The Audacity of Dope

Oh man, very late on getting you guys some recent SNSS episodes to rock to in the car, on the train/bus, at the gym, at the desk, etc., my bad!  Luckily, the music from our final 10 Year Anniversary Special is timeless.  If you missed parts 1 and 2, click here.  Again, we went through our archives and picked out two records from each year that we really, really loved, and thought represented the show well.  There were hundreds of other GREAT songs that didn’t quite make the cut, so these are really some of our favorites.

We also took a few minutes out of the show to give the homey Post Malone his first radio interview.  Fun little fact to look back on years from now…

The next two episodes will be up soon.  Enjoy the cuts!

Show #520 (5-31-15)
**10 Year Anniversary Special, Week #3**

1.    Jay-Z – “Dear Summer” (2005)
2.    Kanye West ft. Jay-Z – “Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)” (2005)
3.    The Game ft. Kanye West – “Wouldn’t Get Far” (2006)
4.    J Dilla – “Won’t Do” (2006)
5.    **INTERVIEW WITH POST MALONE**
6.    Amy Winehouse – “Me & Mr. Jones” (2007)
7.    Outlawz ft. Young Buck & Dion – “Drivin’ Down The Freeway” (2007)
8.    Big Boi ft. Raekwon & Andre3000 – “Royal Flush” (2008)
9.    N.E.R.D. – “You Know What” (2008)
10.    Nipsey Hussle – “Hussle In The House” (2009)
11.    Pac Div – “Mayor” (2009)
12.    Shad – “Rose Garden” (2010)
13.    Nottz ft. Dwele – “You Need This Music” (2010)
14.    Frank Ocean – “Novacane” (2011)
15.    Tyler, The Creator – “Yonkers” (2011)
16.    Yuna – “Live Your Life” (2012)
17.    Gilbere Forte – “Pray” (2012)
18.    Drake ft. Jhene Aiko – “From Time” (2013)
19.    Drake ft. Sampha – “Too Much” (2013)
20.    Anna Lunoe ft. Jesse Boykins III – “Heartbreak In Motion” (2014)
21.    J. Cole – “Fire Squad” (2014)
22.    Scribes – “Roll My Way” (Local Music) (2009)
23.    Ray Dalton – “So Emotional” (Local Music) (2012)
24.    Blue Scholars – “Southside Revival” (Local Music) (2005)

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As mentioned last week, we’re taking the rest of May to celebrate our 10 Year SNSS Anniversary and in that vein, here’s our 2nd of 3 special episodes.  We aren’t stretching this out just to remind everyone that we’ve been on air for a decade (though that’s incredibly dope), but instead, we just wanted to play more of the great music from years past.  You know how hard it is to narrow down almost 10k songs to highlight just a few?  Bruh.

So we followed the same plan from last week, picking 2 tracks from each year and mixing in some of our favorite local records too.  As you’d expect, the music is flames and acts as a nice snapshot of what we’ve done for over 500 consecutive Sundays.  Enjoy some classics, old & new, from artists like Lupe, The Roots, Jay-Z, Kanye, Elzhi, Common, Big K.R.I.T., Bilal, Slum Village, Raekwon, denitia and sene, Hi-Tek, and more!

Show #519 (5-24-15)
**10 Year Anniversary Special, Week #2**

1.    Obie Trice – “Wanna Know” (2005)
2.    Slum Village ft. Dwele – “Call Me” (2005)
3.    Lupe Fiasco – “Hurt Me Soul” (2006)
4.    Hi-Tek ft. Dion & Talib Kweli – “Let It Go” (2006)
5.    DJ Drama ft. Outkast & Marsha Ambrosius – “Da Art Of Storytellin, Pt. 4” (2007)
6.    Common ft. Dwele – “The People” (2007)
7.    Elzhi ft. Royce Da 5’9” – “Motown 25” (2008)
8.    The Roots ft. Dice Raw, Peedi Crakk, & DJ Jazzy Jeff – “Get Busy” (2008)
9.    Timbaland ft. Drake & Lupe Fiasco – “Say Something (Hyphen Edit)” (2009)
10.    Raekwon ft. Cappadonna & Ghostface Killah – “10 Bricks” (2009)
11.    Kendrick Lamar ft. Jhene Aiko – “Growing Apart (To Get Closer)” (2010)
12.    Bilal – “Think It Over” (2010)
13.    Big K.R.I.T. – “The Vent” (2011)
14.    Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Gotta Have It” (2011)
15.    Chief Keef ft. Pusha T, Kanye West, Big Sean, & Jadakiss – “I Don’t Like (Remix)” (2012)
16.    Meek Mill ft. Big Sean – “Burn” (2012)
17.    Smash Brovaz – “Whatever” (2013)
18.    denitia and sene – “trip. fall.” (2013)
19.    Fabolous ft. Jeremih – “Thim Slick” (2014)
20.    The Physics – “My Place” (Local Music) (2010)
21.    Dave B ft. Sol – “Boathouse” (Local Music) (2014)
22.    Framework – “Mom Cries” (Local Music) (2005)

