The Audacity of Dope

(you like that 3rd person blog title, don’t ya?)

The homies Doc and Armond do one of the best hip-hop podcasts around with their Clock Radio Speakers show and I was honored to be a guest on a recent episode of theirs.  Toss this on and listen to us nerd out about all sorts of topics, including rap’s fascination with radio play and how radio really works, Wale’s issues with Complex, “event” releases in 2013 from artists like Jay-Z and Beyonce, my #InboxMadness Twitter series, industry tastemakers, and a whole bunch more.  Just a fun discussion with some folks that truly love music.  Good times.

We’re pretty busy gearing up for our Summer Jam (J. Cole, Wale, Drop City Yacht Club, 2 Chainz, Trey Songz, T.I., and hosted by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis), but here’s this week’s episode of SNSS for y’all.  New music from artists like Joey Badass, Meek Mill, Jadakiss, Logic, Locksmith, DLRN, ScienZe, Tony Touch, ILLFIGHTYOU, Reef The Lost Cauze, M.i, Capital Cities, Shad, and more.

Plus we were joined in studio by up and coming local artist, Rasaan Heist, and his L.O.E. business partner, Tony Wroten, of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies.  You can catch Rasaan peforming at our Summer Jam this weekend at the Gorge as well!

Enjoy!

Show #416 (6-2-13)

1. Joey Bada$$ – “Word Is Bond”
2. AZ – “We Movin’”
3. Logic – “Nasty”
4. **INTERVIEW WITH RASAAN HEIST & TONY WROTEN, PT. 1**
5. Jadakiss ft. The-Dream – “Big Boy Dialogue”
6. Meek Mill – “Levels”
7. **INTERVIEW WITH RASAAN HEIST & TONY WROTEN, PT. 2**
8. Rasaan Heist – “Check Chedda” (Local Music)
9. Locksmith ft. Olamide Faison – “Livin’ Loaded”
10. **INTERVIEW WITH RASAAN HEIST & TONY WROTEN, PT. 3**
11. Big K.R.I.T. – “The Bigger Picture”
12. DLRN – “Good Company”
13. Porter Ray – “Checkmate” (Local Music)
14. ScienZe ft. Blu – “Charlie Brown”
15. Tony Touch ft. Raekwon, JD Era, Ghostface Killah, & RZA – “Unorthodox”
16. ILLFIGHTYOU ft. JRM – “Fatal” (Local Music)
17. Marco Polo ft. Tragedy Khadafi, Lil’ Fame, Adrian Younge, & The Delfonics – “Stand Up (Remix)”
18. Shad & Skratch Bastid ft. Cadence Weapon – “Homie”
19. Reef The Lost Cauze & Haj (of Dumhi) – “92 Flow”
20. Hieroglyphics – “You Never Knew” (Throwback of the Week)
21. M.i ft. OnCue – “Write It Down”
22. 2 Player Co-Op (Trackademicks & 1-O.A.K.) – “Someone Great”
23. Wale ft. Sam Drew – “LoveHate Thing”
24. R.A. The Rugged Man ft. Brother Ali & Masta Ace – “The Dangerous Three”
25. Realm Reality ft. Prodigy – “The Realness”
26. Capital Cities ft. Andre 3000 & Frank Tavares – “Farrah Fawcett Hair”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www6.zippyshare.com/v/97604572/file.html
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/0lx2qkosug1e)
(2nd back up – http://www.sendspace.com/file/d7gkr1)

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.

Maybach Music Group’s Stalley stopped by Sound Session while in Seattle on tour on 6/10/12. We chopped it up about various topics, including his “Savage Journey To The American Dream” mixtape, linking up and receiving advice from Rick Ross, how he plays the “every man” role in the MMG crew, his upcoming major label debut album, and more.

Big shout to Stalley and Dan for coming through the studio, plus Detooz Films for filming and editing the footage.

Now…say it with me:  M-m-m-m-m-maaaaaaybach music!

As I mentioned last week, Wale came through SNSS for a quick chat about his Ambition album, his fans, sports, and more.  Be sure to check out the video of our interview right here.

Now that that bit of shameless self-promotion is out the way, on to the 2nd bit of shameless self-promotion!  On this week’s episode, peep some new music from artists like M.O.P., Childish Gambino, Drake, OnCue, The Roots, Amy Winehouse, Murs, Rittz, The Kid Daytona, and more.  Danny! also called in to talk about his upcoming project on Interscope and the inspiration behind one of my favorite records out right now, “I Don’t Wanna Hear That Sh*t.”  Be on the lookout for Payback early next year!

