The Audacity of Dope

November, eh?  Really?  Really?????  Wow.

Peep this week’s show for new music from Pusha T, Mac Miller, Lupe Fiasco, Gilbere Forte, Exile, Jesse Boykins III, Phonte, The Kid Daytona, Saukrates, and more.  There’s a chance these links might die, so grab ’em while you can!  Who am I kidding, I’ll re-up upon request.  Holler at a Hyphen.

Show #334 (10-30-11)

1. Pusha T – “What Dreams Are Made Of”
2. Mac Miller – “Willie Dynamite”
3. Lupe Fiasco – “Lightwork”
4. The Away Team ft. Talib Kweli & Rapsody – “Set It Off”
5. Khingz – “F.u.t.u.r.e.” (Local Music)
6. Saukrates – “Say I”
7. J. Cole – “Rise and Shine”
8. T.I. ft. Pharrell – “Here Ye, Here Ye”
9. Gilbere Forte ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Black Soul”
10. Statik Selektah ft. Pill & REKS – “They Don’t Know”
11. The Kid Daytona ft. Goapele – “God Is Good”
12. Goapele – “Undertow”
13. Rocki Evans – “Funeral Song”
14. Jhene Aiko – “My Mine”
15. Common ft. Makeba – “Blue Sky”
16. Common – “1, 2 Many” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Proh Mic – “Optimistic” (Local Music)
18. Exile – “4ever (Friend Zone, Pt. 1)”
19. Danny! – “I Don’t Wanna Hear That Sh*t”
20. Jesse Boykins III – “B4 The Night Is Thru”
21. Allen Stone – “What I’ve Seen” (Local Music)
22. Phonte ft. Eric Roberson – “Who Loves You More”
23. Torae – “That Raw”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?a2o5q2odpav9fhy
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/3r15ds4lt21g)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/95429580dfb18f13/)

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.

What up y’all?  Apologies if I’ve been a bit M.I.A. (noMaya) over the last week or so.  I know I have a ton of music to get to, emails to answer, interviews to edit, blog posts to write, etc., but I’ve been caught up with my non-music life recently.  It’s actually been great to focus on the day job and other normal, grown up facets to life, but I’ll try to get back in tune on the music side this week.  Holler at me if you need me!

Enjoy this week’s SNSS with new music from The Roots, T.I., Cocaine 80s, Allen Stone, Phonte, Lupe Fiasco, Chip Tha Ripper, DJ Shadow, Danny!, Torae, and more.  That dopeness.

Show #333 (10-23-11)

1. T.I. ft. Pharrell – “Here Ye, Here Ye”
2. Mac Miller – “Blue Slide Park”
3. Cocaine 80s – “Six”
4. J. Cole – “Daddy’s Little Girl”
5. Rocki Evans – “Funeral Song”
6. Torae – “That Raw”
7. Rasheed Chappell – “What I’m Here 4”
8. Allen Stone – “Sleep” (Local Music)
9. Proh Mic ft. Tone Trezure – “Sleep In Girl” (Local Music)
10. Danny! – “I Don’t Wanna Hear That Sh*t”
11. Mayer Hawthorne – “Henny & Gingerale”
12. DJ Shadow ft. Posdnuos & Talib Kweli – “Stay The Course”
13. Immortal Technique – “Toast To The Dead”
14. Phonte ft. Evidence & Big K.R.I.T. – “The Life Of Kings”
15. Lupe Fiasco – “Lightwork”
16. Cam’ron ft. Kanye West & Syleena Johnson – “Down & Out” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Action Bronson & Statik Selektah ft. Nina Sky – “Cocoa Butter”
18. Sonny Bonoho – “Coogars” (Local Music)
19. Yuna – “Come As You Are”
20. The Roots ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Make My”
21. Chip Tha Ripper ft. Wale – “25 Wives”
22. Sir Michael Rocks – “Brite”
23. Rick Ross – “I Love My B*tches”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ap7iwa1d9dd5047
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/ykozyfmq4pvp)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/9514807385efd0f4/)

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.

I’ve been having so many negative experiences this past week dealing with artists, labels, and promoters, I can’t even begin to express my frustrations with this industry.  Rather than treat everyone like Silky Johnson — “I hope all the bad things in life happen to you and nobody else but you” — I’d like to stay positive and instead recognize all the dedicated SNSS listeners who sent their support and appreciation for what we do.  You guys are awesome and we do this for y’all.  And them, even if they don’t know it.

