The Audacity of Dope

While it’s been a minute since our last update, it’s been a pretty busy holiday season for the Sound Session crew.  We’ll save you all the individual details and give you a few key updates:

#1) The playlist for our last episode, Show #545 from January 17th, is below, but due to technical changes in the studio, we weren’t able to record it for the archive.  Apologies for that, as we featured some dope tracks you definitely need to peep from artists like Kanye, D.I.T.C., Anderson Paak, Curren$y, Majid Jordan, dvsn, PREP, Torae, Ryan Caraveo, Golden Rules, and more.

#2) As you may have heard, iHeartMedia has adjusted our station cluster in Seattle and KUBE has moved from 93.3 FM up the dial to 104.9 FM.  The end of the “KUBE 93” era means more to me than I would be able to put into words, but thankfully for us and Seattle, the brand lives on and the station is continuing to operate on 104.9 FM.  It’s an opportunity to start something new and write the next chapter for a legendary Seattle radio institution.  Change is never easy though, and we’d like to thank two people who helped Jon and I every step of the way with Sound Session over the last decade, but are now no longer with the company: Eric Powers and Karen Wild.  Thanks to both of you for everything and we’re excited to see your next moves.  You’ll always be a part of SNSS!

As for the show, we are off air this week in light of the changes but hope to be back on very soon.  We’ll keep everyone updated on the status and when you can hear us next.

Talk soon…

Show #545 (1/17/16)

1. Pusha T – “FIFA”
2. PRhyme (Royce Da 5’9” & DJ Premier) ft. MF Doom & Phonte – “Highs and Lows”
3. Chance The Rapper ft. Jeremih & R. Kelly – “Somewhere In Paradise”
4. Mic Phenom ft. King Leez & Dice – “No More” (Local Music)
5. Rapper Big Pooh & Nottz – “Fries”
6. Torae – “Get Down”
7. Puff Daddy & The Family ft. Jadakiss & Styles P – “Old Man Wildin’”
8. Logic ft. Lucy Rose – “Innermission”
9. Ryan Caraveo – “Like We Own This Place” (Local Music)
10. Fabolous ft. Dave East – “Summertime Sadness”
11. Kanye West ft. Ty Dolla Sign – “Real Friends”
12. D.I.T.C. – “Make Em So Proud (Hold Up)”
13. Rick Ross – “Crocodile Python”
14. DJ Quik – “Born and Raised In Compton” (Throwback of the Week)
15. Pearl Gates ft. Masta Ace & Ali De Leon – “The Ritual”
16. Anderson Paak – “Heart Don’t Stand A Chance”
17. Lute – “Still Slummin’”
18. Erykah Badu – “Phone Down”
19. Malice & Mario Sweet – “Got U” (Local Music)
20. Currensy ft. K Camp – “What’s Up”
21. Russ – “Moonlight In Atlanta”
22. Majid Jordan – “King City”
23. Adrian Younge ft. Loren Oden – “Sittin’ By The Radio”
24. Illa J – “Cannonball”
25. dvsn – “Too Deep”
26. Golden Rules (Eric Biddines & Paul White) – “It’s Over”
27. Omen ft. Donnie Trumpet – “48 Laws”
28. Brent Faiyaz – “Allure (Atu Remix)”
29. Kwabs ft. Zak Abel – “Cheating On Me (Tom Misch Refix)”
30. PREP – “Cheapest Flight (AlunaGeorge Remix)”

No archive available due to technical issues.

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As I mentioned on this week’s SNSS recap, Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 tour came through Seattle this weekend and pretty much shut down the city.  Along with Hov, J. Cole, Wale, and N.E.R.D. performed and all the opening acts came through our station (KUBE 93) to chop it up before the show.

In these clips, peep the homies Karen Wild and Producer L talk with Pharrell, Shay, and N.E.R.D.’s newest member, Rhea, all about their upcoming Instant Gratification album.  They also revealed some secrets behind their creative process in the studio and gave lots of insight to the motivation behind their art.  Some lucky listeners also got to ask the group a few questions as well.

Check out all 4 parts of the interview…P kicks knowledge throughout.