The Audacity of Dope

Cleaning up and organizing my archives today and I came across these videos of our Studio 93 interview with Big Sean from 9/11/13.  As he mentioned at the beginning of the first video, Sound Session gave Sean one of his first major radio interviews and we’ve been homies ever since. One of the coolest and nicest dudes in the biz. It’s always a ton of fun to chop it up with him.

We never posted it or blasted it out since the production value is pretty much non-existent.  A year later, it’s obviously older content, but it’s still a fun discussion that has some interesting insight from Sean on his music and life.  It’s something that belongs in the SNSS library here on TAOD.

This week’s Sound Session was another good one.  We played new records from Run The Jewels, Big K.R.I.T., Logic, Esta, Drake, Miguel, Mansions On The Moon, Nas (Dilla!), Janine and the Mixtape, denitia and sene, Black Milk, 14KT, and more.  Plus, our homey Russ called in to talk about all the buzz he’s been making over the past year or so and what it’s like to be on the verge of really breaking through to the masses.  Watch out for this kid…labels are circling like vultures.

Enjoy the show!

Show #490 (11-2-14)

1.    Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P) ft. Zack De La Rocha – “Close Your Eyes (And Count To F*ck)”
2.    Logic – “Soul Food”
3.    Big K.R.I.T. ft. Raphael Saadiq – “Soul Food”
4.    Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef – “Bus Stops” (Local Music)
5.    Drake – “How Bout Now”
6.    Esta ft. SPZRKT – “Can’t Wait”
7.    Ludacris ft. Miguel – “Good Lovin’”
8.    Theophilus London ft. Kanye West – “Can’t Stop”
9.    Mansions On The Moon – “Take A Ride”
10.    Nao vs. A.K. Paul – “So Good”
11.    Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar & Chantal Kreviazuk – “Pay For It”
12.    PRhyme (Royce Da 5’9” & DJ Premier) – “U Looz”
13.    Nas – “The Season”
14.    ChillxWill – “Cents Dae Wun” (Local Music)
15.    **INTERVIEW WITH RUSS**
16.    Russ – “KiKi”
17.    Vince Staples ft. Teyana Taylor – “Limos”
18.    Teyana Taylor – “Put Your Love On”
19.    Layla Nichole – “Paradox (Bring Back The Queens)” (Local Music)
20.    K’Valentine ft. Cory Mo, NIKO IS, & Talib Kweli – “Boomerang”
21.    Rapsody ft. Problem – “Waiting On It (Baby Girl)”
22.    Janine and the Mixtape ft. Pusha T – “Hold Me”
23.    denitia and sene – “side fx”
24.    Childish Gambino – “Sober”
25.    Black Milk – “Story and Her”
26.    The Pharcyde – “Drop” (Throwback of the Week)
27.    14KT – “BlackAPhonic”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/d934caa0dd/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_490%2C_11-2-14.mp3
(back up – http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/49295015/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/3hpna92zf1ql)

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Apologies for the delay on this week’s episode of Sound Session.  Life is a bit more hectic right now than usual, which I’ll explain in the coming weeks with a few announcements.  But for now, we continue on as you would expect: more dope music, more fun conversations.  Peep this edition of SNSS for freshness from Dej Loaf, Jay Rock, Flight Facilities, Logic, Nao, CashUs King, Luke Christopher, Hannibal King, Lion Babe, TWINSMATIC, Jessie Ware, Big K.R.I.T., and more.

Be on the lookout for the full length interview with Lecrae coming soon as well.

Enjoy!

Show #489 (10-26-14)

1.    Dej Loaf – “Try Me”
2.    Jay Rock – “Parental Advisory”
3.    Schoolboy Q – “Hell Of A Night”
4.    Logic – “Metropolis”
5.    Flight Facilities ft. Bishop Nehru – “Why Do You Feel”
6.    Nao vs. A.K. Paul – “So Good”
7.    Flume ft. George Maple – “That Look”
8.    TOKiMONSTA ft. Anderson Paak – “Realla”
9.    Big K.R.I.T. – “Cadillactica”
10.    Stalley ft. De La Soul – “Navajo Rugs”
11.    **INTERVIEW WITH LECRAE**
12.    Lecrae – “All I Need Is You”
13.    Luke Christopher – “Ms. Holy Water”
14.    CashUs King – “Black Liberation Theology”
15.    Drake – “How Bout Now”
16.    Hannibal King – “Growing Pains, Pt. 1”
17.    Layla Nichole – “Paradox (Bring Back The Queens)” (Local Music)
18.    Blakk Soul ft. AB – “That Kind Of Love” (Local Music)
19.    Lion Babe ft. Childish Gambino – “Jump Hi”
20.    PRhyme (Royce Da 5’9” & DJ Premier) – “U Looz”
21.    SOS – “Secrets” (Local Music)
22.    Jessie Ware – “Desire”
23.    TWINSMATIC – “Whitemarble”
24.    DMX – “Stop Being Greedy” (Throwback of the Week)

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/915206fc0e/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_489%2C_10-26-14.mp3
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/yunzfoph5vom)
(2nd back up – http://www47.zippyshare.com/v/70454759/file.html)

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.

