The Audacity of Dope

Due to some technical issues with the equipment in the KUBE studio, apologies but unfortunately we don’t have an archive of this week’s SNSS episode.  It’s a shame, as we played lots of good record from artists like Wax Tailor & Ghostface Killah, Knox Brown & Gallant, AlunaGeorge, Travis Scott, Isaiah Rashad & Syd, Mac Miller & Kendrick Lamar, RetcH, JAHKOY & Schoolboy Q, Brent Faiyaz, H.E.R., Tony Tillman, De La Soul & Estelle & Pete Rock, and more.  DJ Nphared sat in as a guest co-host for the 2nd week in a row and we reminisced over Lil Wayne’s true glory days, the old SQAD mixtape series, with a random, but classic, throwback freestyle.

We’ll be back next week with the archive for the podcast fiends…we gotchu.

Show #569 (9/18/16)
**Co-hosted by DJ Nphared**

1. Travis Scott ft. Kid Cudi & Swizz Beatz – “Way Back”
2. La – “So What” (Local Music)
3. T.I. – “Warzone”
4. Wax Tailor ft. Ghostface Killah – “Worldwide”
5. RetcH – “Nickel Bags”
6. Apathy ft. Marvalyss – “The Ed Lover Dance”
7. Lil Wayne – “Best Of Me Freestyle” (Throwback of the Week)
8. Common ft. Marsha Ambrosius & PJ – “Lovestar”
9. Mac Miller ft. Kendrick Lamar – “God Is Fair, Sexy Nasty”
10. CVIRO & GXNXVS – “Sober”
11. Knox Brown & Gallant – “Reignite”
12. Tom Misch – “Remember”
13. Amine – “Caroline” (Local Music)
14. Brent Faiyaz – “Insecure”
15. AlunaGeorge – “Mediator”
16. Frank Ocean – “Ivy”
17. JAHKOY ft. Schoolboy Q – “California Heaven”
18. Isaiah Rashad ft. Syd – “Silkk Da Shocka”
19. De La Soul ft. Estelle & Pete Rock – “Memory Of…(US)”
20. Young Evo ft. Elan Wright – “Answers” (Local Music)
21. Dynasty ft. Eliana – “BE”
22. Thane ft. Anderson .Paak & BJ The Chicago Kid – “Responsibilities”
23. Tony Tillman – “Sell Out”
24. SG Lewis ft. Bishop Lamont – “Gone”
25. H.E.R. – “Focus”
26. Schoolboy Q ft. Sam Dew – “John Muir”

No archive this week due to technical difficulties. 

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With the NFL regular season kicking off, the Colin Kaepernick sparked protests continuing to build steam, and Sunday marking the 15th anniversary of 9/11 (and one of hip-hop’s classic albums), it felt like a pretty heavy week to digest, so I put the Bat Signal up for the homey DJ Nphared to come through and co-host this week’s SNSS episode.  We chatted through all the above, in between playing new records from folks like Jay IDK, Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar, RetcH, Billy Danze, Amine, Anderson .Paak & BJ The Chicago Kid, Isaiah Rashad, Mac Miller (and a surprising SNSS debut appearance for Ariana Grande), and more.  Obviously our throwback had to cover that classic 9/11 album as well…

Enjoy!

