The Audacity of Dope

Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your friends and family yesterday and today, I hope you’re more focused on leftovers and additional family time than Black Friday sales.  I don’t know about y’all, but the flurry of deals bombarding me across every medium and social network is a continual reminder to focus on my needs vs. my wants.  Spend your dollars wisely, or not at all (#BlackoutBlackFriday).

Enjoy this week’s SNSS for new music from Royce Da 5’9″, DJ Premier, Pusha T, Wu-Tang Clan, SZA, Willow, Jaden Smith, Rochelle Jordan, DistantStarr, Elzhi, Outasight, Kev Brown, Romaro Franceswa, Tope, Made In Heights, and more.  Good show, don’t sleep…

Show #493 (11-23-14)

1.    PRhyme (Royce Da 5’9” & DJ Premier) – “PRhyme”
2.    Wu-Tang Clan – “Necklace”
3.    Ghostface Killah ft. Kandace Springs – “Love Don’t Live Here No More”
4.    Rick Ross – “Family Ties”
5.    Pusha T – “Lunch Money”
6.    Romaro Franceswa – “Bout That Life” (Local Music)
7.    Tope ft. CashUs King – “Red Light” (Local Music)
8.    Shad & DJ T.Lo – “Hang On”
9.    Luke Christopher – “Ms. Holy Water”
10.    Outasight – “Invitation”
11.    Big K.R.I.T. ft. Mara Hruby – “Do You Love Me”
12.    SZA – “Sobriety”
13.    Willow ft. SZA – “9”
14.    Jaden Smith – “Symba”
15.    DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “Brand New Funk” (Throwback of the Week)
16.    Raleigh Ritchie ft. Little Simz – “Cuckoo”
17.    Rochelle Jordan – “Good One”
18.    Anderson Paak – “Put You On”
19.    Made In Heights – “Panther” (Local Music)
20.    Tom Misch & Carmody – “Paper Planes”
21.    DistantStarr – “Smooth”
22.    Kev Brown & Hassaan Mackey ft. Asheru & Grap Luva – “What You Got”
23.    Signif ft. Elzhi – “Play 2 Win”
24.    Hanni El Khatib ft. GZA – “Moonlight (Remix)”
25.    Tiga ft. Pusha T – “Bugatti (Remix)”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/1b9b60a2af/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_493%2C_11-23-14.mp3
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/a85smjt7pv8y)
(2nd back up – http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/63425084/file.html)

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Aw snap, archiving this week’s SNSS episode only a day after we aired it?  Feels like the good old days…

Enjoy this week’s show featuring new music from Rozay x Hov x Timbo, Lupe Fiasco, Ty Dolla Sign, Big K.R.I.T., Kev Brown, Elzhi, Anderson Paak (super slept on album, peep that!), Ghostface Killah, Junia-T, Raleigh Ritchie, Stromae, Pusha T, Kyle, and more.  We also ran two throwbacks to celebrate some classic albums turning 15 and 20 years old over the weekend and even world premiered a brand new track from our buddies Shad & DJ T.Lo.  As I mentioned on air, I cosign literally 100% of Shad’s bars/content…which doesn’t even seem possible, but it is.  I guess we just look at the world in a very similar way and as a result, the music resonates deeply with me.  Plus, at the end of the day, it’s just dope as hell.  If you missed our recent interview with him, click here.

Do any of y’all have an artist that always says stuff you agree with and you’d feel comfortable sharing the music with anyone in your life, from kids to adults?  I mean, besides 2 Chainz.

Anyway, last note: I was cleaning up the archives and found our Big Sean “Studio 93” interview from last year that we never posted up.  If you want to watch/listen, it’s still a great convo with one of the coolest/nicest dudes in the biz, who also happens to be one of the biggest rappers around now.  Sean provided some really good insight into his creative process, his life outside of music, his goals, and more.  You can check that out right here.

Enjoy!

Show #492 (11-16-14)

