The Audacity of Dope

I missed this video from my guy M.anifest when it originally dropped back in January, but better late than never.  M takes you back to his homeland of Ghana with visuals for “Makaa Maka,” which loosely translates from Twi as “if I said it, I said it” or “I say it without apology.”  Say that then.

A little quick hitter from the homey M.anifest for “Motion Picture” off his recently released album, Immigrant Chronicles: Coming To America.  Get the full song (and album) right here!

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.

Damn, when we first played this song on Sound Session a while ago, apparently it wasn’t finished.  I had know idea the homies Budo, Krukid, and M.anifest were getting Ali on there too!  This is a big tune…

A.R.M. ft. Brother Ali – “Heaven Only Knows”

Check out their site and stay up to date with one of my favorite up and coming crews out there.

One of the nicest up-and-coming MC’s in the game, M.anifest, dropped by Peter Parker’s show on B96 in Minneapolis to drop a little verse and debut a new track from his upcoming Coming To America EP.  Big shout to both these dudes…M.anifest for making dope tracks (and being in a crew with the homey Budo) and Peter Parker for having a dope show in the vein of what we do here at KUBE with Sound Session.  There aren’t many big stations that have outlets like this in 2009 so I hope y’all are enjoying us while we’re still around!

Peep the joint too:

M.anifest – “Time Is”

Chyea, those A.R.M. boys are on a roll lately.  If you missed Krukid‘s “Swagger Lockdown” voting PSA, download that and then peep M.anifest‘s “Age of Obama” track:

M.anifest – “Age of Obama”

M.anifest drops some great, timely lyrics about Obama and the change we need in this country over an ill beat from Seattle’s own Budo.  Be on the lookout for an A.R.M. mixtape coming soon!

Brand new freestyle joint from 1/3rd of the mighty A.R.M. (what up Budo!  what up M.anifest!), the immensely talented Krukid.  You really need to peep how he rips Kanye’s beats and drops some insightful, educational ish about voting in this year’s election at the same time.  It was already my kind of track, and then Krukid went ahead and blessed The Audacity of Dope with a shout too?  Aw man, it’s a wrap.  Thanks homey!

Krukid – “Swagger Lockdown (A Voting PSA)”

Speaking of voting, an important note to my Seattle people: while our registration by mail deadline has passed, you can still register in person until October 20th if you go down to the King County Elections HQ in Renton.  For more information, take your tardy ass here.

As I mentioned when I posted M.anifest’s “Babylon Breakdown” video, M.anifest, Krukid, and the homey Budo are putting together a dope project called A.R.M. (African Rebel Movement / Africans Representing the Motherland).  See, M.anifest‘s representing Ghana (shout to the Black Stars), Krukid reps for Uganda, and Budo…well, that’s the 206 connection.  They’ve decided to leak a few tracks from their upcoming album and the joints are fire.  Check ’em out below:

A.R.M. (Krukid & M.anifest) – “Delilah”
A.R.M. (Krukid & M.anifest) – “Uprisin'”

Hit up the crew on their new MySpace page, http://myspace.com/arm4arm, and be on the lookout for the full project coming soon!

Here’s the new video from M.anifest off his album Manifestations.  To be honest, I haven’t heard a ton from dude, but everything I’ve checked out, I’ve liked a lot.  Also, he’s working on a project called A.R.M. (African Rebel Movement.) with another dope MC, Krukid, and Seattle’s own Budo on production.  The title plays off the fact that M.anifest is from Ghana and Krukid’s from Uganda.  I’m still trying to research exactly what part of Africa Budo is representing…but in any case, the music is fire!  They should have a single leaking to y’all real soon, be on the lookout for it.

For more, check out M.anifest’s official site.