The Audacity of Dope

As mentioned yesterday, we are now up and running with our international broadcast of Sound Session every week, all the way across the Pacific Ocean from Sydney, Australia.  I’ll be here for 3 months for my ESPN work, but we’ll keep the music coming like we always have.  Hopefully we’ll start adding some more Aussie flavor to the show (still sleeping on CVIRO & GXNXVS, Vanessa Elisha, M-Phazes, etc.?…hell, I think we were the first show in the country to play that funky little record from the quirky Belgian/Australian dude, waaaaaay before it became a played out smash).

No Aussies on this week’s playlist, but still some great new music from artists like Anderson .Paak, Kid Cudi, Common, Francis and the Lights, Mura Masa & ASAP Rocky, Dave East, DAEtrius, Divine Council & Andre 3000, Dave, Khalid, Avelino, SiR, dvsn, and more.  Enjoy!

Show #571 (10/9/16)

1. NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – “Lyk Dis”
2. Kung Foo Grip – “Boomerang” (Local Music)
3. Travis Scott ft. K. Forest – “Guidance”
4. Kid Cudi – “Surfin’”
5. The Weeknd – “False Alarm”
6. Common ft. Stevie Wonder – “Black America Again”
7. T.I. ft. B. Rossi & Killer Mike – “40 Acres”
8. Yirim Seck – “We Call It (Murder)” (Local Music)
9. Talib Kweli – “Get By” (Throwback of the Week)
10. JAHKOY ft. Schoolboy Q – “California Heaven”
11. Xavier Omar – “Grown Woman”
12. Francis and the Lights – “Can’t Stay Party”
13. Mura Masa ft. ASAP Rocky – “Love$ick”
14. Dave East – “Keisha”
15. DAEtrius – “ShowOut”
16. Divine Council ft. Andre 3000 – “DECEMBA (Remix)”
17. Avelino – “Late Nights In The 15”
18. Dave – “Wanna Know”
19. Khalid – “Location”
20. Mick Jenkins ft. Ravyn Lenae – “Communicate”
21. Anderson .Paak ft. Schoolboy Q – “Am I Wrong (Koolade Remix)”
22. Tay Sean – “Higher Vibrations” (Local Music)
23. SiR – “All In My Head”
24. Drake ft. Pimp C & dvsn – “Faithful (Extended Version)”
25. Frank Ocean – “Ivy”

Link to download - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWa0VDVGo0THJJTGc

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Getting this week’s SNSS out to y’all right away since I’m headed down to LA in a few hours.  If you’re in SoCal, holler at me and let’s link!  I’ll be there all week.

In the meantime, enjoy this week’s show, featuring new music from Havoc, REKS, Chance The Rapper, GrandeMarshall, Big K.R.I.T., Andre 3000, Jay-Z, Quasimoto, J. Cole, Kid Cudi, Bridget Kelly, Stacy Barthe, Rittz, Tyler, The Creator, and more.  Shout to Neema for swinging by the studio to debut his new single with Crooked I, Grynch, Ra Scion, and Aquino, and a special shout to longtime friend of the show, Talib Kweli, for calling in to talk about his new album.  Be sure to go cop Prisoner of Conscious when it drops on Tuesday!

8 year anniversary of SNSS on the next episode…

Show #412 (5-5-13)

1. Havoc ft. Lloyd Banks – “Life We Chose”
2. REKS ft. EzDread – “Caged Bird”
3. Chance The Rapper ft. Ab-Soul – “Smoke Again”
4. GrandeMarshall – “Gotmef*ckedup”
5. Big K.R.I.T. – “The Bigger Picture”
6. Beyonce ft. Andre 3000 – “Back To Black”
7. Jay-Z – “$100 Bill”
8. Wu-Tang Clan – “C.R.E.A.M.” (Throwback of the Week)
9. Czarface (7L, Esoteric, & Inspectah Deck) ft. Action Bronson – “Czardi Gras (It’s Raw Again)”
10. Action Bronson ft. Lauriana Mae – “Compliments 2 The Chef”
11. Jarv Dee – “High Expectations” (Local Music)
12. J Shiltz ft. Junia-T – “From The Soul”
13. Quasimoto – “Planned Attack”
14. De La Soul – “Get Away”
15. **INTERVIEW WITH TALIB KWELI**
16. Talib Kweli ft. Busta Rhymes – “Rocket Ships”
17. J. Cole – “3 Wishes”
18. Kid Cudi ft. King Chip & ASAP Rocky – “Brothers”
19. Bridget Kelly ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Street Dreamin’”
20. Stacy Barthe ft. Rick Ross – “Hell Yeah”
21. Rittz ft. Mike Posner – “Switch Lanes”
22. Scribes – “Hop On The Ride” (Local Music)
23. Tyler, The Creator ft. Erykah Badu & Coco Owino (of Quadron) – “Treehome95”
24. **INTERVIEW WITH NEEMA**
25. Neema ft. Crooked I, Grynch, Ra Scion, & Aquino – “Lex Luthor” (Local Music)

