The Audacity of Dope

On behalf of the wonderful city of Seattle and all its denizens, I apologize for the atrocity of a NFL game the nation witnessed last night.  Here in one of our ESPN Australia offices, I had a tough time explaining to my coworkers why the Seahawks should be taken seriously as Super Bowl contenders, but at least the defense came to play.  An offensive line has never been more aptly named, however.  “Turrible” (c) Charles Barkley (speaking of Chuck, NBA’s back this week!).

On this episode of SNSS, we ran through new records from the Swet Shop Boys (Riz, the lead actor in The Night Of & Heems from Das Racist), NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge), SiR, Like, Apollo Brown & Skyzoo, OnCue, Rajitheone, Solange, Phora, Cole King & Tunji Ige, AlunaGeorge, Common & Stevie Wonder, IshDARR, Duckwrth, and more.  Throwback dedicated to the boom-bap that sounds so good in the worsening weather back home (sorry, can’t relate).

Enjoy!

Show #573 (10/23/16)

1. Swet Shop Boyz – “Tiger Hologram”
2. NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – “What More Can I Say”
3. NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – “Kutless”
4. SiR – “All In My Head”
5. Like – “Lamped”
6. Apollo Brown & Skyzoo ft. Conway & Westside Gunn – “Basquiat On The Draw”
7. Mobb Deep – “Drop A Gem On Em” (Throwback of the Week)
8. Bryson Tiller – “Let Me Explain”
9. OnCue – “3AM”
10. Rajitheone – “#WhiteGirlVoice”
11. Brent Faiyaz – “No One Knows”
12. Porter Ray ft. Jus Moni – “Inside” (Local Music)
13. TYuS – “Slow Jam” (Local Music)
14. BANKS – “Mind Games”
15. Aaron Abernathy ft. Phonte & Black Milk – “Bachelorette”
16. Reva DeVito – “The Move” (Local Music)
17. IshDARR – “Sugar”
18. Solange – “Cranes In The Sky (Kaytranada DJ Edit)”
19. Chance The Rapper ft. Knox Fortune – “All Night (Kaytranada Extended Joint)”
20. GTA ft. Tinashe – “All Caught Up”
21. Common ft. Stevie Wonder – “Black America Again”
22. Phora – “Venice Waves / Changes”
23. Cole King ft. Tunji Ige – “Nothin Changed”
24. Duckwrth ft. Sabrina Claudio – “I’m Dead”
25. AlunaGeorge – “In My Head”

Link to download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWU09zaUNEWDR0WXc

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Due to some technical issues with the equipment in the KUBE studio, apologies but unfortunately we don’t have an archive of this week’s SNSS episode.  It’s a shame, as we played lots of good record from artists like Wax Tailor & Ghostface Killah, Knox Brown & Gallant, AlunaGeorge, Travis Scott, Isaiah Rashad & Syd, Mac Miller & Kendrick Lamar, RetcH, JAHKOY & Schoolboy Q, Brent Faiyaz, H.E.R., Tony Tillman, De La Soul & Estelle & Pete Rock, and more.  DJ Nphared sat in as a guest co-host for the 2nd week in a row and we reminisced over Lil Wayne’s true glory days, the old SQAD mixtape series, with a random, but classic, throwback freestyle.

We’ll be back next week with the archive for the podcast fiends…we gotchu.