1.    Rick Ross ft. Jay-Z – “Movin Bass”
2.    Lupe Fiasco – “Deliver”
3.    Ty Dolla Sign – “Stand For”
4.    Big K.R.I.T. – “Third Eye”
5.    Kev Brown & Hassaan Mackey ft. Asheru & Grap Luva – “What You Got”
6.    Signif ft. Elzhi – “Play 2 Win”
7.    JayKin – “E.T.S. (Take Your Time)” (Local Music)
8.    Anderson Paak – “Venice”
9.    Esta ft. SPZRKT – “Can’t Wait”
10.    Ghostface Killah ft. Kandace Springs – “Love Don’t Live Here No More”
11.    Method Man ft. Blue Raspberry – “Release Yo’ Delf” (Throwback of the Week)
12.    YUKMOB – “No Half Steppin’” (Local Music)
13.    Slaughterhouse – “Y’all Ready Know”
14.    Junia-T – “Wasting Time”
15.    **Shad & DJ T.Lo – “Hang On” (WORLD PREMIERE)**
16.    Shelton Harris & Tyler Dopps ft. Sam Lachow – “If I Fall” (Local Music)
17.    We Are Shining ft. Andrea Balency – “Breaks”
18.    Willow – “Flowers”
19.    Raleigh Ritchie ft. Little Simz – “Cuckoo”
20.    Choosey – “Fly Me To The Moon”
21.    Stromae ft. Pusha T, Lorde, Q-Tip, & HAIM – “Meltdown”
22.    Kyle – “Don’t Wanna Fall In Love”
23.    Dr. Dre ft. Xzibit & Eminem – “What’s The Difference” (Throwback of the Week)

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/619fef1313/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_492%2C_11-16-14.mp3
(back up – http://www47.zippyshare.com/v/66733269/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/2s65xxim6r4t)

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.

Cleaning up and organizing my archives today and I came across these videos of our Studio 93 interview with Big Sean from 9/11/13.  As he mentioned at the beginning of the first video, Sound Session gave Sean one of his first major radio interviews and we’ve been homies ever since. One of the coolest and nicest dudes in the biz. It’s always a ton of fun to chop it up with him.

We never posted it or blasted it out since the production value is pretty much non-existent.  A year later, it’s obviously older content, but it’s still a fun discussion that has some interesting insight from Sean on his music and life.  It’s something that belongs in the SNSS library here on TAOD.

Another hectic week here in Seattle, but as always, we’re back with the latest episode of SNSS for you.  Peep the show for new tracks from Nas, Slaughterhouse, Wu-Tang Clan, Choosey, Little Simz, Drake, Saukrates, Jessie Ware, Flight Facilities, Broods, Big K.R.I.T., and more.

Speaking of K.R.I.T., be sure you cop his new Cadillactica album, which is hands down one of the best releases of the year.  Personally, I’m putting Krizzle in my top 4 right now alongside Ye, Drake, and Kendrick.  I’m too old to debate rappity rapp rap skills and all that.  I’m just talking about good music and people need to respect the insanely high quality catalog K.R.I.T. has accumulated.  This album is just another reflection of one of the most underrated cats in the game.  If you missed our recent interview with Big K.R.I.T., click here.

Side note: a lot of you have asked for us to create a podcast you can subscribe to or find a better way to distribute the weekly archive.  We’re working on a few things and hope to have an update soon.  We hear you, loud and clear.  For now, hopefully these links aren’t too janky…

Enjoy the show!

Show #491 (11-9-14)

1.    Nas – “The Season”
2.    Slaughterhouse – “Y’all Ready Know”
3.    Bruce Leroy – “Leroy The Great” (Local Music)
4.    Wu-Tang Clan – “Ruckus In B Minor”
5.    Black Milk – “Story and Her”
6.    Choosey – “Fly Me To The Moon”
7.    Logic – “I’m Gone”
8.    Anderson Paak – “Might Be”
9.    Esta ft. SPZRKT – “Can’t Wait”
10.    Theophilus London ft. Kanye West – “Can’t Stop”
11.    Nao – “Good Girl”
12.    Childish Gambino – “Pop Thieves (Make It Feel Good)”
13.    Big K.R.I.T. – “My Sub, Pt. 3”
14.    Lupe Fiasco – “Deliver”
15.    Thaddeus David ft. Tope – “Black Jack” (Local Music)
16.    ChillxWill – “Cents Dae Wun” (Local Music)
17.    A Tribe Called Quest ft. Busta Rhymes – “Oh My God” (Throwback of the Week)
18.    BJ The Chicago Kid – “Good Karma”
19.    Russ – “KiKi”
20.    Flight Facilities ft. Bishop Nehru – “Why Do You Feel”
21.    Willow – “Flowers”
22.    Little Simz – “Starry Eyed”
23.    Saukrates ft. SonReal – “#FYEO”
24.    Jessie Ware – “Desire”
25.    Drake – “Heat Of The Moment”
26.    Broods – “Medicine”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/f929135777/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_491%2C_11-9-14.mp3
(Back up – http://www45.zippyshare.com/v/40411355/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/uc9ym0ika5yu)

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’ve been talking to folks a lot lately about K.R.I.T. and how incredibly dope he is and I still think he’s highly underrated.  In my opinion, the 4 artists making the best rap music today are Kanye, Drake, Kendrick, and K.R.I.T..  Cadillactica is more of the same.  The album drops Tuesday, cop that!