Enjoy and be sure to peep my favorite song out right now:

Show #332 (10-16-11)

1. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Illest Motherf*cker Alive”
2. Common – “Blue Sky”
3. Murs – “316 Ways”
4. Nas ft. Rick Ross – “It’s A Tower Heist”
5. Rick Ross – “I Love My B*tches”
6. Mac Miller – “Blue Slide Park”
7. Drake ft. Nicki Minaj – “Make Me Proud”
8. J. Cole – “Sideline Story”
9. **INTERVIEW WITH SONNY BONOHO, PT. 1**
10. Sonny Bonoho – “Coogars” (Local Music)
11. Sol – “Albert Einstein” (Local Music)
12. **INTERVIEW WITH SONNY BONOHO, PT. 2**
13. Rapper Big Pooh ft. Choklate – “They Say”
14. Donny Goines ft. Bun B, XV, & Pill – “Champion’s Anthem”
15. Maffew Ragazino ft. Rocki Evans & The Mad Stuntman – “City of God”
16. Rocki Evans – “Funeral Song”
17. Yuna – “Come As You Are”
18. Chip Tha Ripper – “Realer”
19. Mobb Deep – “Quiet Storm” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Sir Michael Rocks – “Brite”
21. Steven A. Clark – “Angel Of Death”
22. Allen Stone – “Unaware” (Local Music)
23. Ro Blvd ft. Thurz – “Great Going Good”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?5qgtwmd5gf2gvro
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/hpx11rfgqgfs)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94890351bdbe4425/)

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.

New music on this week’s SNSS from the likes of Ro Blvd, Nitty Scott, K-Os, DJ Shadow, Kids These Days, DMP, Evidence, and more, but hands down, the dopest record on the show is Common’s “Blue Sky.”  Crazy!

Big shout to Mayer Hawthorne for calling in as well.  Be sure to pick up his new album, How Do You Do, ASAP!  Listen to the interview to hear Mayer explain how it differs from his previous album, what life on a major label is like, his relationship with Snoop Dogg, how his old Athletic Mic League and Now On homies feel about Haircut becoming a crooner, and more…

Show #331 (10-9-11)

1. Rick Ross – “I Love My B*tches”
2. Ro Blvd ft. Thurz – “Great Going Good”
3. Evidence – “I Don’t Need Love”
4. Styles P ft. Pharoahe Monch – “Children”
5. Nitty Scott, MC – “Doobsicles”
6. TiRon & Ayomari – “If I Had You”
7. Sonny Bonoho ft. Playboy Tre & Rudi Deville – “Super Cool” (Local Music)
8. The Gooneez & The Fratelleez ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Too Strong”
9. Kendrick Lamar – “Cloud 10”
10. Common – “Blue Sky”
11. Add-2 – “Introspective of a Young Black Male”
12. K-Os ft. Drake – “Faith, Pt. 2”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH MAYER HAWTHORNE**
14. Mayer Hawthorne ft. Snoop Dogg – “Can’t Stop”
15. DJ Shadow ft. Little Dragon – “Scale It Back”
16. Yonas Michael – “House Full Of Women”
17. J. Cole – “Lost Ones”
18. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “New Day”
19. Kids These Days – “Clear Eyes”
20. Proh Mic ft. Tone Trezure – “Sleep In Girl” (Local Music)
21. J. Bre ft. Luck-One & Grynch – “Memories” (Local Music)
22. Black Eyed Peas – “Fallin’ Up” (Throwback of the Week)
23. DMP – “We Ain’t Playin’”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?41mb5wp9m3p4n69
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/ny1vj736s795)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94805431727ff5de/)

Link to download just the interview with Mayer Hawthorne – http://www.mediafire.com/?pum2cp922cw7cp8
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/6ux47x0bq3xg)

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.

Another busy week, so nothing really to say other than enjoy the show!  You’ll also find some re-uploaded links below for episodes that labels decided to kill, since their legal departments generally have NO idea what their promo/marketing staff is doing…ah, the music industry.