Show #569 (9/18/16)
**Co-hosted by DJ Nphared**

1. Travis Scott ft. Kid Cudi & Swizz Beatz – “Way Back”
2. La – “So What” (Local Music)
3. T.I. – “Warzone”
4. Wax Tailor ft. Ghostface Killah – “Worldwide”
5. RetcH – “Nickel Bags”
6. Apathy ft. Marvalyss – “The Ed Lover Dance”
7. Lil Wayne – “Best Of Me Freestyle” (Throwback of the Week)
8. Common ft. Marsha Ambrosius & PJ – “Lovestar”
9. Mac Miller ft. Kendrick Lamar – “God Is Fair, Sexy Nasty”
10. CVIRO & GXNXVS – “Sober”
11. Knox Brown & Gallant – “Reignite”
12. Tom Misch – “Remember”
13. Amine – “Caroline” (Local Music)
14. Brent Faiyaz – “Insecure”
15. AlunaGeorge – “Mediator”
16. Frank Ocean – “Ivy”
17. JAHKOY ft. Schoolboy Q – “California Heaven”
18. Isaiah Rashad ft. Syd – “Silkk Da Shocka”
19. De La Soul ft. Estelle & Pete Rock – “Memory Of…(US)”
20. Young Evo ft. Elan Wright – “Answers” (Local Music)
21. Dynasty ft. Eliana – “BE”
22. Thane ft. Anderson .Paak & BJ The Chicago Kid – “Responsibilities”
23. Tony Tillman – “Sell Out”
24. SG Lewis ft. Bishop Lamont – “Gone”
25. H.E.R. – “Focus”
26. Schoolboy Q ft. Sam Dew – “John Muir”

No archive this week due to technical difficulties. 

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With the NFL regular season kicking off, the Colin Kaepernick sparked protests continuing to build steam, and Sunday marking the 15th anniversary of 9/11 (and one of hip-hop’s classic albums), it felt like a pretty heavy week to digest, so I put the Bat Signal up for the homey DJ Nphared to come through and co-host this week’s SNSS episode.  We chatted through all the above, in between playing new records from folks like Jay IDK, Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar, RetcH, Billy Danze, Amine, Anderson .Paak & BJ The Chicago Kid, Isaiah Rashad, Mac Miller (and a surprising SNSS debut appearance for Ariana Grande), and more.  Obviously our throwback had to cover that classic 9/11 album as well…

Enjoy!

Show #568 (9/11/16)
**Co-hosted by DJ Nphared**

1. Jay IDK – “Mentality”
2. Travis Scott ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Goosebumps”
3. Desiigner ft. Kanye West – “Tiimmy Turner (Remix)”
4. RetcH – “Nickel Bags”
5. Billy Danze – “6 O’Clock Briefing”
6. T.I. – “We Will Not”
7. Amine – “Caroline” (Local Music)
8. GoldLink ft. Ciscero – “Fall In Love”
9. Big Gigantic ft. Waka Flocka Flame – “Highly Possible”
10. Mac Miller ft. Ariana Grande – “My Favorite Part”
11. Common ft. Marsha Ambrosius & PJ – “Lovestar”
12. Travis Thompson – “Say Wassup” (Local Music)
13. Smino ft. Jean Deaux & Phoelix – “Kajun”
14. Isaiah Rashad ft. Kendrick Lamar & Zacari – “Wat’s Wrong”
15. Thane ft. Anderson .Paak & BJ The Chicago Kid – “Responsibilities”
16. Sampha – “Blood On Me”
17. Frank Ocean – “Nikes”
18. Cashmere Cat ft. The Weeknd & Francis and the Lights – “Wild Love”
19. Tay Sean – “FML” (Local Music)
20. Jay-Z – “Girls, Girls, Girls” (Throwback of the Week)
21. De La Soul ft. Estelle & Pete Rock – “Memory Of…(US)”

Link to download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWd2lCckV0WXFIOEE

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Jay Smooth expertly summarizes why so many of us are rooting for Marshawn Lynch, aside from the fact he’s an incredible football player.  Talk to ’em Jay.

The Seahawks are Super Bowl champs and we talked all about it, continuing the celebration from the game late into the night on this episode of SNSS.  The entire city is still on a (natural, I swear) high 24 hours later, and I don’t see us coming down any time soon.  The parade on Wednesday is going to be incredible and being on air right after the game was an experience I’ll never forget.

Check out the show to hear a little bit of what it was like in the city last night, plus you can hear our homey iLL Chris join us as we ran through tracks from Mobb Deep, Schoolboy Q, Isaiah Rashad, Yelawolf, YG, OB Obrien, Fat Joe, Pharoahe Monch, Mar, and more.  Historic night.