Show #568 (9/11/16)
**Co-hosted by DJ Nphared**

1. Jay IDK – “Mentality”
2. Travis Scott ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Goosebumps”
3. Desiigner ft. Kanye West – “Tiimmy Turner (Remix)”
4. RetcH – “Nickel Bags”
5. Billy Danze – “6 O’Clock Briefing”
6. T.I. – “We Will Not”
7. Amine – “Caroline” (Local Music)
8. GoldLink ft. Ciscero – “Fall In Love”
9. Big Gigantic ft. Waka Flocka Flame – “Highly Possible”
10. Mac Miller ft. Ariana Grande – “My Favorite Part”
11. Common ft. Marsha Ambrosius & PJ – “Lovestar”
12. Travis Thompson – “Say Wassup” (Local Music)
13. Smino ft. Jean Deaux & Phoelix – “Kajun”
14. Isaiah Rashad ft. Kendrick Lamar & Zacari – “Wat’s Wrong”
15. Thane ft. Anderson .Paak & BJ The Chicago Kid – “Responsibilities”
16. Sampha – “Blood On Me”
17. Frank Ocean – “Nikes”
18. Cashmere Cat ft. The Weeknd & Francis and the Lights – “Wild Love”
19. Tay Sean – “FML” (Local Music)
20. Jay-Z – “Girls, Girls, Girls” (Throwback of the Week)
21. De La Soul ft. Estelle & Pete Rock – “Memory Of…(US)”

Link to download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWd2lCckV0WXFIOEE

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What up everyone, hope you’re all well!  It feels like it’s been a hell of a week with all the Colin Kaepernick nonsense (no, not his very sensible, very American, very peaceful protest of police brutality and systematic oppression…I mean the reaction from many fans and way too many folks in sports media) and Trump’s latest efforts to singlehandedly destroy America (advantage Pena Nieto…and me), so hopefully a little music can take your mind off it.  I did have to weigh in on Kap, but if you follow me on social media, you knew that was coming.

New music on this week’s SNSS from Anderson .Paak, T.I., Vince Staples, Ryan Caraveo, Big Gigantic & Pell, Leikeli47, Loyle Carner, Mac Miller & CeeLo, Mick Jenkins, Cashmere Cat & The Weeknd & Francis and the Lights, and more.  Two throwbacks to celebrate one of the greatest rap albums of all time.

Also be sure to check out my appearance on The Biggest podcast with the homies Miguel Rockwell and HawkinsBird.  We basically just nerded out and touched on all sorts of topics, so if you’ve ever wanted to know a bunch of random Hyphen related trivia, now’s your chance.  You can stream/download their podcast on all apps (iTunes, Stitcher, etc.) and right here online.

Enjoy!

Show #566 (8/28/16)

1. Torae ft. Freeway & Styles P – “Get Down (Remix)”
2. Anderson .Paak ft. T.I. – “Come Down (Remix)”
3. T.I. – “We Will Not”
4. Vince Staples – “War Ready”
5. Outkast – “ATLiens” (Throwback of the Week)
6. Frank Ocean ft. Andre 3000 – “Solo (Reprise)”
7. La – “So What” (Local Music)
8. Ryan Caraveo – “Feels Like Magic” (Local Music)
9. King Leez & Guce ft. Kokane – “Just That Type” (Local Music)
10. Big Gigantic ft. Pell – “Miss Primetime”
11. Raury & Jaden Smith – “Losing Your Mind”
12. GoldLink ft. Ciscero – “Fall In Love”
13. ABRA – “Pull Up”
14. Leikeli47 – “Money”
15. Isaiah Rashad – “Free Lunch”
16. Childish Major ft. Isaiah Rashad & SZA – “Happy Birthday”
17. DJ Khaled ft. J. Cole & EarthGang – “Jermaine’s Interlude”
18. Loyle Carner ft. Rebel Kleff – “No CD”
19. Nathan Nzanga – “Truce” (Local Music)
20. Mac Miller ft. CeeLo Green – “We”
21. De La Soul ft. Estelle & Pete Rock – “Memory Of… (US)”
22. Mick Jenkins – “Spread Love”
23. Tory Lanez – “Cold Hard Love”
24. Cashmere Cat ft. The Weeknd & Francis and the Lights – “Wild Love”
25. Outkast ft. Big Rube – “13th Floor / Growing Old” (Throwback of the Week)

Link to download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWOVJSa3YycXpkekk

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Fresh off a year-long stint across the pond my bro DJ Hyphen comes through for one of my favorite episodes to date. We spend minimal time on his back story and then delve into everything that comes to our minds from Game Of Thrones to Kanye. A true convo amongst music nerds. This is what The Biggest is all about. #ItsTheBiggest

The longtime homey Miguel Rockwell recently invited me on his super dope podcast series, The Biggest, and the episode is up now for y’all to check out.  I really enjoyed this convo with Mike and his cohost Joe “HawkinsBird” Hawkins, who Mike affectionately refers to as “the most redundant man I’ve ever known.”  They’ve been recording some great conversations with all sorts of folks in the Seattle hip-hop scene, so it was an honor to sit down with them and chop it up.

