The Audacity of Dope

New music on this week’s episode of SNSS from folks like Big K.R.I.T., The Airplane Boys, Meek Mill, House Shoes, Hawthorne Headhunters, Childish Gambino, Paypa, Devin The Dude, Mac Miller, Bumpy Knuckles, and more.  Plus, the man behind the hashtag that’s second only to #InboxMadness, #NeemaQuotes, came through the show to talk about his new project, The Cigar Room, with Keyboard Kid.  Grab the lead single from Neema right here on DJ Booth!

Enjoy the show…

Show #362 (5-20-12)

1. Big K.R.I.T. – “Yeah Dats Me”
2. The Airplane Boys – “Beau Monde”
3. Meek Mill ft. Big Sean – “Burn”
4. Asher Roth ft. Meek Mill – “Party Girl”
5. House Shoes ft. Danny Brown – “Sweet”
6. Maffew Ragazino – “Sr.”
7. Jarv Dee – “I Just Wanna” (Local Music)
8. Ab-Soul ft. Alori Joh & JaVonte’ – “Empathy”
9. Hawthorne Headhunters – “Collage”
10. A Yellow Man – “3,000 Miles Of Youth”
11. J57 ft. Sene – “Four Finger Ringers”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH NEEMA, PT. 1**
13. Neema ft. Eighty 4 Fly, Che Blaq, and Wingo – “Gone” (Local Music)
14. ANTHM ft. Blu – “Polaris”
15. **INTERVIEW WITH NEEMA, PT. 2**
16. Childish Gambino – “We Ain’t Them”
17. J. Pinder – “Careless” (Local Music)
18. Paypa – “Tour Thoughts”
19. Wyclef Jean ft. Lauryn Hill & Celia Cruz – “Guantanamera” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Santigold – “Disparate Youth”
21. Killer Mike – “Willie Burke Sherwood”
22. Devin The Dude – “Exercise”
23. Mac Miller ft. Curren$y – “Cold”
24. Bumpy Knuckles & DJ Premier ft. Flavor Flav – “Shake The Room”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?2bcoodr2ucxfdyu
(back up / streaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/xlph2r3emv10)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/mrx8bvbtx02m)

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Oh sorry, not Lauryn…Ms. Hill.  *shakes head*.  Since it’s the 10 year anniversary of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill dropping, Rolling Stone spoke to many of the people involved in making the record, including John Legend, D’Angelo, Pras, her husband Rohan Marley, and Hill herself.  If you’re as big a fan of this album as I am (top 5 dead or alive), you’ll enjoy a lot of the behind the scenes stories.  You’ll also be saddened by the outcome.  I really hope we get a legit sophomore record from Lauryn, but that still seems unlikely.  Having interviewed Clef a few times in the last year, that Fugee record doesn’t seem plausible either.  It all depends on L-Boogie and she’s just not at the right place to do this again.

Check out the article here…highly recommended.  Thanks to Eskay for the heads up.

(if you prefer YouTube, go here)

The same day that Kardinal Offishall came through the Sound Session studios, Wyclef Jean stopped by for his second appearance on the show.  If you missed the first interview, you can find it on our podcast page right here.  Since we discussed his recent album, Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant, last time, we got to have a much more in depth convo with Clef during this interview.

Some people have criticized his recent hip-hop work and his forays into pop, but Clef will always be one of my favorite artists.  Without exaggeration, I’d rank both the original Carnival and the Fugees’ The Score in my top 5 albums of all time, and maybe even higher.  Perhaps I’m in the minority there, but any way you slice it, they’re classics.  Plus, he was my very first interview back in 2000 when he headlined the MTV Campus Invasion tour during my college radio days (KSPC what up!).  Dude was cool as hell then, and it’s the same today.

In this interview, Clef told us some stories behind his favorite songs from the past, why the Fugees reunion failed, what it’ll take to make it happen, how he’s seen the industry change over the years, how his music reaches around the world, his charity work, politics, and much more.  Plus, just like last time, he wouldn’t leave without dropping a little freestyle for us.  Though I must say, he was the one who wanted to use “A Milli.”  Lord knows it’s been rapped over enough, especially since it’s not even a great beat…at all…but I digress.

