The Audacity of Dope

Just the biz this week:

• Big shout to A.R.M. for letting us world premiere their new joint with Slug from Atmosphere.
• You know we had to run some Gang Starr for our Throwback of the Week…thoughts and prayers with Guru.
• We gave out a few tickets for the Cool Kids/Pac Div show on the 9th.  We’ll have more next week so don’t miss ’em…
• After a few weeks on the road, J. Moore was back in the studio.  Peep the triumphant return of the Mayor!

Show #248 (2-28-10)

1. 88-Keys ft. Colin Munroe – “Wake Up Call”
2. Nottz – “Shine So Brite”
3. 2 Hungry Bros. ft. Substantial – “Can’t Be That Stupid”
4. Memphis Bleek – “Still Ill”
5. Concise Kilgore – “Alaska”
6. Black Spade ft. J*Davey – “New U”
7. Spaid – “Clarity” (Local Music)
8. Freeway & Jake One ft. Latoiya Williams – “Freekin’ The Beat” (Local Music)
9. Sean Price – “Shut The F*ck Up”
10. Laws – “Hold You Down”
11. Kendrick Lamar – “Celebration”
12. Big Sean ft. Mr. Hudson – “Way Out”
13. Aloe Blacc – “Dollar”
14. **A.R.M. ft. Slug – “Fear Of The Mundane” (WORLD PREMIERE)**
15. Chief Kamachi – “Little African Girl”
16. Statik Selektah ft. Lil’ Fame, Havoc, & Kool G Rap – “Do It 2 Death”
17. Meko McAfee – “No One”
18. J. Pinder ft. Big Pooh & Zach Bruce – “Later On” (Local Music)
19. Gang Starr ft. Nice & Smooth – “DWYCK” (Throwback of the Week)
20. DJ Center ft. Middle Child – “In A Song”
21. John Legend – “There With You”

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I see what she was trying to do here, but after hearing her verse, the double entendre was perhaps a little too accurate.

“I’m N.B.A., I’m nothin’ but ass”
— Armeretta, “Streetsweeper Freestyle”

Fresh off the Winter Olympics, ESPN.com has jump started my anticipation for the world’s next big sporting event (March Madness isn’t quite international) by posting up their Top 50 Players of the 2010 World Cup.  Peep the article for a breakdown of each player, but here’s the list:

NO.     PLAYER
1     Lionel Messi, Argentina
2     Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
3     Wayne Rooney, England
4     Kaka, Brazil
5     Xavi, Spain
6     Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast
7     Andres Iniesta, Spain
8     Fernando Torres, Spain
9     Steven Gerrard, England
10     Michael Essien, Ghana
11     David Villa, Spain
12     Franck Ribery, France
13     Samuel Eto’o, Cameroon
14     Luis Fabiano, Brazil
15     Iker Casillas, Spain
16     Cesc Fabregas, Spain
17     Gianluigi Buffon, Italy
18     Dani Alves, Brazil
19     Nemanja Vidic, Serbia
20     Wesley Sneijder, Netherlands
21     Maicon, Brazil
22     Frank Lampard, England
23     Andrea Pirlo, Italy
24     Carlos Tevez, Argentina
25     Robin van Persie, Netherlands
26     Gonzalo Higuain, Argentina
27     Diego Forlan, Uruguay
28     Thierry Henry, France
29     Sergio Aguero, Argentina
30     Michael Ballack, Germany
31     Julio Cesar, Brazil
32     Arjen Robben, Netherlands
33     Gerard Pique, Spain
34     Miroslav Klose, Germany
35     Lucio, Brazil
36     Javier Mascherano, Argentina
37     John Terry, England
38     David Silva, Spain
39     Carles Puyol, Spain
40     Nicolas Anelka, France
41     Ashley Cole, England
42     Patrice Evra, France
43     Marek Hamsik, Slovakia
44     Karim Benzema, France
45     Yoann Gourcuff, France
46     Daniele De Rossi, Italy
47     Philipp Lahm, Germany
48     Yaya Toure, Ivory Coast
49     Giorgio Chiellini, Italy
50     Landon Donovan, United States

I’m glad to see my favorite players (van Persie, Cesc, and Didier Drogba) all well represented, but overall, I think this list is surprisingly solid.  David Silva should definitely be higher and some of the bigger names aren’t as good as they used to be, but ESPN did a pretty good job.  What do you think?

I’ve been meaning to post this up for a minute, but better late than never.  Nottz Raw is one of the illest producers out there, but if didn’t realize he can spit too, peep this track off his upcoming album You Need This Music.  VA stand up!

[Jeezy] That’s riiiiiiiight [/Jeezy], Pac Div and the Cool Kids will be rocking the Showbox Market here in Seattle on Tuesday, March 9th.  I better see y’all there!

What’s that you say?  WLotD is back?  Well…not officially, but I have received a few requests to revive what I started in 2001 on my old AIM away messages.  Working from home today and heard this gem as I was going through music:

“Your booty girl…God, it’s like a Mack truck/
Your booty girl! Beep, beep, back it up”
— Chris Brown, “Drop It Low (Remix)”

Those ringwraiths from The Lord of the Rings are always bothering people.  Oh, and that dress appears to be a little too small.  That’s about all I have for this one.

Ok, I must admit, it’s a little sad that the site has pretty much been reduced to Sound Session episodes and little else, but I’ll work on that.  Perhaps I’ll bring back Wack Lyric of the Day, I’ve been letting a lot of y’all rappers slide.

