The Audacity of Dope

Sound Session #452 was an episode all about celebration.  As we always do around his birthday, we celebrated J Dilla’s life by playing his instrumentals all night long and talking a bit about his dopeness.  Still the greatest producer of all time in my book!

We also discussed the 10 year anniversary of a classic album, Kanye’s debut, College Dropout, which coincidentally dropped during the 2nd semester of my senior year in college.  We were graduating, not dropping out, but that album still defined that time of my life and encapsulated so many of the feelings my friends and I had back then.  It helped that we got to kick it with a younger Yeezy when he was on tour in LA that year, and the stories we have from those encounters are some of my favorite memories ever.

Kanye rapping his “18 years, 18 years!” verse from “Gold Digger” acapella to us 2 years before we’d hear it again on Late Registration?  Check.  Kanye asking us incredulously, “you’ve actually heard of me?” when we were telling him about how much we liked his mixtape freestyles?  Check.  The turntables skipping so much at the El Rey that Ye stopped Don C from playing the instrumentals and had John Stephens (later renamed John Legend) sing background melodies for him to rap over?  Check.  Kanye pouring us all glasses of champagne as he performed “Last Call”?  Check.

Ironically enough, I went back to my college last week to play in an alumni game with my old basketball teammates and it definitely brought me back to those days.  Shout to everyone I saw in LA, I appreciate y’all!

Enough of that, enjoy this week’s show and be sure to come out to the release party for our new Northwest Fresh mixtape on Saturday at 2312 2nd Ave in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood.  Free entry, open bar, prizes, good music, good people…what else do you need?  You can even celebrate Valentine’s Day and my birthday at the same time!  Here are the details.

Show #452 (2-9-14)

1. YG ft. Drake – “Who Do You Love”
2. Schoolboy Q – “Break The Bank”
3. Future ft. Pusha T & Pharrell – “Move That Dope”
4. Raz Simone – “Don’t Shine” (Local Music)
5. Yelawolf – “Box Chevy V”
6. CyHi Da Prynce – “Napoleon”
7. Phife Dawg – “Dear Dilla”
8. Add-2 – “Bomber & A Fly Chick”
9. Joey Badass – “Pantie Raid, Pt. 2”
10. Jarell Perry – “Black Valentine”
11. Rashad – “First Move”
12. Miguel – “Simplethings”
13. Mar – “Man x Woman”
14. J. Pinder – “Orange Papers” (Local Music)
15. Isaiah Rashad – “Soliloquy”
16. Step Brothers (Evidence & Alchemist) – “More Wins”
17. OB Obrien – “Steve Nash”
18. Grieves – “Shreds” (Local Music)
19. Tech N9ne ft. Mayday, Kendrick Lamar, & Kendall Morgan – “Fragile”
20. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z & J. Ivy – “Never Let Me Down” (Throwback of the Week)
21. Sam Smith – “Nirvana (Harry Fraud Remix)”
22. Fabolous ft. Jeremih – “Thim Slick”
23. Major Lazer ft. Pharrell – “Aerosol Can”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/2b48507905/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_452%2C_2-9-14.mp3
(back up – http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/63999368/file.html)
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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)
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Here’s episode #450 of SNSS, the 2nd of 3 archives to come tonight.  On this one, we talked about Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ big wins at the Grammy’s (and the resulting backlash), and played new music from Fabolous, Kardinal Offishall, Tinashe, Elzhi, Phonte, World’s Party, Dave B, BJ The Chicago Kid, Gary Clark Jr, Kwabs, Phife Dawg, Disclosure, LIZ, and more.

Enjoy!

Show #450 (1-26-14)

1. Fabolous – “Sacrifices”
2. Kardinal Offishall ft. Raekwon & Assassin – “Pretty Paper”
3. Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q – “2 On”
4. Talib Kweli, Elzhi, & Phonte – “No Competition”
5. Quelle Chris – “Going Swell”
6. World’s Party – “V.S.O.P.”
7. Le$ – “Midnight Club”
8. Dave B – “Cigarettes’ (Local Music)
9. Rome Fortune – “Ice Cream Man”
10. Sango ft. SPZRKT – “Middle Of Things, Beautiful Wife (Stwo Remix)”
11. Termanology ft. Ransom – “Set It Off”
12. Cool Nutz ft. Mistah F.A.B. – “Know God” (Local Music)
13. Jake Lambo – “Cool Flow”
14. BJ The Chicago Kid & Add-2 – “15 Minutes Of Fame”
15. Gary Clark, Jr. ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Blak and Blu (Remix)”
16. Kwabs – “Wrong Or Right”
17. Fearce Vill – “Yuk The Police” (Local Music)
18. PrezSport (El Prez & Jansport J) ft. Glasses Malone – “Hard Boiled”
19. Common – “I Used To Love H.E.R.” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Phife Dawg – “Dear Dilla”
21. Childish Gambino ft. Chance The Rapper – “The Worst Guys”
22. Disclosure ft. Mary J. Blige – “F For You (Remix)”
23. LIZ – “All Them Boys”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/206d1f4d20/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_450%2C_1-26-14.mp3
(back up – http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/99671540/file.html)
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Apologies for the delay on getting the last few SNSS episodes archived, but it’s been really busy lately with travel, work, more work, a little fun, even more work, and the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl.  All in all, a fun but exhausting few weeks!

