The Audacity of Dope

Huge shout out to Mediafire for randomly deleting all of our archived episodes of Sound Session without any warning or explanation.  I’m hoping they’ll put our files back, but in the interim, all we’ve got is this week’s SNSS.  It makes the perfect Valentine’s Day gift though…trust me.

Oh…and legitimate shouts to Homeboy Sandman for lacing us with a new intro (workinonit!) and for The Good Sin and Fatal Lucciauno for dropping by the studio to talk about their upcoming projects.

Show #348 (2-12-12)

1. Big K.R.I.T. – “Boobie Miles”
2. Gangrene – “Flame Throwers”
3. Planet Asia – “Golden State”
4. Phonte – “The Good Fight”
5. Brother Ali ft. Nikki Jean – “Shine On”
6. Grynch ft. Brother Ali & Shaprece – “So Far” (Local Music)
7. Young Jeezy ft. Jay-Z, Drake, & Andre 3000 – “I Do (Remix)”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH THE GOOD SIN & BLAKK SOUL, PT. 1**
9. The Good Sin ft. Blakk Soul – “Mission Impossible” (Local Music)
10. MadKem – “Ms. Badu”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH THE GOOD SIN & BLAKK SOUL, PT. 2**
12. The Kid Daytona ft. Melanie Fiona – “Love Is Love”
13. J-88 – “The Look of Love, Pt. 2” (Throwback of the Week)
14. Chip Tha Ripper ft. Kid Cudi – “GloryUs”
15. Maffew Ragazino ft. Das Racist – “Jackson Pollock”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH FATAL LUCCIAUNO, PT. 1**
17. Kardinal Offishall – “Ignant Shh”
18. Stacy Barthe ft. John Legend – “No Strings Attached”
19. Fatal Lucciauno – “Live Freestyle”
20. **INTERVIEW WITH FATAL LUCCIAUNO, PT. 2**
21. Fatal Lucciauno ft. J. Pinder – “Amazing” (Local Music)
22. Omar Aura ft. B Free – “Balla”
23. **INTERVIEW WITH FATAL LUCCIAUNO, PT. 3**
24. Drake – “Look What You’ve Done”
25. Rittz ft. Nikkiya – “Paradise”

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In the immortal words of Hov, “it was all good just a week ago.”  Last Monday, I was enjoying the start of my vacation with sun, soccer, and the prospect of being out of the office for a few days.  This week, it’s rainy, my vacation is over, and I’m stuck at home with a little cold.  This is where you bring up #firstworldproblems…

On the plus side, once I recover from this cold and finish the week, I’ll be starting my new day job at ESPN next Monday.  As a result of their “Rookie Camp” orientation at Bristol’s headquarters, I’ll be missing SNSS next week but J. Moore will hold it down solo.  If you miss my voice, you’re creepy you can just download this week’s show and enjoy!

Show #325 (8-21-11)

1. Dom Kennedy – “Money Don’t Stop”
2. Jay Rock – “Elbows”
3. Game – “Ricky”
4. Thurz ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Hell’s Angel”
5. 2Pac – “Temptations” (Throwback of the Week)
6. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – “Can’t Hold Us” (Local Music)
7. Asher Roth – “In The Kitchen”
8. Trackademicks ft. Freddie Gibbs, Phonte, & 1-O.A.K. – “Chill”
9. JayKin – “V.A.N. II” (Local Music)
10. SBTRKT ft. Little Dragon & Shabazz Palaces – “Wildfire (Drumma Boy Remix)”
11. Frank Ocean – “Swim Good”
12. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Gotta Have It”
13. Styles P ft. Busta Rhymes & Rick Ross – “Harsh”
14. Mayer Hawthorne – “A Long Time (Chromeo Remix)”
15. Omar Aura ft. Fashawn – “1,000 Palm Trees”
16. The Physics – “Chalk Up Tomorrow” (Local Music)
17. Union ft. Elzhi – “Wings”
18. Black Rob – “Can’t Make It In NY”
19. Maffew Ragazino – “Short Yellow Bus Theory”
20. Phil Ade – “Coming Home”
21. The Weeknd ft. Drake – “The Zone”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?q54yn1jkhcfhn4i
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Another week in the books and another reminder why as maddening as this industry can be, there are still so many dope people involved and so many good reasons why we can’t give it up.  On Wednesday, J. Moore and I checked out one of our favorite groups (and my fellow Swedish brethren), Little Dragon, for their third performance at Nectar in Seattle.  Since we’ve been supporting the group for a bit (peep one of our older interviews & their new music video right here), they’re the homies these days and it’s always fun to catch up with them.  The band is blowing up so in between touring with the Gorillaz and lead singer Yukimi recording for Raphael Saadiq’s upcoming album, you need to go check them out when they’re in your town.  Has Sound Session ever steered you wrong about an artist?