Anyway, it’s been pretty hectic lately and like I mentioned last week, I’m completely locked in to the Olympics.  From skicross to hockey, the action has been incredible, though I did finally find an event that completely sucks.  That’s right ice dancing: you…are…awful.

In short, imagine figure skating (sigh) without the athletic tricks and jumps…ok, that’s rough enough, right?  Now…add themes (often offensive to your morality, if not your senses), an obscene amount of make up, music seemingly stolen from John Tesh’s unreleased vaults, and the douchiest overall presentation of any event in the Games, and you’ve got yourself ice dancing.  Even the other figure skaters think it’s “a trifle dramatic.”  It’s painful to watch hockey all day and then see NBC broadcast ballet on ice, minus the aerials, during prime time.  I keep hoping Ovechkin will come out of nowhere to treat Belbin and Agosto like Jagr, but sadly, they seem to use different venues for these events.

The only thing that provides an appropriate recovery after being exposed to ice dancing is, of course, Sound Session.  Enjoy.

Show #247 (2-21-10)

1. Nas & Damian Marley – “Strong Will Continue”
2. Strong Arm Steady ft. Phonte – “Best Of Times”
3. H.O.P.E. – “Me&Her”
4. Jern Eye ft. Spank Pops & J-Billion – “Cali”
5. Freeway & Jake One ft. Young Chris – “Microphone Killa” (Local Music)
6. Statik Selektah ft. Lil’ Fame, Havoc, & Kool G Rap – “Do It 2 Death”
7. Sean Price – “Shut The F*ck Up”
8. Nottz – “Shine So Brite”
9. Spaid – “Love Affair” (Local Music)
10. B.o.B ft. Asher Roth – “F*ck The Money”
11. El Prez – “Burger Time”
12. TiRon – “For Your Smile”
13. Kidz In The Hall ft. Jay Electronica – “Cool, Relax”
14. Kooley High ft. Median – “Solitude”
15. Aloe Blacc – “Dollar”
16. Concise Kilgore – “Alaska”
17. 2 Hungry Bros. ft. Substantial – “Can’t Be That Stupid”
18. Moka Only – “Search” (Local Music)
19. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Quadron – “Pressure”
21. Janelle Monae – “Cold War”
22. Holy Ghost! – “Hold On”

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No idea what the backstory is on these Fader TV joints, but I do know that Freddie is a BEAST.

Ok, I tried to hold out.  I watched the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics and aside from a few cool moments, I concluded that it was far inferior to Beijing’s pageantry a few years earlier (though my Canadian friend astutely pointed out, “at least ours was real“).  I thought the lack of an electric superstar that the summer games seem filled with wouldn’t hold my attention.  And while Kanye is probably constructing a blog post about the figure skating outfits as we speak, it’s safe to say us sports lovers don’t usually get too involved with ballet on ice.  Besides, with it being NBA All-Star Weekend, Valentine’s Day, and my birthday all rolled into one, there was no way that I’d get wrapped up in the Olympics, right?

Wrong.

Even if the sports are questionable at times (curling is actually really interesting…for about 20 minutes) and even if the weather isn’t cooperating, there’s still something incredible about the Olympics.  These athletes spend every waking moment of their lives working towards one moment, and to see them either thrive or fail with such high stakes at play is riveting.  Plus, I know a lot of sports fans cringe at the “puff pieces” that NBC packages with the Games, but eff it, I like ’em.  If you watched the report on Alexandre Bilodeau‘s handicapped brother and didn’t root for him to win Canada’s first gold on home soil, you have no soul.  His run in the moguls was the most exciting, and fulfilling, part of the whole weekend, hands down.  Well, aside from this week’s Sound Session of course.

Check out the latest episode featuring new music from Cypress Hill, Nas & Damian Marley, Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, Nneka, B.o.B, El Prez, and more, plus a special Throwback for those who may not have had the Valentine’s Day they were after.  Enjoy:

Show #246 (2-14-10)

1. Emilio Rojas ft. Styles P & Asher Roth – “Bold & Arrogant (Remix)”
2. Method Man, Ghostface Killah, & Raekwon – “Our Dreams”
3. Cypress Hill – “It Ain’t Nothin’”
4. Madlib & Guilty Simpson – “American Dream & Future (OJ Simpson Remix)”
5. Kooley High ft. Median – “Solitude”
6. El Prez – “Burger Time”
7. Nas & Damian Marley – “Strong Will Continue”
8. Freeway & Jake One ft. Raekwon – “One Thing” (Local Music)
9. Blue Scholars – “Michelle Malkin” (Local Music)
10. Marv Won – “The Way It Goes”
11. Sean Price – “Figure Four”
12. No Clue – “Ima Mash” (Local Music)
13. Consequence – “Sounds G.O.O.D. 2 Me”
14. B.o.B – “Down For Y’all”
15. Erykah Badu – “Window Seat”
16. AB ft. Black Milk – “Reppin’ For You”
17. Rhymefest ft. Phonte – “Say Wassup”
18. Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi – “Tightrope”
19. D’Angelo – “One Mo’Gin” (Throwback of the Week)
20. H.O.P.E. – “Me&Her”
21. Nneka – “Come With Me”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?mn4ydhkcymt
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/72622761dc9efd99/)
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