Show #330 (10-2-11)

1. T.I. ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “I’m Flexin’”
2. David Banner – “Swag”
3. Childish Gambino – “Bonfire”
4. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Murder To Excellence”
5. Fly.Union – “Long Run”
6. Nitty Scott, MC – “Auntie Maria’s Crib”
7. The Gooneez & The Fratelleez ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Too Strong”
8. Big K.R.I.T. ft. 2 Chainz, 8Ball, & MJG – “Money On The Floor”
9. Wale ft. Rick Ross – “Tats On My Arm”
10. Neako ft. Wiz Khalifa – “Scanners”
11. The Weeknd – “The Party & The After Party (Kastle Remix)”
12. Yonas Michael – “House Full Of Women”
13. GMK – “Up Up Down Down Left Left” (Local Music)
14. TiRon & Ayomari – “If I Had You”
15. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Make The Money” (Local Music)
16. Evidence – “It Wasn’t Me”
17. Game ft. Tyler, The Creator – “Martians vs. Goblins”
18. Tabernacle MCz – “Silly”
19. Phonte – “Ball and Chain”
20. Sonny Bonoho ft. Playboy Tre & Rudi Deville – “Super Cool” (Local Music)
21. J. Cole ft. Missy Elliott – “Nobody’s Perfect”
22. Mary J. Blige ft. Black Star – “Beautiful (Remix)” (Throwback of the Week)
23. DJ Shadow ft. Little Dragon – “Scale It Back”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ek8j776v46b20j4
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/2a3ztnxvj65r)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94724842ef1254b7/)

Recent re-uploaded episodes:

• Show #325 – http://www.mediafire.com/?q54yn1jkhcfhn4i
• Show #326 – http://www.mediafire.com/?ns91jgodi71fsfk
• Show #327 – http://www.mediafire.com/?6a78mkohthee7vr
• Show #328 – http://www.mediafire.com/?ci87h9koz7iqc43
• Show #329 – http://www.mediafire.com/?4pwqw7hoa9yc0o7

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.

While J. Moore is across the pond spending pounds and euros with Shabazz Palaces, I held it down (Hope) solo.  Enjoy the show and go buy the following today:

• Phonte – Charity Starts At Home
• J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story (check the liner notes for a nice SNSS shout since we were the first station Cole visited back in ’09!)
• FIFA Soccer 12

I’ll be adding the French Rosetta Stone collection to my shopping cart as I’ve decided to take my remedial ability up to semi-fluent status this fall/winter.  If any of you speak French, holler @ a Hyphen and help me out!  Merci.

Show #329 (9-25-11)

1. Evidence ft. Raekwon & Ras Kass – “The Red Carpet”
2. Big K.R.I.T. ft. 2 Chainz, 8Ball, & MJG – “Money On The Floor”
3. G-Side – “I’m Sorry (Jake One Remix)”
4. David Banner – “Swag”
5. M.O.P. – “Anybody Can Get It”
6. Freddie Gibbs – “187 Proof”
7. Apathy ft. Celph Titled – “Stop What Ya Doin’”
8. Childish Gambino – “Bonfire”
9. Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Elly Jackson – “That’s My B*tch”
10. Outkast – “Prototype” (Throwback of the Week)
11. The Weeknd – “Thursday”
12. GMK – “Up Up Down Down Left Left” (Local Music)
13. TiRon & Ayomari ft. Yummy Bingham – “All My Love”
14. J. Cole – “Breakdown”
15. Phonte ft. Jeanne Jolly – “Everything Is Falling Down”
16. Maffew Ragazino – “Slumlord”
17. Add-2 – “Introspective of a Young Black Male”
18. Nitty Scott, MC – “Auntie Maria’s Crib”
19. Dom Kennedy & Curren$y – “Hennessey Beach”
20. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Make The Money” (Local Music)
21. JayKin – “Japan Love” (Local Music)
22. 9th Wonder ft. Talib Kweli & Terrace Martin – “Never Stop Loving You”
23. Goapele – “Play”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?4pwqw7hoa9yc0o7
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/5cb90taq7c5f)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94615005fb3c135d/)

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.

Just the biz this week.  Shout to Luck-One for coming through the Sound Session studio.  Be sure to download his new project here.  Also, special thanks to M.anifest for letting us world premiere his “Kilimanjaro” record (produced by Budo)!

