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.
Damn…the L’s keep coming for Charles Hamilton. I like a lot of Charles’ music and he was real cool when we chopped it up in Austin at SXSW, but all these crazy situations are not helping his career. I hope he can avoid the drama and put out a dope record, cause he’s certainly capable.
But yeah…don’t mess with Houseshoes, Hex, or the D. For real.
Generally speaking, projects with this level of corporate organization/sponsorship turn out extra corny, but thanks to the talent assembled for the latest Pepsi Mic Pass video, this one came out dope. All the live stuff was shot down in Austin at SXSW and you can see all sorts of folks in the background. Town homies will recognize Dow Jones and Jake One especially…
I told y’all these cyphers were breaking out everywhere down in Austin. This pretty much sums up the kind of vibe that SXSW carries…everyone was just down there having a good time and people were all about their music. Fabby Davis Jr. murdered this by the way.
More dope ish that was released during the SXSW madness. I ran into Krispy and Al down in Texas and despite obviously doing a lot of partying, they remembered their appearance on Sound Session from a while back. Good times. This is the jam though.
I’m pretty sure I walked right by this as it was winding down and I was hustling in to the Nah Right & Smoking Section Showcase in Austin. These kind of impromptu cyphers were breaking out all over the city just cause the vibe was like this all weekend. Shout to Sandman, P. Casso, Low Key, and the Hip-Hop Official folks, all of whom I met for the first time down there (the shout to Tanya Morgan goes without saying!).
Two of my favorite artists in music…and Santogold…combined for this dope track off N.A.S.A.’s debut album, The Spirit of Apollo. I really dig the sounds at the beginning and end of this joint, but as with most N.A.S.A. videos, I don’t think I do enough (ok, any) drugs to enjoy the visuals as much as some folks do. Seeing them live at SXSW was definitely an experience though. Peace to the dancing alien go-go dancers at the Filter party…
I told y’all that I’m all about these SXSW recap clips. Chillin’ with the homies Y-O and Thurz in Austin was definitely one of my highlights, and as you can briefly see in the clip above, Theo also traveled down with ‘em. Very dope to meet another one of the up and coming MC’s in the game.
Shout to DRG Films for producing all these dope U-N-I clips recently. Remember, A Love Supreme drops on the 31st!!!!
Off the brand new Common Market digital release, Winter’s End EP, here’s the MTVu debut of RA Scion & Sabzi’s “Escaping Arkham.” With Zia at the directorial helm, you already know the visuals are going to be flawless. He’s really one of the most underrated directors in the game nationally…it won’t be long until people are flying him all around the country to do their videos.
Sidenote: mobbing down to SXSW with a lot of Seattle folks, RA and Sabzi included, was one of my highlights of last week. We have a ton of talent in the town and if you aren’t aware, you’re sleeping. Plus, everyone is cool as hell…
Whoooo…I know I’ve already mentioned it a ton on the Twitter and on the blog, but SXSW was incredible last week. Basically, it was a high school field trip with all your closest hip-hop buddies. Damn near everyone in the industry (well, at least indie hip-hop) mobbed down to Austin to enjoy 80 degree weather, free food & drinks, and more live music than you can possibly imagine. While the performances were insane, the best part was just meeting with so many like minded folks. Hip-hop ain’t dead in the least. You just might think so if you aren’t looking in the right direction.
