The Audacity of Dope

I’m a little late on the Kid Ink bandwagon, but I’m digging his newest single/video for “Time Of Your Life” (Jennifer Martinez isn’t hurting…at…ALL).  I’d love for this to take off at radio and with a recent remix adding Chris Brown and Tyga, his chances are pretty good. Kinda reminds me of some of Drizzy’s melodies during the hook. Not made one bit and looking forward to seeing him open our Summer Jam this weekend at the Gorge.

Get tickets here if you don’t have ’em already

After touring with THEESatisfaction across Europe for the last 3 weeks, J. Moore made his triumphant return on this week’s SNSS.  He also brought with him one of our favorite producers and all around cool dude, 14KT.  Those of you in the know will remember KT from his Athletic Mic League days (the same crew that spawned Buff1 and Mayer Hawthorne), but if you can’t recall those days, perhaps you would recognize him as the reigning Red Bull Big Tune beat battle champion.  If you aren’t familiar, please drop what you’re doing and check out his beats, starting with his newest project, A Friendly Game Of KT.  Without exaggeration, one of the illest producers in the game…hands down.

While KT co-hosted the show with us, we also aired our recent interview with Slaughterhouse…errr, 3/4th’s of the crew at least.  Joey was on the injured list with a tooth issue (hey…tour life is no joke), but Crooked I, Royce Da 5’9″, and Joell Ortiz came through to talk about their upcoming Welcome To Our House album, touring, their webisode series, and more.  I’m hoping to post up the video of the interview shortly, but for now, enjoy the audio…and the rest of the show!

Show #359 (4-29-12)
**Co-hosted by 14KT**

1. Asher Roth ft. Meek Mill – “Party Girl”
2. Theophilus London ft. ASAP Rocky – “Big Spender”
3. Big K.R.I.T. – “4EvaNaDay (Theme)”
4. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Hay”
5. Ryshon Jones ft. Benny Love – “Off-Beat Love”
6. THEESatisfaction – “QueenS” (Local Music)
7. Dice – “Flat Tire” (Local Music)
8. Nas – “Daughters”
9. Deniro Farrar & Flosstradamus – “Look At The Sky”
10. ASAP Rocky – “Goldie”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH SLAUGHTERHOUSE, PT. 1**
12. Slaughterhouse – “Hammer Dance”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH SLAUGHTERHOUSE, PT. 2**
14. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) – “Up Every Night”
15. TiRon & Ayomari – “They Go”
16. Quakers ft. Frank Nitty – “Dark City Lights”
17. Tha Dogg Pound ft. Snoop Dogg, Jewell, and Big Pimpin’ DeLemond – “What Would You Do” (Throwback of the Week)
18. Thaddeus David ft. Sean Symphony – “Feels So Good” (Local Music)
19. REKS ft. Action Bronson – “Riggs & Murtaugh”
20. Dr. Oop – “Magic Milk”
21. Yuna – “See You Go”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?95wzxn78o3rzgml
(back up / streaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/4chq119h4zui)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/notwauzg8zrs)

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.

November, eh?  Really?  Really?????  Wow.

Peep this week’s show for new music from Pusha T, Mac Miller, Lupe Fiasco, Gilbere Forte, Exile, Jesse Boykins III, Phonte, The Kid Daytona, Saukrates, and more.  There’s a chance these links might die, so grab ’em while you can!  Who am I kidding, I’ll re-up upon request.  Holler at a Hyphen.

