If you caught Sound Session last night, you know we ran through the entire Revolutions Per Minute album from Kweli and Hi-Tek. While I decide how much of the video I want to let loose, the homies say what up…
Melanie is gonna be a star. The album cuts I heard are even better than the single and she’s real cool people too. Be on the lookout for her on Sound Session real soon. Need proof?
Shout to Dow for coming through Sound Session tonight. Peace to Jake & DV in the building too of course. I’ll post up the show later tonight for y’all…
D.A. & Max can help you out. Interview with the Chester French boys coming soon.
In case you forgot, the lovely Ms. Hilson reminds you.
As much as I love all my favorite classic artists, there’s really nothing better than seeing the next generation come up and begin to establish themselves. I remember when I first heard of B.o.B., I was impressed, but not blown away. Fast forward to almost 2 years later and now I’m definitely a huge fan of Mr. Bobby Ray. He killed every verse and hook in 2008 and ’09 will officially be his break out year.
Not only is he insanely talented, but he’s also a real cool dude. You all saw a glimpse of that in the “Autotune” video, but I got to see it firsthand when B.o.B., Playboy Tre, and their manager B. Rich came through Sound Session to chop it up a while back. We talked all about their backgrounds, B.o.B.’s upcoming debut album, the lead single (“I’ll Be In The Sky”), their ability to write infectious hooks, why their music has to be genuine, why the industry needs a reality check, and much more. You can check out the full interview below:
B.o.B. & Playboy Tre on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?xnlx1wmo0gz
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/54012448089f57ba/ )
Big shout to the whole crew for dropping by and a special shout to TJ Chapman too. Get ready for the B.o.B./Tre takeover in ’09, for real.
(watch part one in HD on HyphenTV)
On December 13th, the legendary Common Sense made his 4th appearance on Sound Session here in Seattle. Since we just talked to Com in September (check it out here), we wanted to do something a little different instead of our traditional interviews. With help from our good friends at Interscope/Geffen/A&M we threw a listening party for his new Universal Mind Control album with 50 lucky winners, some customized Microsoft Zunes, and other assorted goodies.
In the video recap, you can watch Com talk about the creative process for every track on the album and what it was like to work with the Neptunes, Mr. DJ, Kanye West, Cee-Lo, and more. Be sure to watch both parts of the video and enjoy them in HD on the HyphenTV Vimeo Channel courtesy of Organic Digital Videomedia.
(watch part two in HD on HyphenTV)
Since the entire interview lasted about an hour, I’ll be posting up the full audio for all you die hard Common fans sometime in the next week. As dope as the video clips are, there’s even more interesting tidbits about UMC‘s creation in the extended interview (the reason why the “Announcement” video was pulled, the story behind the original mix of “Punch Drunk Love,” etc.).
Stay tuned for that and hit up Com in the blogosphere over at his new site, ThinkCommon.com. Be sure to go cop Universal Mind Control in stores now and still available at Zune.net for 99 cents! It makes a great last minute Christmas present…
What can I say…I was bored and needed to get out of the house. Seeing as how its been snowing for 10+ hours now and the roads are completely covered, I’m guessing there won’t be an episode of Sound Session tonight. I’m hoping to have some cool stuff to post up in the next few days to make it up to y’all. We’ll see.
In the meantime, stay warm!
(or watch on HyphTube)
The homey Braille has made a few appearances on Sound Session before, but this was the first time he’s been able to make the trek up from Portland to Seattle to kick it with us live in the studio. He brought along his Lightheaded fam too, Othello and Ohmega Watts, so we caught up with them all for a minute and talked about their current projects. Braille allowed us to give a world premiere to “Fill It In,” one of the joints off his upcoming album with S1 (of Strange Fruit Project). Also, before he left, he even dropped a real freestyle (remember those?) off the dome and killed it. You can watch the freestyle above and download the audio of the full interview through either of the links below:
Braille on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?mmzmmkjwzjq
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/524711662323a585/ )
Northwest people: be sure to check out Braille’s holiday event, “Everybody Say Ho!”, on the 11th in Seattle (see flyer) or the 19th at Berbati’s Pan in Portland. It’s going to be a great time…be there!
(watch part one in High-Def on HyphenTV)
Loyal listeners of Sound Session know that the big homey Jake One often drops by the studio to kick it, but we’ve never really done an official interview with him. With the release of his debut album, White Van Music, a few weeks back, we had to bring in Jake and talk all about it. Not only did he give us all sorts of behind the scenes stories about the project, but we ran through the entire album on air, joint by joint.
If you haven’t checked out White Van Music, you’re missing out on some of the best beats of the year and guest appearances from Black Milk, MF Doom, Alchemist, Busta Rhymes, Bishop Lamont, M.O.P., Freeway, Posdnuos, Slug, Little Brother, Prodigy, Elzhi, Royce The 5’9″, Young Buck, and many more. Another guest from the album, Brother Ali, also came through SNSS that night to pay his respects to the latest chapter in Seattle’s rich musical history.
You can watch all the interview segments through part one (above) and part two (below), but make sure you watch them in HD on the HyphenTV Vimeo channel. If you want the audio of the entire show for the mp3 player or the ride, here you go:
Jake One on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?ijm0j7uyj90
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/20192616e1aa393c/ )
(watch part two in High-Def on HyphenTV)
Cop White Van Music right now!