The Audacity of Dope

Ye got jokes. Still my favorite song of the year though!

For the second time, Kanye West kicked off an international tour here in Seattle and while the Yeezus show wasn’t as amazing as his Glow In The Dark tour (best show I’ve ever seen, btw), it definitely shut down the city over the weekend.  I swear, damn near everyone in Seattle was there and despite some issues that might be expected with opening night (missed effect queues, inconsistent sound, a stolen equipment truck?…sorry Vancouver), it was a great night.  If you’re a Kanye fan, and more importantly a fan of the Yeezus project, then you’ll love it.  It’s an amazing spectacle either way…

We had to discuss the show and dedicated the last set of this week’s SNSS to the man himself.  Over the past decade, who else has released more quality music and grown with each release, than Kanye?  I’ll wait.

And in the meantime, enjoy the show!

Show #436 (10-20-13)

1. DJ Khaled ft. Scarface, Jadakiss, Meek Mill, Akon, John Legend, & Anthony Hamilton – “Never Surrender”
2. Tanya Morgan ft. Nitty Scott, MC – “Never Too Much”
3. 7 Days of Funk (Dam-Funk & Snoop Dogg) – “Faden Away”
4. Black Milk ft. AB – “Parallels”
5. Mack Wilds – “Magic”
6. The Flavr Blue – “We Can Go Blind” (Local Music)
7. Don Cerino – “Sit Still”
8. Marco Polo ft. Organized Konfusion – “3 O’Clock”
9. Livin Proof – “Keep Living”
10. Def Dee ft. Kenn Starr, One Be Lo, & Chev – “Coke nDa Canine” (Local Music)
11. Robert Glasper Experiment ft. Jean Grae & Macy Gray – “I Don’t Even Care”
12. Lupe Fiasco ft. Ed Sheeran – “Old School Love”
13. Vic Mensa ft. Ab-Soul & BJ The Chicago Kid – “Holy Holy”
14. Drake ft. Sampha – “Too Much”
15. Shad – “He Say She Say”
16. SPAC3MAN – “Speakin’ Tongues” (Local Music)
17. Busta Rhymes – “Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check” (Throwback of the Week)
18. Eminem – “Rap God”
19. Chops ft. Prometheus Brown & Bambu – “Put It On The Line”
20. IamSu! – “Hipster Girls”
21. Kanye West ft. Assassin & Justin Vernon – “I’m In It”
22. Kanye West ft. King Louie – “Send It Up”
23. Kanye West – “Black Skinhead”
24. Kanye West ft. Frank Ocean – “New Slaves”
25. Kanye West ft. Charlie Wilson – “Bound 2”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www17.zippyshare.com/v/72101778/file.html
(back up – http://www.sendspace.com/file/ceek7u)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/lwghfa8tm26y)

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.

A few random thoughts for this week’s SNSS archive.  Let’s break out the bullet-points!

• Yeezus gets better with every listen, and I already liked it to begin with.  If you don’t enjoy “Bound 2,” “Black Skinhead,” “New Slaves,” “Blood On The Leaves,” “Send It Up,” etc., I don’t know what to tell you.
• I enjoyed our little sexy time set in the middle of this week’s show.  Jesse Boykins, Raleigh Ritchie, AB, and Rhye, all in a row.  Yes.
• You need to peep that Raleigh Ritchie record.  Watch out for this kid.
• Clint Dempsey signing with the Seattle Sounders is great for our city, the MLS, and the continued growth of soccer in America, but it’s bad for the progression of our top level talent with the national team.  We still need our best players playing in the top leagues and the MLS isn’t there yet.  There may be more positives than negatives here, and being in Seattle, I’m certainly fine with Deuce playing for the hometown team, but I wish he could still represent for us in the EPL.
• Speaking of the EPL, Jason Sudeikis killed this.
• Be sure to peep the video of our recent interview with Kid Ink right here!

And with that, enjoy episode #425:

Show #425 (8-4-13)

1. Kanye West – “Black Skinhead”
2. U-God ft. Inspectah Deck & Elzhi – “Mt. Everest”
3. Willie The Kid x Alchemist ft. Action Bronson & Roc Marciano – “Medusa”
4. Tony Touch ft. The Lox – “Bars”
5. Add-2 – “Rings & Crowns”
6. Jay-Z – “Picasso Baby”
7. YP ft. James Fauntleroy – “Money Talks”
8. J. Cole – “Mo Money”
9. Tito Lopez – “Re-Lax”
10. ANTHM – “AMG Forever”
11. J. Pinder – “Loaded Gun” (Local Music)
12. Drake ft. 2 Chainz & Big Sean – “All Me”
13. Shad ft. Saukrates – “Stylin’”
14. ScienZe – “Under The Bleachers”
15. Homeboy Sandman – “Relapse”
16. Tom Pepe & Jesse Judd ft. Chev – “Coffee & Tobacco” (Local Music)
17. Dave B – “Galaxy Defenders” (Local Music)
18. Jesse Boykins III – “Young and Beautiful”
19. Raleigh Ritchie – “In Too Deep”
20. AB – “You Used To Love Me”
21. Rhye – “Open”
22. Phil Ade ft. Dee Boy & Raheem DeVaughn – “Simply Beautiful”
23. Joey Badass ft. Smoke DZA – “Death Of YOLO”
24. Arrested Development – “Tennessee” (Throwback of the Week)
25. Mos Def – “Pistola (Preservation Remix)”
26. sayknowledge – “I’m Here”
27. Mayer Hawthorne ft. Jessie Ware – “Her Favorite Song”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www57.zippyshare.com/v/66867345/file.html
(back up – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/e97c7a9cf1/)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/bxkuahd3we14)

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.