New music on this week’s SNSS from Jay Rock, Vince Staples, Cozz, Lupe Fiasco, Mila J, SOS, TOKiMONSTA, Lecrae, Hanni El-Khatib, DJ Premier, Royce Da 5’9″, and more.  Enjoy…

Show #488 (10-19-14)

1.    Jay Rock – “Parental Advisory”
2.    Vince Staples – “65 Hunnid”
3.    Cozz – “Cody Macc”
4.    Lupe Fiasco ft. Sirah – “Lillies”
5.    Logic – “Buried Alive”
6.    THURZ – “Right Now”
7.    Mila J ft. Problem – “Pain In My Heart”
8.    The Weeknd ft. Schoolboy Q & Rick Ross – “Often (Remix)”
9.    SOS – “Secrets” (Local Music)
10.    Childish Gambino – “Sober”
11.    Raury – “Armor”
12.    TOKiMONSTA ft. Anderson Paak – “Realla”
13.    SBTRKT ft. Sampha – “Wonder Where We Land”
14.    Jessie Ware – “Keep On Lying”
15.    BJ The Chicago Kid – “Soul Of A Woman”
16.    Blakk Soul ft. AB – “That Kind Of Love” (Local Music)
17.    Lecrae – “All I Need Is You”
18.    Big K.R.I.T. – “Cadillactica”
19.    Dej Loaf – “Try Me”
20.    PRhyme (DJ Premier & Royce Da 5’9”) – “Courtesy”
21.    Porter Ray – “Corner Bop” (Local Music)
22.    Nas – “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” (Throwback of the Week)
23.    Hanni El-Khatib – “Moonlight”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/d33f3b9f53/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_488%2C_10-19-14.mp3
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/mxr4o752qsxd)
(2nd back up – http://www21.zippyshare.com/v/89145406/file.html)

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.

New music on this week’s SNSS from Rapsody, BJ The Chicago Kid, Raury, Dej Loaf, Diamond District, Vince Staples, Pharoahe Monch, Diamond D, O.C., SBTRKT, Elijah Blake, Dom Kennedy, and more.  Plus, our throwback honored one of the greatest albums of all time turning 15 years old.  Good show, hope y’all dig it!

Show #487 (10-12-14)

1.    Kendrick Lamar – “i”
2.    Rapsody – “The World”
3.    Joey Bada$$ – “Christ Conscious”
4.    ASAP Rocky ft. Juicy J – “Multiply”
5.    Sam Lachow ft. Watsky & Ariana DeBoo – “After Dark” (Local Music)
6.    BJ The Chicago Kid – “Soul Of A Woman”
7.    Raury – “Armor”
8.    BANKS – “F*ck Em Only We Know”
9.    ODESZA ft. Zyra – “It’s Only” (Local Music)
10.    Childish Gambino – “Retro (Rough)”
11.    Cozz ft. J. Cole – “Knock The Hustle (Remix)”
12.    Fearce Vill ft. Romaro Franceswa & S.E.V. – “P.O.M.P.” (Local Music)
13.    Dej Loaf – “Try Me”
14.    Vince Staples – “Screen Door”
15.    Diamond District – “Lost Cause”
16.    Diamond D ft. Pharoahe Monch – “Rap Life”
17.    DJ JS-1 ft. O.C. – “Turn The Tables”
18.    Mos Def – “Brooklyn” (Throwback of the Week)
19.    Homeboy Sandman – “Refugee”
20.    THURZ – “Right Now”
21.    Fashawn ft. Dom Kennedy – “Golden State Of Mind”
22.    SBTRKT ft. Boogie – “Spaced Out”
23.    Elijah Blake – “Come Away”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/5c1e308c92/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_487%2C_10-12-14.mp3
(back up – http://www50.zippyshare.com/v/65604939/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/5d0xsom0l9sw)

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.

On this week’s SNSS episode, we filled the show with a ton of great music from the likes of Joell Ortiz, Joey Bada$$, Fashawn, Dom Kennedy, Childish Gambino, Logic, Diamond D, Nottz, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Jessie Ware, Tinashe, ODESZA, Gorgon City, Broods, and more.  Plus, Cozz called in, fresh off the heels of his Cozz & Effect album to talk all about the project, his background, his relationship with J. Cole, how he ended up signing with Dreamville, and more.  If you just want to peep that interview, you can check it right here.