Show #339 (12-4-11)

1. J. Cole – “God’s Gift”
2. Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Frank Ocean & The-Dream – “No Church In The Wild”
3. M.O.P. – “Blasphemy (Blast 4 Me)”
4. Black Milk & Danny Brown – “Black & Brown”
5. Bruce Leroy – “The Truth” (Local Music)
6. Rapsody ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Rock The Bells”
7. The Roots ft. Dice Raw – “Lighthouse”
8. The Kid Daytona ft. Action Bronson – “Ivory Coast Crime Scene”
9. M.anifest – “Okay”
10. Lupe Fiasco – “Life, Death & Love From San Francisco”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH DANNY!**
12. Danny! – “I Don’t Wanna Hear That Sh*t”
13. Childish Gambino – “Heartbeat”
14. Drake – “Shot For Me”
15. Amy Winehouse – “Best Friends, Right?”
16. Antbeezy – “Dreams To Make It” (Local Music)
17. Rittz – “Wishin’”
18. OnCue – “Feel Tall”
19. Wizdom ft. Sol, Luck-One, & Grynch – “That’s Nice” (Local Music)
20. Black Star – “Fix Up”
21. Murs ft. Ab-Soul & O.C. – “Life and Time”
22. Jay-Z – “December 4th” (Throwback of the Week)

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?bqx37huz6ohe3hm
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/rczkxy3sjaeg)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/97030939ed4db722/)

Link to download just interview with Danny! – http://www.mediafire.com/?ta88y3lzw9cyzs3
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/w0ntuwthr2og)

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.

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.

On this week’s episode of SNSS, DV-One and I were joined in studio by our good friends, Jake One, Grynch, and Wizdom, plus we played part of my interview with Wale from Saturday.  I’ll be posting up the full video soon, but if you must have visual evidence that it went down, peep our historic moment for race relations.  Enjoy music from all these fellas, plus artists like Common, Childish Gambino, Pac Dic, Rapsody, Lupe Fiasco, Yelawolf, Black Star, Robin Thicke, Peter Baldwin, The Weeknd, Amy Winehouse, and, of course, Drizzy.

Show #338 (11-27-11)

1. Common – “Celebrate”
2. Childish Gambino – “You See Me”
3. Murs – “Westside Love”
4. Pac Div ft. TiRon – “She”
5. Parker ft. SK & Mario Sweet – “In The Morning” (Local Music)
6. **INTERVIEW WITH JAKE ONE**
7. Jake One ft. Sol, Prometheus Brown, & Preach – “Dawgs In The House” (Local Music)
8. Young Jeezy ft. Jay-Z & Andre 3000 – “I Do”
9. Rapsody ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Rock The Bells”
10. Drake – “Over My Dead Body”
11. Lupe Fiasco – “Life, Death & Love From San Francisco”
12. Amy Winehouse – “Halftime”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH WIZDOM & GRYNCH**
14. Wizdom ft. Sol, Luck-One, & Grynch – “That’s Nice” (Local Music)
15. Yelawolf – “The Hardest Love Song In The World”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH WALE #02 (SNIPPET)**
17. Wale – “Barry Sanders”
18. Black Star – “Fix Up”
19. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Gotta Have It”
20. Tha Dogg Pound Gangstas ft. Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg – “Big Pimpin’” (Throwback of the Week)
21. **INTERVIEW WITH JAKE ONE, WIZDOM, & GRYNCH**
22. Robin Thicke – “Love After War”
23. Peter Baldwin – “Suicide Girl”
24. The Weeknd – “The Knowing”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?qglybgy3g7jhkf9
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/tsm3zr7uh5jg)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/9674494197349c70/)

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.

Apologies for the week long delay for SNSS #336, but some things came up last week (namely, my baller trip to Los Angeles to see Frank Ocean! *notsohumblebrag*).  Here’s the show though, complete with new music from Pac Div, ASAP Rocky, Asher Roth, Jhene Aiko, The Away Team, Drake, Wale, and more.  Plus, we were joined in studio by local artist Props, who has a real dope track we’ve been playing featuring Wale and produced by Vitamin D.

Check out the show here!

