The Audacity of Dope

It’s SXSW week so I’m catching up on SNSS episodes before I make the annual trek down to Austin.  Here’s episode #455, where we played new music from artists like The Lox, Supastition, Mac Miller, Dave B, Sol, Big Boi, CyHi The Prynce, Estelle, Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, LIZ, Kelela, Barcelona, SOHN, Skyzoo, Isaiah Rashad, and more.

Good episode, hope you guys enjoy!

Show #455 (3-2-14)

1. Vince Staples ft. James Fauntleroy – “Nate”
2. The Lox – “Boom Bap”
3. Ju Ju (of the Beatnuts) ft. Tragedy Khadafi – “Thriller”
4. Bop Alloy (Substantial & Marcus D) ft. Steph, The Sapphic Songstress – “Count On Us” (Local Music)
5. Supastition – “Honest Living”
6. Schoolboy Q ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Studio”
7. Jhene Aiko ft. Raekwon – “The Worst (Tedsmooth Remix)”
8. Le$ – “Stay High”
9. Rick Ross ft. Kanye West & Big Sean – “Sanctified”
10. Dave B ft. Sol – “Boathouse” (Local Music)
11. Mac Miller ft. Future – “Earth”
12. CyHi The Prynce – “Coretta”
13. Big Boi ft. Phantogram – “Objectum Shalamar”
14. Big Boi ft. Phantogram – “CPU 2.0”
15. Estelle – “Anyway”
16. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib ft. Earl Sweatshirt & Domo Genesis – “Robes”
17. Skyzoo – “Truthfully”
18. Busta Rhymes ft. Zhane – “It’s A Party” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Zhane – “Hey Mr. DJ” (Throwback of the Week)
20. LIZ – “Say U Would”
21. Kelela – “Go All Night (Let Me Roll)”
22. Barcelona – “Fall In Love” (Local Music)
23. SOHN – “Lessons”
24. Isaiah Rashad ft. SZA – “Heavenly Father”
25. Rashad – “First Move”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/c37f3aa395/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_455%2C_3-2-14.mp3
(back up – http://www2.zippyshare.com/v/77538402/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/piyw8qb2cyav)

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I don’t usually listen to ratchet music, but when I do, it’s YG…or Problem (whaaaaaaaaat).

Running a little behind on getting the episodes of SNSS online, but better late than never!  Here’s episode #454, where we were joined in studio by Leezy Soprano and Gizzle McFly, both dope local artists with new releases to discuss.  Additionally, we ran new records from artists like Rick Ross, June, Le$, Vince Staples, Schoolboy Q, Ju Ju, Onyx, Mar, Phantogram, PARTYNEXTDOOR, and more.  Lastly, we featured 2 throwbacks from classic albums that turned 15 years old.

Enjoy the show!

Show #454 (2-23-14)

1. Rick Ross ft. French Montana – “Nobody”
2. June ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Big Pimpin’”
3. Le$ – “Forever”
4. **INTERVIEW WITH LEEZY SOPRANO, PT. 1**
5. Mac Miller – “Diablo”
6. Vince Staples ft. James Fauntleroy – “Nate”
7. **INTERVIEW WITH LEEZY SOPRANO, PT. 2**
8. Leezy Soprano – “For The Heads” (Local Music)
9. Isaiah Rashad ft. SZA – “West Savannah”
10. Schoolboy Q ft. Raekwon – “Blind Threats”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH LEEZY SOPRANO, PT. 3**
12. Common ft. Ab-Soul – “Made In Black America”
13. Onyx ft. ASAP Ferg & Sean Price – “We Don’t F*ckin’ Care”
14. Ju Ju (of the Beatnuts) ft. Tragedy Khadafi – “Thriller”
15. The Roots ft. ELO – “Dynamite!” (Throwback of the Week)
16. Bop Alloy (Substantial & Marcus D) ft. Steph, The Sapphic Songstress – “Count On Us” (Local Music)
17. Bishop Nehru – “You Stressin’”
18. **INTERVIEW WITH GIZZLE McFLY, PT. 1**
19. Fashawn – “Ladies”
20. Miguel – “Simplethings”
21. Joey Bada$$ – “Pantie Raid, Pt. 2”
22. **INTERVIEW WITH GIZZLE McFLY, PT. 2**
23. Gizzle McFly ft. JusMoni – “Hella Bomb (Higher)” (Local Music)
24. Fabolous ft. Jeremih – “Thim Slick”
25. **INTERVIEW WITH GIZZLE McFLY, PT. 3**
26. PARTYNEXTDOOR – “Persian Rugs”
27. Mar – “A Simple Go”
28. Eminem – “If I Had” (Throwback of the Week)
29. Phantogram – “Fall In Love”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/b0d7ceaf2a/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_454%2C_2-23-14.mp3
(back up – http://www41.zippyshare.com/v/79283611/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/o2kf7quem6sy)

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.