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As mentioned in the last few updates, we’re in the midst of our 10 year SNSS anniversary, officially occurring on May 8th.  That’s right, our 1st show was May 8th, 2005, so we’re now a few weeks into year 10.  We’ve hit some big milestones in the past (most recently, show #500), but 10 years feels like the biggest.  10 years is a long time to do anything, let alone host an independent music show in today’s commercial radio market. That’s longer than high school + college.  That’s longer than most people have been with their significant other (I know friends who have been married…and divorced…and remarried…during the time we’ve been on air hahah).  That’s longer than Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and the iPhone have existed.  MySpace came and went.  When we started, only fans of Chicago politics had ever heard the name Barack Obama.  The world’s population has almost grown by 1 billion people in the last decade.  In other words, 1/8th of the world doesn’t know what life without Sound Session is like hahaha.

We did our first show when I was just 23, which, aside from making me feel old AF, means that SNSS has been a part of my entire post-college life.  It’s given me friends, memories, and opportunities that I’ll cherish forever.  It’s impossible for me to sum up what it has meant to me and it has been an honor to share that with my brother…a man I used to watch host/perform/organize damn near every hip-hop event in the city when I was in high school…a true Seattle legend, J. Moore.  Salute, OG.

As always, we’re thankful (Marshawn voice) for KUBE giving us the opportunity, especially Eric Powers and Karen Wild, who have always been in our corner.  Their support has given us the freedom to develop the show and SNSS brand into what it is today.  We’re also very appreciative of all the artists, managers, DJ’s, bloggers, promoters, etc. that have been a part of the show and helped us in one way or another.  Most importantly, thanks to you, the listeners.  We’re here to share good music with y’all and that experience alone has made all our hard work worth it.  Thanks for enjoying this run with us.  Here’s to 10 more years, if not more!

To celebrate, we’ve been combing through our archives and looking at all the great records we’ve played.  In a perfect world, we would just run it all back.  Cuts…for…days.  For each show during the rest of May, we’re playing 2 of our favorite tracks from every year in the past decade, plus some classic local records.  Here’s the first special episode, featuring classics from Damian Marley, Little Brother, J Dilla, Mos Def, John Legend, Kanye, Kendrick, Nas, Frank Ocean, Drake, Macklemore, and so many more.  Remember when (and where) you heard ’em first…

Enjoy!

Show #518 (5-17-15)
**10 Year Anniversary Special, Week #1**

1.    Damian Marley – “Welcome To Jamrock” (2005)
2.    Little Brother ft. Darien Brockington – “Slow It Down” (2005)
3.    De La Soul ft. MF Doom – “Rock Co.Kane Flow” (2006)
4.    J Dilla ft. Common & D’Angelo – “So Far To Go” (2006)
5.    Mr. Vegas – “Lean With It” (2007)
6.    UGK ft. Outkast – “International Players Anthem” (2007)
7.    Busta Rhymes – “Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water On ‘Em)” (2008)
8.    John Legend ft. Andre3000 – “Green Light” (2008)
9.    Mos Def ft. Slick Rick – “Auditorium” (2009)
10.    Clipse ft. Cam’ron & Pharrell – “Popular Demand (Popeyes)” (2009)
11.    Dam-Funk ft. MC Eiht & Steve Arrington – “Hood Pass Intact (Remix)” (2010)
12.    Kanye West – “Dark Fantasy” (2010)
13.    Kendrick Lamar – “Cut You Off” (2011)
14.    Dom Kennedy – “Goodbye” (2011)
15.    Nas – “The Don” (2012)
16.    Frank Ocean – “Pyramids” (2012)
17.    Drake – “Come Thru” (2013)
18.    The Internet – “Dontcha” (2013)
19.    Doja Cat – “So High” (2014)
20.    Schoolboy Q ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Studio” (2014)
21.    Jarv Dee – “I Just Wanna” (Local Music) (2012)
22.    Macklemore – “The Town” (Local Music) (2009)
23.    Romaro Franceswa ft. Fearce Vill – “Bounce” (Local Music) (2013)

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