The Audacity of Dope

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)

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Hey everybody, sorry for the radio silence from the Sound Session team.  It’s been a hectic couple of weeks, but below is the archive for episode #540, featuring new music from Raury, Michael Christmas, Jadakiss, Dave B, Miike Snow, A Tribe Called Quest, CeeLo, Snakehips, Kirk Knight, Kelela, Collie Buddz, Nao, and more.

More importantly, we’re sad to announce that following the heels of our missed show for November 15th, we’ll also be off air for the next 2 weeks while J. Moore recovers from some health issues.  If you’ve enjoyed what we do with SNSS, I urge you to read J’s story here and donate/share.  J’s already feeling better and is on the road to recovery, but it’ll be a long one with some difficult steps for him and his family.  Anyone who knows J knows that he will absolutely make it back to 100% and we’re already looking forward to his return to the studio.

We’ll be back the first week of December (perhaps with an international broadcast for y’all) so stay tuned and please take the Thanksgiving holiday to give thanks with your friends & family.  It’s always important to recognize what we’re thankful for, especially in times like this.

Thanks for all your support and again, please help Jon and the Moore family by donating/sharing here!

Show #540 (11/1/15)

1. Marcus D & La – “Golden Gun” (Local Music)
2. EarthGang – “AWOL”
3. Russ – “I Can Tell”
4. Raury ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Forbidden Knowledge”
5. Dave B – “Worth It” (Local Music)
6. Michael Christmas ft. Polyester The Saint – “Are You Around”
7. Hit-Boy ft. James Fauntleroy – “That’s What I Get”
8. Chance The Rapper ft. Saba – “Angels”
9. Jadakiss ft. Nipsey Hussle & Ne-Yo – “Ain’t Nuthin New”
10. Big Grams (Big Boi & Phantogram) ft. Run The Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P) – “Born To Shine”
11. Add-2 ft. Sam Trump & Johndavid Provitt – “Good Mourning Black America”
12. The Game ft. Kendrick Lamar – “On Me”
13. Outkast ft. Erykah Badu – “Humble Mumble” (Throwback of the Week)
14. A Tribe Called Quest ft. CeeLo Green – “Footprints (25^th Anniversary Remix)”
15. Rapper Big Pooh & Nottz – “300Z”
16. Romaro Franceswa – “Salty” (Local Music)
17. Miike Snow – “Heart Is Full”
18. Big K.R.I.T. – “Vanilla Sky”
19. Kirk Knight ft. Noname Gypsy & Thundercat – “Dead Friends”
20. Snakehips ft. Tinashe & Chance The Rapper – “All My Friends”
21. Nao – “Bad Blood”
22. Raleigh Ritchie – “Bloodsport ‘15”
23. Talib Kweli ft. Rapsody – “Every Ghetto”
24. Bryson Tiller – “Right My Wrongs”
25. Collie Buddz – “Blue Dreamz”
26. Rudimental ft. Sinead Harnett & Will Heard – “Treading On Water”
27. Kelela – “Rewind”

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Apologies for the delays in getting recent Sound Session archives online for y’all, but we should be all caught up soon.  We had to skip a show at the end of September, so here’s episode #536 from the start of October.  A few weeks old, but still full of dopeness.  Check out the below for new tracks from Guilty Simpson, Redman, Brothers From Another, Torae, Anderson Paak, Gallant, Little Simz, BOYSLASHFRIEND, Elhae, Nao, Collie Buddz, Big Grams, Deacon The Villain, and more.

Enjoy!

Show #536 (10-4-15)

1.    Guilty Simpson ft. Spacek – “Smoking”
2.    John Crown ft. DJ Phinisey – “Reign” (Local Music)
3.    DOOMSTARKS (MF Doom & Ghostface Killah) – “Lively Hood”
4.    Redman ft. Stresmatic – “Dopeman”
5.    Brothers From Another ft. Nacho Picasso & Raveena – “Blunt Talk” (Local Music)
6.    Logic ft. Big Lenbo – “Young Jesus”
7.    Torae – “Saturday Night”
8.    Blended Babies ft. Anderson Paak, Asher Roth, & Donnie Trumpet – “Make It Work”
9.    Dave B – “Do That” (Local Music)
10.    Mac Miller – “ROS”
11.    Bryson Tiller – “Exchange”
12.    ZHU ft. Gallant – “Testarossa Music”
13.    Little Simz – “God Bless Mary”
14.    Outkast – “Return Of The G” (Throwback of the Week)
15.    Erykah Badu – “Hotline Bling”
16.    BOYSLASHFRIEND – “Not Me Not Now”
17.    Leon Bridges – “Smooth Sailin’ (Donnie Houston & Chris Rockaway Remix)”
18.    Disclosure ft. Nao – “Superego”
19.    Elhae – “Halfway Love”
20.    The Age Of L.U.N.A. – “Better Than”
21.    Collie Buddz – “Pressure”
22.    Drake – “30 For 30 Freestyle”
23.    Big Grams (Big Boi & Phantogram) – “Put It On Her”
24.    Rapper Big Pooh & Nottz ft. Novej – “Memory”
25.    Deacon The Villain ft. Tunji – “Marmalade”
26.    CRL CRRL – “Take Away”