Here’s episode #449, where we celebrated the real Super Bowl (the Seahawks beating the clear 2nd best team, the 49ers) and the amazing extra-curriculars of Richard Sherman.  We also played new music from artists like Quelle Chris, Jake Lambo, Rome Fortune, SOHN, Sango, Kenneth Whalum III, Murs, Bryant Dope, Chrome, Toro y Moi, and more.

Enjoy this one and hold tight for a few more episodes tonight…

Show #449 (1-19-14)

1. V. Dot ft. Louis V – “Town Biz” (Local Music)
2. Kanye West ft. King Louie – “Send It Up”
3. Nacho Picasso – “The Lick” (Local Music)
4. Drake – “Trophies”
5. Yonas Michael – “206 My City”
6. Fabolous – “Young OG”
7. Roc Marciano ft. A.G. – “Soul Music”
8. Quelle Chris – “Going Swell”
9. Termanology ft. Ransom – “Set It Off”
10. Jake Lambo – “Cool Flow”
11. Rome Fortune – “Ice Cream Man”
12. Common – “War”
13. Talib Kweli ft. Res – “What’s Real”
14. Mykestro ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Set Precedent (LA Mix)”
15. Kardinal Offishall ft. Raekwon & Assassin – “Pretty Paper”
16. Kanye West – “Celebration” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Shelton Harris & Tyler Dopps – “No Gods” (Local Music)
18. SOHN – “Bloodflows”
19. Sango ft. SPZRKT – “Middle Of Things, Beautiful Wife (Stwo Remix)”
20. Kenneth Whalum III ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Away”
21. Jamall Bufford – “Nineteen”
22. Murs & Apollo Brown – “The Pain Is Gone”
23. Bryant Dope – “Ride”
24. Chromeo ft. Toro y Moi – “Come Alive”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/2d6d03454e/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_449%2C_1-19-14.mp3
(back up – http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/60142530/file.html)
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Our good friend Lupe made another appearance on Sound Session recently, though this one was in the form of our “Studio 93” series, where we interview an artist in front of a large group of winners.  We talked about his upcoming Tetsuo & Youth album, including details about his creative process and a discussion about how responsible complex MC’s are in ensuring listeners understand the messages they put in their verses.  We also discussed how he collaborates with other artists and how he’s often turned down for these projects because of his past controversial statements, before moving on to topics like his relationship with Rick Ross and how the music industry has changed as technology has improved over the years.

It’s always fun to chop it up with Lu, who really is one of the most gifted individuals we have in hip-hop.  He’s an innovative thinker that likes to challenge the status quo, which is always necessary, plus him and Shad are the 2 best writers in the game, imo. Hope you guys enjoy the conversation.  Shout to the Marsupial Empire for recording and editing.

FNF up!

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/
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(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/it9far87thh4)

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Here’s the first SNSS episode of 2014, featuring new music from Hov, Drake, Oddisee, Jamall Bufford, BJ The Chicago Kid, Elle Varner, Audio Push, Fabolous, 7 Days Of Funk, The Lox, Pro Era, Tinashe, Bridget Kelly, Vampire Weekend, and more.  If you missed our Best of 2013 wrap up, click here.

In other news, as I type this, we’re a 2nd half away from the Broncos beating the Chargers and setting up an epic weekend of Seahawks/49ers and Patriots/Broncos matchups to determine the Super Bowl.  Can’t wait!