On top of all that, we were joined in the second hour of the show by Anna Lunoe, a singer/producer/DJ from Sydney, Australia.  Anna played the Neptune Theater earlier in the evening and then dropped by the studio to co-host with us and talk about her new EP, All Out.  We played a couple tracks off it (the excellent title track and a crazy record with Jesse Boykins III) and then learned a bit about her experiences as an artist coming up in Australia and how she fell in love with music.  It was a really enjoyable conversation (if you want to peep just the parts with Anna, click here) and the whole show had a great vibe.  Hope y’all enjoy it!

Show #486 (10-5-14)

1.    Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P) – “Oh My Darling Don’t Cry”
2.    Central Intelligence – “All Day” (Local Music)
3.    Joell Ortiz – “Get Down”
4.    Joey Bada$$ – “Christ Conscious”
5.    **INTERVIEW WITH COZZ**
6.    Cozz ft. J. Cole – “Knock The Hustle (Remix)”
7.    Fashawn ft. Dom Kennedy – “Golden State Of Mind”
8.    KillemAll Coop ft. The Jacka – “Westside Livin” (Local Music)
9.    Childish Gambino – “Retro (Rough)”
10.    Logic ft. Childish Gambino – “Driving Ms. Daisy”
11.    Diamond D ft. Nottz – “Vanity”
12.    Notorious B.I.G. – “Party and Bullsh*t” (Throwback of the Week)
13.    Big Sean – “Paradise”
14.    ASAP Rocky ft. Juicy J – “Multiply”
15.    **INTERVIEW WITH ANNA LUNOE, PT. 1**
16.    Anna Lunoe – “All Out”
17.    Anna Lunoe ft. Jesse Boykins III – “Heartbreak In Motion”
18.    Gorgon City ft. Tish Hyman – “6AM”
19.    Mary J. Blige – “Right Now”
20.    **INTERVIEW WITH ANNA LUNOE, PT. 2**
21.    Kendrick Lamar – “i”
22.    Schoolboy Q – “Hell Of A Night”
23.    ODESZA ft. Zyra – “Say My Name” (Local Music)
24.    Broods – “Never Gonna Change”
25.    **INTERVIEW WITH ANNA LUNOE, PT. 3**
26.    Jessie Ware ft. Miguel – “Kind Of…Sometimes…Maybe”
27.    Tinashe – “Cold Sweat”
28.    **INTERVIEW WITH ANNA LUNOE, PT. 4**

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/f55af9ac33/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_486%2C_10-5-14.mp3
(back up – http://www60.zippyshare.com/v/60188780/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/54gk4qomtiwr)

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.

Welp, another week and another delay on archiving SNSS.  Sorry about that, but better late than never (plus the next show will be coming later today)!  On episode #485, we welcomed Central Intelligence, Tasman Holloway, and Vanni Meursing into the studio, plus played cuts by Black Milk, Vince Staples, Logic, Jay Electronica, Kendrick Lamar, Dee-1, Travis Scott, ForteBowie, Def3, BJ The Chicago Kid, Asher Roth, and more.  We even tossed in my guilty pleasure of the last few months, OG Maco’s Vine anthem, “U Guessed It.”

The Def3 record features a great verse from Shad, who dropped by the Sound Session studio recently and we just released the video.  Watch our discussion with one of the best artists, and people, in the whole game right here.

Enjoy the show!

Show #485 (9-28-14)

1.    Black Milk ft. Bun B – “Gold Piece”
2.    Logic – “Under Pressure”
3.    Common ft. Vince Staples & Jay Electronica – “Kingdom (Remix)”
4.    Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P) – “Oh My Darling Don’t Cry”
5.    Kendrick Lamar – “i”
6.    **INTERVIEW WITH CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, PT. 1**
7.    Central Intelligence – “All Day” (Local Music)
8.    Dee-1 – “Against Us”
9.    **INTERVIEW WITH CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, PT. 2**
10.    Big Sean – “Paradise”
11.    Travis Scott – “Drugs You Should Try It”
12.    ForteBowie – “Blasphemy 3”
13.    OG Maco ft. 2 Chainz – “U Guessed It (Remix)”
14.    **INTERVIEW WITH TASMAN HOLLOWAY, PT. 1**
15.    Tasman Holloway ft. Vanni Meursing – “Lights” (Local Music)
16.    **INTERVIEW WITH TASMAN HOLLOWAY, PT. 2**
17.    Sam Smith – “Money On My Mind”
18.    Bipolar Sunshine ft. GoldLink – “Future (Part 1)”
19.    Raury – “Cigarette Song”
20.    Asher Roth – “Pull It”
21.    Def3 ft. Shad & Skratch Bastid – “The Truth”
22.    Homeboy Sandman – “Stroll”
23.    Naughty By Nature – “Clap Yo Hands” (Throwback of the Week)
24.    ODESZA ft. Zyra – “Say My Name” (Local Music)
25.    Sinead Harnett – “Paradise”
26.    BJ The Chicago Kid – “Wednesday Weekend”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/502fb8e3ea/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_485%2C_9-28-14.mp3
(back up – http://www38.zippyshare.com/v/87632535/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/mki5c7yp3pr0)