If you answered, “yes, remember Kevin Michael?”…you win.  But that wasn’t our fault!  He had all the tools to be a dope artist and perhaps one day we’ll see that fulfilled.  That said, I’m still struggling to see how you go from this…to this?  Ruh roh.  Even Lauryn told him to reel it in a notch.

Anyway, we followed up Little Dragon by chopping it up with close friend of the show, Lupe Fiasco, on Friday.  We ran a contest allowing 20 listeners to win a meet and greet by submitting their favorite Lupe verse and, quite simply, the responses floored me.  We had about 200 entrants in less than 2 days and almost every verse was different.  It was amazing to see how many people Lu has inspired with his music and also to such degrees.  There were stanzas in his verses that literally changed peoples’ lives.  Pretty cool.

After the meet and greet, we broadcast a live interview with Lu over the net and followed that up with a web chat firing listener questions at him.  You can see both archived as one video right here and while we may produce some snazzier looking video in the coming week(s) for the blogs, there’s a TON of great Lupe info in there for you right now.  We discussed everything from his upcoming album…to food…to his surprisingly balleriffic car collection.  And on that note, Lu wanted to make sure everyone saw his endorsement of the Corvette ZHZ he rented from Hertz while in town, so we grabbed some footage on the iPhone just cause.  Laughs here.

So yeah…after yet another week filled with #inboxmadness, sometimes you need these little reminders as to why we do what we do.  Above all, it’s just the music…but it’s vital to interact with other music lovers, not listeners, every now and then.  We’re a dying breed…

Show #294 (1-16-11)

1. J. Cole – “Too Deep For The Intro”
2. Outasight – “Losing My Mind”
3. Thee Tom Hardy ft. GQ – “So Outrageous”
4. Slaughterhouse ft. The Lox – “Put Some Money On It (Remix)”
5. Roc Marciano ft. Sean Price – “Snow (Remix)”
6. Saigon ft. Faith Evans – “Clap”
7. Killer Mike – “Burn”
8. Ghostface Killah ft. Killah Priest & GZA – “Purified Thoughts”
9. ChillxWill – “Systems” (Local Music)
10. Kanye West & Jay-Z – “H.A.M.”
11. Kanye West – “Hell Of A Life”
12. U-N-I – “Donkey Kong”
13. TiRon & Ayomari – “Good Food”
14. Brothers From Another ft. Sol & JusMoni – “New Easy Lift” (Local Music)
15. Asher Roth & Nottz ft. Colin Munroe – “Dontcha Wanna Be (My Neighbor)”
16. Talib Kweli – “I’m On One”
17. Fortilive ft. Skyzoo – “Jim Kelly”
18. John Crown – “Be’s That Way” (Local Music)
19. Big Sean – “Final Hour”
20. Lupe Fiasco – “The Show Goes On”
21. Black Star – “Brown Skin Lady” (Throwback of the Week)
22. JR & PH7 ft. Shawn Jackson – “She Loves Me”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?5p6t9y1laqc9f8z
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It’s moving week, so I’ll keep this short:

• If you missed the video of our recent interviews with Bilal and Yelawolf, be sure to check ’em out on the blog.  Two very different, but very dope, artists.
• If you’re in Seattle, come check out U-N-I performing live at the University of Washington Ethnic Cultural Theater on Wednesday, Dec. 8th (aka…TONIGHT!).  I’ll be DJ’ing and you should remember how live it was last time.  More details here.
• Enjoy the episode of SNSS for new music from T.I., Lloyd Banks, Spragga Benz, Cee Lo, Kendrick Lamar, The Kid Daytona, Curren$y, and many more, plus Neema and Latin Rose joining us live in studio.  A good time was had by all…