There’s all sorts of random Hyphen-related trivia sprinkled in here as we completely nerd out about random topics.  This is probably the most you’ll ever hear me talk, so you’ve been warned!  Enjoy!

New music on this week’s SNSS episode from Smino, Tay Sean, Raury & Jaden Smith, Rob Stone, Childish Major, Sonder, SG Lewis, Stwo, Amir Obe, and of course, our boy Frank is back!  Coming off our Olympics inspired Bad Boy throwback from last week, we went back to back and celebrated another classic off the Bad Boy 20th Anniversary 5 CD project that just dropped.  Can’t stop, won’t stop…eh eh.

Enjoy!

Show #565 (8/21/16)

1. Smino ft. Jean Deaux – “Lemon Pon Goose”
2. 2 Chainz ft. Drake – “Big Amount”
3. Rob Stone ft. J. Davis & Spooks – “Chill Bill”
4. Slim Thug – “Real”
5. Isaiah Rashad – “Free Lunch”
6. Schoolboy Q ft. Lance Skiiiwalker – “Kno Ya Wrong”
7. Tay Sean – “Supramundane” (Local Music)
8. Raury & Jaden Smith – “Losing Your Mind”
9. King Leez ft. Pusha T & Raz Simone – “That Ain’t Love” (Local Music)
10. Torae ft. Freeway & Styles P – “Get Down (Remix)”
11. Sean Price – “Rap Professor”
12. DJ Skizz ft. Your Old Droog – “Listen To Jazz”
13. Zen6 & Wordsworth – “Wonderflow (Remix)”
14. Childish Major ft. Isaiah Rashad & SZA – “Happy Birthday”
15. Travis Thompson ft. Parisalexa – “Never Change” (Local Music)
16. Frank Ocean – “Pink + White”
17. Tom Misch – “Follow”
18. Phonte & Eric Roberson – “Thru The Night”
19. Carl Thomas – “I Wish” (Throwback of the Week)
20. NAO – “Happy”
21. SG Lewis – “Meant To Be”
22. Tory Lanez – “Cold Hard Love”
23. Brent Faiyaz – “Invite Me (Sonder Remix)”
24. Stwo ft. Amir Obe & Daniel Caesar – “Fill The Void”
25. ABRA – “Vegas”
26. CVIRO & GXNXVS – “Problem”

Link to download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWWGhKblBUbUotbHM

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New music on this week’s SNSS from Sean Price (RIP!), Slim Thug, Giggs, Smino, Jean Deaux, Nick Grant, Ali Vegas, CVIRO & GXNXVS, Phonte & Erro, and more.  Went with an Olympic inspired throwback for a track that would absolutely have to be in my pre-game/meet/match mix.  I’ve spent the last week trying to figure out what’s more amazing: the athletic accomplishments we’re witnessing daily, Ryan Lochte’s stupidity, or Donald Trump and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad campaign.  It’s a toss up at this point.

Enjoy!

