The Audacity of Dope

Another week of Sound Session, another episode packed full of good music and good conversation with some of our favorite folks in the Northwest.  This week, Miguel Rockwell (host of The Biggest podcast and member of Clockwork, the fellas responsible for the first local music we played on SNSS) and Sol joined Nphared and I to catch up, talk shop, and share some more memories of J. Moore.  We also ran new cuts from Raekwon, Joey Badass + Schoolboy Q, Logic, Anna Wise, Jidenna, Sylvan LaCue, Brother Ali, GoldLink, Kendrick, and more.  Throwback in honor of the first album I ever bought, an absolute classic.

Enjoy the episode and for those of you lucky enough to get tickets to Jon’s memorial show, we’ll see you Friday.

Show #589 (4/2/17)
**Co-hosted by DJ Nphared, Miguel Rockwell, & Sol**

1. J.I.D – “Never”
2. Raekwon – “This Is What It Comes Too”
3. Joey Badass ft. Schoolboy Q – “Rockabye”
4. Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
5. Logic – “Everybody”
6. Tuxedo (Mayer Hawthorne & Jake One) – “Back In Town” (Local Music)
7. Anna Wise – “Some Mistakes”
8. GoldLink ft. Wale & Radiant Children – “Summatime”
9. Dave B – “Kandi” (Local Music)
10. Smino – “Spitshine”
11. THURZ – “Iconic”
12. Drake – “Do Not Disturb”
13. Jidenna – “Bambi”
14. Sol – “Marathons” (Local Music)
15. Sylvan LaCue – “Grateful”
16. Brother Ali – “Own Light (What Hearts Are For)”
17. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper” (Throwback of the Week)

Download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWTUtMZG5uSmV2T00

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Apologies for the delay in getting last week’s SNSS episode up, but never fear, here’s episode #561 in all its glory.  New records from Warm Brew, Otis Junior, Lion Babe, The Game, Porter Ray, Dave B & Sango, Kembe X, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Torii Wolf & DJ Premier, Grace, De La Soul, and more.  Double throwback on this show, celebrating two albums that turned 25 about a week ago and each spawned classic hip-hop records.

Enjoy!

Show #561 (7/24/16)

1. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “Summertime (Still Summertime Remix)” (Throwback of the Week)
2. Warm Brew ft. Hugh Augustine & SiR – “No Time”
3. Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff – “Reaching”
4. Lion Babe – “Rain Drums”
5. The Avalanches ft. Camp Lo – “Because I’m Me”
6. Apathy – “Attention Deficit Disorder”
7. DJ Khaled ft. Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar, & Betty Wright – “Holy Key”
8. A-F-R-O & Marco Polo ft. Pharoahe Monch – “Swarm”
9. Joe Budden – “Freedom Freestyle”
10. The Game ft. Jeremih – “Let Me Know”
11. BANKS – “F*ck With Myself”
12. Dusky ft. Wiley – “Sort It Out Sharon”
13. Schoolboy Q ft. Tha Dogg Pound – “Big Body”
14. De La Soul ft. Gina Loring – “Royalty Capes”
15. Dave B & Sango – “Got It From” (Local Music)
16. Porter Ray ft. Jus Moni – “2 Keep You” (Local Music)
17. Rexx Life Raj – “Young Wardell”
18. Kembe X – “Loosie”
19. Logic – “Super Mario World”
20. KnowMads – “Smoker’s Corner” (Local Music)
21. Main Source ft. Nas, Joe Fatal, & Akinyele – “Live At The Barbeque” (Throwback of the Week)
22. GoldLink – “Dark Skin Women (Chris McClenney Remix)”
23. PARTYNEXTDOOR – “Not Nice”
24. Torii Wolf – “Shadows Crawl”
25. Chance The Rapper ft. Big Sean, Smino, & Jeremih – “Living Single”
26. Grace – “Boys Boys Boys”

Link to download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWSGlwM19hMGJSaWs

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New music on this week’s SNSS episode from artists like Raz Simone, Gifted Gab, Earl Sweatshirt, Your Old Droog, Pusha T, Drew Dave, Kenn Starr, eMC, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Ryan Caraveo, June Marieezy, Bambu, The Masks, Tinashe, MNEK, YNIQ, Wale, SZA, and more.  Lots of great music out right now.  For our throwbacks, we dipped into the way back machine and pulled out tracks from two legendary groups that celebrated album anniversaries in the last week.  Enjoy the show!

Show #511 (3-29-15)

1.    Raz Simone ft. Gifted Gab & Fatal Lucciauno – “Same Problems” (Local Music)
2.    Earl Sweatshirt – “Faucet”
3.    Your Old Droog – “Get The Paper”
4.    J. Cole – “G.O.M.D.”
5.    iSHi ft. Pusha T – “Push It”
6.    Martell Webster ft. C. Denaro – “Exposed” (Local Music)
7.    Drew Dave ft. Kenn Starr – “TechnoGroove”
8.    eMC ft. Pearl Gates – “Fly Thoughts”
9.    Kendrick Lamar – “Mortal Man”
10.    DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “As We Go” (Throwback of the Week)
11.    Run-D.M.C. – “Sucker M.C.’s” (Throwback of the Week)
12.    Drake – “No Tellin”
13.    Ryan Caraveo – “Jealousy” (Local Music)
14.    DJ EFN ft. Talib Kweli, Wrekonize, & Redman – “Paradise”
15.    Action Bronson – “Terry”
16.    MNEK – “In Your Clouds”
17.    YNIQ – “Counting Down The Daze”
18.    June Marieezy – “Fly (FKJ Remix)”
19.    Bluey Robinson ft. Bento BDA – “Dive In”
20.    Tinashe – “Wrong”
21.    Wale ft. SZA – “The Need To Know”
22.    Bambu – “No Can”
23.    Russ – “Lonely In Times Square”
24.    The Masks ft. Courtney Bennett – “Say Say”

Stream/Download via Soundcloud:

(back up – https://www.sendspace.com/file/ecxwuv)

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.

Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your friends and family yesterday and today, I hope you’re more focused on leftovers and additional family time than Black Friday sales.  I don’t know about y’all, but the flurry of deals bombarding me across every medium and social network is a continual reminder to focus on my needs vs. my wants.  Spend your dollars wisely, or not at all (#BlackoutBlackFriday).

Enjoy this week’s SNSS for new music from Royce Da 5’9″, DJ Premier, Pusha T, Wu-Tang Clan, SZA, Willow, Jaden Smith, Rochelle Jordan, DistantStarr, Elzhi, Outasight, Kev Brown, Romaro Franceswa, Tope, Made In Heights, and more.  Good show, don’t sleep…

Show #493 (11-23-14)

1.    PRhyme (Royce Da 5’9” & DJ Premier) – “PRhyme”
2.    Wu-Tang Clan – “Necklace”
3.    Ghostface Killah ft. Kandace Springs – “Love Don’t Live Here No More”
4.    Rick Ross – “Family Ties”
5.    Pusha T – “Lunch Money”
6.    Romaro Franceswa – “Bout That Life” (Local Music)
7.    Tope ft. CashUs King – “Red Light” (Local Music)
8.    Shad & DJ T.Lo – “Hang On”
9.    Luke Christopher – “Ms. Holy Water”
10.    Outasight – “Invitation”
11.    Big K.R.I.T. ft. Mara Hruby – “Do You Love Me”
12.    SZA – “Sobriety”
13.    Willow ft. SZA – “9”
14.    Jaden Smith – “Symba”
15.    DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “Brand New Funk” (Throwback of the Week)
16.    Raleigh Ritchie ft. Little Simz – “Cuckoo”
17.    Rochelle Jordan – “Good One”
18.    Anderson Paak – “Put You On”
19.    Made In Heights – “Panther” (Local Music)
20.    Tom Misch & Carmody – “Paper Planes”
21.    DistantStarr – “Smooth”
22.    Kev Brown & Hassaan Mackey ft. Asheru & Grap Luva – “What You Got”
23.    Signif ft. Elzhi – “Play 2 Win”
24.    Hanni El Khatib ft. GZA – “Moonlight (Remix)”
25.    Tiga ft. Pusha T – “Bugatti (Remix)”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/1b9b60a2af/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_493%2C_11-23-14.mp3
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/a85smjt7pv8y)
(2nd back up – http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/63425084/file.html)

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Why does summer have to end?!  Why can’t life always be this easy?!  And when am I gonna be invited to a pool party with Maxine Ashley?

Aw man.  First off, you know anything related to the greatest show of all time, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is automatically getting posted.  Second, Shad can really rhyme and this track is dope.  Everything I’ve heard from dude, I’ve liked.  Good to see another dope Canadian MC (shout to Kardi & the Black Jays, Drake, Web, Moka, etc.), since somebody has to rep our neighbors to the north properly…lord knows their athletes aren’t doing it*.

*ok, ok.  You guys have picked it up after a horrible first week.  Took you waaaaay too long to get going though.

Swiped from Pitchfork.

As I mentioned in the Throwback post about JJ+FP, there have been rumors that Jeff and Will would team up for some performances this summer in support of Hancock.  The homey Mick Boogie DJ’d at the premier in Los Angeles and managed to get some footage of their quick set (“Summertime,” a freestyle joint, and “Brand New Funk”).  Hopefully we see some actual dates, and not just a few one offs.  The video isn’t the greatest quality, but still, this is so dope.

Bonus:  DJ Jazzy Jeff on Sound Session (April ’07) – http://www.mediafire.com/?02eemmjopxa

In honor of seeing the latest Will Smith flick, Hancock, last night, I thought I’d post up one of my favorite albums of all time.  DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince literally changed my life, since they’re responsible for the first hip-hop I ever heard.  Plus, my entire sense of humor was shaped by their music and the greatest TV show of all time, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”  The first cassette I owned was Rock The House when I was 6 years old (woah…20 years ago), but their second album, He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper, was the joint that put me over the top.  I must have listened to it a million times, and to this day, I still have every line, adlib, and scratch memorized.  Clearly, part of my affinity for this LP is sentimental, but I think it’s still dope music that stands the test of time.  Peep the title track for example, where Will absolutely blacks out.  Black Thought has said it was his favorite verse growing up, and that rhyme alone is greater than the careers of most contemporary rappers.

If you’ve never heard this album, listening to it for the first time in 2008 clearly won’t mean the same for you as it did for me, but you need to check it out.  If you remember it, but haven’t pulled it out in ages, do so.  Afterall, it’s summer…and that’s officially JJ+FP time.  There are even rumors that we might see some tour dates from Jeff and Will over the next few months (if they come to Seattle, it’s a WRAP).  And go see Hancock…it’s dope.

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper

Bonus: The Smoking Section has the other JJ+FP albums up for download right here.