Show #288 (12-5-10)

1. Yelawolf – “Daddy’s Lambo”
2. T.I. – “Salute”
3. Kendrick Lamar ft. School Boy Q – “Michael Jordan”
4. The Kid Daytona – “Padma (So Buttery)”
5. Lloyd Banks – “Reach Out”
6. The Left – “One Day”
7. JR & PH7 ft. Elzhi & Frank-N-Dank – “The City”
8. Fashawn ft. Night & Dirty Money – “Ride & Smokin’”
9. **INTERVIEW WITH NEEMA, PT. 1**
10. Neema ft. Latin Rose – “4 AM Phone Calls” (Local Music)
11. No One (Noni Spitz & Dae One) ft. AP – “Unfaithful”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH NEEMA, PT. 2**
13. Kanye West ft. Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Fergie, Elton John, & more – “All Of The Lights”
14. Curren$y – “Famous”
15. Avatar Young Blaze ft. Isabella du Graf – “Wishing On A Dream” (Local Music)
16. J. Cole ft. Drake – “In The Morning”
17. Spragga Benz ft. Marcia Griffiths – “No Way, No How”
18. Bambu – “The Rock Rock On”
19. Head Like A Kite ft. Tilson (of the Saturday Knights) & Asy (of Smoosh) – “Diamond Paint” (Local Music)
20. Kid Cudi – “Mojo So Dope”
21. 2Pac ft. Stretch – “Pain” (Throwback of the Week)
22. Cee Lo Green – “Satisfied”

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Pretty busy, as usual, so I’ll just hit y’all with the basics tonight.  Enjoy the show!

Show #277 (9-19-10)

1. CyHi Da Prynce – “Studder”
2. Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun ft. Raekwon – “Prevail”
3. Wiz Khalifa – “Black & Yellow”
4. The Kid Daytona – “The Champ”
5. Consequence – “Got Me Trippin’ (The Amerie Joint)”
6. Kooley High – “Atmosphere”
7. Trackademicks ft. Phonte – “Fool On The Hill”
8. Eighty4 Fly ft. Nipsey Hussle – “Until We Bleed” (Local Music)
9. Aleon Craft – “Early Moan”
10. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz – “Power (Remix)”
11. Kanye West ft. Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, & Bon Iver – “Monster”
12. J. Cole – “Villematic”
13. Bilal – “All Matter”
14. Black Milk ft. Mr. Porter – “Closed Chapter”
15. John Legend & The Roots ft. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “Hard Times (J. Period Remix)”
16. Blue Scholars – “Lumiere” (Local Music)
17. The Foreign Exchange – “Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me”
18. Notorious B.I.G. – “Unbelievable” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Language Arts – “Roll With The Winners” (Local Music)
20. Mayer Hawthorne – “No Strings”
21. M.I.A. ft. Jay-Z – “XXXO (Remix)”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?pjt6ly2wqjunkql
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Yup yup, nothing but the bizness (shout to Dow, Henny, & Kuddie) this week.  Look out for the full interview with Little Dragon to be posted soon on the bloggy blogg.  Enjoy!

Show #242 (1-17-10)

1. Snoop Dogg ft. Jay-Z – “I Wanna Rock (Kings G-Mix)”
2. Lupe Fiasco – “I’m Beaming”
3. Outasight – “Don’t Say Anything”
4. Reflection Eternal ft. Jay Electronica, J. Cole, & Mos Def – “Just Begun”
5. Statik Selektah ft. Bun B, Wale, & Colin Munroe – “So Close, So Far”
6. Joell Ortiz ft. Novel – “Like I Know”
7. Self Scientific – “Designer Music”
8. Freeway & Jake One – “She Makes Me Feel Alright” (Local Music)
9. Drake – “Zone”
10. Consequence ft. Diddy, the Lox, & John Legend – “Whatever U Want (Bad Boy Remix)”
11. The Knux – “Floozy”
12. IsWhat?! – “Fanta (Arch Cupcake Remix)”
13. Fashawn – “Hard Freestyle”
14. AB ft. Slum Village – “Feels So Good”
15. CurT@!n$ – “Exodus”
16. Apathy – “I’m A Demigod”
17. Rhymefest ft. Little Brother & Darien Brockington – “How High”
18. **INTERVIEW WITH LITTLE DRAGON (SNIPPET)**
19. Little Dragon – “Runabout”
20. SOTA (State of the Artist) – “Common Senses” (Local Music)
21. Clemm Rishad ft. Adrian – “Windows” (Local Music)
22. Shaun Boothe ft. Talib Kweli – “Concepts”
23. Jay Electronica – “Exhibit C”