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Back once again with another episode of SNSS for y’all.  Here’s show #533, featuring an in studio appearance from Seattle’s dopest MC (yeah, I said it), Dave B, plus new music from Rick Ross, Jake One, GoldLink, Bryson Tiller, Tom Misch, Prince, The Age of L.U.N.A, Christian Rich, The Weeknd, SG Lewis, Azekel, Little Dragon, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, and more.  Not doing the show the prior week saved up a lot of dopeness for this episode, don’t miss it!

**Note: looks like Box isn’t a great solution for hosting the downloads, so we’re back to Sendspace while I explore other options (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.).  Hit me if you have any issues getting your SNSS fix…

Show #533 (9-6-15)

1.    Rick Ross – “Foreclosures”
2.    Dr. Dre ft. Anderson Paak – “Animals”
3.    Mac Miller ft. Juicy J – “Break The Law”
4.    EarDr.Umz ft. Bishop I – “Brown Paper Bags” (Local Music)
5.    Birthday Boy & Allie – “I Can’t Wait”
6.    Mick Jenkins – “Your Love”
7.    GoldLink ft. Louie Lastic – “Movin’ On”
8.    With You. ft. Vince Staples – “Ghost”
9.    Bryson Tiller – “Sorry Not Sorry”
10.    **INTERVIEW WITH DAVE B**
11.    Mos Def & Ski Beatz – “Sensei On The Block”
12.    Tom Misch ft. Loyle Carner – “Nightgowns”
13.    Outkast – “Two Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac) (Throwback of the Week)
14.    Lupe Fiasco – “Valleys”
15.    The Age Of L.U.N.A. – “Memory Lane”
16.    Prince – “This Could B Us”
17.    The Weeknd – “In The Night”
18.    Christian Rich ft. Angela McCluskey – “Real Love”
19.    Gifted Gab – “One In A Million” (Local Music)
20.    ODESZA ft. Little Dragon – “Light” (Local Music)
21.    SG Lewis ft. Louis M^ttrs – “No Less”
22.    midnight – “Overflow”
23.    BJ The Chicago Kid ft. Chance The Rapper & Buddy – “Church”
24.    Azekel – “New Romance”
25.    Sean Price ft. Ike Eyes – “Bobby MC Bars”
26.    The Foreign Exchange – “Asking For A Friend”

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Well…my Arizona Wildcats lost the other day and March Madness has turned in to March Sadness for me, but at least I’m not alone.  Only four teams are left, so congrats to Wisconsin, Kentucky, Duke, and Michigan State for making the Final Four.  It should be a great end to the college basketball season, but I can’t help but wish we had another shot at it.  Who shoots 10/12 from 3 in the 2nd half of the biggest game of the season?  Sigh…

Thankfully, SNSS is back again to help alleviate the pain of your team being bounced…and to provide you with your weekly slaps.  New music on this week’s episode from Kendrick, Canei Finch, Oddisee, Substantial, Von Pea, Lion Babe, Snoh Aalegra, Bluey Robinson, The Masks, Courtney Bennett, Jhene Aiko, Tinashe, and more.  We debuted two records, one from TiRon & Ayomari and another from Seattle’s own professional hooper, Martell Webster.

Enjoy!

Show #510 (3-22-15)

1.    Martell Webster ft. C. Denaro – “Exposed” (Local Music)
2.    Cool Nutz ft. Pyrex Drex & FliBoiMoe – “Who Am I” (Local Music)
3.    Kendrick Lamar ft. Pharrell – “Alright”
4.    Canei Finch – “Morning Song”
5.    Oddisee – “Word To The Wise”
6.    HANiF ft. Michael Zoah – “Chalk Em Out” (Local Music)
7.    **TiRon & Ayomari – “A Million Keys” (WORLD PREMIERE)**
8.    Russ – “Lonely In Times Square”
9.    Kanye West ft. Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London, & Paul McCartney – “All Day”
10.    Substantial ft. Von Pea – “Late Pass”
11.    Outkast ft. Sleepy Brown – “SpottieOttieDopaliscious” (Throwback of the Week)
12.    Drake – “Energy”
13.    Mark Battles & Dizzy Wright ft. Brittani Jenae – “Hold On”
14.    Lion Babe – “Wonder Woman”
15.    Snoop Dogg ft. Charlie Wilson – “Peaches N Cream”
16.    Snoh Aalegra – “Emotional”
17.    Tinashe – “Wrong”
18.    Bluey Robinson – “Paris”
19.    Jhene Aiko – “Living Room Flow”
20.    The Masks ft. Courtney Bennett – “Say Say”
21.    Fashawn – “Just Remember Now”
22.    George Maple ft. Grande Marshall – “Where You End and I Begin”
23.    Brent Faiyaz – “Be”

