The Audacity of Dope

I know we’ve been delayed on getting SNSS archives up for y’all, but man…technology has been letting us down lately.  As a result, we don’t have a copy of episode #527 and we can only share the playlist below.  Shame, as the music was fire.

More importantly, the switch to SoundCloud that allowed us to easily share the archives has proven to be fool’s gold, as they’ve started pulling DJ mixes from their service.  I’ve had to turn all our mixes up there to private, so you won’t be able to find them anymore.  Unless something changes with their policies, we’re searching for a new home for our archives.  Looks like we might move things over to Mixcloud, so hopefully y’all don’t mind their interface.  More to come soon…

Show #527 (7-19-15)

1.    Thundercat – “Them Changes”
2.    Illa J – “Universe”
3.    Little Simz ft. Josh Arce, Tilla, & Chuck20 – “Guess Who”
4.    Warren G ft. Nate Dogg – “My House”
5.    Skyzoo – “Everything’s For Sale”
6.    Jay Rock – “Gumbo”
7.    Your Old Droog – “We Don’t Know You”
8.    Ryan Caraveo – “Eat” (Local Music)
9.    Moka Only ft. Grand Puba – “More Rugged” (Local Music)
10.    ASAP Rocky ft. Kanye West & Joe Fox – “Jukebox Joints”
11.    Anik Khan – “Shadows”
12.    Goodie Mob – “Cell Therapy” (Throwback of the Week)
13.    Vince Staples ft. Snoh Aalegra – “Jump Off The Roof”
14.    Statik Selektah ft. Joey Badass – “Alone”
15.    Toro y Moi ft. Rome Fortune – “Pitch Black”
16.    SMS (Malice & Mario Sweet & Shelby Poole) – “Thang 4 Ya” (Local Music)
17.    Etienne de Crecy ft. Alex Gopher & Asher Roth – “Smile (Remix)”
18.    The Internet – “Girl”
19.    Ta-ku ft. Alina Baraz – “Down For You”
20.    Jesse Boykins III – “When You Get There”
21.    Lemon – “Better For You”
22.    SPZRKT – “Blind Man”
23.    Usher – “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
24.    Gallant – “Weight In Gold”
25.    Majid Jordan ft. Drake – “My Love”
26.    Raury – “Devil’s Whisper”
27.    Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – “Sunday Candy”

No archive of SNSS #527 available.

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There are few things better than when an artist comes out of (relatively speaking) nowhere to floor you with some incredible music.  I had heard the name Kali Uchis for the past few months but peeped my first track about 3 weeks ago, and have been anxiously awaiting this project since that moment.  Definitely feeling some Amy vibes on this.  Download her free debut project immediately!

Download here: Kali Uchis – Por Vida

SNSS listeners know that we welcomed Thaddeus David, Nacho Picasso, and Avatar Young Blaze in to our studio last week to debut their new “Sir Lancelot” record and now you can download the mp3 for yourself.  It’s somewhat of a different sound for Thad, but as you’d suspect with a MC of his caliber, he adapts his flow well for the track.  Nacho and Avatar sound at home too, with Nacho’s vocals cutting sharply through the beat and Av’s closing it out with his “scumbag of the year” verse. Download it below:

Mitch: New project from L’s.  Tracklist and download link below!  Peep his video for Stussy Pack here if you haven’t already.

[DOWNLOAD] AyeLogics – Live From The $in (Mixtape)

If you were lucky enough to hear Sound Session last night, you heard us debut a brand new record from the Physics called “My Place.”  That song is part of a special 3 song package that they released to the net today, which you can download right here.  “My Place” might be my favorite song out right now…from ANYWHERE…not just from Seattle.  Grab that ASAP.

It’s almost crazy to think that B.o.B hasn’t even dropped an official album yet. Fortunately that day is just a few months away, and until then we have this to hold us over. Alongside DJ Drama & DJ Sense he gives us the May25th mixtape. With guest appearances by J. Cole, fellow ’09 classmate Asher Roth, and more as well as production by Alchemist and Kanye this tape is sure to get a few plays on your iTunes.

Download here: B.o.B – May 25th

Dan has been one of my favorite MC’s for a minute but I think faaaaar too many folks are still unaware of the talent this dude has.  If you’re a fan of cats who spit hard like Royce, Elzhi, Reks, Fashawn, etc., you’re gonna love Dan’s music.  Peep his newest project, Hype Machine, ASAP.