Visuals for one of the songs of the year.  A lot of fans wanted Kendrick to keep going in the direction he established on good kid, m.a.a.d city, but the message here is so necessary.  Well done K. Dot.

This week’s Sound Session was another good one.  We played new records from Run The Jewels, Big K.R.I.T., Logic, Esta, Drake, Miguel, Mansions On The Moon, Nas (Dilla!), Janine and the Mixtape, denitia and sene, Black Milk, 14KT, and more.  Plus, our homey Russ called in to talk about all the buzz he’s been making over the past year or so and what it’s like to be on the verge of really breaking through to the masses.  Watch out for this kid…labels are circling like vultures.

Enjoy the show!

Show #490 (11-2-14)

1.    Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P) ft. Zack De La Rocha – “Close Your Eyes (And Count To F*ck)”
2.    Logic – “Soul Food”
3.    Big K.R.I.T. ft. Raphael Saadiq – “Soul Food”
4.    Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef – “Bus Stops” (Local Music)
5.    Drake – “How Bout Now”
6.    Esta ft. SPZRKT – “Can’t Wait”
7.    Ludacris ft. Miguel – “Good Lovin’”
8.    Theophilus London ft. Kanye West – “Can’t Stop”
9.    Mansions On The Moon – “Take A Ride”
10.    Nao vs. A.K. Paul – “So Good”
11.    Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar & Chantal Kreviazuk – “Pay For It”
12.    PRhyme (Royce Da 5’9” & DJ Premier) – “U Looz”
13.    Nas – “The Season”
14.    ChillxWill – “Cents Dae Wun” (Local Music)
15.    **INTERVIEW WITH RUSS**
16.    Russ – “KiKi”
17.    Vince Staples ft. Teyana Taylor – “Limos”
18.    Teyana Taylor – “Put Your Love On”
19.    Layla Nichole – “Paradox (Bring Back The Queens)” (Local Music)
20.    K’Valentine ft. Cory Mo, NIKO IS, & Talib Kweli – “Boomerang”
21.    Rapsody ft. Problem – “Waiting On It (Baby Girl)”
22.    Janine and the Mixtape ft. Pusha T – “Hold Me”
23.    denitia and sene – “side fx”
24.    Childish Gambino – “Sober”
25.    Black Milk – “Story and Her”
26.    The Pharcyde – “Drop” (Throwback of the Week)
27.    14KT – “BlackAPhonic”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/d934caa0dd/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_490%2C_11-2-14.mp3
(back up – http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/49295015/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/3hpna92zf1ql)

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 this week’s episode of Sound Session.  Life is a bit more hectic right now than usual, which I’ll explain in the coming weeks with a few announcements.  But for now, we continue on as you would expect: more dope music, more fun conversations.  Peep this edition of SNSS for freshness from Dej Loaf, Jay Rock, Flight Facilities, Logic, Nao, CashUs King, Luke Christopher, Hannibal King, Lion Babe, TWINSMATIC, Jessie Ware, Big K.R.I.T., and more.

Be on the lookout for the full length interview with Lecrae coming soon as well.

Enjoy!

Show #489 (10-26-14)

1.    Dej Loaf – “Try Me”
2.    Jay Rock – “Parental Advisory”
3.    Schoolboy Q – “Hell Of A Night”
4.    Logic – “Metropolis”
5.    Flight Facilities ft. Bishop Nehru – “Why Do You Feel”
6.    Nao vs. A.K. Paul – “So Good”
7.    Flume ft. George Maple – “That Look”
8.    TOKiMONSTA ft. Anderson Paak – “Realla”
9.    Big K.R.I.T. – “Cadillactica”
10.    Stalley ft. De La Soul – “Navajo Rugs”
11.    **INTERVIEW WITH LECRAE**
12.    Lecrae – “All I Need Is You”
13.    Luke Christopher – “Ms. Holy Water”
14.    CashUs King – “Black Liberation Theology”
15.    Drake – “How Bout Now”
16.    Hannibal King – “Growing Pains, Pt. 1”
17.    Layla Nichole – “Paradox (Bring Back The Queens)” (Local Music)
18.    Blakk Soul ft. AB – “That Kind Of Love” (Local Music)
19.    Lion Babe ft. Childish Gambino – “Jump Hi”
20.    PRhyme (Royce Da 5’9” & DJ Premier) – “U Looz”
21.    SOS – “Secrets” (Local Music)
22.    Jessie Ware – “Desire”
23.    TWINSMATIC – “Whitemarble”
24.    DMX – “Stop Being Greedy” (Throwback of the Week)

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/915206fc0e/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_489%2C_10-26-14.mp3
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/yunzfoph5vom)
(2nd back up – http://www47.zippyshare.com/v/70454759/file.html)

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.