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Visuals for one of the songs of the year.  A lot of fans wanted Kendrick to keep going in the direction he established on good kid, m.a.a.d city, but the message here is so necessary.  Well done K. Dot.

Check out this week’s edition of SNSS to hear new music from artists like Wale, Common, Meek Mill, Raekwon, Prince, Zion I, Asher Roth, Young Roddy, Willie The Kid, Danny Brown, Drake, Damon Albarn, Pharoahe Monch, and more.  Plus, you know we had to discuss the LA Clippers Donald Sterling debacle (I see you Adam Silver!) as well.

Enjoy!

Show #463 (4-27-14)

1. Wale ft. Rick Ross & Common – “Sunshine (Remix)”
2. Meek Mill ft. Rick Ross – “Off The Corner”
3. Sean C & LV ft. Raekwon – “Break Fruit”
4. 50 Cent ft. Joe – “Big Rich Town”
5. Vitamin D ft. Dice & Porter Ray – “Relax” (Local Music)
6. Prince – “The Breakdown”
7. The Roots ft. Raheem DeVaughn – “Tomorrow”
8. De La Soul & J Dilla – “Goes With The Word”
9. Zion I – “Futurism”
10. Dizzy Wright – “Reunite For The Night”
11. Grynch – “Carry On” (Local Music)
12. Asher Roth ft. Curren$y – “Dude”
13. Young Roddy – “The Come Up”
14. A$AP Mob ft. A$AP Twelvyy – “Xscape”
15. Willie The Kid & Bronze Nazareth ft. Roc Marciano – “Avalon”
16. Danny Brown ft. Purity Ring – “25 Bucks”
17. Donte Peace – “Juice” (Local Music)
18. Santana ft. Miguel – “Indy”
19. Sam Smith – “Not In That Way”
20. Damon Albarn – “Lonely Press Play”
21. Drake – “Days In The East”
22. Aaron Cohen – “Potential Fans”
23. Outkast – “Player’s Ball” (Throwback of the Week)
24. Pharoahe Monch ft. DJ Revolution – “Get Down”
25. Jesse Boykins III – “Plain”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/f40257929c/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_463%2C_4-27-14.mp3
(back up – http://www74.zippyshare.com/v/76516343/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/84xkc1q65xfb)

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Headed out the door to check out this Chromeo show tonight in Seattle, so just the facts on this week’s SNSS archive.  Enjoy the episode for new music from folks like Bas, The Roots, DJ Premier, Lady of Rage, King Reign, Kwabs, Chance The Rapper, Jesse Boykins III, King Mez, Little Dragon, and more.  Plus we were joined in studio by Steezie NASA and a young up & coming producer, U. Moore, whose name you might just recognize…

Enjoy!

Show #461 (4-13-14)

1. Big K.R.I.T. ft. ASAP Ferg – “Lac Lac”
2. Bas – “Charles de Gaulle To JFK”
3. The Roots ft. Greg Porn & Modesty Lycan – “When The People Cheer”
4. **INTERVIEW WITH STEEZIE NASA, PT. 1**
5. 50 Cent ft. Joe – “Big Rich Town”
6. DJ Premier ft. Lady of Rage – “Chemical Burn”
7. Schoolboy Q ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Studio”
8. Vince Staples – “Trunk Rattle”
9. **INTERVIEW WITH STEEZIE NASA, PT. 2**
10. Steezie NASA – “Who I Am” (Local Music)
11. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib ft. Raekwon – “Bomb”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH STEEZIE NASA, PT. 3**
13. Wizdom ft. Grynch & Fearce Vill – “My City’s Filthy” (Local Music)
14. King Reign – “Killer”
15. Drake – “Draft Day”
16. Shad – “MGD (Draft Day Dub)”
17. De La Soul & J Dilla – “Marvin Jaye”
18. Jade de LaFleur ft. James Fauntleroy – “Freedom”
19. India Shawn ft. James Fauntleroy – “Floating Away”
20. Little Dragon – “Paris”
21. Kwabs – “Something Right”
22. Ryan Caraveo – “Schlager” (Local Music)
23. Chance The Rapper – “The Writer”
24. King Mez ft. Sonya – “Flight”
25. Jesse Boykins III ft. Theophilus London – “Tell Me”
26. SZA – “UR”
27. Pharrell ft. JoJo, Leah LaBelle, & Tori Kelly – “Freq”
28. Outkast – “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik” (Throwback of the Week)
29. THURZ – “High Castle”
30. Kelis – “Rumble”
31. **INTERVIEW WITH U. MOORE**