Show #564 (8/14/16)

1. Sean Price – “Rap Professor”
2. DJ Skizz ft. Hus Kingpin & Rozewood – “Cheers”
3. Slim Thug – “Real”
4. Giggs ft. Aystar & Youngs Teflon – “The Best”
5. French Montana ft. ASAP Rocky – “Said N Done”
6. DJ Khaled ft. J. Cole & EarthGang – “Jermaine’s Interlude”
7. Dave B & Sango – “Right Here” (Local Music)
8. Smino ft. Jean Deaux – “Lemon Pon Goose”
9. Travis Thompson ft. Parisalexa – “Never Change” (Local Music)
10. Nick Grant ft. Watch The Duck – “Get Up”
11. Consequence ft. Tony Yayo & Ty Dolla Sign – “Ask Somebody”
12. Ali Vegas – “Disbelief”
13. Puff Daddy ft. The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes – “Victory” (Throwback of the Week)
14. Action Bronson & Dan Auerbach ft. Mark Ronson – “Standing In The Rain”
15. Romaro Franceswa ft. Ariana DeBoo – “No No No”
16. Zen6 & Wordsworth – “Wonderflow”
17. ABRA – “Pull Up”
18. CVIRO & GXNXVS – “Problem”
19. Phonte & Eric Roberson – “Thru The Night”
20. Schoolboy Q ft. Miguel & Justine Skye – “Overtime”
21. Stwo ft. Brent Faiyaz & Atu – “Insecure”
22. Raveena – “Johnny It’s The Last Time”
23. Tom Misch – “Follow”
24. NAO – “DYWM”
25. Lion Babe – “Don’t U Worry”
26. ZHU ft. Nylo – “Secret Weapon”
27. Mogul ft. Damon Trueitt – “Soulglow”

Link to download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWTGktbkxxSzdTbDg

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After a brief hiccup with some technical difficulties last week, SNSS is back with our latest episode, show #563.  Really enjoyed the music on this one, so hopefully y’all hear some gems.  New tracks from French & A$AP, Action Bronson, Consequence (and a corresponding Hov throwback), Stwo, Jay Prince, NAO, Miguel, Raveena, Wordsworth, ABRA, Romaro Franceswa, Mac Miller, DJ Skizz, and more.  Gold medal worthy.

Enjoy!

Show #563 (8/7/16)

1. French Montana ft. ASAP Rocky – “Said N Done”
2. DJ Khaled ft. Nas – “Nas Album Done”
3. Action Bronson & Dan Auerbach ft. Mark Ronson – “Standing In The Rain”
4. Consequence ft. Ty Dolla Sign & Tony Yayo – “Ask Somebody”
5. Jay-Z ft. Foxy Brown – “Ain’t No N*gga” (Throwback of the Week)
6. Rexx Life Raj – “Vanilla Ice”
7. Skratch Bastid ft. Shad – “Limoncello”
8. Russ – “What They Want”
9. Bruce Leroy ft. Phinisey – “Home” (Local Music)
10. Stwo ft. Brent Faiyaz & Atu – “Insecure”
11. D/C ft. Jay Prince – “Beautiful & Fragile”
12. Desiigner ft. Louis Mattrs – “Tiimmy Turner (Louis Mattrs Remix)”
13. Sinead Harnett ft. GRADES – “If You Let Me”
14. NAO – “Get To Know Ya”
15. Mac Miller ft. Anderson .Paak – “Dang!”
16. Miguel – “Cadillac”
17. Lion Babe – “Rain Drums”
18. Raveena – “Johnny It’s The Last Time”
19. Tom Misch ft. Loyle Carner – “Crazy Dream”
20. Zen6 & Wordsworth – “Wonderflow”
21. Dave B & Sango – “Drugs ‘n Such” (Local Music)
22. ABRA – “Vegas”
23. Romaro Franceswa ft. Ariana DeBoo – “No No No” (Local Music)
24. Schoolboy Q ft. SZA – “Neva Change”
25. DJ Skizz ft. Hus Kingpin & Rozewood – “Cheers”
26. BANKS – “Gemini Feed”
27. ZHU ft. Jaymes Young – “Cold Blooded”

Link to download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWbXZKdWQ0YzBnbFE

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Back to back SNSS updates for y’all, but sadly, this one is a bit lackluster.  Due to technical difficulties in the studio, we weren’t able to record the show so we’re just posting up the playlist for this week.  I don’t know how, but I’m 100% positive this is Trump’s fault.

