The Audacity of Dope

Peep this week’s episode of SNSS for new music from Common, Big Sean, J. Pinder, Fly Union, Easy Money, REKS, Noreaga, Saigon, Rah Digga, Shad, The Lox, Majid Jordan, SlimKid3, Kiesza, Havoc, and more.  Lots of good music on this week’s show, running through multiple genres.  Enjoy!

Show #474 (7-13-14)

1. Common ft. Big Sean – “Diamonds”
2. J. Pinder ft. Camilla Recchio – “Virtue” (Local Music)
3. Fly Union ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Don’t Count Me Out”
4. Statik Selektah ft. Action Bronson, Royce Da 5’9”, & Black Thought – “The Imperial”
5. Easy Money – “Nothin Alike”
6. REKS ft. Noreaga & Saigon – “Garvey”
7. Rah Digga ft. Chuck D – ‘Storm Comin’”
8. Shad & DJ T.LO – “Always Winnin”
9. The Lox ft. Sevyn Streeter – “Remember”
10. Russ – “Yellow”
11. The Good Sin – “Promise Me” (Local Music)
12. Majid Jordan – “A Place Like This”
13. FKA twigs – “Two Weeks”
14. Melat – “Love So High”
15. Marsha Ambrosius ft. Dr. Dre – “Stronger”
16. KillemAll Coop – “Do U Feel Dat” (Local Music)
17. Cozz – “Dreams”
18. Mac Miller – “Funeral”
19. Mayday & Murs – “Here”
20. SlimKid3 & DJ Nu-Mark – “Bom Bom Fiya”
21. Gist The Essence ft. Havoc – “Illest Alive”
22. Lauryn Hill ft. D’Angelo – “Nothing Even Matters” (Throwback of the Week)
23. Kiesza – “So Deep”
24. Gorgon City ft. Yasmin – “Real”
25. Disclosure & Friend Within – “The Mechanism”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/f695ca784f/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_474%2C_7-13-14.mp3
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/5rbvwl1ghd0x)
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I’m writing this on the eve of the World Cup semifinals and as anyone who knows me is fully aware, as much as I love music, sports are just on another level for me.  I’m beyond excited to watch these last few matches, where Germany and Brazil battle on one side of the bracket and Argentina vs. Nethlerlands square off on the other.  Sure, the first match up lost a little luster without Neymar and Thiago Silva, but it still features the best two teams in the world and Brazil hasn’t lost a competitive match on home soil in about 40 years…so you could say there’s a little pressure for the Seleção.  The next day, I’m pulling for my guy RVP to work some magic and get the Dutch back to the final for a second cup in a row.  Hopefully he can help them win it all this time.

But I digress…peep this week’s episode of SNSS for new tracks from Kolley, Cozz, Rejjie Snow, Fly Union, Black Thought, Nas, Sam Lachow, Black Milk, Sebastian Mikael, and my favorite artist of the moment, FKA twigs.  Plus, our homey Avatar Darko dropped through to premiere his new record with Jarv Dee.  Enjoy the show!

Show #473 (7-6-14)

1. Wiz Khalifa ft. Rick Ross, Schoolboy Q, and Nas – “We Dem Boyz (Remix)”
2. Kolley ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Poetry In Motion”
3. Jeezy ft. Jay-Z – “Seen It All”
4. G-Unit – “They Talked About Jesus”
5. **INTERVIEW WITH AVATAR DARKO, PT. 1**
6. Avatar Darko ft. Jarv Dee – “Modern Day Pharaohs” (Local Music)
7. Cozz – “Dreams”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH AVATAR DARKO, PT. 2**
9. Statik Selektah ft. Action Bronson, Royce Da 5’9”, & Black Thought – “The Imperial”
10. Buckshot & P-Money – “Red Alert”
11. Lupe Fiasco ft. Ty Dolla Sign – “Next To It”
12. Common – “Speak My Piece”
13. AZ – “Red Magic”
14. Rejjie Snow – “Olga (1984)”
15. Fly Union ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Don’t Count Me Out”
16. Sam Lachow ft. Raz Simone & Ariana DeBoo – “Dreams of Gold” (Local Music)
17. Wanz ft. Warren G, Grynch, & Crytical – “To: Nate Dogg” (Local Music)
18. Tha Dogg Pound ft. Michel’le & Nate Dogg – “Let’s Play House” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Troy Ave – “Feel Good”
20. Black Milk – “What It’s Worth”
21. Jaded Incorporated – “Come Down”
22. The Weeknd – “Often”
23. FKA twigs – “Two Weeks”
24. Spooky Black – “Without U”
25. Sebastian Mikael – “Lose It”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/a5e99ed98e/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_473%2C_7-6-14.mp3
(back up – http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/46480725/file.html)
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Big shout to Lupe for calling in on last week’s episode of SNSS.  We chopped it up about his role as Musical Director on the US Men’s National Soccer team, working on music with Clint Dempsey, and his new “Next To It” single.  FNF UP!