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/d92e285762/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_461%2C_4-13-14.mp3
(back up – http://linkmixes.com/ksng9m9ur5ek)
(2nd back up – http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/81792410/file.html)

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Here’s the first SNSS episode of 2014, featuring new music from Hov, Drake, Oddisee, Jamall Bufford, BJ The Chicago Kid, Elle Varner, Audio Push, Fabolous, 7 Days Of Funk, The Lox, Pro Era, Tinashe, Bridget Kelly, Vampire Weekend, and more.  If you missed our Best of 2013 wrap up, click here.

In other news, as I type this, we’re a 2nd half away from the Broncos beating the Chargers and setting up an epic weekend of Seahawks/49ers and Patriots/Broncos matchups to determine the Super Bowl.  Can’t wait!

Show #447 (1-5-14)

1. Rick Ross ft. Jay-Z – “The Devil Is A Lie”
2. B.o.B – “Paper Route”
3. V. Dot ft. Louis V – “Town Biz” (Local Music)
4. Drake – “Trophies”
5. Shelton Harris & Tyler Dopps – “No Gods” (Local Music)
6. Oddisee – “Invisible Walls”
7. Jamall Bufford ft. Magestik Legend – “Travel Light”
8. Nemo Achida ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Hands On”
9. BJ The Chicago Kid ft. Jerreau – “My New Christmas List”
10. Elle Varner ft. Wale – “Rover”
11. Fabolous – “Cuffin Season”
12. Audio Push – “Shine”
13. 7 Days of Funk (Dam-Funk & Snoop Dogg) – “Let It Go”
14. Malice & Mario Sweet – “Celebration” (Local Music)
15. The Lox – “Love Me Or Leave Me Alone”
16. Outkast ft. Goodie Mob – “Git Up, Git Out” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Joey Bada$$, A La $ole, & Dyemond Lewis – “Sol Luna”
18. Kidd Upstairs ft. Mistah F.A.B., Gaita, & Hongry – “Nostalgia”
19. Talib Kweli – “Lover’s Peak”
20. Tinashe – “Midnight Sun”
21. Bridget Kelly – “Coca1n3 Heartbreak”
22. Jhene Aiko ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Stay Ready (What A Life)”
23. Vampire Weekend ft. Danny Brown, Heems, & Despot – “Step (Remix)”
24. A$AP Mob ft. A$AP Nast & Method Man – “Trillmatic”
25. MeLo-X – “Break From Flatbush”
26. Childish Gambino – “3005”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/e5f65fc6d3/
(back up – http://www47.zippyshare.com/v/80917764/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/q0o1cfl8nn0n)

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Not much to say this week.  Hope you’re all celebrating the holiday season with your friends and family.  Tune in next week for our “Best of 2012” edition of SNSS.  Don’t miss it…

Show #393 (12-23-12)

1. Game ft. Pusha T – “Name Me King”
2. T.I. – “The Introduction”
3. Maffew Ragazino – “Friday Night”
4. Supastition – “Yada Yada”
5. Skyzoo ft. Freeway – “Pockets Full”
6. **INTERVIEW WITH SCRIBES, PT. 1**
7. ASAP Rocky ft. Kendrick Lamar, Joey Badass, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Actin Bronson, & Big K.R.I.T. – “1 Train”
8. Thurz ft. Jarell Perry – “Keep Livin’”
9. Elijah Blake ft. Common – “X.O.X.”
10. Shelton Harris – “Wake Up” (Local Music)
11. Chin Injeti ft. Sonreal – “Gunna Be Fine” (Local Music)
12. **INTERVIEW WITH SCRIBES, PT. 2**
13. MC Eiht – “The Reign”
14. Outkast – “West Savannah” (Throwback of the Week)
15. Big Boi ft. Phantogram – “CPU”
16. J. Cole – “2012”
17. Arima Ederra – “Flow Chart”
18. Rhye – “Open”
19. Mac Slug ft. Reno Red – “Music Is Key” (Local Music)
20. 2 Player Co-Op (Trackademicks & 1-O.A.K.) – “Nothing Looks The Same”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www14.zippyshare.com/v/67208981/file.html
(back up link – http://linkmixes.com/53cm5qwe7d8w)
(2nd back up – http://www.sharebeast.com/yzr606v2x2fw)

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