Clipse – Freedom (video)

Posted in Artists, Music Videos on January 20th, 2010 by Hyphen

(shout to OnSmash with the premiere)

I love that I can follow up a post on design reform geared towards the triple bottom line with a hip-hop video/song that’s hard as f**k.  Such is, TAOD.

Anyway, I think Till The Casket Drops had a few sub-par moments (only for the Clipse’s high standards), but the highlights are 3 of the best tracks of the past year: “Kinda Like A Big Deal,” “Popular Demand,” and now “Freedom.”  Malice’s verse is nice, but Pusha slaughtered it.  He owns you all.

Be sure to check out our last interview with the Clipse as well, right here.

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Clipse ft. Cam’ron & Pharrell – Popular Demand (video)

Posted in Artists, Music Videos on November 17th, 2009 by Hyphen

The long awaited video for one of the best tracks of the year just hit the net and I think it’s safe to say that the Clipse are officially killing it right now.  Aside from “All Eyes On Me” with Keri Hilson, every joint that’s leaked from Till The Casket Drops has been flames.  If you missed Pusha and Malice talk about this record on Sound Session recently, peep the back story:

Check the full interview here.

Has anyone asked Pusha about that rather potent shot at Lebron and apparently sharing a groupie?  Normally, the tabloid stuff is just that, but it sounds like there’s some truth to this one and it’s a little personal.  Either way, hilarious.  Pusha’s flow is disgustingly ill on that first verse too.

Oh, and for the record – fast food: we off that.

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Clipse – Doorman (video)

Posted in Artists, Music Videos on November 14th, 2009 by Hyphen

My goodness, this ish is hard as f**k!

Be sure to peep my interview with Malice and Pusha from Sound Session recently.

EGGGGHHHHHHCK!!!

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The Clipse on Sound Session

Posted in Artists, Interviews, Sound Session, Videos on October 27th, 2009 by Hyphen

(watch in higher quality on HyphenTV)

As I mentioned, Malice and Pusha T recently made their second appearance on Sound Session, dropping by last month to chop it up with yours truly.  We talked extensively about their upcoming Till The Casket Drops album, including breakdowns of their singles with Kanye West, Cam’ron, and Pharrell. They also looked back on their past work, detailed the success of their Play Cloths fashion line, doled out advice to younger artists, and much more.

To listen to the entire interview, including a lot of topics we didn’t include in the video above, peep:

The Clipse on Sound Sessionhttp://www.mediafire.com/?yzljyqz0lzl
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/67551505ee1d198a/)

The Thornton brothers are about to drop a 3rd classic album, believe that.  Be sure to cop it on Dec. 8th…

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The Clipse speak on “Popular Demand (Popeyes)” on Sound Session

Posted in Artists, Interviews, Sound Session, Videos on October 25th, 2009 by Hyphen

The Clipse rolled through the Sound Session studio last month and spoke with me all about their upcoming album, Till The Casket Drops.  I’ll be posting up the full interview soon, but in the interim, seeing as how their “Popular Demand (Popeyes)” track with Cam’ron leaked last week and set the net ablaze, I thought I would toss up this part for y’all.

In the clip, Pusha and Malice discuss how the track came together, their motivation behind the record, and how Cam dissed them in 2002 by declining their offer to be on the “Grindin'” remix.  Download the track here:

Clipse ft. Cam’ron and Pharrell – “Popular Demand (Popeyes)”

Full interview coming soon…

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Sound Session #227 (10-4-09)

Posted in Artists, Episodes, Sound Session on October 5th, 2009 by Hyphen

I feel like a broken record these days, but since I’m pressed for time again this week, we’ll keep it simple.  Check out this week’s show for great music from artists like Crown City Rockers, Sean Price, Murs, J. Cole, Skyzoo, Cormega, Rob Murat, De La Soul, Shad, and more.  I think we may have world premiered a new Strong Arm Steady track featuring Talib Kweli too, but I’m not sure.  I haven’t seen it out there for the general public quite yet…

We also aired a snippet of our interview with the Clipse, but you can look for the full version (with video) to be posted soon on TAOD.  Thanks to B. Nolan at Columbia (where they apparently do play fair…+3 points if you get the reference) for setting that up.  Shout to the homey Sonny Bonoho as well for coming through the studio to play a new joint of his featuring Playboy Tre.  Enjoy!

Show #227 (10-4-09)

  1. Consequence ft. Rick Ross – “The More I Get”
  2. Crown City Rockers – “Make It Hotter”
  3. Buckshot & Sean Price – “The Feeling”
  4. Ghostface Killah ft. Fabolous & Shareefa – “Guest House”
  5. BK-One ft. Murs – “Eighteen To Twenty-One”
  6. Strong Arm Steady ft. Talib Kweli – “Okay (Get Started)”
  7. **INTERVIEW WITH SONNY BONOHO**
  8. Sonny Bonoho ft. Playboy Tre – “I Know” (Local Music)
  9. Big Boi ft. Too $hort & George Clinton – “For Yo’ Sorrows”
  10. Shafiq Husayn ft. Bilal – “Cheeba (Nottz Remix)”
  11. De La Soul – “La La La”
  12. Shad ft. Jermiside & Destruments – “The Calling”
  13. Skyzoo – “The Opener”
  14. J. Cole – “Lights Please”
  15. Kyle Lucas & Captain Midnite ft. Sol & Grynch – “The New Light” (Local Music)
  16. **INTERVIEW WITH THE CLIPSE #02 (SNIPPET)**
  17. Clipse ft. Kanye West – “Kinda Like A Big Deal”
  18. Cormega – “Make It Clear”
  19. They Live – “Meth Heads” (Local Music)
  20. Rob Murat ft. Kidz In The Hall – “Dilemma (Remix 1.0)”
  21. Brother Ali – “You Say (Puppy Love)”
  22. Aloe Blacc – “What Was Your Name”
  23. Lee Wilson ft. Mos Def – “Soul Kiss”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?jmdmwbd3nft
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/665512784d57eb89/)

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.