I could write pages on the World Cup but I’ll spare you guys.  Hopefully you’re watching and you’re as enthralled as I am, but talk about a punch right in the gut with the way the US/Portugal game ended.  Dah well…hopefully we still get through to the next round.

Speaking of the US Men’s National Soccer team, we welcomed their musical director on this week’s SNSS, none other than longtime friend of the show and arguably the best writer in the rap world, Lupe Fiasco!  We spoke about how he got involved with the team and his new single, “Next To It,” with Ty Dolla Sign.  Additionally, we aired part of our interview from Summer Jam with another great MC, Big K.R.I.T..  If you haven’t peeped the full video of that one, click here – http://youtu.be/gsNueP33BSs

Aside from these two heavyweights, episode #471 featured new tracks from Mike Will, Kendrick Lamar, Joell Ortiz, G-Unit, AB-Soul, J Rawls, Jessie Ware, the Yancey Boys, and more.  Enjoy!

Show #471 (6-22-14)

1. Drake – “0 To 100 / The Catch Up”
2. Teyana Taylor ft. Yo Gotti & Pusha T – “Maybe”
3. Joell Ortiz – “House Slippers”
4. Parker (of Parker Brothaz) ft. Henny (of Tha Bizness) – “The Spread” (Local Music)
5. Mike Will Made It ft. Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, & Future – “Buy The World”
6. **INTERVIEW WITH LUPE FIASCO**
7. Lupe Fiasco ft. Ty Dolla Sign – “Next To It”
8. G-Unit – “They Talked About Jesus”
9. Rejjie Snow ft. Loyle-Carner – “1992”
10. The Bar (Prometheus Brown & Bambu) ft. Thig Natural (of the Physics) & Hollis – “Dead Serious” (Local Music)
11. Dilated Peoples – “Good As Gone”
12. Ab-Soul ft. The O’My’s – “These Days”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH BIG K.R.I.T. (KUBE 93 SUMMER JAM)**
14. Big K.R.I.T. ft. Yo Gotti – “Something Right” (Exclusive)
15. Isaiah Rashad – “Cilvia Demo”
16. J Rawls ft. P Blackk, Jean P, & Driskill – “Mr. Cool”
17. L’Orange ft. Blu – “Need You”
18. Troy Ave ft. Puff Daddy, Mase, & T.I. – “Your Style (Remix)”
19. Melat ft. THURZ – “Fanclub (Remix)”
20. Tope – “All For You” (Local Music)
21. Yancey Boys ft. Posdnuos & Botni Applebum – “Beautiful”
22. Erykah Badu – “Bag Lady (Cheeba Sac Edit)” (Throwback of the Week)
23. Tom Misch & Carmody – “Atmosphere”
24. Jessie Ware – “Tough Love”
25. Little Dragon – “Killing Me”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/c32d5e0417/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_471%2C_6-22-14.mp3
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/m9ybasj1jxj6)
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New music on this week’s Sound Session from artists like Pusha T, Common, Rejjie Snow, J Rawls, Isaiah Rashad, Tom Misch, Blu, Masspike Miles, MNEK, Jay Electronica, and more.  Plus, we ran that exclusive Big K.R.I.T. record that we world premiered on last week’s show again for y’all.

Speaking of Young Krizzle, be sure to check out the videos of our interviews with Big K.R.I.T. and Kendrick Lamar from our Summer Jam!

• Big K.R.I.T. – http://youtu.be/gsNueP33BSs
• Kendrick Lamar – http://youtu.be/vznogNhL3Lo

Lots of good info from both of these long time friends of SNSS.  Thanks to the homies, as always.  Enjoy!