Show #447 (1-5-14)

1. Rick Ross ft. Jay-Z – “The Devil Is A Lie”
2. B.o.B – “Paper Route”
3. V. Dot ft. Louis V – “Town Biz” (Local Music)
4. Drake – “Trophies”
5. Shelton Harris & Tyler Dopps – “No Gods” (Local Music)
6. Oddisee – “Invisible Walls”
7. Jamall Bufford ft. Magestik Legend – “Travel Light”
8. Nemo Achida ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Hands On”
9. BJ The Chicago Kid ft. Jerreau – “My New Christmas List”
10. Elle Varner ft. Wale – “Rover”
11. Fabolous – “Cuffin Season”
12. Audio Push – “Shine”
13. 7 Days of Funk (Dam-Funk & Snoop Dogg) – “Let It Go”
14. Malice & Mario Sweet – “Celebration” (Local Music)
15. The Lox – “Love Me Or Leave Me Alone”
16. Outkast ft. Goodie Mob – “Git Up, Git Out” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Joey Bada$$, A La $ole, & Dyemond Lewis – “Sol Luna”
18. Kidd Upstairs ft. Mistah F.A.B., Gaita, & Hongry – “Nostalgia”
19. Talib Kweli – “Lover’s Peak”
20. Tinashe – “Midnight Sun”
21. Bridget Kelly – “Coca1n3 Heartbreak”
22. Jhene Aiko ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Stay Ready (What A Life)”
23. Vampire Weekend ft. Danny Brown, Heems, & Despot – “Step (Remix)”
24. A$AP Mob ft. A$AP Nast & Method Man – “Trillmatic”
25. MeLo-X – “Break From Flatbush”
26. Childish Gambino – “3005”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/e5f65fc6d3/
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It’s the last Sound Session of the year, which means only one thing: time for our annual “best of” wrap up show!  You can peep previous year end episodes here (2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009), but for this year’s list, see below and check our notes too.  As always, we pick what we feel represented the best artists and music that we highlighted on SNSS all year.  Normally, we avoid picking more than one track from an artist, but we couldn’t resist this year.  Kanye and Drake dominated 2013, in every sense (“HOW, Sway?), and they had too many records to only pick one.  Those guys were the MVP’s, but there were lots of great records this year:

Show #446 (12-29-13)
**Best of 2013**

1. Action Bronson – “Strictly 4 My Jeeps”
2. THURZ ft. Cali Martyr – “Got Damn, Got Damn”
3. A$AP Rocky ft. Skrillex & Birdy Nam Nam – “Wild For The Night”
4. Kris Kasanova ft. Skeme & Jarv Dee – “Shut Em Down”
5. Tyler, The Creator ft. Frank Ocean – “Bimmer”
6. Kanye West ft. Charlie Wilson – “Bound 2”
7. Kanye West – “Black Skinhead”
8. Pusha T ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Nosetalgia”
9. Step Brothers (Evidence & Alchemist) – “Step Masters”
10. Nacho Picasso – “Crime Waves” (Local Music)
11. Jay-Z ft. Rick Ross – “F*ckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt”
12. Romaro Franceswa ft. Fearce – “Bounce” (Local Music)
13. Shad ft. Saukrates – “Stylin’”
14. Smash Brovaz – “Whatever”
15. Drake ft. Sampha – “Too Much”
16. Sampha – “Too Much”
17. Drake ft. Jhene Aiko – “From Time”
18. The Physics – “Play It Off” (Local Music)
19. J. Cole ft. Nas – “Let Nas Down (Remix)”
20. Isaiah Rashad – “Shot U Down”
21. Porter Ray – “5 Mics” (Local Music)
22. Chance The Rapper – “Acid Rain”
23. Big K.R.I.T. – “Serve This Royalty”
24. The Internet – “Dontcha”
25. denitia and sene – “trip. fall.”
26. Raleigh Ritchie – “In Too Deep”
27. ForteBowie – “Gucci Mayne”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/8f31e46420/
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Notes:

1.  Action released lots of quality music in 2013, but this collab with Harry Fraud was his best.
2. Finally! A twerk record with lyrics. Club goers and backpackers unite!
3. ASAP’s collab with Skrillex didn’t quite fit with the rest of his album, but that’s not a bad thing when a track is this hype.
4. Kris, Jarv, and Skeme delivered a banger. Sadly, most folks are still sleeping. Not SNSS doe.
5. Tyler’s maturation resulted in one of the best albums of the year and this outro featured a beat that Pharrell wishes he made.
6. Yes, the video is absurd. Yes, the lyrics aren’t super dope. But this is my favorite record of the year. Just insanely enjoyable and a classic ‘Ye sample. You can’t front.
7. Another crazy beat, but the lyrics shine here. Kanye’s crazy but a genius. He was spitting truth all year in these songs and interviews.
8. Pusha had another great year (hanging with ‘Ye helps). This and “Numbers On The Board” were classics.
9. Speaking of classics, Ev & Al nailed this old school inspired slapper.
10. Seattle’s hip-hop scene is on fire and Nacho is the most intriguing MC we have. 2014 will be huge for him.
11. Jay dropped an average album (by his standards) but it still had a few gems, including this anthem.
12. Shout to BeanOne with possibly my favorite local beat ever. I could listen to that loop all day!
13. One Canadian legend linked with another soon to be Canadian legend. SK’s having fun on this one, but those lyrics are still rewind worthy.
14. Good ol’ fashioned boom-bap for the cold weather. T-Dot to SEA, connect.
15. We could have picked numerous records from Drizzy, but this one was a no-brainer. That hook. That beat. Those lyrics. Lock.
16. We had to give props to Sampha’s original that Drake sampled as well.
17. Still think Jhene had the hook of the year on “From Time.”
18. Last year, I mentioned that if the Physics release music in a year, they’re guaranteed to be on our year end list. Well, they released music. And it didn’t disappoint.
19. There were lots of dope “moments” (see Kendrick’s “Control” verse) but one of our favorites was Nas responding to Jermaine.
20. Kendrick was everywhere in 2013 and Q kept anticipation bubbling for his upcoming album, but TDE’s newcomer introduced himself to the world with one of the best tracks of the year.
21. The best part of Seattle’s hip-hop scene is that the future is looking STRONG. Cats like Porter, Romaro, and Dave B are leading the way for the youngsters.
22. Chicago’s up and comer linked with Seattle’s production OG, Jake One, and the resulting song was the highlight of Chance’s album.
23. A lot of folks are taking K.R.I.T. for granted and waiting for him to drop that undeniable classic, which will certainly come, but in the meantime, he continues to release great music. Another year, another great mixtape.
24. The Internet might have had the sleeper record of the year. J still points out that if they sold this track to Janet Jackson, it’s a guaranteed #1 hit. What a record…
25. Denitia Odigie and Sene collaborated for one of the surprise albums of the year and this was the first offering we heard off it. Still knocks.
26. Raleigh Ritchie’s an artist that might be off most people’s radars, but it’ll come in time. This is just a taste of what’s in store from this UK singer.
27. Forte simply does it all: raps, sings, produces. He’s good. He’s gucci.

Honorable mentions from artists not otherwise represented:

• 2 Player Co-Op (Trackademicks & 1-O.A.K.) – “Someone Great”
• 50 Cent ft. Kendrick Lamar – “We Up”
• AB – “You Used To Love Me”
• Amp Live ft. James Melo – “D.H.E.A.”
• A$AP Mob ft. A$AP Nast & Method Man – “Trillmatic”
• Bas ft. J. Cole & KQuick – “Lit”
• Big Sean ft. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica – “Control”
• Bondax – “Gold (Snakehips Bootleg)”
• Busta Rhymes ft. Q-Tip – “Thank You”
• Childish Gambino – “3005”
• Dag Savage (Exile & Johaz) ft. Aloe Blacc – “When It Rains”
• Dave B – “Illectric”
• De La Soul – “Get Away”
• Disclosure, Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes, & Nile Rodgers – “Together”
• Eminem ft. Buckshot – “Don’t Front”
• Halo & Masta Killa ft. Rocki Evans – “No Matter”
• IamSu! – “Hipster Girls”
• Jadakiss ft. The-Dream – “Big Boy Dialogue”
• Janelle Monae ft. Miguel – “Primetime”
• Jhene Aiko – “The Worst”
• Joey Badass – “Unorthodox”
• John Crown – “Ben Franklin”
• John Legend ft. Rick Ross – “Who Do We Think We Are”
• Logic – “Nasty”
• Mack Wilds – “Magic”
• Mayer Hawthorne ft. Jessie Ware – “Her Favorite Song”
• MeLo-X – “God Magic”
• Mystikal – “Hit Me”
• Nickelus F ft. Drake – “Number 15”
• Quelle Chris ft. Tanya Morgan, Cavalier, & Fresh Daily – “Greene Eyes”
• Raz Simone – “Cold”
• Rick Ross ft. Jay-Z – “The Devil Is A Lie”
• Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P) ft. Big Boi – “Banana Clipper”
• Schoolboy Q ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Collard Greens”
• Scribes – “Backseat (New Ride)”
• Sol – “Jump In”
• ST 2 Lettaz – “Trillmatic”
• Tanya Morgan – “For Real”
• The Black Opera ft. Mayer Hawthorne – “Queen Of Hearts”
• T.I. ft. B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar, & Kris Stephens – “Memories Back Then”
• Yo Gotti ft. J. Cole – “Cold Blood”
• Young Roddy – “This One”

2014: let’s gooooooooooooo

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Sound Session team!  There’s about 15 minutes left on Christmas Day as I write this and after a few weeks of traveling (special shout to some of my good LA friends that I saw last week, Enrique and Brian from Interscope), then the craziness of the holidays, I’m finally feeling like I can relax and catch up on things.  Hopefully you all had a great holiday and got to spend time with your friends and family, and you’re not working like I am.