Show #451 (2-2-14)

1. Queen – “We Are The Champions” (Throwback of the Week)
2. Dame Dash ft. Kanye West, Young Chris, Beanie Sigel, Cam’Ron, & Twista – “Champions” (Throwback of the Week)
3. Drake – “Trophies”
4. V. Dot ft. Louis V – “Town Biz” (Local Music)
5. Mobb Deep – “Taking You Off Here”
6. Schoolboy Q – “Break The Bank”
7. Isaiah Rashad – “Soliloquy”
8. Big Sean – “1st Quarter Freestyle”
9. Fearce Vill ft. Romaro Franceswa & Prometheus Brown – “Take Me Home” (Local Music)
10. Spekulation – “Bout That Action” (Local Music)
11. **INTERVIEW WITH iLL CHRIS, PT. 1**
12. YG ft. Drake – “Who Do You Love”
13. Yelawolf – “Box Chevy V”
14. **INTERVIEW WITH iLL CHRIS, PT. 2**
15. iLL Chris ft. Justis – “Ain’t Made It Yet” (Local Music)
16. Kanye West – “Champion” (Throwback of the Week)
17. **INTERVIEW WITH iLL CHRIS, PT. 3**
18. OB Obrien – “Steve Nash”
19. Talib Kweli, Elzhi, & Phonte – “No Competition”
20. DJ Kay Slay ft. Fat Joe & 50 Cent – “Free Again”
21. Pharoahe Monch – “Bad MF”
22. Def Dee ft. Jamall Bufford – “Keep It On The Hush” (Local Music)
23. BJ The Chicago Kid & Add-2 – “15 Minutes Of Fame”
24. Big Boi ft. Phantogram & Sade – “CPU 2.0”
25. Jhene Aiko – “Everything Must Go (Froback Remix)”
26. Buju Banton – “Champion (Remix)” (Throwback of the Week)
27. Mar – “Man x Woman”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/4cd19cf508/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_451%2C_2-2-14.mp3
(back up – http://www78.zippyshare.com/v/2363916/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/yux9zpz7vy8b)

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Good music a plenty on this week’s episode of SNSS, including tracks from artists like The Lox, Termanology, Mykestro, Rockie Fresh & Casey Veggies, Kwabs, Kastle, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, and more, but there’s really only one thing on the mind of everyone in Seattle this week: the epic showdown between the Seahawks and 49ers, where the winner goes to the Super Bowl.  It should be a great game since the 49ers are the hottest team in football and might be the only squad more talented than the Seahawks top to bottom.  The Hawks haven’t played well offensively of late (or really all season, at least compared to their potential), but they have a great defense and the huge benefit of home field advantage here in Seattle.

With all due respect to the Patriots and Broncos, the NFC Championship is essentially the Super Bowl since these are the 2 best teams in football.  Should be a great one.  Go Hawks!

Show #448 (1-12-14)

1. The Lox – “Love Me Or Leave Me Alone”
2. Termanology ft. Ransom – “Set It Off”
3. Mykestro ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Set Precedent (LA Mix)”
4. Drake – “Trophies”
5. Rockie Fresh & Casey Veggies ft. Juicy J – “All That”
6. Tinashe – “Ain’t Ready”
7. Mac Miller ft. Syd Tha Kyd & Thundercat – “In The Morning”
8. Kwabs – “Wrong Or Right”
9. Kastle ft. Atlas – “Must Be Crazy”
10. Common – “War”
11. Roc Marciano ft. A.G. – “Soul Music”
12. Nacho Picasso ft. Avatar Darko – “Tell Me Something” (Local Music)
13. Rick Ross ft. Jay-Z – “The Devil Is A Lie”
14. M.O.P. – “Ante Up” (Throwback of the Week)
15. V. Dot ft. Louis V – “Town Biz” (Local Music)
16. Talib Kweli ft. Raekwon – “Violations”
17. Fabolous ft. Jadakiss – “The Hope”
18. Xperience & MTK ft. Casual – “Brighter Day” (Local Music)
19. Black Milk – “Deion’s House”
20. Nemo Achida ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Hands On”
21. Joey Bada$$, A La $ole, & Dyemond Lewis – “Sol Luna”
22. Jamall Bufford ft. Magestik Legend – “Travel Light”
23. Vampire Weekend ft. Danny Brown, Heems, & Despot – “Step (Remix)”
24. Elle Varner ft. Wale – “Rover”
25. Vancouver Sleep Clinic – “Collapse”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/dd6a462338/
(back up – http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/32953375/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/it9far87thh4)

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.