Show #470 (6-15-14)

1. Run-D.M.C. ft. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “Down With The King” (Throwback of the Week)
2. Sean C & LV ft. Pusha T & ASAP Ferg – “Hand In My Pocket”
3. Thaddeus David ft. T Spoon & Stewart Villain – “Everything” (Local Music)
4. Common ft. Vince Staples – “Kingdom”
5. Big K.R.I.T. ft. Yo Gotti – “Something Right” (Exclusive)
6. Parker (of Parker Brothaz) ft. Henny (of Tha Bizness) – “The Spread” (Local Music)
7. Russ – “Problems”
8. The Roots ft. Patty Crash – “Never”
9. Rejjie Snow ft. Loyle-Carner – “1992”
10. Isaiah Rashad – “Cilvia Demo”
11. J Rawls – “My People”
12. Drake – “0 To 100 / The Catch Up”
13. Esty ft. Tyga – “Killing Your Ills”
14. Tom Misch & Carmody – “Atmosphere”
15. SBTRKT ft. Sampha – “Temporary View”
16. Spek ft. Perry Porter & Paolo Escobar – “Home of the Mighty” (Local Music)
17. The New Royales ft. Jay Electronica – “Minutes of Moog”
18. L’Orange ft. Blu – “Need You”
19. Blueprint – “Silver Lining”
20. **INTERVIEW WITH KENDRICK LAMAR (KUBE 93 SUMMER JAM)**
21. Sam Smith – “Life Support”
22. Masspike Miles – “2 Sides”
23. Melat – “Fanclub”
24. MNEK – “Wrote A Song About You”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/c025bfbbb5/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_470%2C_6-15-14.mp3
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/1eig5q2sby2b)
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Honestly, I don’t know if I’ve ever watched one of these ESPN “My Wish” segments without tearing up.  This particular piece highlighting a young cancer patient named Brendan Galanaugh and his idol, Landon Donovan, was no different.  It would have been great without Donovan’s storybook ending to the day, but once he scored those goals, it was a wrap.  Good stuff.

You remember when you were a kid and your parents (if they loved you…shots fired) would ask about your day at school?  Regardless of what happened, 90% of the time, you’d respond to “how was your day?” with “…good.”  I mean, you could have aced a test…gotten into a fight…got that date to Homecoming…etc., but it’s always first nature to just sum it up.  “Good.”

Well, sometimes these Sound Session archives feel the same way.  That’s not a bad thing.  On the contrary, we just continue to provide that piffery.  Uncut, raw, dopeness…straight to your veins each week (enough overt drug references for ya?).  “How was Sound Session this week?”…”Dope.”

And in case you’re wondering, our throwback is in response to the Oscar Grant madness…aka the only decision worse than Bron Bron this week.  Speaking of which, here’s some advice: announce the creation of a specific chapter of your charity that will focus on Cleveland’s youth.  Pledge a minimum of 2 million, which is a drop in the bucket for you.  Anytime someone attacks you for the callousness you showed the Cavs, say you’re sorry but that’s just sports anyway…your charity work shows how you really feel about the community.  Diffuses the situation and 2 million in donations buys you 10 million in PR.  But nah…run with the “all the ad revenue from my ego-tastic special goes to the B&G Club” angle.  [Jamie Foxx] Yeah, that’ll get ’em on your side…yeah [/I am your conscience].

Show #267 (7-11-10)

1. Jazmine Sullivan – “Holding You Down (Goin’ In Circles)”
2. Big Boi ft. Sam Chris – “The Train, Pt. 2 (Sir Lucious Left Foot Saves The Day)”
3. Rick Ross ft. Jay-Z and John Legend – “Free Mason”
4. The Kid Daytona – “On The Hill”
5. Shawn Jackson ft. John West – “Lil Big Man”
6. MED ft. Talib Kweli – “Classic”
7. Raphael Saadiq – “It’s A Shame”
8. The Physics – “My Place” (Local Music)
9. Drake – “Paris Morton Music”
10. Aloe Blacc ft. The Grand Scheme – “Billie Jean”
11. Pharoahe Monch ft. Mela Machinko – “Shine”
12. Homeboy Sandman – “Calm Tornado”
13. Marco Polo ft. Promise – “The Bridge”
14. Shad – “Keep Shining”
15. D-Sisive ft. Moka Only – “West Coast (Remix)”
16. Laws ft. Emilio Rojas & Big K.R.I.T. – “Hold You Down (Remix)”
17. Parker Brothaz ft. Big Pooh – “Hard Work” (Local Music)
18. Jay Dee – “F**k The Police” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Slum Village – “Lock It Down”
20. Cook Classics ft. Co$$ – “The L-O”
21. SOTA ft. Sol – “You Know Girls” (Local Music)
22. Dom Kennedy – “1997”

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I’ll be honest…I’m spending my day off eating waffles, watching the end of Spike’s Star Wars marathon (greatest movie series ever?), and getting some work done for the day job, so I’ll keep this brief.  Just more good music on a rainy and cloudy 4th of July episode of SNSS this week (wtf is a “summer?”).  Oh, also, happy Tactical Retreat Day to all my British folks.  Ahhh, memories.