You can either watch the interview above (not recommended, since the audio is sketchy), or listen to the broadcast feed below (mixed in with beats & songs).  I’d check the mp3 if I were you:

Wyclef Jean on Sound Session #02 – http://www.mediafire.com/?akv85dmyfbp
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/16860037c2b69ad0/ )

I also tossed in some footage of Clef recording the freestyle at the end of the interview video.  If you just want to watch that part or download the song, here you go:

Wyclef Jean – “A Milli Freestyle (Sound Session Exclusive)”

Caribbean swagger…big up to Clef.

I’m not sure how I manage to have more work on weekends than during the week, but in any case, here’s last night’s Sound Session, apologies that it’s a little late.  It’s worth the wait though, as we played brand new music by The Game (produced by Just Blaze), Heltah Skeltah (with Illmind on the boards), The Knux, our homey Kardinal, the legendary Q-Tip, and more.  We also gave SNSS debuts to Random, OPeriod, and Skyrise (a new group with my man Don Cerino), and had local artist Neema come through to blast off his new single with Mistah F.A.B..  Those listening live got a chance to win tickets to Rock The Bells at the Gorge on September 6th.  If you missed out, we may have more tix next week, so be sure to tune in.

Oh, and did I mention we had Wyclef Jean back on the show for another edition of “Clef’s Corner” and another exclusive freestyle?  Big tings!

Show #167 (8-10-08)

1. Game – “Superman”
2. Heltah Skeltah – “Everything Is Heltah Skeltah”
3. The Knux – “Bang, Bang”
4. Kardinal Offishall ft. Lindo P – “Burnt”
5. DJ Semaj & Charles Herron – “The System” (Local Artist)
6. Murs – “Can It Be”
7. Bishop Lamont – “Everyday”
8. Evidence (of Dilated Peoples) – “Let The Beat Build Freestyle”
9. Nas ft. Busta Rhymes – “Fried Chicken”
10. **INTERVIEW WITH WYCLEF JEAN #02, PT. 1**
11. Wyclef Jean ft. Lupe Fiasco – “Fast Car (Remix)”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH WYCLEF JEAN #02, PT. 2**
13. Wyclef Jean – “A Milli Freestyle (Live on KUBE 93)” (EXCLUSIVE)
14. Buff1 ft. Tres Styles – “Love The Love”
15. Incise ft. Skyrise (Don Cerino & Shuanise) – “Your Soul”
16. Animal Farm – “The Show Must Go On” (Local Artist)
17. Q-Tip – “Gettin’ Up”
18. OPeriod ft. Daily Plannet & Purple St. James – “Soundbad”
19. Elzhi – “Brag Swag”
20. **INTERVIEW WITH NEEMA**
21. Neema ft. Mistah F.A.B. – “Light That Fire” (Local Artist)
22. Random ft. Naledge (of Kidz In The Hall) – “Exhale”
23. Isaac Hayes – “The Look of Love”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?g7qtqyjdqcn
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/168551411b8ea5f7/ )

Link to download the FULL interview with Wyclef Jean – http://www.mediafire.com/?akv85dmyfbp
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/16860037c2b69ad0/ )

Link to watch the interview with Wyclef Jean – http://www.vimeo.com/1510506
Link to watch Wyclef record his freestyle – http://www.vimeo.com/1510385

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The second part of the interview with Wyclef, Lauryn, and Pras in Toronto from 1994 (first part here).  Still crazy to think this happened almost 15 years ago.  Can you imagine if the Fugees stayed together?  I think they’d be right there challenging Outkast as the greatest group of all time.  Without exaggeration, The Score, The Carnival, and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill are all in my top 10, easily.  Look out for a new interview with Clef this weekend where he reflected a lot on these “good ol’ days.”

Video courtesy of The Meaning of Dope.