Shame, as we played some really dope records from folks Chance, Rexx Life Raj, Ivan Ave, Shad, J. Cole, Mac Miller, Noname, Sinead Harnett, Mogul, Set Mo, ZHU, Louis Mattrs, NAO, and more.  You absolutely have to peep that NAO album if you haven’t already.  Nothing will sound better in the sunshine this summer.  Shout to Beats, Rhymes and Life for celebrating its 20th anniversary on our throwback too.  Named my college radio show and old mixtape series after that album, even though you Tribe purists still hate it…

Show #562 (7/31/16)

1. Chance The Rapper ft. Big Sean, Smino, & Jeremih – “Living Single”
2. Dave B & Sango – “I Don’t Care What Ya’ll Think” (Local Music)
3. Rexx Life Raj – “Vanilla Ice”
4. Ivan Ave ft. Nanna B – “I Do”
5. Skratch Bastid ft. Shad – “Limoncello”
6. Bruce Leroy ft. Phinisey – “Home” (Local Music)
7. Tom Misch – “Artist”
8. DJ Khaled ft. Nas – “Nas Album Done”
9. DJ Khaled ft. J. Cole & EarthGang – “Jermaine’s Interlude”
10. Schoolboy Q ft. Sam Dew – “John Muir”
11. Russ – “What They Want”
12. Mac Miller ft. Anderson .Paak – “Dang!”
13. The Game ft. Jeremih – “Let Me Know”
14. Noname ft. Raury, Cam O’bi, & Phoelix – “Diddy Bop”
15. A Tribe Called Quest – “Get A Hold” (Throwback of the Week)
16. Lion Babe – “Rain Drums”
17. NAO – “Happy”
18. Sinead Harnett ft. GRADES – “If You Let Me”
19. antbzy ft. Jessica Domingo – “Ease Your Mind” (Local Music)
20. Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff – “Reaching”
21. Dusky ft. Wiley – “Sort It Out Sharon”
22. PARTYNEXTDOOR – “Not Nice”
23. Mogul ft. Damon Trueitt – “Soulglow”
24. Set Mo ft. ALPHAMAMA – “Chasing Forever (Jafunk Remix)”
25. ZHU ft. Nylo – “Secret Weapon”
26. Desiigner ft. Louis Mattrs – “Tiimmy Turner (Louis Mattrs Remix)”

No archive this week due to technical difficulties. 

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Apologies for the delay in getting last week’s SNSS episode up, but never fear, here’s episode #561 in all its glory.  New records from Warm Brew, Otis Junior, Lion Babe, The Game, Porter Ray, Dave B & Sango, Kembe X, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Torii Wolf & DJ Premier, Grace, De La Soul, and more.  Double throwback on this show, celebrating two albums that turned 25 about a week ago and each spawned classic hip-hop records.

Enjoy!

Show #561 (7/24/16)

1. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “Summertime (Still Summertime Remix)” (Throwback of the Week)
2. Warm Brew ft. Hugh Augustine & SiR – “No Time”
3. Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff – “Reaching”
4. Lion Babe – “Rain Drums”
5. The Avalanches ft. Camp Lo – “Because I’m Me”
6. Apathy – “Attention Deficit Disorder”
7. DJ Khaled ft. Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar, & Betty Wright – “Holy Key”
8. A-F-R-O & Marco Polo ft. Pharoahe Monch – “Swarm”
9. Joe Budden – “Freedom Freestyle”
10. The Game ft. Jeremih – “Let Me Know”
11. BANKS – “F*ck With Myself”
12. Dusky ft. Wiley – “Sort It Out Sharon”
13. Schoolboy Q ft. Tha Dogg Pound – “Big Body”
14. De La Soul ft. Gina Loring – “Royalty Capes”
15. Dave B & Sango – “Got It From” (Local Music)
16. Porter Ray ft. Jus Moni – “2 Keep You” (Local Music)
17. Rexx Life Raj – “Young Wardell”
18. Kembe X – “Loosie”
19. Logic – “Super Mario World”
20. KnowMads – “Smoker’s Corner” (Local Music)
21. Main Source ft. Nas, Joe Fatal, & Akinyele – “Live At The Barbeque” (Throwback of the Week)
22. GoldLink – “Dark Skin Women (Chris McClenney Remix)”
23. PARTYNEXTDOOR – “Not Nice”
24. Torii Wolf – “Shadows Crawl”
25. Chance The Rapper ft. Big Sean, Smino, & Jeremih – “Living Single”
26. Grace – “Boys Boys Boys”

