The Audacity of Dope

This week can really be summed up with two things:

1. This was our 250th episode of Sound Session, which is actually pretty crazy/impressive when you think about the state of commercial radio these days.  We’re quickly approaching our 5 year anniversary, but 250 overall shows is a great milestone as well.  While we do put a lot of effort into broadcasting SNSS each week, as always, the key to everything is [Jay-Z] you, the customer listener [/Hov].  Thanks to everyone who has ever supported the show and we’re celebrating this with all of y’all.
2. Speaking of celebrating, 4 letters my friends: SXSW.  That’s right, the annual music/movies/interactive media festival down in Austin, Texas is upon us once again and J. Moore and I will be there in full force.  Actually, it feels like most of Seattle is headed down there, plus at least half of the music industry in general.  Are you going? If so, hit me (DJHyphen@gmail.com) and let’s link up while we’re there.  I would offer some can’t miss events, but really, it’s absolutely absurd how much dopeness will be packed within a 15 block radius.  I hope you’re ready.

Show #250 (3-14-10)

Drake – “Over”

Reflection Eternal – “In This World

Freeway & Jake One ft. Raekwon – “One Thing” (Local Music)

Kendrick Lamar ft. Punch & BJ The Chicago Kid – “Faith”

Little Brother – “Curtain Call”

Co$$ – “Dub Plate”

Toki Wright – “Barber Shop”

U-N-I ft. Bun B – “Land Of The Kings (Remix)”

Dave Coresh – “Keep It Movin’”

M.anifest – “Sankofa (My History)”

Aloe Blacc – “Take Me Back”

SOTA ft. Helladope & Jarv Dee – “Extrahelladope” (Local Music)

J*Davey – “Get Together”

Ayah – “He Don’t Want It”

J. Pinder ft. Big Pooh & Zach Bruce – “Later On”

Lauryn Hill – “Lost Ones” (Throwback of the Week)

Laws – “Hold You Down”

Janelle Monae – “Cold War”

Broken Bells – “The Ghost Inside”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?iw441nmznzm
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/73766097143c66d1/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/9t6b7wjls8kf)

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.

Hahahah, excellent visuals for the new single from the homies Thurz and Y-O off their brand new A Love Supreme 2.0 release.  I’ve talked about the accompanying documentary for this project a few times because it features yours truly on narration, but objectively speaking, seriously, you have to cop.  Not only do you get all this dope music but you get the full A Love Supreme documentary?

What are you waiting for?!?!  Cop that.

Big L is my favorite MC of all time, but in his absence, I’m not sure there’s a rapper out there that I appreciate on a technical level more than Elzhi.  The way he constructs each verse and flips these words together is insane, plus his flow is about as sharp as it gets.  All this is on display in his new video for “Deep” off his Leftovers Mixtape.  Shout to the homey Gerard on the direction as well.

Donny goes the hell off on this one and the M-Phazes beat is crazy (reminds me of Freeway’s “Line ‘Em Up“).  Looking forward to seeing him perform this at SXSW in a few days.

The official song of the 2010 World Cup gets a more universal remix and a dope video from Nabil Elderkin.  I wish I was headed to South Africa, but I’m already scheming on Brazil 2014…

From the Myx Music homies:

“The video was directed by Matt Koza of HOJ Media and also co-stars, Sudan Green (the son of famed spoken word poet Ursula Rucker) who plays the younger version of Kam in the video. The video documents Kam’s life story of becoming a father at 16 and shows the pressure he was facing at the time. By no means does this song/video condone teenage pregnancy. Its a way of showing younger people that your life isnt over when you make a bad decision. It just means you‘ve got to work twice as hard at your dreams. Hopefully someone will feel inspired by it. Enjoy!”

My recent foray into the home buying market makes me wonder how anyone could develop wealth when having a kid as a teenager.  More power to those who can still do it, but damn, talk about stacking the odds against you.

Big Boi continues to make dope music, but I think we can all agree that we’d rather hear him rhyme with Andre than Too Short and Gucci.

I love Miss Jack Davey’s voice.  Shout to the homey Al with the cameo too.

Visually, I’m not sure the video is up to par with “I’ll Be In The Sky,” or as creative as “Autotune,” but can you really go wrong when you just cast a million cute girls?  Nope!  I’m really glad this record is proving to be Bobby Ray’s first hit.  We played it early on Sound Session and to see it get added to rotation on stations across the country is a beautiful thing.

So…I would write a quick wrap up of yet another dope edition of Sound Session, but in all honesty, there’s only one thing consuming every waking moment of my life right now.  Oh yes, that’s right.  Young Hyph is in the process of becoming a first time home owner.  While it’s a daunting step to take, it’s exciting to wander down this path and we’ll see where it takes me.  For now, I’ve got my eye on this one spot downtown…really nice location, incredible views, iconic building…perhaps you’ve seen it?

But nah, in all seriousness…[Hov] it’s…about…to go…down [/Jay].  Any advice from those who have been through the process recently would be much appreciated.  In the meantime, holler @ some dopeness:

Show #249 (3-7-10)

1. Redman – “Lookin’ Fly”
2. Kendrick Lamar – “Celebration”
3. Dave Coresh – “Keep It Movin’”
4. Kidz In The Hall ft. The Kid Daytona – “Out To Lunch”
5. Co$$ – “Dub Plate”
6. Concise Kilgore – “Alaska”
7. J. Pinder ft. Big Pooh & Zach Bruce – “Later On” (Local Music)
8. U-N-I ft. Miguel – “Lately”
9. Black Spade ft. J*Davey – “New U”
10. Drake – “Over”
11. Laws – “Hold You Down”
12. Freeway & Jake One – “Stimulus Outro” (Local Music)
13. B.o.B ft. J. Cole – “Gladiators”
14. A.R.M. ft. Slug – “Fear Of The Mundane”
15. Balance ft. Fashawn, Mistah F.A.B., & Thurzday – “Bootleg Liquor”
16. Little Brother – “Curtain Call”
17. Spaid – “Clarity” (Local Music)
18. El Prez ft. Diz Gibran & Tunji – “2 Live and Die In L.A.”
19. Nas – “Undying Love” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Reflection Eternal – “In This World”
21. Aloe Blacc – “Dollar”
22. Alicia Keys – “Unthinkable”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?inwmdhwawno
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/7349578590aaa3aa/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/411hsusshkpf)

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.