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www27.zippyshare.com/v/63895172/file.html
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/jsjmwt5llcsk)
(2nd back up – http://www.sendspace.com/file/afyy2s)

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.

New visuals from Kweli and Ryan Leslie, directed by the latter.  I’m not sure how I feel about this new trend of R&B singers deciding to rap, but I’m not mad at Ryan’s skills on the mic.  Lord knows he can do pretty much everything else musically (go check all the YouTube videos of him in the studio if you’re not familiar), so he might as well rap a bit.  Shoot, everyone else is these days.

Obviously one of my all time favorite artists and good friend of SNSS, but I heard this not so classic opening bar to a classic record (and album) in the gym earlier today:

“We in the house like Japanese in Japan or Koreans in Korea”
— Talib Kweli, “K.O.S.”

Still a great track though. “The funky singing by Miss Vinia Mojica”:

When Talib called in to SNSS a few months ago, he was surprised that we liked this song enough to play it on our show.  His reasoning was that our show is somewhat known for playing “real” hip-hop, which somehow has a connotation that we might shy away from playing “the girl song” from an album.  On the contrary, we love girls!

And I love this record.

Super busy with the day job this week, so just the basic SNSS wrap up.  Shout to Onry Ozzborn for coming through the studio and for the big homey Talib Kweli for calling in.  Cop his new album, Gutter Rainbows, from all digital outlets today!  If, for some reason, you need to listen to it first, you can stream it in full right here.

Show #295 (1-23-11)

1. Kanye West & Jay-Z – “H.A.M.”
2. Ghostface Killah ft. Black Thought – “In The Park”
3. CurT@!n$ ft. Kendrick Lamar & Chace Infinite – “Maniac”
4. Freeway & Statik Selektah ft. Lil’ Fame & Termanology – “From The Street”
5. Thee Tom Hardy ft. Yelawolf – “Take ‘Em To…”
6. Scribes ft. JFK – “Monster” (Local Music)
7. Hieroglyphics – “Reputation”
8. Snoop Dogg ft. Pilot – “Gangbang Rookie”
9. Killer Mike – “Burn”
10. Malcolm & Martin – “Stand 4 Something”
11. Kanye West ft. Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Fergie, Elton John, and more – “All of the Lights”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH ONRY OZZBORN, PT. 1**
13. Onry Ozzborn – “The O.O.” (Local Music)
14. U-N-I ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Muddy Jane”
15. JR & PH7 ft. Shawn Jackson – “She Loves Me”
16. Outasight – “Losing My Mind”
17. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Wing$” (Local Music)
18. **INTERVIEW WITH ONRY OZZBORN, PT. 2**
19. TiRon & Ayomari – “Good Food”
20. Big K.R.I.T. ft. Grillade – “Neva Go Back”
21. **INTERVIEW WITH TALIB KWELI**
22. Talib Kweli ft. Blaq Toven – “How You Love Me”
23. Stephen Marley ft. Damian Marley & Buju Banton – “Jah Army (Revelation, Pt. 1)”
24. Erykah Badu – “Next Lifetime” (Throwback of the Week)

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?8diahf9reyjbaph
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/8568965959192c7a/)
(2nd back up – http://www.usershare.net/u19x84ah79us)

Link to download just the interview with Talib Kweli – http://www.mediafire.com/?83r4x712225mffe
(back up / streaming link – http://www.usershare.net/7l0zm1chqagn)

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.