That said, when we’re hanging out and playing new music from the likes of B.o.B, Kendrick, Jay, Emilio Rojas, The Physics, Disclosure, Rochelle Jordan, Oddisee, World’s Fair, Nemo Achida, Drake, Flume, and more, it really doesn’t seem like “work.”  Enjoy the latest episode of SNSS and be sure to tune in for our Best of 2013 show next week!

Show #445 (12-22-13)

1. YG Hootie ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Two Presidents”
2. B.o.B – “Back Me Up”
3. Fat Trel – “She Fell In Love”
4. Rick Ross ft. Jay-Z – “The Devil Is A Lie”
5. Roc Marciano ft. Evidence – “Love Means”
6. Kanin ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Winner Circle”
7. Emilio Rojas – “Hold Up”
8. Nickelus F – “Sunday”
9. Joey Bada$$ – “Two Lips”
10. Talib Kweli ft. Mike Posner – “Colors Of You”
11. The Physics ft. Stay Hi Bros. – “On My Mind” (Local Music)
12. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Latch (DJ Premier Remix)”
13. Rochelle Jordan – “Follow Me”
14. Alina Baraz & Galimatias – “Make You Feel”
15. Donte Peace – “Maxxxed Out” (Local Music)
16. Run-D.M.C. – “Christmas In Hollis” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Owuor Arunga ft. DadaBass & Felicia Loud – “Black As They Come” (Local Music)
18. Oddisee – “Invisible Walls”
19. World’s Fair ft. Bilal – “Spanish Robin Williams”
20. Nemo Achida ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Hands On”
21. Kidd Upstairs – “So Far Away”
22. Flume ft. Ghostface Killah & Autre Ne Veut – “Space Cadet (Remix)”
23. Flume ft. Killer Mike & Moon Holiday – “Insane (Remix)”
24. Drake – “Come Thru”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/25790c5624/
(back up – http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/7886193/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/a8208vl2l7xs)

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.

For this week’s episode of SNSS, we decided to switch it up a little bit and highlight one of our favorite groups, The Physics, by dedicating half the show to their excellent catalog in celebration of their new album release.  Personally, they are far and away my favorite local crew from the Northwest, which is saying quite a bit when you think about all the quality music our region produces these days.

The Physics sat in on the entire show and talked all about the group’s history as we ran through tracks from all their projects.  We finished with a few records off their new album, Digital Wildlife, which is available for free download right here.  I can’t recommend it enough so definitely download it now and Seattle folks: come out to their album release party this Saturday at the Croc.  See you there!

Show #444 (12-15-13)
**Co-Hosted by The Physics**

1. A$AP Mob ft. A$AP Nast & Method Man – “Trillmatic”
2. Lloyd Banks – “Tour Stories”
3. Roc Marciano ft. Action Bronson – “456”
4. Childish Gambino – “Sweatpants”
5. Flume ft. Ghostface Killah & Autre Ne Veut – “Space Cadet (Remix)”
6. Flume ft. Killer Mike & Moon Holiday – “Insane (Remix)”
7. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Latch (DJ Premier Remix)”
8. 7 Days of Funk (Dam-Funk & Snoop Dogg) ft. Kurupt – “Ride”
9. Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg – “F*ck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)” (Throwback of the Week)
10. Talib Kweli ft. The Underachievers – “New Leaders”
11. The Physics – “Ready For We” (Local Music)
12. The Physics – “I Just Wanna Beat” (Local Music)
13. The Physics ft. Maneak B – “Coronas On Madrona” (Local Music)
14. The Physics – “These Moments” (Local Music)
15. The Physics ft. The Good Sin – “Seward Park” (Local Music)
16. The Physics – “So Funky” (Local Music)
17. The Physics – “Take A Win” (Local Music)
18. The Physics – “Play It Off” (Local Music)
19. The Physics – “No Tellin” (Local Music)
20. The Physics ft. Dave B – “Higher Learning” (Local Music)

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/06b385f1b4/
(back up – http://www11.zippyshare.com/v/9421239/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/q446ocy1hbf6)

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.