The Audacity of Dope

These are the shows you hate and you never forget.  We lost an incredible MC a few weeks ago and in tribute to Ruck aka Sean Price, we kicked off SNSS #530 with almost an hour of his classics.  While it felt great to relive all those verses and yell out “P!!!!” accordingly, it’s depressing to know that his newest release (Songs In The Key Of Price, cop it now!) is his last.  43 is way, way, way too young.  We need to ensure that our vets are taking care of themselves as they get older, especially because this lifestyle isn’t really conducive to healthy living.  RIP to a legend, one of the nastiest to ever pick up the mic, and condolences to our Duck Down fam.

In addition to our tribute to Ruck, we ran some new records from BJ The Chicago Kid, Dr. Dre, Method Man, Anik Khan, Macklemore, Warren G, Drake, Duckwrth, and more.  Local artist Huey P also dropped by to debut his new record, “206 / 253,” with Wale.

Show #530 (8-9-15)

1.    The Fab 5 (Heltah Skeltah & OGC) – “Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka” (Throwback of the Week)
2.    Heltah Skeltah – “Undastand” (Throwback of the Week)
3.    Sean Price ft. Tek – “Onion Head” (Throwback of the Week)
4.    Heltah Skeltah ft. Vinia Mojica – “Therapy” (Throwback of the Week)
5.    Heltah Skeltah – “The Art of Disrespekanization” (Throwback of the Week)
6.    Sean Price – “Jamaican” (Throwback of the Week)
7.    Sean Price ft. Rock – “P-Body” (Throwback of the Week)
8.    Sean Price – “Bar-Barian” (Throwback of the Week)
9.    Sean Price – “Figure Four” (Throwback of the Week)
10.    Mac Miller – “100 Grandkids”
11.    **INTERVIEW WITH HUEY P, PT. 1**
12.    Huey P ft. Wale – “206/253” (Local Music)
13.    **INTERVIEW WITH HUEY P, PT. 2**
14.    BJ The Chicago Kid ft. Joey Badass & Hannibal Buress – “Nothin But Love”
15.    Dr. Dre ft. BJ The Chicago Kid & Justus – “It’s All On Me”
16.    Method Man ft. Raekwon & Inspectah Deck – “The Purple Tape”
17.    Drake – “Right Hand”
18.    Travis Scott – “Antidote”
19.    Action Bronson & Joey Badass ft. Rico Love – “What About The Rest Of Us”
20.    Anik Khan – “Saul Bellow”
21.    Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ed Sheeran – “Growing Up (Sloane’s Song)” (Local Music)
22.    Sol – “Ain’t Gon Stop” (Local Music)
23.    Drake – “Hotline Bling”
24.    Warren G ft. E-40, Too Short, & Nate Dogg – “Saturday”
25.    Kendrick Lamar – “For Free (Interlude)”
26.    Wizkid ft. Drake & Skepta – “Ojuelegba (Remix)”
27.    Duckwrth x The Kickdrums – “Psycho”

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New music on this week’s SNSS from the likes of T.I., Maffew Ragazino, Danny Brown, Mac Miller, OnCue, Yonas Michael, Miguel, Actual Proof, and more.  Plus, the legendary Buckshot of Black Moon and the Boot Camp Clik called in to talk about BCC’s show at The Crocodile that went down Monday night here in Seattle.  Be sure to see the whole crew when they come to your town!

Show #355 (4-1-12)

1. T.I. – “I Need Dollas”
2. Big K.R.I.T. – “Temptation”
3. Maffew Ragazino – “Amaretto Sour”
4. Danny Brown – “Grown Up”
5. Steven A. Clark – “Don’t Have You”
6. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Fly Girl Get’em”
7. Mac Miller ft. Iman Omari – “Sunlight”
8. OnCue – “Kinda Late”
9. Akrish – “Without You” (Local Music)
10. Action Bronson – “Blue Chips”
11. Kardinal Offishall – “Kill Shot”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH BUCKSHOT (OF BOOT CAMP CLIK)**
13. Heltah Skeltah ft. OGC – “Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka” (Throwback of the Week)
14. Nas – “The Don”
15. Busta Rhymes ft. Twista – “Can U Keep Up”
16. Tope ft. TiRon & Caitlin Cardier – “Midnight” (Local Music)
17. Yuna – “Live Your Life”
18. THEESatisfaction – “Bitch” (Local Music)
19. Yonas Michael – “Jimi 84”
20. Frank Ocean ft. MeLo-X – “White (MeLo-X Gentrification Mix)”
21. Reef The Lost Cauze – “The Prey”
22. Actual Proof – “Black Boy Radio”
23. Slum Village ft. De La Soul – “Turning Me Off”
24. Miguel – “…ALL”
25. Kavinsky ft. Lovefoxxx – “Nightcall”

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Some visuals for one of the dope freestyles off Kimbo Price.  Every time we use this beat on Sound Session, people ask what it is.  Have you forgotten this classic from Pace Won?

Hahahah, Ruck and Rock are having too much fun these days.  Here’s their description of the newest video of D.I.R.T.:

Y’all might be gettin’ a little tired of all that Hip-Hop so we’re on that Rock ish (no pun) on this one. You might know them as the Boot Camp BK duo Ruck and Rock, or Heltah Skeltah, but here they assume the group name Special Education (consisting of members: Johny Rambo, Monstaman, Guitarded, unamed, and “Death to cabs in New Jersey”) for their latest vid “Ruck N Roll.” The video was directed by Rik Cordero and the song is off of Heltah Skeltah’s upcoming album D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team) in stores 9/30.

Cop that!  Shout to my Duckdown fam.

My thoughts:

• Illmind killed that beat.
• Sean and Rock murdered their verses, especially P.
• Rock’s “…and I like Macy Gray” line reminds me of one of my pet peeves: if you use someone for a punchline, don’t apologize right afterward.  Especially if it’s someone like Macy Gray.  I think Royce did the same thing with an Omarion line a while back.  You’re a dope, grimy rapper…why are you copping out of dissing somebody like Macy Gray or Omarion?  wtfffff.
• Why’d the Charlie Manson character look like a cross between Carrot Top and “The Interrupter” off Conan O’Brien’s show?
• Look out for D.I.R.T. dropping September 30th!

Heltah Skeltah – “Everything Is Heltah Skeltah”

Swiped from OnSmash.

One of my favorite MC’s of all time, Catashtrophe, was spotted rhyming with J-Ro, E-Swift, and Heltah Skeltah somewhere, but I’m too lazy to find out all the details.  I assume this is courtesy of SP1200.net, so perhaps they’ll have the details.  Wait, a session broke out and they rapped over “Tried By 12“?  Didn’t see that coming…naht.

Bonus video of Tha Liks performing “Only When I’m Drunk” after the jump.  How did a group called Tha Alkaholiks become one of my favorite groups when I don’t even drink?  Oh yeah, they make dope ish.  I need some new Tash in my life ASAP.

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