The Audacity of Dope

Original is funny enough, but awwwwww snap, let’s keep the party going.  Reeeeeeeemix:

Though to be fair, it’s not topping the OG:

The big homey Cool Nutz stopped by SNSS this past week and just dropped some new visuals for “Baseball Numbers” off Incredible.  Seattle folks can catch him at 88 Keys with Mistah F.A.B. and others Thursday night!

Yessir!  It’s been a long time coming, but Shad and crew are bringing one of the best albums of the year, TSOL, to the US for an official release on Decon Media on October 5th.  Here’s a little video they shot to introduce SK to the US, but I mean, if you’re on TAOD, you’ve been up on him…right?

Support real art and good people!

Quick update this week with three main points:

• Shout to a Northwest hip-hop legend and pioneer, Cool Nutz for sitting in with us on this week’s SNSS and co-hosting.  Cool Nutz founded his Jus Family record label in 1993 and has been a staple of the NW scene for years, both in the booth and the community.  His new project, Incredible, is in-stores now…cop that – http://www.myspace.com/coolnutz

• Another shout to the homey Outasight for letting us world premiere the title track from his upcoming mixtape, Never Say Never.  OU is one of our favorite artists and with his recent signing to Warner Bros., it’s only a matter of time before his shine extends from the blogosphere and those of us in the know, out to the general public.  So when Becky in Bellevue says she likes his sunglasses, remember where you heard him first.

• Don’t be mad, Hyphen is hiring!  As I mentioned previously, I got a nice little promotion at the day job and as a result, I’ll be hiring for an open position within the Client Services department at ScreenPlay, Inc..  In short, this job will involve networking with movie studios to acquire and catalog their promotional video content and assist with managing a few of our select accounts.  Don’t get intimidated by the job posting…to succeed, you’ll just need to be a movie lover, tech savvy, organized, hard working, and gregarious.  It’s somewhat of an entry level position, but it’ll be fun, plus you get to work with me there are areas for growth.  Please check out our website – www.screenplayinc.com – and the job posting – http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/tfr/1872285224.html .  Feel free to spread it around to anyone who might be interested and hit me if you have any questions at all.

Show #270 (8-1-10)
**Co-hosted by Cool Nutz**

1. Kanye West ft. Dwele – “Power”
2. Freddie Gibbs – “On One”
3. Skyzoo & Illmind – “Frisbees”
4. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) ft. Cassidy & Xzibit – “Goin’ Back”
5. Big K.R.I.T. – “Country Sh*t”
6. The Roots ft. Phonte & Dice Raw – “Now Or Never”
7. Kendrick Lamar – “For The Homies”
8. Cool Nutz – “Monster Up” (Local Music)
9. Rick Ross ft. Kanye West – “Live Fast, Die Young”
10. Drake – “The Resistance”
11. Pharoahe Monch ft. Mela Machinko – “Shine”
12. 6th Sense ft. The Kid Daytona – “Never Be The Same”
13. Frankie Payne ft. Saukrates – “My Life”
14. Pigeon Hole ft. D-Sisive – “Light Show” (Local Music)
15. Outasight – “Never Say Never” (WORLD PREMIERE)
16. Scarface ft. Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel – “Guess Who’s Back”
17. Sheek – “Jungle Brother”
18. Outrageous & Dice – “I Love My Life” (Local Music)
19. Mickey Rocks – “Bat Phone”
20. Chromeo – “Don’t Turn The Lights On”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?z619jf7jxphz3b1
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/789545882e09ddde/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/y8ugzcocih4f)

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.

Aloe’s about to drop one of the best albums of the year with September 28th’s Good Things.  It looks like he might be headed up to Seattle next week, and if so, we’ll see if he can stop by the SNSS studio.  Great to see this longtime MC get some shine with his new project.

Remember this story about ‘Ye rapping to Tunji and I acapella in the back of HOB Anaheim when he was on the come up?  Well that passion is still there and on full display in these videos of his recent trip to the Facebook offices this past week.  I’ve been saying for years that no other successful MC cares this much about his art.  When you combine that passion with his ability, you have the best artist in the game.

Just peep “Mama’s Boyfriend” for proof:

Greatness.

That different kind of For The Win.  FTW.

Gibbs is a perfect example of how you can be a lyricist and still make ‘hard’ records.  This chorus is something that Pac himself would be proud of.

Whoooo…this beat is nefarious.  The homey Sky kills it too.  Hardest rap video containing a frisbee of all time?

This is my ish right now.