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As I mentioned, I’ve been having massive computer problems recently, so this post is about a week too late.  That said, I’m a completist and definitely feel the need to archive every SNSS episode that I can.  If you missed it live, here you go!

Show #236 (12-6-09)

1. Kardinal Offishall – “We Gon’ Go”
2. Gift of Gab – “Richman, Poorman”
3. Felt – “Bass For Your Truck”
4. Wale ft. J. Cole & Melanie Fiona – “Beautiful Bliss”
5. Lupe Fiasco – “Fireman Freestyle (Yoga Flame)”
6. Statik Selektah ft. Bahamadia – “Do What I Believe”
7. Freeway & Jake One – “Know What I Mean” (Local Music)
8. D-Black – “No Ordinary Love”
9. James Pants ft. Mayer Hawthorne – “Thin Moon (Remix)”
10. Idle Warship – “Bedroom Lites”
11. RJD2 ft. Kenna – “Games You Can Win”
12. B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars – “Nothing On You”
13. Eminem – “Drop The Bomb On ‘Em”
14. Royce Da 5’9″ ft. Bun B & Joell Ortiz – “Hood Love”
15. The Niceguys – “Supreme Team”
16. El Michels Affair ft. Diamond District – “The PJ’s (Remix)”
17. CunninLynguists ft. Grieves, Geologic, & Macklemore – “Close Your Eyes” (Local Music)
18. Budo & Krukid – “HalfPastHell” (Local Music)
19. Chikaramanga ft. Big Tone – “Cool”
20. Louwop ft. Shad – “One 2 Check”
21. Paten Locke – “Ventilation P. Locke”

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Back again with another edition of SNSS, highlighting the latest and greatest music out there each week.  This time around, we ran new cuts from folks like J. Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Keelay & Zaire, BK-One, Shad, Janelle Monae, J*Davey, Yoshi, and many more.  We also gave out some tickets for an upcoming Ghostface Killah show here in Seattle, but if you missed it, don’t fret: we’ll have more tix in the coming weeks.

Yep.  Pretty much what we do.

Show #228 (10-11-09)

1. Sean Price & Buckshot – “Can’t Fight The Feeling”
2. Skyzoo – “Under Pressure”
3. Raekwon ft. Cappadonna & Ghostface Killah – “10 Bricks”
4. Ghostface Killah ft. Fabolous & Shareefa – “Guest House”
5. They Live – “Meth Heads” (Local Music)
6. J. Cole – “Welcome”
7. Strong Arm Steady ft. Talib Kweli – “Okay (Get Started)”
8. KRS-One & Buckshot ft. Mary J. Blige – “The Way I Live”
9. Lupe Fiasco – “Fire”
10. Debaser (Sapient & Ethic) ft. Phat Kat & Rasco – “Out Front” (Local Music)
11. Crown City Rockers – “Make It Hotter”
12. Keelay & Zaire ft. Tunji, Thurzday, Kam Moye, Ragen Fykes, & the Park – “Addicts For Real (Remix)
13. Big Boi ft. Too $hort & George Clinton – “For Yo’ Sorrows”
14. BK-One ft. Brother Ali & Scarface – “American Nightmare”
15. Shad ft. Jermiside & Destruments – “The Calling”
16. Grynch ft. RA Scion & Illa J – “You Know Me (Remix)” (Local Music)
17. Yoshi ft. Buff1 & Darien Brockington – “Magnetic”
18. Peter, Bjorn, & John ft. Drake – “Let’s Call It Off (Remix)”
19. Janelle Monae – “Come Alive (The War Of The Roses)”
20. J*Davey – “End Of Your World (Mama’s Back)”
21. Joss Stone ft. Nas – “Governmentalist”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?xmymyiyukym
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After another long winter and spring, it finally feels like summer here in the 206.  If you’re anything like me, the perfect complement to 70-80 degree weather is a good soundtrack and that’s exactly what we’re giving you each week with SNSS.  Peep the latest episode featuring dope new music from folks like Drake, Kid Cudi, B.o.B, Asher Roth, U-N-I, P.Casso, Tanya Morgan, Homeboy Sandman, Donny Goines, Outasight, Brother Ali, Marco Polo & Torae, Chester French, Fresh Daily, Oddisee, Santigold, and more.  We were also joined in studio by two of our illest up-and-coming Seattle MC’s, J. Pinder and Shawn Starr, and we aired a snippet of our interview with Exile.  We’ll be posting up the full interview on the site soon, but in the meantime…

