The Audacity of Dope

Fresh off the heels of our Reflection Eternal album release celebration episode, we’re right back into a normal edition of Sound Session.  And when I say “normal,” I mean an hour and a half of ridiculously dope and varied music from around the globe.  Peep this week’s show for jawns from Cee-Lo, Drake, Electric Wire Hustle, TiRon, Shad, the Roots, Homeboy Sandman, Slum Village, Laws, and the unquestionable song of the moment, Kanye’s “Power.”  This is why we ride with you Yeezy!  Shout to the homey Spaceman for coming through as well…ch-ch-check it out:

Show #262 (6-6-10)

1. Cee-Lo – “Georgia”
2. Janelle Monae ft. B.o.B & Lupe Fiasco – “Tightrope (Wondamix)”
3. Big Boi ft. Big Rube – “General Patton”
4. Mike Bigga ft. T.I. – “Ready Set Go”
5. Drake ft. Jay-Z – “Light Up”
6. Rick Ross ft. Kool G Rap – “Knife Fight”
7. Eminem ft. Pink – “Won’t Back Down”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH SPACEMAN, PT. 1**
9. Spaceman – “Get It In” (Local Music)
10. **INTERVIEW WITH SPACEMAN, PT. 2**
11. Kanye West ft. Dwele – “Power”
12. Electric Wire Hustle – “They Don’t Want”
13. Shad – “Rose Garden”
14. TiRon – “Boys & Girls”
15. Asher Roth – “G.R.I.N.D.”
16. Sol – “Not The One” (Local Music)
17. The Roots – “Doin’ It Again”
18. Homeboy Sandman – “Mean Mug”
19. Fugees – “Manifest” (Throwback of the Week)
20. JFK – “High School Sweetheart” (Local Music)
21. Slum Village ft. Colin Munroe – “Faster”
22. Laws – “Flashback”

Download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?mygwjyrnyg1
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/770044155b883faf/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/6ttc6r6anh6k)

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(Part One in HD on HyphenTV)

As I mentioned in the post with just the audio, Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek came through Sound Session two weeks ago to talk all about their new album.  Here’s the entire in-depth interview with these two legendary hip-hop figures, and more importantly, just two all around good dudes.  Support them by copping Revolutions Per Minute and for the youngins who never bought Train of Thought, you better get that too!

Part 1: “RPM’s,” “City Playgrounds,” and “Back Again.”

(Part Two in HD on HyphenTV)

Part 2: Affion Crockett/Russell Simmons skits, being considered “conscious,” the marketing of “neo soul,” “Strangers” featuring Bun B, “In This World,” sampling Jay-Z’s classic lyric, “Got Work,” and more.

(Part Three in HD on HyphenTV)

Part 3: “Midnight Hour” featuring Estelle, “Lifting Off,” the war on drugs, “In The Red,” and more.

(Part Four in HD on HyphenTV)

Part 4: “Ballad Of The Black Gold,” energy consumption, live instrumentation vs. samples, “Just Begun” with Jay Electronica, J. Cole, and Mos Def, and more.

(Part 5 in HD on HyphenTV)

Part 5: “Long Hot Summer,” working as a group, “Get Loose” with Chester French, “So Good” and the return of MC Hi-Tek, the absence of Dion on the album, and more.

(Part 6 in HD on HyphenTV)

Part 6: “Ends” featuring Bilal, the pursuit of money, music piracy, the autobiographical outro of “My Life,” the future of Reflection Eternal, and more.

Enjoy!

Pardon the delay in archiving the last 2 episodes of Sound Session, but I wanted to make sure I gave you guys every option for checking out our in depth interview with Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, collectively known as Reflection Eternal.  In celebration of their new album, Revolutions Per Minute, Talib and Tek came through to talk about every song on the project and the inspirations behind them all.  Consider this an “Inside The Rapper’s Studio” style interview, not for the faint of heart.  Oh…and BUY THE ALBUM!!!!

Note – the interview played on air was not the full discussion.  If you’d like to check out the entire interview, please view the videos through the link below.

Show #261 (5-30-10)

1. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 1**
2. Reflection Eternal – “RPM’s”
3. Reflection Eternal – “City Playgrounds”
4. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 2**
5. Reflection Eternal ft. Res – “Back Again”
6. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 3**
7. Reflection Eternal ft. Bun B – “Strangers (Paranoid)”
8. Reflection Eternal – “In This World”
9. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 4**
10. Reflection Eternal – “Got Work”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 5**
12. Reflection Eternal ft. Estelle – “Midnight Hour”
13. Reflection Eternal – “Lifting Off”
14. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 6**
15. Reflection Eternal – “In The Red”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 7**
17. Reflection Eternal – “Ballad Of The Black Gold”
18. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 8**
19. Reflection Eternal ft. Jay Electronica, J. Cole, & Mos Def – “Just Begun”
20. Reflection Eternal – “Long Hot Summer”
21. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 9**
22. Reflection Eternal ft. Chester French – “Get Loose”
23. Reflection Eternal – “So Good”
24. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 10**
25. Reflection Eternal ft. Bilal – “Ends”
26. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 11**
27. Reflection Eternal – “My Life”
28. **INTERVIEW WITH REFLECTION ETERNAL, PT. 12**

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?yweowynmtqk
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/76743509fd03f5b6/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/bdytv0q0rr07)

Link to download just the interview breaks – http://www.mediafire.com/?l4wommmmwyn
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/7674405781126bf1/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/y65gnbvwms07)

Watch video of the interview – https://www.theaudacityofdope.com/2010/06/08/reflection-eternal-on-sound-session/

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.

This is actually one of my favorite songs from Bobby Ray and while I was disappointed to see it not make the album, at least they shot some quick viral visuals for it.  As for the topic at hand, you could write an interesting psychological analysis of girls that become models.  That’s gotta be a weird life decision to reconcile with yourself as you get older.  But for the rest of us, at least they’re fun to look at…

Super dope, though I recommend you peep it in HD on Vimeo right here.

The video seems a bit excessive, but this track is dope as hell.  In case you’re still under a rock, Broken Bells are James Mercer of the Shins and Dangermouse.

Checking in from out of the country to post up some behind the scenes footage of the homies Sol, Grynch, Geo, and Thig Nat recording Sol’s “Spliff” remix.  Download the EP here if you haven’t already!

If you caught Sound Session last night, you know we ran through the entire Revolutions Per Minute album from Kweli and Hi-Tek.  While I decide how much of the video I want to let loose, the homies say what up…

Shad K is back with the second video off his stellar TSOL release, this time around “Rose Garden” gets the visual treatment.  As usual, another great piece.  Check out all things Shad related on his site, including tour dates, and Canadians can cop the album here or here.

Northwest people: Shad will be performing at the Biltmore on June 3rd in Vancouver and I highly recommend you come through if you can make it.  For my fellow unlucky Americans, I’ll probably bring back a couple CD’s for y’all…so if you want a copy of the album, place your order before the trip…

Feeling this record…are y’all still sleeping on Jermiside? You should stop.  This is the second single off Middle Classic, which is now available at all digital retailers.  Video directed by Ilyas of Tanya Morgan.