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.

One of the best writers in hip-hop, one of our favorite artists, and one of our best friends, the incomparable Shad, visited Sound Session to speak with J. Moore and I recently. We discussed a variety of topics, exploring what it’s like coming up in Canada making his style of music, winning the Rap Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) over his countryman Drake, and how he chooses to promote himself in the US market. He also spoke about his last album, Flying Colours, and his plans to take the follow up project in a new direction, before running through a lightning round of questions covering 90’s sit-coms, left handed basketball players, his favorite sneakers, and more.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Shad represents everything I love about hip-hop and I cosign literally every song/message he’s put out into the world.  Very talented, very humble, and very intelligent, I wish more artists would follow in his footsteps.

Problem traveled up the west coast from L.A. to Seattle and dropped by the KUBE 93 studios to chop it up with us for Sound Session on 9/10/14.

We discussed his background, how he originally started by producing on a PlayStation, how he started rapping for chicks, and how he developed arguably the best ad-lib in rap (WHAT!?!).  After talking about his past, he spoke on his upcoming album, “Karma,” and Diamond Lane Music Group’s strategy to make it his biggest release yet.  And as you might expect with a passionate LA native, the conversation ended with Problem explaining why Kobe is the greatest Laker of all time and who’s better, Kobe or MJ.

Big shout to Problem and all of Diamond Lane Music Group, plus the First Ladies for shooting/editing!

J. Moore was down in California for a wedding this week, so our homey (and the official DJ of the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks) DV-One filled in on this episode of SNSS.  We played new tracks from Rick Ross, HaLo, Jake Lambo, Consequence, Homeboy Sandman, Logic, Bun B, Raury, Bipolar Sunshine, GoldLink, Sinead Harnett, Kiesza, and more.  Making it quick this week so I can see what this iPhone 6 is all about (and no, I didn’t get the Plus…that thing is insane), plus I need to mentally prepare myself for hanging out with George Takei tomorrow morning and Sam Smith tomorrow afternoon.  That’s a tough combo to beat!

Enjoy the show!

Show #484 (9-21-14)

1.    Big Sean ft. E-40 – “IDFWU”
2.    Rick Ross ft. Project Pat – “Elvis Presley Blvd”
3.    HaLo ft. Problem & Bad Lucc – “Stop It”
4.    B.o.B ft. Jake Lambo & Victoria Monet – “The Nation”
5.    Mic Phenom ft. XV & Toya – “Yellow Brick Road” (Local Music)
6.    Consequence ft. Kid Ink & Kid Capri – “You Should Bounce”
7.    Homeboy Sandman ft. Blu – “Loads”
8.    NehruvianDOOM (Bishop Nehru & MF Doom) – “Caskets”
9.    Logic – “Under Pressure”
10.    Vince Staples – “Hands Up”
11.    Thaddeus David ft. Gifted Gab – “Contra” (Local Music)
12.    Donte Peace – “Black Northface” (Local Music)
13.    Black Milk ft. Bun B – “Gold Piece”
14.    Nas – “Purple” (Throwback of the Week)
15.    Raury – “The Cigarette Song”
16.    Bipolar Sunshine ft. GoldLink – “Future (Part 1)”
17.    Goapele ft. Snoop Dogg – “Hey Boy (Remix)”
18.    Snakehips ft. Sinead Harnett – “Days With You”
19.    Sinead Harnett – “No Other Way”
20.    Jessie Ware ft. Miguel – “Kid Of…Sometimes…Maybe”
21.    BANKS – “Drowning”
22.    SPZRKT – “Right Now”
23.    Kiesza ft. Joey Bada$$ – “Bad Thing”
24.    Emile Haynie ft. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Devonte Hynes, & Sampha – “A Kiss Goodbye”
25.    ILoveMakonnen ft. Drake – “Tuesday (TWINSMATIC Remix)”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/4bf15a679a/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_484%2C_9-21-14.mp3
(back up – http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/27795217/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/eoa6owoq4pmr)

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.