Show #328 (9-18-11)

1. Pusha T ft. Kanye West & Young Jeezy – “Amen”
2. Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Mr. Hudson – “Why I Love You”
3. Rapper Big Pooh – “Medicine Man”
4. Rashad – “Pass Me By”
5. Fly.Union – “Long Run”
6. Chip Tha Ripper – “Realer”
7. J. Cole ft. Trey Songz – “Can’t Get Enough”
8. Trackademicks ft. MoxMore – “Low-Tech Life”
9. Goapele – “Play”
10. **INTERVIEW WITH LUCK-ONE, PT. 1**
11. Luck-One – “Breakthrough” (Local Music)
12. Mac Miller – “Face The Facts”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH LUCK-ONE, PT. 2**
14. Statik Selektah ft. Big K.R.I.T. & Freddie Gibbs – “Play The Game”
15. TiRon & Ayomari ft. Yummy Bingham – “All My Love”
16. Murs – “Remember 2 Forget”
17. Drake – “Club Paradise”
18. Game ft. Drake – “Good Girls Go Bad”
19. JayKin ft. Skyzoo – “The Speech” (Local Music)
20. Dead Prez – “Hip-Hop” (Throwback of the Week)
21. Clemm Rishad – “Back To The Paper” (Local Music)
22. **M.anifest – “Kilimanjaro” (WORLD PREMIERE)**
23. DTMD ft. yU – “Keep On”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ci87h9koz7iqc43
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/ywcqzrolmycg)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94510418e1d9d891/)

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.

Well, well, well.  It’s been a whirlwind few weeks filled with all sorts of music (Bumbershoot!) & sports events (NFL, NCF, EPL, even FIBA), personal travel (ESPN’s campus is awesome, Bristol, Connecticut…not so much), professional business ($$$), and quirky SNSS related matters (thanks y’all), so I apologize for the lack of contact.  We were off air last weekend for some specialty KUBE programming, only to return this week and find that our recording device wasn’t working properly.  Yay.

As a result, this week’s archive sounds a bit off here and there because I cobbled it together out of a few listener recordings of the show.  It starts at song five on the tracklisting below, so you missed a few gems, but you’ll be aight.  Huuuuuge shouts and thanks to David and Greg for recording the show as soon as they heard we had a problem with our archive.  SNSS listeners are the best…and that includes you!

Show #327 (9-11-11)

1. Evidence – “You”
2. Game ft. Kendrick Lamar – “The City”
3. Danny Brown – “Radio Song”
4. Jadakiss – “Grind”
5. Maffew Ragazino ft. Action Bronson – “Jordan vs. Bird”
6. Apathy ft. Action Bronson – “All I Think About”
7. Fice – “Beach Cruisers & Lemonade” (Local Music)
8. David Dallas – “Take A Picture”
9. J. Cole ft. Trey Songz – “Can’t Get Enough”
10. 9th Wonder ft. Phonte & Median – “Band Practice, Pt. 2”
11. DTMD – “You”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH CLEMM RISHAD, PT. 1**
13. Clemm Rishad – “Back To The Paper” (Local Music)
14. KJ – “Just Sometimes”
15. **INTERVIEW WITH CLEMM RISHAD, PT. 2**
16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – “Can’t Hold Us” (Local Music)
17. Descry ft. Tunji – “True Greatness”
18. Lil Wayne ft. Tech N9ne & Andre 3000 – “Tha Carter IV Interlude”
19. Blu ft. Chop & Fresh Daily – “Part Time Suckas”
20. Rashad – “Pass Me By”
21. Jay-Z – “You Don’t Know” (Throwback of the Week)
22. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “N****s In Paris”
23. The Weeknd – “Life Of The Party”
24. Drake – “Club Paradise”
25. Goapele – “Play”
26. Mayer Hawthorne – “The Walk”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?6a78mkohthee7vr
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/mg0evl8tampg)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94431047de4b7515/)

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.

As I mentioned last week, I was supposed to miss this edition of SNSS but my trip out east was postponed thanks to Hurricane Irene.  God hit me on Twitter later and said he had to do it.  He’s been listening since day one and just didn’t think it’d be right if I wasn’t there.  Thanks big homey.

Thanks to DJ Descry as well, who allowed us to world premiere his new record with TiRon, Outasight, and Theo Martins.  Dope stuff.