Show #334 (10-30-11)

1. Pusha T – “What Dreams Are Made Of”
2. Mac Miller – “Willie Dynamite”
3. Lupe Fiasco – “Lightwork”
4. The Away Team ft. Talib Kweli & Rapsody – “Set It Off”
5. Khingz – “F.u.t.u.r.e.” (Local Music)
6. Saukrates – “Say I”
7. J. Cole – “Rise and Shine”
8. T.I. ft. Pharrell – “Here Ye, Here Ye”
9. Gilbere Forte ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Black Soul”
10. Statik Selektah ft. Pill & REKS – “They Don’t Know”
11. The Kid Daytona ft. Goapele – “God Is Good”
12. Goapele – “Undertow”
13. Rocki Evans – “Funeral Song”
14. Jhene Aiko – “My Mine”
15. Common ft. Makeba – “Blue Sky”
16. Common – “1, 2 Many” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Proh Mic – “Optimistic” (Local Music)
18. Exile – “4ever (Friend Zone, Pt. 1)”
19. Danny! – “I Don’t Wanna Hear That Sh*t”
20. Jesse Boykins III – “B4 The Night Is Thru”
21. Allen Stone – “What I’ve Seen” (Local Music)
22. Phonte ft. Eric Roberson – “Who Loves You More”
23. Torae – “That Raw”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?a2o5q2odpav9fhy
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/3r15ds4lt21g)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/95429580dfb18f13/)

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.

Just the biz this week.  Shout to Luck-One for coming through the Sound Session studio.  Be sure to download his new project here.  Also, special thanks to M.anifest for letting us world premiere his “Kilimanjaro” record (produced by Budo)!

Show #328 (9-18-11)

1. Pusha T ft. Kanye West & Young Jeezy – “Amen”
2. Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Mr. Hudson – “Why I Love You”
3. Rapper Big Pooh – “Medicine Man”
4. Rashad – “Pass Me By”
5. Fly.Union – “Long Run”
6. Chip Tha Ripper – “Realer”
7. J. Cole ft. Trey Songz – “Can’t Get Enough”
8. Trackademicks ft. MoxMore – “Low-Tech Life”
9. Goapele – “Play”
10. **INTERVIEW WITH LUCK-ONE, PT. 1**
11. Luck-One – “Breakthrough” (Local Music)
12. Mac Miller – “Face The Facts”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH LUCK-ONE, PT. 2**
14. Statik Selektah ft. Big K.R.I.T. & Freddie Gibbs – “Play The Game”
15. TiRon & Ayomari ft. Yummy Bingham – “All My Love”
16. Murs – “Remember 2 Forget”
17. Drake – “Club Paradise”
18. Game ft. Drake – “Good Girls Go Bad”
19. JayKin ft. Skyzoo – “The Speech” (Local Music)
20. Dead Prez – “Hip-Hop” (Throwback of the Week)
21. Clemm Rishad – “Back To The Paper” (Local Music)
22. **M.anifest – “Kilimanjaro” (WORLD PREMIERE)**
23. DTMD ft. yU – “Keep On”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ci87h9koz7iqc43
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/ywcqzrolmycg)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94510418e1d9d891/)

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.

There are few things more rewarding for those of us who really live and breathe this music and culture than seeing talented artists, who are also good people with good teams, break through and get the success they deserve. I couldn’t be happier to see someone like Big K.R.I.T. get shine on a major label and have a hit record on his hands with the “Country Sh*t” remix. Kudos to his whole team and to Def Jam for getting this one right.

Seattle folks: come see K.R.I.T. at our Summer Jam on July 16th at the White River Amphitheater!

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
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/80622260cddc1809/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/5fw8qbnlx1rk)

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.

If you’re like me, you’ve been listening to Drake’s Thank Me Later album quite heavily the past few weeks, so you’ll probably also enjoy this interview with Semtex.  While they don’t break down every song on the album (I would have been particularly interested to hear the story behind “Karaoke”), there’s a lot of good info in here.  I did laugh at the “sounds like your parents played a big role in your life” question though.  Generally speaking, that’s pretty much what they tend to do.

You can also check out footage of Drake murdering our Summer Jam last night over on the KUBE site.  It was impressive to watch, thinking back to when we played him over 3 years ago on Sound Session.  I never would have anticipated his success to be this great, but it’s really ill to have the hottest rapper of the moment actually be dope.  Novel concept, I know.

