throwback of the Week)
27. Mar – “Man x Woman”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/4cd19cf508/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_451%2C_2-2-14.mp3
(back up – http://www78.zippyshare.com/v/2363916/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/yux9zpz7vy8b)

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.

Here’s episode #450 of SNSS, the 2nd of 3 archives to come tonight.  On this one, we talked about Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ big wins at the Grammy’s (and the resulting backlash), and played new music from Fabolous, Kardinal Offishall, Tinashe, Elzhi, Phonte, World’s Party, Dave B, BJ The Chicago Kid, Gary Clark Jr, Kwabs, Phife Dawg, Disclosure, LIZ, and more.

Enjoy!

Show #450 (1-26-14)

1. Fabolous – “Sacrifices”
2. Kardinal Offishall ft. Raekwon & Assassin – “Pretty Paper”
3. Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q – “2 On”
4. Talib Kweli, Elzhi, & Phonte – “No Competition”
5. Quelle Chris – “Going Swell”
6. World’s Party – “V.S.O.P.”
7. Le$ – “Midnight Club”
8. Dave B – “Cigarettes’ (Local Music)
9. Rome Fortune – “Ice Cream Man”
10. Sango ft. SPZRKT – “Middle Of Things, Beautiful Wife (Stwo Remix)”
11. Termanology ft. Ransom – “Set It Off”
12. Cool Nutz ft. Mistah F.A.B. – “Know God” (Local Music)
13. Jake Lambo – “Cool Flow”
14. BJ The Chicago Kid & Add-2 – “15 Minutes Of Fame”
15. Gary Clark, Jr. ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Blak and Blu (Remix)”
16. Kwabs – “Wrong Or Right”
17. Fearce Vill – “Yuk The Police” (Local Music)
18. PrezSport (El Prez & Jansport J) ft. Glasses Malone – “Hard Boiled”
19. Common – “I Used To Love H.E.R.” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Phife Dawg – “Dear Dilla”
21. Childish Gambino ft. Chance The Rapper – “The Worst Guys”
22. Disclosure ft. Mary J. Blige – “F For You (Remix)”
23. LIZ – “All Them Boys”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/206d1f4d20/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_450%2C_1-26-14.mp3
(back up – http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/99671540/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/tm7kuuw584t3)

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.

Apologies for the delay on getting the last few SNSS episodes archived, but it’s been really busy lately with travel, work, more work, a little fun, even more work, and the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl.  All in all, a fun but exhausting few weeks!

Here’s episode #449, where we celebrated the real Super Bowl (the Seahawks beating the clear 2nd best team, the 49ers) and the amazing extra-curriculars of Richard Sherman.  We also played new music from artists like Quelle Chris, Jake Lambo, Rome Fortune, SOHN, Sango, Kenneth Whalum III, Murs, Bryant Dope, Chrome, Toro y Moi, and more.

Enjoy this one and hold tight for a few more episodes tonight…

Show #449 (1-19-14)

1. V. Dot ft. Louis V – “Town Biz” (Local Music)
2. Kanye West ft. King Louie – “Send It Up”
3. Nacho Picasso – “The Lick” (Local Music)
4. Drake – “Trophies”
5. Yonas Michael – “206 My City”
6. Fabolous – “Young OG”
7. Roc Marciano ft. A.G. – “Soul Music”
8. Quelle Chris – “Going Swell”
9. Termanology ft. Ransom – “Set It Off”
10. Jake Lambo – “Cool Flow”
11. Rome Fortune – “Ice Cream Man”
12. Common – “War”
13. Talib Kweli ft. Res – “What’s Real”
14. Mykestro ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Set Precedent (LA Mix)”
15. Kardinal Offishall ft. Raekwon & Assassin – “Pretty Paper”
16. Kanye West – “Celebration” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Shelton Harris & Tyler Dopps – “No Gods” (Local Music)
18. SOHN – “Bloodflows”
19. Sango ft. SPZRKT – “Middle Of Things, Beautiful Wife (Stwo Remix)”
20. Kenneth Whalum III ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Away”
21. Jamall Bufford – “Nineteen”
22. Murs & Apollo Brown – “The Pain Is Gone”
23. Bryant Dope – “Ride”
24. Chromeo ft. Toro y Moi – “Come Alive”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/2d6d03454e/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_449%2C_1-19-14.mp3
(back up – http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/60142530/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/ewrpdcccwzlx)

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.