Link to download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWSGlwM19hMGJSaWs

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Well, in keeping in line with the horrible events of the past few weeks, the Republican National Convention has just ended with one of the scariest and darkest speeches a major party candidate has ever delivered.  While the tone and fear mongering will be the largest takeaways, don’t forget all the outright lies peppered in throughout.  It’s amazing, and we’ve come close before, but we’re officially here now.  An election where the Republicans are trying to manipulate the narrative to completely ignore actual facts, such problematic little hurdles.

Sorry, I’m not ready to accept this.  Beliefs, preferences, moral leanings, etc. are one thing and whatever way you lean, hey…go for it.  Personally, I’m a fan of hope, diversity, love, and acceptance, but if you’re a fan of hate, division, and exclusion, do you, boo boo.  Make your decisions based on actual facts though, not fear.  Remember, as a very wise individual once said, “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

On a lighter note, treat this week’s SNSS as a respite from the madness.  New tracks from Warm Brew, BANKS, Phonte & Eric Roberson, Michael Christmas, Wiley, Blu & Nottz, Polyester, Joe Budden, Rexx Life Raj, and more.

Show #560 (7/17/16)

1. Kanye West ft. Rihanna & Swizz Beatz – “Famous”
2. Asher Roth ft. Michael Christmas & Larry June – “Laundry”
3. KnowMads – “Smoker’s Corner” (Local Music)
4. Logic – “44 Bars”
5. Rexx Life Raj – “Young Wardell”
6. Gensu Dean & Denmark Vessey ft. 7evenThirty & Iman Omari – “Black Love”
7. Polyester The Saint ft. Moni Mendoza & Marc Merlot – “How Far (Interlude)”
8. Snoop Dogg – “Two Or More”
9. Joe Budden – “Freedom Freestyle”
10. LaRue ft. Silas Blak – “Nat Turner” (Local Music)
11. Dee-1 – “We Are The Undefeated”
12. Blu & Nottz ft. Bishop Lamont, Torae, Skyzoo, & DJ Revolution – “Giant Steps”
13. A-F-R-O & Marco Polo ft. Pharoahe Monch – “Swarm”
14. Apathy – “Attention Deficit Disorder”
15. The Avalanches ft. Camp Lo – “Because I’m Me”
16. Schoolboy Q ft. Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, & Ab-Soul – “That Part (Black Hippy Remix)”
17. Lil’ Kim ft. The Notorious B.I.G. – “Drugs” (Throwback of the Week)
18. Warm Brew ft. Hugh Augustine & SiR – “No Time”
19. antbzy ft. Ariana DeBoo – “Since I Been Away” (Local Music)
20. Fudge (Michael Christmas & Prefuse 73) ft. Alex Mali – “In My Shoes”
21. Dusky ft. Wiley – “Sort It Out Sharon”
22. 808INK – “Suede Jaw”
23. Loyle Carner – “Tierney Terrace”
24. Khalid – “Let’s Go”
25. Phonte & Eric Roberson – “It’s So Easy”
26. Yuna – “Time”
27. BANKS – “F*ck With Myself”
28. Maggie Rogers – “Alaska”
29. Damaged Goods ft. Jesse Boykins III – “Where Do You Go”

Link to download – https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72U-rgJjvmWSzMwWVd0WVFLakU

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