Speaking of Seattle hip-hop, here’s the new video from the homey Wizdom, which features his childhood friend Nate Burleson…and Nate’s amazing shoe collection. Nate’s such a shoe fiend, his rap moniker is actually New Balance…or it was, when he rapped.  I’m not sure if he still gets on the mic, but dude wasn’t bad at all.  That said, his NFL career seems to be going pretty damn well, so I think we’re happy he’s staying focused there.

Check out more of Wizdom’s Unearthed project here!

ESPN’s Skip Bayless is easily the biggest Tim Tebow supporter (politest word I could use there) and while we’re all enjoying Tebow-mania, the bandwagon took a step back in to reality with today’s defeat to the New England Patriots. This video is still classic though.

While in town for the “Ambition” tour on 11/25/11, Wale stopped by KUBE and the SNSS studio to chat with me for a few moments.  We talked about his Ambition album, years of grinding for success, what it’s like seeing fans quote his lyrics on Facebook & Twitter, and more.  Since he’s always known as one of hip-hop’s most fervent sports fans, we had to talk some football so I asked about his recent debates with Skip Bayless at ESPN, who is the best running back in the NFL, his take on Tebow-mania, and what we should do with the BCS.

If you’d prefer to just listen to the audio, download/streaming links are below:

Wale on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?hdqw9fmweo1trjc
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/rosy83wfkyfi)

Ambition is in stores now, cop that.

Another insanely busy weekend around the Northwest, and pretty much all over, with the first official week of the NFL season taking the country by storm.  Between the NFL, NCAA football, the FIBA championship, the US Open, EPL, the WNBA Finals (hey, gotta rep the home team…plus I’ve had a crush on Sue Bird since about 2002), and the MTV VMA’s, not only do we have a lot of acronyms, but Saturday & Sunday were jam packed with entertainment.  Rather than rehash it here, you really should be following my Twitter…and of course, J. Moore’s as well.

On the heels of our web chat footage of J. Cole from last week, if you missed his live performance at Bumbershoot, I shot some footage you can check out right here.  When “Grown Simba” drops at 8:47, it’s really too ill, and this performance shows why Cole is gonna be a star in the near future.  It’s well deserved too.

Show #276 (9-12-10)

1. Joell Ortiz – “Battle Cry”
2. J. Cole – “Villematic”
3. John Legend & The Roots – “Hard Times”
4. Big Boi ft. Andre 3000 & Sleepy Brown – “Lookin’ 4 Ya (Full Mix)”
5. Black Milk ft. Mr. Porter – “Closed Chapter”
6. **INTERVIEW WITH LANGUAGE ARTS, PT. 1**
7. Language Arts – “Fast Life” (Local Music)
8. **INTERVIEW WITH LANGUAGE ARTS, PT. 2**
9. Wiz Khalifa ft. Fashawn – “In The Cut (Remix)”
10. Andy Allo ft. Blu – “Dreamland”
11. Pollyn ft. Freddie Gibbs – “Falling Out of Place (Remix)”
12. Aleon Craft – “Early Moan”
13. Kno ft. Thee Tom Hardy & Tunji – “Rhythm Of The Rain”
14. Kanye West ft. Common, Pusha T, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, & Charlie Wilson – “G.O.O.D. Friday”
15. Grynch – “My Volvo (Sabzi’s Bolbo Riddim Remix)” (Local Music)
16. Dres of Black Sheep – “For The Record”
17. Maxwell – “This Woman’s Work” (Throwback of the Week)
18. Lace Cadence – “Moonlight” (Local Music)
19. Bilal – “Think It Over”
20. Aloe Blacc – “Mama Hold My Hand”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?frnjg15cxyj539a
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/80382355fdc0bc38/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/zri3p6vkyaht)

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.