Enjoy the rest of the show and if you’re in the Northwest, I hope to see you at Seattle’s Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival this weekend.  Here are a few snapshots of some of the hip-hop related artists performing for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.  J. Moore and I will be running around the festival all weekend, but you can catch us hosting the mainstage for Kendrick Lamar and Big Boi on Monday for sure.  Also, you’ll be vibing to my music picks during that show and the Macklemore/Wiz Khaifa performance.  It’ll be like listening to SNSS with 10,000 of your closest friends.  With beer spilled on you.

See you there!

Show #326 (8-28-11)

1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – “Can’t Hold Us” (Local Music)
2. Kendrick Lamar – “Hol’ Up”
3. Game ft. Drake – “Good Girls Go Bad”
4. Trackademicks ft. Freddie Gibbs, Phonte, & 1-O.A.K. – “Chill”
5. Phonte ft. Elzhi – “Not Here Anymore”
6. KJ – “Just Sometimes”
7. Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Elly Jackson – “That’s My B*tch”
8. Little Dragon – “Ritual Union”
9. SBTRKT ft. Little Dragon & Shabazz Palaces – “Wildfire (Drumma Boy Remix)”
10. Dom Kennedy & Curren$y – “Hennessey Beach”
11. DTMD – “You”
12. Slum Village – “Players” (Throwback of the Week)
13. The Physics – “Love Is A Business” (Local Music)
14. Asher Roth – “Ampersand”
15. Maffew Ragazino ft. Action Bronson – “Jordan vs. Bird”
16. Danny Brown – “Radio Song”
17. Lil Wayne ft. Tech N9ne & Andre 3000 – “Tha Carter IV Interlude”
18. **Descry ft. TiRon, Outasight, & Theo Martins – “Money Won’t”** (World Premiere)
19. DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah ft. Kardinal Offishall, Skillz, & Shad – “Notorious (Remix)”
20. JayKin – “V.A.N. II” (Local Music)
21. The Weeknd – “Lonely Star”
22. STS ft. Count Justice – “WWW”
23. Union ft. Elzhi – “Wings”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ns91jgodi71fsfk
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/an11olixfqkc)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94250171a66430c2/)

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.

In the immortal words of Hov, “it was all good just a week ago.”  Last Monday, I was enjoying the start of my vacation with sun, soccer, and the prospect of being out of the office for a few days.  This week, it’s rainy, my vacation is over, and I’m stuck at home with a little cold.  This is where you bring up #firstworldproblems…

On the plus side, once I recover from this cold and finish the week, I’ll be starting my new day job at ESPN next Monday.  As a result of their “Rookie Camp” orientation at Bristol’s headquarters, I’ll be missing SNSS next week but J. Moore will hold it down solo.  If you miss my voice, you’re creepy you can just download this week’s show and enjoy!

Show #325 (8-21-11)

1. Dom Kennedy – “Money Don’t Stop”
2. Jay Rock – “Elbows”
3. Game – “Ricky”
4. Thurz ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Hell’s Angel”
5. 2Pac – “Temptations” (Throwback of the Week)
6. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – “Can’t Hold Us” (Local Music)
7. Asher Roth – “In The Kitchen”
8. Trackademicks ft. Freddie Gibbs, Phonte, & 1-O.A.K. – “Chill”
9. JayKin – “V.A.N. II” (Local Music)
10. SBTRKT ft. Little Dragon & Shabazz Palaces – “Wildfire (Drumma Boy Remix)”
11. Frank Ocean – “Swim Good”
12. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Gotta Have It”
13. Styles P ft. Busta Rhymes & Rick Ross – “Harsh”
14. Mayer Hawthorne – “A Long Time (Chromeo Remix)”
15. Omar Aura ft. Fashawn – “1,000 Palm Trees”
16. The Physics – “Chalk Up Tomorrow” (Local Music)
17. Union ft. Elzhi – “Wings”
18. Black Rob – “Can’t Make It In NY”
19. Maffew Ragazino – “Short Yellow Bus Theory”
20. Phil Ade – “Coming Home”
21. The Weeknd ft. Drake – “The Zone”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?q54yn1jkhcfhn4i
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/i4c97k2f0nwd)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94001229735f080f/)

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.