The Audacity of Dope

Here’s the video Joe, Royce, Crook, and Joell shot for “Hammer Dance” while down in Austin for SXSW.  The Shady showcase where 50 did all of Get Rich Or Die Trying was probably the best show I caught while down there (shout to K.R.I.T., who killed that one by the way), so I’m happy to see some footage from Slaughter’s performance included here.

We’ll be airing my interview with these fellas on tonight’s Sound Session, tune in!

We’re back from SXSW and as usual, a good time was had by all.  It would be impossible to list out everyone we ran into, but big shout to all the artists, managers, promoters, record labels, corporate sponsors, etc. that we hung out with.  It’s always fun to catch up and trade stories from the past year, even if the event as a whole certainly jumped the shark this time with all the major artists and companies getting involved.

Special shouts to Hardknock TV and The Smoking Section for organizing the 2nd Annual HoopxHang 3 on 3 basketball tournament.  Just like last year, they invited a bunch of industry cats to play some ball and this time around, I ran with Team Hardknock.  My teammates, Carl Chery from XXL and Nick Huff from Hardknock TV, and I pulled off some March Madness of our own and won the championship…plus bragging rights for the next year.  Good times and a great event overall.

Here’s this week’s SNSS, featuring music from some of the artists we saw at SXSW, including The Kid Daytona, Boldy James, Wiz Khalifa, Schoolboy Q, ASAP Rocky, Jhene Aiko, Miguel, Big K.R.I.T., BJ The Chicago Kid, Polyester, Dee-1, 50 Cent, Nas, and Raekwon.  Enjoy!

Show #353 (3-18-12)

1. The Kid Daytona ft. Jadakiss – “Low (Remix)”
2. Boldy James – “Jimbo”
3. Wiz Khalifa ft. Juicy J – “My Favorite Song”
4. Schoolboy Q ft. ASAP Rocky – “Hands On The Wheel”
5. DJ Phinisey ft. John Crown – “Attention!” (Local Music)
6. Jhene Aiko – “Higher”
7. Miguel – “Adorn”
8. Big K.R.I.T. – “Insomnia”
9. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Aiight”
10. Polyester – “Show Me”
11. Dee-1 – “The Garden Of Eden”
12. SOTA – “Unfazed” (Local Music)
13. Roc Marciano – “Poltergeist”
14. 50 Cent ft. The Madd Rapper – “How To Rob” (Throwback of the Week)
15. Nas – “The Don”
16. Quakers ft. Jonwayne – “Smoke”
17. Planet Asia ft. Raekwon – “No Apologies”
18. Co$$ – “Love Is”
19. Rittz ft. Yelawolf – “Sleep At Night”
20. Dave B ft. Royce The Choice & Yola – “She’s Al’right” (Local Music)
21. Frank Ocean – “Whip Appeal”
22. Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay – “212”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?4qcg6kbm5z17mg0
(back up / streaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/35x5hgouqbe6)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/jvap46ux5cq8)

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.

Aw man, this is that old Ferrari F50 that I’ve missed.  Scoop Deville’s Bobby Womack flip is perfect and Fif’s flow is straight out of 2002.  Those days when G-Unit were running the mixtape scene were some of my favorite times and this record sounds like it could have been on any one of those tapes.  Great record.

I’m not buying the headphones though.

Mitch: Here it is folks, the debut solo project from the recent G.O.O.D. Music addition, Pusha T, featuring appearances from Rick Ross, Kanye, 50 Cent & more. Now we just need that new Clipse album and we’re set. Download link below…

1. Intro
2. My God
3. I Still Wanna f. Rick Ross & Ab-Liva
4. Money On My Mind Freestyle
5. Feeling Myself f. Kevin Cossom
6. Blow (Funk Flex Freestyle)
7. Cook It Down Freestyle
8. Open Your Eyes
9. Can I Live Freestyle
10. Raid f. 50 Cent & Pharrell
11. Touch It f. Kanye West
12. Speakers Going Hammer Freestyle
13. Alone in Vegas (Outro)

Pusha T – Fear Of God (Mixtape)

The criminally underrated Symbolic One (of the Strange Fruit Project) brings y’all inside his studio as he works on a beat that’ll hopefully end up on 50’s next project, Before I Self Destruct.  It’s a nice quick look at the creative process of one of the best producers out there, plus beat they’re working on sounds like a banger.  Shout to his dude Caleb on the keys as well.  Be on the lookout for S1’s debut solo project, The Music Box, coming real soon.

Spotted on S1’s blog.

“he sold 10 mill. twice, he finna do it again”
–50 Cent, “Kitty Kat”

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Total
1	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter 3	156,370	1,681,885
4	G-Unit	Terminate On Sight	101,622	101,802

Maybe he meant someone else.