The Audacity of Dope

(L-R: Upendo, Maseo, (Vitamin), Marcus, & DV)

Last Sunday, many of those closest to J. Moore gathered at Ciudad in Seattle, one of the venues owned by Jon’s longtime friend and business partner, Marcus Lalario.  It was held 2 days after Jon’s 48th birthday on April 21st, which I’m happy to say is now officially known as Jonathan Moore Day in the City of Seattle.  Dope to see one Mayor recognize another.

I also posted up a classic SNSS episode from his 44th birthday in 2013, complete with all sorts of gems from Jon on life & death, here.  Hope you enjoy the walk down memory lane…

The memorial at Ciudad was a great event (albeit a bit heavy on the Egyptian Musk) and we had a blast catching up and remembering J’s life.  Everyone grieves in different ways, but one thing’s for sure: J would want us to focus more on celebrating life than mourning it.  The building was filled with life, love, laughter, and music, all things that I’ll forever associate with Jon.  Thank you to everyone who came through and special thanks to Marcus for organizing the event.

Marcus, Upendo, DV-One, and Maseo from De La Soul all came through Sound Session to kick it with DJ Nphared and I after the festivities.  We played new tracks from artists like Big Boi, Killer Mike, Organized Noize, Joi, Snoh Aalegra, Vince Staples, Gorillaz, Pinder, Kendrick, Black Thought, Talib + Styles P, ANoyd, Little Dragon, Porter Ray, Dave B, and more.

It was especially fun to interview Maseo again, an absolute hip-hop legend.  We chatted about De La’s history, NYC rap over the years, the artificial nature of the commercial vs. underground divide (including his regret for being a part of the Roots’ “What They Do” video), and of course, his friendship with Jon that dated back to 1989!  Vinny & Johnny, the Merlot Brothers.  Shout to all the fellas for coming through and helping send off Jon right.

Show #592 (4/23/17)
**Co-hosted by DJ Nphared**

1. Big Boi ft. Killer Mike & Jeezy – “Kill Jill”
2. Organized Noize ft. Joi & 2 Chainz – “Kush”
3. Snoh Aalegra ft. Vince Staples – “Nothing Burns Like The Cold”
4. Pinder ft. Choice & Gifted Gab – “Focused” (Local Music)
5. Kendrick Lamar ft. Zacari – “LOVE.”
6. David Banner ft. Black Thought & WatchTheDuck – “Who Want It”
7. J. Period ft. Pharoahe Monch, Posdnuos, Black Thought, & Joss Stone – “Rise Up!”
8. Talib Kweli & Styles P ft. Common & Little Vic – “Teleprompters”
9. Joey Badass ft. Schoolboy Q – “Rockabye”
10. ANoyd – “Brand Name Water”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH MARCUS LALARIO & MASEO (OF DE LA SOUL)**
12. GoldLink ft. Jazmine Sullivan & Kaytranada – “Meditation”
13. Little Dragon ft. Agge – “Celebrate”
14. Gorillaz ft. Vince Staples – “Ascension”
15. The Cool Kids – “TV Dinner”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH MASEO (OF DE LA SOUL)**
17. Nas – “Halftime” (Throwback of the Week)
18. Porter Ray – “East Seattle” (Local Music)
19. Dave B – “Dive” (Local Music)
20. **INTERVIEW WITH MARCUS LALARIO, DV-ONE, & MASEO (OF DE LA SOUL)**

Download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWcDdwSWFtbW1BSm8

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Just the biz this week:

• Big shout to A.R.M. for letting us world premiere their new joint with Slug from Atmosphere.
• You know we had to run some Gang Starr for our Throwback of the Week…thoughts and prayers with Guru.
• We gave out a few tickets for the Cool Kids/Pac Div show on the 9th.  We’ll have more next week so don’t miss ’em…
• After a few weeks on the road, J. Moore was back in the studio.  Peep the triumphant return of the Mayor!

Show #248 (2-28-10)

1. 88-Keys ft. Colin Munroe – “Wake Up Call”
2. Nottz – “Shine So Brite”
3. 2 Hungry Bros. ft. Substantial – “Can’t Be That Stupid”
4. Memphis Bleek – “Still Ill”
5. Concise Kilgore – “Alaska”
6. Black Spade ft. J*Davey – “New U”
7. Spaid – “Clarity” (Local Music)
8. Freeway & Jake One ft. Latoiya Williams – “Freekin’ The Beat” (Local Music)
9. Sean Price – “Shut The F*ck Up”
10. Laws – “Hold You Down”
11. Kendrick Lamar – “Celebration”
12. Big Sean ft. Mr. Hudson – “Way Out”
13. Aloe Blacc – “Dollar”
14. **A.R.M. ft. Slug – “Fear Of The Mundane” (WORLD PREMIERE)**
15. Chief Kamachi – “Little African Girl”
16. Statik Selektah ft. Lil’ Fame, Havoc, & Kool G Rap – “Do It 2 Death”
17. Meko McAfee – “No One”
18. J. Pinder ft. Big Pooh & Zach Bruce – “Later On” (Local Music)
19. Gang Starr ft. Nice & Smooth – “DWYCK” (Throwback of the Week)
20. DJ Center ft. Middle Child – “In A Song”
21. John Legend – “There With You”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?yukgjmdzxtc
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/73212054b8e6c63e/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/jvwnfq9qjejy)

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