I’m a little mad that they dropped this video in October, but I suppose when you’re filming in SoCal, it’s always a long hot summer.  I love the way Hi-Tek worked in one of his classic “vocal sample that isn’t really a vocal sample” effect.  If you want to hear more about how this record, and every song on Revolutions Per Minute, was created, check out our in-depth interview with Talib & Tek right here.

(Part One in HD on HyphenTV)

As I mentioned in the post with just the audio, Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek came through Sound Session two weeks ago to talk all about their new album.  Here’s the entire in-depth interview with these two legendary hip-hop figures, and more importantly, just two all around good dudes.  Support them by copping Revolutions Per Minute and for the youngins who never bought Train of Thought, you better get that too!

Part 1: “RPM’s,” “City Playgrounds,” and “Back Again.”

(Part Two in HD on HyphenTV)

Part 2: Affion Crockett/Russell Simmons skits, being considered “conscious,” the marketing of “neo soul,” “Strangers” featuring Bun B, “In This World,” sampling Jay-Z’s classic lyric, “Got Work,” and more.

(Part Three in HD on HyphenTV)

Part 3: “Midnight Hour” featuring Estelle, “Lifting Off,” the war on drugs, “In The Red,” and more.

(Part Four in HD on HyphenTV)

Part 4: “Ballad Of The Black Gold,” energy consumption, live instrumentation vs. samples, “Just Begun” with Jay Electronica, J. Cole, and Mos Def, and more.

(Part 5 in HD on HyphenTV)

Part 5: “Long Hot Summer,” working as a group, “Get Loose” with Chester French, “So Good” and the return of MC Hi-Tek, the absence of Dion on the album, and more.

(Part 6 in HD on HyphenTV)

Part 6: “Ends” featuring Bilal, the pursuit of money, music piracy, the autobiographical outro of “My Life,” the future of Reflection Eternal, and more.

Enjoy!

Pardon the delay in archiving the last 2 episodes of Sound Session, but I wanted to make sure I gave you guys every option for checking out our in depth interview with Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, collectively known as Reflection Eternal.  In celebration of their new album, Revolutions Per Minute, Talib and Tek came through to talk about every song on the project and the inspirations behind them all.  Consider this an “Inside The Rapper’s Studio” style interview, not for the faint of heart.  Oh…and BUY THE ALBUM!!!!

Note – the interview played on air was not the full discussion.  If you’d like to check out the entire interview, please view the videos through the link below.

Show #261 (5-30-10)

1. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 1**
2. Reflection Eternal – “RPM’s”
3. Reflection Eternal – “City Playgrounds”
4. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 2**
5. Reflection Eternal ft. Res – “Back Again”
6. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 3**
7. Reflection Eternal ft. Bun B – “Strangers (Paranoid)”
8. Reflection Eternal – “In This World”
9. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 4**
10. Reflection Eternal – “Got Work”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 5**
12. Reflection Eternal ft. Estelle – “Midnight Hour”
13. Reflection Eternal – “Lifting Off”
14. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 6**
15. Reflection Eternal – “In The Red”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 7**
17. Reflection Eternal – “Ballad Of The Black Gold”
18. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 8**
19. Reflection Eternal ft. Jay Electronica, J. Cole, & Mos Def – “Just Begun”
20. Reflection Eternal – “Long Hot Summer”
21. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 9**
22. Reflection Eternal ft. Chester French – “Get Loose”
23. Reflection Eternal – “So Good”
24. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 10**
25. Reflection Eternal ft. Bilal – “Ends”
26. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 11**
27. Reflection Eternal – “My Life”
28. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 12**

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?yweowynmtqk
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/76743509fd03f5b6/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/bdytv0q0rr07)

Link to download just the interview breaks – http://www.mediafire.com/?l4wommmmwyn
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/7674405781126bf1/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/y65gnbvwms07)

Watch video of the interview – https://www.theaudacityofdope.com/2010/06/08/reflection-eternal-on-sound-session/

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 caught Sound Session last night, you know we ran through the entire Revolutions Per Minute album from Kweli and Hi-Tek.  While I decide how much of the video I want to let loose, the homies say what up…