Show #266 (7-4-10)

1. Drake ft. Alicia Keys – “Fireworks”
2. Rick Ross ft. Kanye West – “Live Fast, Die Young”
3. Kendrick Lamar ft. U-N-I, Skeme, & Brown – “I Do This (Remix)”
4. Cool Nutz – “Monster Up” (Local Music)
5. Freddie Gibbs – “National Anthem (FTW)”
6. Nappy Roots – “Welcome To The Show”
7. The Roots ft. Jim James – “Dear God 2.0”
8. Big Boi ft. Sam Chris – “The Train, Pt. 2 (Sir Lucious Left Foot Saves The Day)”
9. Shad ft. Relic – “We Are The Ones (Reservoir Party)”
10. The Kid Daytona – “On The Hill”
11. Phil Ade – “Always There”
12. The Physics – “My Place” (Local Music)
13. Raphael Saadiq – “It’s A Shame”
14. Jazmine Sullivan – “Holding You Down (Goin’ In Circles)”
15. Dwele ft. DJ Quik – “I Wanna”
16. Black Milk – “How Dare You”
17. Goodie Mob – “Night Train”
18. Nas – “What Goes Around” (Throwback of the Week)
19. SOTA ft. Champagne Champagne – “What You Asked For” (Local Music)
20. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl ft. Q-Tip – “Bang Bang Bang”
21. Aloe Blacc ft. The Grand Scheme – “Billie Jean”

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Just the biz this week.  Rooting for Japan and Spain to pull out victories in the morning and set us up for a stellar Elite 8 in the World Cup.  Shout to DV-One for co-hosting while J was out and about.  Holler.

Show #265 (6-27-10)

1. Shad – “Listen”
2. Royce Da 5’9” ft. Black Milk & Elzhi – “Real Hip-Hop”
3. Bilal – “Free”
4. Brother Ali – “Don’t Look At Me, Look Around”
5. Goodie Mob – “Night Train”
6. SOTA ft. Sol – “You Know Girls” (Local Music)
7. Theophilus London – “Flying Overseas (Version 1)”
8. Ice Cube – “I Rep That West”
9. E-40 ft. 50 Cent & Too Short – “Trick (Remix)”
10. Drake – “You Know, You Know”
11. The Roots ft. Truck North & Peedi Peedi – “Web 20/20”
12. Rakaa (of Dilated Peoples) – “C.T.D.”
13. Cool Nutz – “Monster Up” (Local Music)
14. Wiz Khalifa ft. Killa Kyleon – “Spotlight”
15. Aloe Blacc – “Femme Fatale”
16. Nneka ft. Nas – “Heartbeat (Remix)”
17. Dwele ft. Slum Village – “How I Deal”
18. Canary Sing – “My Style” (Local Music)
19. A Tribe Called Quest – “Luck Of Lucien” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Rhymefest ft. Mario – “The Classics”
21. Chromeo – “Don’t Turn The Lights On”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?rndmdzzyzw5
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It seems like there are a million things I could talk about for this week’s recap – from our Summer Jam to the World Cup…oh, and perhaps the NBA Finals – but I’ve been discussing these things so much in real life, I don’t even feel like typing ’em haha.  If you want to chat, say somethin’.

Show #264 (6-20-10)

1. Kanye West ft. Dwele – “Power”
2. Dom Kennedy – “Locals Only”
3. Cook Classics ft. Tunji & Deacon The Villain – “Towards The Future”
4. PackFM – “The Support Group (Interlude)”
5. PackFM – “I F*cking Hate Rappers”
6. Big Boi ft. Andre3000 & Sleepy Brown – “Lookin’ 4 Ya”
7. Wiz Khalifa ft. Killa Kyleon – “Spotlight”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH CLOCKWORK**
9. Drake – “Thank Me Now”
10. Shad – “A Good Name”
11. Bilal – “Free”
12. Slum Village ft. Colin Munroe – “Faster”
13. Cool Nutz – “Monster Up” (Local Music)
14. Spaceman – “I Get It In” (Local Music)
15. Royce Da 5’9” ft. Black Milk & Elzhi – “Real Hip-Hop”
16. The Roots ft. Blu, Phonte, & Patty Crash – “The Day”
17. Theophilus London ft. Jesse Boykins III – “Life Of A Lover”
18. Kardinal Offishall ft. Jully Black, Allistair, Korry Deez, Wio-K, & Black Kat – “Ol’ Time Killin’” (Throwback of the Week)
19. JFK – “12 Years” (Local Music)
20. Eternia & Moss ft. Rah Digga & Lady of Rage – “The BBQ”
21. Homeboy Sandman – “Mean Mug”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?zymktkm2qfq
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