On Saturday, May 29th, Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek will be making the Seattle stop on their Revolutions Per Minute Tour at the Showbox Market.  We’ve been giving away tickets on the air through Sound Session, but now we’re extending a special offer to our loyal readers on The Audacity of Dope and KUBE93.com.

We’ll be interviewing the duo at 2pm on Saturday and if you would like to join us to meet and hang out with Reflection Eternal, email me – DJHyphen@gmail.com – these 3 things:

1. Name Talib’s business partner for their label, Blacksmith Music.
2. Name 3 guests from Reflection Eternal’s Train Of Thought album.
3. Name the first video released from their new album, Revolutions Per Minute.

I’ll pick 2 winners and you’ll each be allowed to bring a guest to the interview.  It’s just that simple.  What are you waiting for?  Go!

Contest ends Thursday, May 27th, at 3pm Pacific Time.

Interview coming soon…

This week’s SNSS was one of my favorites in quite some time.  We were joined in studio by Grynch, DJ Nphared, and Marcus D, plus we had Substantial and Oddisee call in from the East Coast.  All are dope musicians and good people, so it’s always a pleasure to chop it up with them.  Additionally, we played a ton of great music (well, what’s new) from some of our favorite artists.  Here’s my quick 2 cents on a few of the records:

• B.o.B & Lupe – can’t wait to see these guys at the Showbox Sodo on Friday…
• N.E.R.D. – I still insist there is no better job in music than being Pharrell
• M.I.A. – I can’t hear this record without breaking something.  Uber hard.
• Shad – there’s nobody in the game that makes me rewind for lyrics more than Shad K.  TSOL drops May 25th!
• Kendrick Lamar – the definition of “spazzing” on a beat
• Tunji – reminds me of “Paris, Tokyo” in a way…
• J. Cole – I really wish they woulda left the b-word in the chorus for the radio edit. You can say that these days!
• Donnis – This record is a sleeping giant. Isn’t Donnis working with Atlantic now? Why aren’t they pushing this? Smash hook.
• Eminem – Lyrics/flow are insane, as usual, but shoulda got Drake for that chorus. Don’t laugh, it’s true.
• Public Enemy – Arizona took another L this week, so we thought we’d remind them
• Nas & Damian Marley – this might be the best album of the year when it’s all said and done
• Drake – I love this record…and my Jansport still fits!  Imagine that.

Enjoy!

Show #257 (5-2-10)

1. B.o.B – “Fame”
2. Lupe Fiasco ft. Alicia Keys – “Love Letter To The Beat”
3. N.E.R.D. ft. Nelly Furtado – “Hot-N-Fun”
4. M.I.A. – “Born Free”
5. Free Sol ft. Outasight, Kyle Lucas, & 8Ball – “Before You Slip”
6. Shad – “Yaa I Get It”
7. J. Pinder – “Three Words” (Local Music)
8. **INTERVIEW WITH ODDISEE**
9. Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart, Pt. 1”
10. Cook ft. Tunji – “Underneath The Stars”
11. Theophilus London ft. Jesse Boykins III – “Life Of A Lover”
12. Jay Electronica ft. Diddy – “Ghost Of Christopher Wallace”
13. J. Cole – “Who Dat”
14. Donnis – “Gone”
15. Eminem – “Not Afraid”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH BOP ALLOY (SUBSTANTIAL & MARCUS D)**
17. Bop Alloy (Substantial & Marcus D) – “Save The Day” (Local Music)
18. **INTERVIEW WITH BOP ALLOY (SUBSTANTIAL & MARCUS D)**
19. Public Enemy – “By The Time I Get To Arizona” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Braille – “Up” (Local Music)
21. Nas & Damian Marley – “Friends”
22. **INTERVIEW WITH GRYNCH & DJ NPHARED**
23. Drake – “Find Your Love”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ziwylhddm0n
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/756967150d7f329f/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/cvo1vs9durdv)

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.