Shouts to everyone we ran into down in Texas, let’s run it down real quick…*deep breath*…Heavy Hitter, Blue Scholars, Common Market, Grynch, DJ Nphared, Budo, Grieves, David Meinert, Jessica @ Spectre, Exile, the whole Rhymesayers camp, Brother Ali, Jake One, Abstract Rude, Deep Rooted, U-N-I, the Agency Group, Jon Kim, Jonathan @ Om, Fresh Daily, Blu, Theresa @ the Musebox, 6th Sense, Outasight, Daytona, Freeway, Peter Rosenberg, Mazzi, Homeboy Sandman, Lanna @ Dada.net, Chelsea @ CO Clubs, Syntax Records, New West Records, JJ @ Foundation, Now On, Haircut/Mayer Hawthorne, 14KT, Buff1, Stephanie @ A-Side, DJ Graffitti, ID @ Interdependent, D.O., Garrett @ North Starr, Alex @ Ruby Hornet, Raekwon, Karim/Nightclubber Lang, Keelay & Zaire, Fortilive, the Myx Music fam, Theo, Asher Roth, Tanya Morgan, I Self Divine, Doomtree, Chris London, CurT@!n$, Odyssey, El Prez, Donny Goines, Dae One, Noni Spitz, Clint @ MVD, Bryan @ Paper Garden, Yvette @ Mint, Bambu, DJ Phatrick, Eskay @ Nah Right, TC @ Smoking Section, DJ Low Key, TJ @ TJ’s DJ’s, B-Rich, Playboy Tre, B.o.B., Hi-Tek, Daniel Glogower, Dow Jones of Tha Bizness, Shad, G, Classified, Cook Classics, GregTheDude, Charles Hamilton, Kid Cudi, Plain Pat, Emile, Big Sean, GLC, Mr. Hudson, Consequence, Janelle Monae, Ian and Jason @ Black Box, Hey Ocean, Adam @ Feldman & Associates, 88 Keys, Crew54, Yak Ballz, Connie @ Filter, Kidz In The Hall, D-Solo, Mickey Factz, P. Casso, Kosha Dillz, Matt @ Coalmine, Staci @ Interscope, Hanif of Animal Fam, Henri, Donnis, The Knux, Hip-Hop Official, the Cool Kids, Pac Div, Grace & Glenn @ Columbia, Tom Windish, Green Lantern, Balance, Curren$y, Steve Aoki, A-Trak, Mistah F.A.B., Talib Kweli, Corey Smyth, Strong Arm Steady, Amanda Diva, Eli Paperboy Reed and the True Loves, Davey D, Zion I, BK One, Camp Lo, Hollywood Holt, Proton, K’Naan, Lady Sov, Rye Rye, N.A.S.A., Truth Universal, Hollyweerd, Izza Kizza, Grip Plyaz, Tami @ Epitaph, and many, many more that I can’t remember right now…my apologies! That almost felt like making liner note thank you’s…wow, I don’t envy that.
Anyway, a lot of the talent out at SXSW was represented on this week’s SNSS playlist. Shout to Asher and the SRC/Universal Motown fam for calling in to help debut his “Lark On My Go Kart” track. I’ll post up that full interview shortly, but in the meantime, enjoy the music!
Show #199 (3-22-09)
- 88 Keys ft. Kid Cudi – “Ho Is Short For Honey”
- B.o.B. – “Mr. Bobby”
- Wale ft. Lady GaGa – “Chillin’”
- Rhymefest ft. Queen Latifah – “Goin’ In”
- Pacific Division – “O.P.P. Freestyle”
- **INTERVIEW WITH RIPYNT**
- Ripynt ft. Jazz Digga – “Can’t Take It” (Local Artist)
- Blu & Miss Jack Davey – “iFeel”
- GLC ft. Kanye West & T-Pain – “Flight School”
- **INTERVIEW WITH ASHER ROTH (SNIPPET)**
- Asher Roth – “Lark In My Go Kart”
- Kidz In The Hall – “I Got It Made (Reebok Classic ’09)”
- Zion I ft. K. Flay – “Coastin’”
- J. Pinder ft. Shawn Starr – “Havin’ Problems” (Local Artist)
- U-N-I & Ro Blvd ft. Kes Kaos – “My Life”
- Mayer Hawthorne – “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out”
- Braille & S1 ft. Strange Fruit Project, Thesis, & Ragen Fykes – “Broken Heart” (Local Artist)
- Shad – “I Heard You Had The Voice Of An Angel”
- Tanya Morgan – “So Damn Down”
- Keelay & Zaire ft. Prophit – “Nurf To The Turf”
Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?kowtrojwezz
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/57521853875b9324/)
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