Download here.

Yes y’all, the time has finally come for the release of the newest Cornerstone Mixtape, presented by J. Moore, DJ B-Mello, and yours truly.  For those of you who aren’t familiar, Cornerstone is one of the preeminent marketing companies in the music industry and they’ve been releasing a monthly mixtape for years.  The hosts of each edition are hand selected by the Cornerstone staff and to be picked is considered a pretty high honor within hip-hop, one we’re thankful and proud to receive.  Some of the past participants  include  legends like DJ Premier, Pete Rock, DJ Jazzy Jeff, the Fantastic Four (from Friday Night Flavas), DJ Revolution, and countless others.  J and I are excited to be able to join those ranks and represent Seattle alongside our longtime friend and fellow DJ, the original West Coast Tapemaster, DJ B-Mello.

To be honest, it’s a bit surreal to see myself plastered on one of these covers since I’ve been collecting the tapes for years.  To go from a kid bumming copies from my industry friends each month, to being added to the Cornerstone ship list (what up TNT!), to now helping host a tape myself…I can’t front, it’s a really cool feeling.  Big shout to the entire 1200 Squad, particularly Blaze Wong, J, Dru Ha, and Rob Stone, for working with me throughout my college radio years and now at KUBE with Sunday Night Sound Session.  They truly respect and live this culture, and they recognize folks who are helping keep it alive like J, Mello, and myself.  Much appreciated fellas.

Alright, enough sentimentality.  If you’re interested, peep the tracklisting for our mix and download it through one of the links below.  We finished this up back in April, so a few of the songs are a little old right now.  That said, I think we did a pretty damn good job keeping it current and we even managed to hang on to a couple exclusives…no small feat in this day and age.  As always, our goal was to provide you with some great music and perhaps expose you to an artist you might not be familiar with.

Please feel free to repost and share around the net to all your people.  Most importantly, just like on my old Beats, Rhymes, and Life mixtapes, remember to support the artists if you’re feeling their music!

Download Cornerstone Mixtape #115 – http://sharebee.com/9c9bde51
(back up link #1 – http://www.mediafire.com/?ejzak2y2itz)
(back up link #2 – http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7IHDF1P6)

Enjoy!

The homey Donny Goines is one of the hardest working and dopest MC’s on the come up right now.  If you tuned in to SNSS this past week, you heard us run “Sublime” off his brand new project, The Breakfast Club, and now the album is out…for free! (Welcome to the music industry in 2009 – music is officially $free.99).

Peep the tracks and excellent guest/production list below.

1 ) Don’t You Prod. by Cook Classics
2 ) Bring It Forward (New York, New York) Prod. by Versatile
3 ) Whatever It Is (Ft. Mela Machinko) Prod. by Frequency
4 ) Money (Ft. Mistah F.A.B) Prod. by DJ Static
5 ) Don’t Mess with a Woman (Ft. Amanda Diva & Naledge) Prod. by Dub Z
6 ) Sublime (Ft. Peter Hadar & Outasight) Prod. by Buckwild
7 ) She Like (Ft. Che Grand & Izza Kizza) Prod. by Apple Juice Kid
8 ) Make Me Feel (Ft. Emilio Rojas) Prod. by Kwame
9 ) Oh No (Ft. Patent Pending) Prod. by The Goverment
10 ) What U Expected Remix (Ft. Rain, Termanology, Reks & Big Lou) Prod. by Statik Selektah
11 ) A Love Song (Ft. Lydia Caesar & Skyzoo) Prod. by Digga
12 ) Closer Prod. by Dame Grease
13 ) Digital Genocide (Ft. Planet Asia & Poison Pen) Prod. by DJ Snips
14 ) Grateful (Ft. Tanya Morgan & Jeremy Carr) Prod. by Cookin Soul
15 ) Party Apple Prod. by Apple Juice Kid
16 ) Can’t Get it Right (Ft. A.Pinks, Esso & 6th Sense) Prod. by 6th Sense
17 ) These Times Prod. by Dub Z

Download here.

(image jacked from 2 Dope Boyz)

Murs and 9th Wonder made this EP two years ago and never released it, so with Murs For President dropping September 30th, they decided to use it for a nice promotional tool.  Download and donate on their site if you’re so inclined.  Nothing’s gonna top Murs 3:16 (The 9th Edition), but this will hold me over until the LP.

Download here.