Show #209 (5-31-09)

1. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne – “Ignant Sh*t Freestyle”
2. Kid Cudi – “Super Boo”
3. U-N-I – “Land Of The Kings”
4. B.o.B – “Put It On Me ’09 (Reebok Classic Mix)”
5. Brother Ali – “Real As Can Be”
6. Tanya Morgan ft. Jermiside – “Don’t U Holla”
7. P.Casso ft. Von Pea & Homeboy Sandman – “Best In Show”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH SHAWN STARR & J. PINDER, PT. 1**
9. Shawn Starr ft. GMK – “Past The Games” (Local Artist)
10. Mos Def – “Casa Bey”
11. Skyzoo ft. Talib Kweli & Reks – “When I Rhyme”
12. Donny Goines ft. Outasight & Peter Hadar – “Sublime”
13. Scribes – “Can You Hear Me” (Local Artist)
14. **INTERVIEW WITH EXILE (SNIPPET)**
15. Blu & Exile – “Love Line”
16. Santigold – “Your Voice”
17. Fresh Daily ft. Oddisee & Mela Machinko – “Universal Medicine”
18. Asher Roth – “Sour Patch Kids”
19. Guilty Simpson – “Stress”
20. Bruce Leroy – “Million Dollar Dream” (Local Artist)
21. Marco Polo & Torae ft. Masta Ace & Sean Price – “Hold Up”
22. Chester French ft. Wale – “I’m Sorry”
23. Windimoto ft. Phonte – “Don’t Let Me Leave Alone”
24. **INTERVIEW WITH SHAWN STARR & J. PINDER, PT. 2**

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I’m multitasking a little too much right now (watching the NBA, answering emails, listening to demos, talking on AIM, updating Twitter, blogging, etc.), so I’m not even gonna try to be witty or anything.  You guys know the drill anyway…here’s the latest edition of SNSS, complete with new joints from Maxwell, Slakah The BeatChild ft. Drake, PackFM, XV, P.Casso, Reflection Eternal, Chester French, and many more.  There’s only so much dopeness you can pack into an hour and a half of commercial radio…100K-watts like what.

Show #205 (5-3-09)

1. Dyme Def ft. Saigon – “Pick Up Ya Flow” (Local Artist)
2. Statik Selektah ft. Styles P & Talib Kweli – “The Thrill Is Gone”
3. Blu & Exile – “Love Line”
4. Slakah The BeatChild ft. Drake – “Enjoy Ya Self (Remix)”
5. Drake – “November 18th”
6. Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
7. Tanya Morgan – “On Our Way”
8. PackFM – “Absolutely Positive”
9. Asher Roth ft. Cee-Lo – “Be By Myself”
10. XV ft. El Prez – “Please Hold”
11. U-N-I – “Windows”
12. Pep Love ft. Otayo Dubb & LB – “No Doubt”
13. Chali 2Na ft. Talib Kweli – “Lock Sh*t Down”
14. Macklemore – “The Party” (Local Artist)
15. Reflection Eternal – “Back Again”
16. De La Soul – “Big Mouf”
17. Clipse ft. Kanye West – “Kinda Like A Big Deal”
18. Toni Hill – “Rose” (Local Artist)
19. Chester French – “Bebe Buell”
20. P.Casso – “Mind Over Matter”
21. Elzhi – “Deep”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?qywvazntzgx
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