Show #336 (11-13-11)

1. Pac Div – “Posted”
2. ASAP Rocky – “Peso”
3. Danny Brown – “Pac Blood”
4. Don Trip ft. Cee Lo Green – “Letter To My Son (Remix)”
5. Roc Marciano – “Emeralds”
6. Planet Asia ft. Tri-State – “Gold Kufis”
7. MED – “Too Late”
8. Heavy D ft. Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, CL Smooth, Big Daddy Kane, Pete Rock, & Q-Tip – “Don’t Curse” (Throwback of the Week)
9. DJ Quik – “Heavy Mr. Big Stuff”
10. Wale ft. Kid Cudi – “Focused”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH PROPS, PT. 1**
12. Props ft. Wale – “Grindin’ To Eat” (Local Music)
13. J. Cole – “Sideline Story”
14. **INTERVIEW WITH PROPS, PT. 2**
15. Th3rdz – “Rap Rap” (Local Music)
16. Asher Roth – “Common Knowledge”
17. Freddie Gibbs ft. Dom Kennedy – “Menace II Society”
18. Jhene Aiko ft. Casey Veggies – “In Love We Trust”
19. Amy Winehouse ft. Nas – “Like Smoke”
20. Goapele – “Break Of Dawn”
21. Drake ft. The Weeknd – “Crew Love”
22. Gazmo ft. Bruce Leroy – “Stuupid” (Local Music)
23. The Away Team – “Scars & Stripes”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?srccsc4fcmv434y
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/i8llcg3162dt)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/96445050118ae549/)

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.

Wale, Miguel, and Miguel’s hair release the official video for “Lotus Flower Bomb” off Ambition, which is doing real well on the charts so far.  Congrats to Wale, MMG, and the Warner fam.  Wale can rub folks in the industry the wrong way, but he’s been cool to me every time we’ve met and it’s always dope to see talented artists become commercially successful.  Super dope actually.

Seattle folks: I’ll be giving out a pair of tickets to Wale’s upcoming show in Seattle on Sound Session tomorrow night.  Plus, you’ll get to come meet the man himself at KUBE with us earlier in the day.  Listen tomorrow to win!

Maybach Music!

Pardon the brief delay on this week’s SNSS archive, but we had a few technical difficulties.  Plus, it’s a short week for Thanksgiving, so everything seems even more hectic than usual.  I’ll gladly take it if it means a 4 day weekend though…

Check out this week’s show for great music from artists like Lupe Fiasco, Slum Village, Obie Trice, Souls of Mischief, Strange Fruit Project, Macklemore, James Pants, BlakRoc, and more.  Plus, we aired a snippet of our recent interview with Wale.  We’ll be posting the full discussion (with video) on the blog soon (along with the full Royce Da 5’9″ video in the next few days).  Keep it locked.

I know it’s generally a positive holiday, but whenever this day comes around, I can’t help but think of Nas’ bars from “What Goes Around“:

“The Indians saved the Pilgrim/
And in return, the Pilgrim killed ’em/
They call it Thanksgiving, I call ya holiday hellday/
Cause I’m from poverty, neglected by the wealthy”

Not trying to be a Debbie Downer, but remember how we got here…and on that note – *ahem* – Happy Thanksgiving!

Show #234 (11-22-09)

1. Lupe Fiasco – “Fire”
2. Slum Village – “Dope Man”
3. Obie Trice – “Got Hungry”
4. Royce Da 5’9” ft. Busta Rhymes – “Dinner Time”
5. Freeway & Jake One – “Love” (Local Music)
6. Souls Of Mischief – “Proper Aim”
7. Rita J ft. Guilty Simpson – “Outlasted”
8. Strange Fruit Project ft. Thesis – “Crash”
9. DJ Crazy Toones ft. Kurupt – “2 Turntables and a Microphone”
10. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Otherside” (Local Music)
11. CunninLynguists ft. Freddie Gibbs – “Imperial”
12. Nipsey Hussle ft. Snoop Dogg & Pooh Bear – “Gangsta’s Life”
13. Pill – “Coastin’”
14. James Pants ft. Mayer Hawthorne – “Thin Moon (Remix)”
15. Solange – “Stillness Is The Move”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH WALE (SNIPPET)**
17. Wale – “Triumph”
18. Consequence ft. Kanye West, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Common, & John Legend – “Whatever U Want (G.O.O.D. Music Remix)”
19. Emilio Rojas – “Bold and Arrogant”
20. EvergreenOne & Todd Sykes – “If I Was Famous” (Local Music)
21. BlakRoc ft. RZA & Pharoahe Monch – “Dollaz & Sense”
22. J. Cole – “Dollar & A Dream 2”
23. Drake – “Fear”
24. Yoshi ft. Buff1 & Darien Brockington – “Magnetic”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?3z2yomzgiom
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/68919161f763de1c/)

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.