The Audacity of Dope

As mentioned last week, we’re taking the rest of May to celebrate our 10 Year SNSS Anniversary and in that vein, here’s our 2nd of 3 special episodes.  We aren’t stretching this out just to remind everyone that we’ve been on air for a decade (though that’s incredibly dope), but instead, we just wanted to play more of the great music from years past.  You know how hard it is to narrow down almost 10k songs to highlight just a few?  Bruh.

So we followed the same plan from last week, picking 2 tracks from each year and mixing in some of our favorite local records too.  As you’d expect, the music is flames and acts as a nice snapshot of what we’ve done for over 500 consecutive Sundays.  Enjoy some classics, old & new, from artists like Lupe, The Roots, Jay-Z, Kanye, Elzhi, Common, Big K.R.I.T., Bilal, Slum Village, Raekwon, denitia and sene, Hi-Tek, and more!

Show #519 (5-24-15)
**10 Year Anniversary Special, Week #2**

1.    Obie Trice – “Wanna Know” (2005)
2.    Slum Village ft. Dwele – “Call Me” (2005)
3.    Lupe Fiasco – “Hurt Me Soul” (2006)
4.    Hi-Tek ft. Dion & Talib Kweli – “Let It Go” (2006)
5.    DJ Drama ft. Outkast & Marsha Ambrosius – “Da Art Of Storytellin, Pt. 4” (2007)
6.    Common ft. Dwele – “The People” (2007)
7.    Elzhi ft. Royce Da 5’9” – “Motown 25” (2008)
8.    The Roots ft. Dice Raw, Peedi Crakk, & DJ Jazzy Jeff – “Get Busy” (2008)
9.    Timbaland ft. Drake & Lupe Fiasco – “Say Something (Hyphen Edit)” (2009)
10.    Raekwon ft. Cappadonna & Ghostface Killah – “10 Bricks” (2009)
11.    Kendrick Lamar ft. Jhene Aiko – “Growing Apart (To Get Closer)” (2010)
12.    Bilal – “Think It Over” (2010)
13.    Big K.R.I.T. – “The Vent” (2011)
14.    Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Gotta Have It” (2011)
15.    Chief Keef ft. Pusha T, Kanye West, Big Sean, & Jadakiss – “I Don’t Like (Remix)” (2012)
16.    Meek Mill ft. Big Sean – “Burn” (2012)
17.    Smash Brovaz – “Whatever” (2013)
18.    denitia and sene – “trip. fall.” (2013)
19.    Fabolous ft. Jeremih – “Thim Slick” (2014)
20.    The Physics – “My Place” (Local Music) (2010)
21.    Dave B ft. Sol – “Boathouse” (Local Music) (2014)
22.    Framework – “Mom Cries” (Local Music) (2005)

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I’ve heard a few of them done better, but overall, this beatbox performance from France’s EKLIPS is bananas.  Oui, c’est bon.

I always love hearing behind the scenes stories about songs, especially when they involve my favorite living MC (RIP Big L), Elzhi. MichiganHipHop.com linked up with El and had him recount some of his classic material, including “Come and Get It,” “Reunion,” “Boomerang Slang,” “Scattered Pictures,” “Hiding Place,” “Motown 25,” “Guessing Game,” “Love It Here,” and “Colors.”

If you haven’t already, cop The Preface!  Seattle people: remember that El and Black Milk will be coming to town next week for the Redbull Big Tune.  I’ll post up the schedule of events in a few days for y’all…