The Audacity of Dope

Back to back SNSS updates for y’all, but sadly, this one is a bit lackluster.  Due to technical difficulties in the studio, we weren’t able to record the show so we’re just posting up the playlist for this week.  I don’t know how, but I’m 100% positive this is Trump’s fault.

Shame, as we played some really dope records from folks Chance, Rexx Life Raj, Ivan Ave, Shad, J. Cole, Mac Miller, Noname, Sinead Harnett, Mogul, Set Mo, ZHU, Louis Mattrs, NAO, and more.  You absolutely have to peep that NAO album if you haven’t already.  Nothing will sound better in the sunshine this summer.  Shout to Beats, Rhymes and Life for celebrating its 20th anniversary on our throwback too.  Named my college radio show and old mixtape series after that album, even though you Tribe purists still hate it…

Show #562 (7/31/16)

1. Chance The Rapper ft. Big Sean, Smino, & Jeremih – “Living Single”
2. Dave B & Sango – “I Don’t Care What Ya’ll Think” (Local Music)
3. Rexx Life Raj – “Vanilla Ice”
4. Ivan Ave ft. Nanna B – “I Do”
5. Skratch Bastid ft. Shad – “Limoncello”
6. Bruce Leroy ft. Phinisey – “Home” (Local Music)
7. Tom Misch – “Artist”
8. DJ Khaled ft. Nas – “Nas Album Done”
9. DJ Khaled ft. J. Cole & EarthGang – “Jermaine’s Interlude”
10. Schoolboy Q ft. Sam Dew – “John Muir”
11. Russ – “What They Want”
12. Mac Miller ft. Anderson .Paak – “Dang!”
13. The Game ft. Jeremih – “Let Me Know”
14. Noname ft. Raury, Cam O’bi, & Phoelix – “Diddy Bop”
15. A Tribe Called Quest – “Get A Hold” (Throwback of the Week)
16. Lion Babe – “Rain Drums”
17. NAO – “Happy”
18. Sinead Harnett ft. GRADES – “If You Let Me”
19. antbzy ft. Jessica Domingo – “Ease Your Mind” (Local Music)
20. Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff – “Reaching”
21. Dusky ft. Wiley – “Sort It Out Sharon”
22. PARTYNEXTDOOR – “Not Nice”
23. Mogul ft. Damon Trueitt – “Soulglow”
24. Set Mo ft. ALPHAMAMA – “Chasing Forever (Jafunk Remix)”
25. ZHU ft. Nylo – “Secret Weapon”
26. Desiigner ft. Louis Mattrs – “Tiimmy Turner (Louis Mattrs Remix)”

No archive this week due to technical difficulties. 

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You’ve seen the video, now you get the studio quality mp3. I smell a workout classic.  So dope.

Busta Rhymes – “Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water On ‘Em) (Travis Barker Remix)”

Never been a Blink 182 fan, but their behind the scenes stuff on MTV always made me think they seemed like cool dudes. I remember they renamed fan “meet and greets” as “meet and creeps,” which anyone who has helped run one can definitely relate to. Then again, I also remember seeing some of that awful reality show about Travis Barker’s marriage. So I guess it’s a push.

Anyway, Travis has been “remixing” random hip-hop joints over the last year by playing live drums alongside the track. This one with Busta Rhymes’ “Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water On ‘Em)” is the best one by far, mainly because he actually picked a good song to rework. No matter how much you kill the drums on a Soulja Boy track, I still can’t listen to that…