The Audacity of Dope

Regular listeners of Sunday Night Sound Session probably remember that a few weeks ago, J and I gave out a bunch of these Northwest Fresh mixtapes on the air.  Since we’ve already handed out more than a thousand of ’em in the Seattle streets at various KUBE events,  it’s time to post up and blast it out officially to the net.

Truth be told, it’s past time, as this collection has been finished for months.  So that said, the music on here isn’t necessarily that new, but it’s still dope and it’s a good collection of artists that are making some great hip-hop and R&B here in the Seattle area.  If you’re up on the town bidness, you’ve probably heard all these tracks.  If not, you can take this as a good introduction to one of the most slept on scenes in the country.  Shout to Mountain Dew’s Green Label Sound for sponsoring the project.

Download here.

(back up link – http://sharebee.com/0dcb06ea )

This beat is too smooth.  Vintage Dilla on production and his younger brother linking up with Debi Nova for the vocals.  Off Illa’s Yancey Boys album, which is entirely produced by Dilla if you didn’t know.  Cop that.

Sidenote, I wish they would have got Debi in this video…she’s a dime.

206 stand up!  New video from some of the best here in the NW.  Be on the lookout for Dyme Def headed up and down the west best coast with Sai real soon.

Town bidness mayne…shout to 800lb.

Chyea, more great visuals from the homies Keelay & Zaire, this time featuring Mario Dones.  If you haven’t checked out Ridin’ High yet, you better get on that.  The next video off the album will be for “Alright With Me” with Dminor and Phonte and I heard through the grapevine that it’s already been accepted by MTV.  Shout to the whole MYX Music Label fam.

This song is so fire that they put it on the last Cornerstone Mixtape twice hahaha.  Rest assured, no matter how dope a song is, you aren’t gonna hear it twice in 30 minutes on our mix…

By the way, Cornerstone Mixtape #115 drops any day now!  You ready?

Whoooooooo.  Are you kiddin’ me?  Max is back, chyea.  Don’t fall for that stuff that’s masquerading as R&B these days.  This is that piff.

Maxwell – “Pretty Wings” (Album Version)

Now we just need D to get it together too…

You know, I’m pretty tired of the corny discussions going on all over the place about Asher.  Seeing people get all worked up about every little thing reminds me of when I used to post on messageboards in my high school/college days.  I’m too old and busy for all this pseudo drama.

Here’s what I know.  Asher is a cool dude, works with great people, and makes dope music more often than not.  This song is my ish and the video is ill.  If you want to write blog after blog attacking him or complaining about the system that helped him achieve his success, go for it.  I ain’t gonna read it though.  Way more important things in the world right now.

One of the rising stars in hip-hop, Los Angeles’ Nipsey Hussle, came through Sound Session recently to chop it up with J. Moore and myself while out here on tour with The Game.  Just like you’d expect with a dude that many see as a young Snoop, Nipsey was cool as hell.

We talked all about his background (including how he got the name), his upcoming South Central State of Mind debut album, whether he had any reservations on using the familiar Kris Kross sample on “Hussle In The House,” and more.  Plus, we delved a little deeper than most interviews I’ve seen with Nip as we talked about his East African roots, fatherhood, how he wants to change the stereotypes of gang culture, and the difficulties in walking the fine line between reporting on violence and glorifying it.  Don’t miss this one y’all…

Nipsey Hussle on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?ijmi0ynzaez
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/5924493404d4c2b2/ )

*throws up the dub with pride*

I’ve been playing the hell out of this track for ages now, ever since it was included at the end of a mixtape Mayer (as DJ Haircut) put out with his group Now On, and I’m still not tired of it.  Talk about a timeless joint.

As I mentioned, if you aren’t familiar with this dude, you’ve been sleeping for about a decade.  Haircut has been down with the Lab Techs and the almighty Athletic Mic League (peep the Buff1 cameo) for years putting out great albums and making some insane beats.  He’s now splitting his time between crafting songs for Now On, killing beat battles (shout to the Big Tune folks), and becoming a worldwide sensation as Mayer Hawthorne.  Go head homey…

“…your first good one, in a while…”

This is kind of a big deal.  Mykola Dosenko created all original graphics based on classic NES games for this unofficial video to Kanye’s “Robocop.”  Wow.

Spotted on Drop Bomb.