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Sound Session #223 (9-6-09)

Posted in Episodes, Sound Session on September 9th, 2009 by Hyphen

I’m not quite sure how I had a 3-day weekend and yet I’m still scrambling to catch up coming into the work week…hmm.  Oh wait, sure I do.  BUMBERSHOOT.

Long story short, Seattle hosted our annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival this weekend and despite the rain sneaking in here and there, it was a smashing success.  Along with countless dope indie rock cats, we saw some great performances from folks like De La Soul, The Knux, Mayer Hawthorne, Janelle Monae, many of our favorite local artists, and more.  Even the Black Eyed Peas rocked it, no lie.

I had the special pleasure of DJ’ing for the homies U-N-I during their set and we’ll be posting up some footage of that soon on the blog.  Shout to Y-O and Thurz for putting on a great performance and also getting some hoops in on their trip.  The last game may or may not have ended with your truly draining a 3 pointer in Thurz’ eye.  I’m not sure.  My memory is a bit fuzzy.  Ask about me.

Peep this week’s show for all sorts of great music, plus a snippet of our interview with Kid Cudi.  The full interview will be posted up soon, but if you’re dying for Cudi Content, chew on this.  We also had A. Uno of Steelo come through to give away tickets for the Sneaker Pimps show on Thursday (performances by the Clipse, Slick Rick, Steelo, They Live, GMK, Fresh Espresso, future ABDC champs the Massive Monkees, and more!) plus Nightclubber Lang (aka Karim of Myx Music) dropped in as well for some updates on the burgeoning hip-hop empire that is Myx.  What a weekend…

Show #223 (9-6-09)

  1. Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys – “Empire State Of Mind”
  2. Dynas ft. DJ Jazzy Jeff – “The Future”
  3. A.R.M. ft. Brother Ali – “Heaven Only Knows”
  4. D. Black ft. Marissa – “Yesterday” (Local Music)
  5. **INTERVIEW WITH NIGHTCLUBBER LANG (KARIM OF MYX MUSIC), PT. 1**
  6. Jern Eye ft. Mistah F.A.B. & Zion I – “Get Right”
  7. Rashid Hadee – “Set In Stone”
  8. Fresh Daily – “Video Gaming”
  9. **INTERVIEW WITH NIGHTCLUBBER LANG (KARIM OF MYX MUSIC), PT. 2**
  10. Mayer Hawthorne – “The Ills”
  11. **INTERVIEW WITH KID CUDI (SNIPPET)**
  12. Kid Cudi – “Soundtrack 2 My Life”
  13. Drake – “Fear”
  14. Sean Price ft. Skyzoo & Torae – “Duck Down”
  15. KRS-One & Buckshot ft. Mary J. Blige – “The Way I Live”
  16. **INTERVIEW WITH A. UNO (OF STEELO)**
  17. Pac Div – “Whiplash”
  18. Blue Scholars ft. Shad – “Dawn’s Song” (Local Music)
  19. Macklemore – “The Town” (Local Music)
  20. Raekwon ft. Lyfe Jennings – “Catalina”
  21. BK-One ft. Phonte, Brother Ali, & The Grouch – “Here I Am”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?hcyt25ngjmz
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/65294337ab35170c/ )

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.

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Sneaker Pimps Chicago Recap

Posted in Artists, Goods, Live Performances, Videos on August 30th, 2009 by Hyphen

The homey RTC and the Ruby Hornet fam put together this recap of the Sneaker Pimps even in Chicago last week.  I highly recommend all the Seattle folks to come out to our stop on the tour on September 10th:

The Clipse + Slick Rick + some of our best local artists?  Whooooooo.  We’ll be interviewing the Clipse too, so if you have any questions for them, let me know.

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The Clipse ft. Kanye West – Kinda Like A Big Deal (video)

Posted in Artists, Music Videos on June 22nd, 2009 by Hyphen

I too, am kinda like a big deal.  And now I’m off to this Karriem Riggins concert at the Triple Door…holler @ a hyphey.

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Alchemist ft. Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss, & Pusha T – Lose Your Life (video)

Posted in Artists, Music Videos on November 18th, 2008 by Hyphen

My friend: “There are so many dope videos dropping these days, it’s tough to keep up.”
Me: “Didn’t I just talk to you bout my new job?  Tell me about it…”

Here’s that video Al was talking about in my interview with him and Evidence off his new EP, The Alchemist Cookbook.  It’s always cool to see someone tackle making a video for a song like this in a dope and creative way.  Super dope, but if only they could have dropped this in time for Halloween…

Courtesy of OnSmash.

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