More great music from the 206, here’s the video for Seattle band Barcelona’s “Fall In Love,” taken from their Love You EP.  Be on the lookout for these guys…

Shot over 45 days and 200+ miles of backpacking in Yosemite National Park. Amazing.  More info on the project here.

The man behind Blur and The Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, is finally preparing to release his first solo album and “Lonely Press Play” is the first offering from it.  Featuring video shot by Damon himself on a tablet, the visuals show scenes from Tokyo, London, Dallas, Utah, Colchester, North Korea, Iceland, and Devon.

If you’re lonely, press play.

Trippy (visuals) mane. Digging the hip-hop chop influence on the beat here too, good stuff.

Another enjoyable week on Sound Session.  Check out show #453 for new music from Common, Ab-Soul, CyHi, Fashawn, Vado, Bishop Nehru, Mar, N.A.S.A., Chuck Inglish, Chromeo, Supastition, and many more.

Plus, if you missed our recent interview with Lupe Fiasco, be sure you peep that right here.  Enjoy!

Show #453 (2-16-14)

1. Common ft. Ab-Soul – “Made In Black America”
2. CyHi Da Prynce – “Napoleon”
3. Jamall Bufford – “Oh My God, Forever”
4. J. Pinder – “Life Is Simple, Pt. 1” (Local Music)
5. Fashawn – “Ladies”
6. Beyonce ft. Kanye West & Jay-Z – “Drunk In Love (Remix)”
7. YG ft. Drake – “Who Do You Love”
8. Vado ft. Chinx Drugz – “Hay Now”
9. Future ft. Pusha T & Pharrell – “Move That Dope”
10. Snoop Dogg ft. Daz – “What’s Your Pleasure”
11. 2Pac ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg – “2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted” (Throwback of the Week)
12. Curren$y – “Hi Top Whites”
13. Dave B – “Cigarettes” (Local Music)
14. Bishop Nehru – “You Stressin’”
15. Mar – “Man x Woman”
16. Mac Miller – “Diablo”
17. Mundy – “MunGotti” (Local Music)
18. Supastition – “Eardrum”
19. TwizzMatic – “Re-Program”
20. Isaiah Rashad ft. SZA – “Heavenly Father”
21. Jarell Perry – “Black Valentine”
22. Chuck Inglish ft. Chromeo – “Legs”
23. N.A.S.A. ft. Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) – “I Shot The Sheriff”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/9fd55e5b28/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_453%2C_2-16-14.mp3
(back up – http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/9596635/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/duud29stmauf)

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 Little Dragon! Nabuma Rubberband will be released May 13th.  Enough said.

Actually, one more thing: the illustrious NABIL handled Creative Director duties on this one.  Dude is a beast.

Sound Session #452 was an episode all about celebration.  As we always do around his birthday, we celebrated J Dilla’s life by playing his instrumentals all night long and talking a bit about his dopeness.  Still the greatest producer of all time in my book!

We also discussed the 10 year anniversary of a classic album, Kanye’s debut, College Dropout, which coincidentally dropped during the 2nd semester of my senior year in college.  We were graduating, not dropping out, but that album still defined that time of my life and encapsulated so many of the feelings my friends and I had back then.  It helped that we got to kick it with a younger Yeezy when he was on tour in LA that year, and the stories we have from those encounters are some of my favorite memories ever.

Kanye rapping his “18 years, 18 years!” verse from “Gold Digger” acapella to us 2 years before we’d hear it again on Late Registration?  Check.  Kanye asking us incredulously, “you’ve actually heard of me?” when we were telling him about how much we liked his mixtape freestyles?  Check.  The turntables skipping so much at the El Rey that Ye stopped Don C from playing the instrumentals and had John Stephens (later renamed John Legend) sing background melodies for him to rap over?  Check.  Kanye pouring us all glasses of champagne as he performed “Last Call”?  Check.

Ironically enough, I went back to my college last week to play in an alumni game with my old basketball teammates and it definitely brought me back to those days.  Shout to everyone I saw in LA, I appreciate y’all!

Enough of that, enjoy this week’s show and be sure to come out to the release party for our new Northwest Fresh mixtape on Saturday at 2312 2nd Ave in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood.  Free entry, open bar, prizes, good music, good people…what else do you need?  You can even celebrate Valentine’s Day and my birthday at the same time!  Here are the details.

Show #452 (2-9-14)

1. YG ft. Drake – “Who Do You Love”
2. Schoolboy Q – “Break The Bank”
3. Future ft. Pusha T & Pharrell – “Move That Dope”
4. Raz Simone – “Don’t Shine” (Local Music)
5. Yelawolf – “Box Chevy V”
6. CyHi Da Prynce – “Napoleon”
7. Phife Dawg – “Dear Dilla”
8. Add-2 – “Bomber & A Fly Chick”
9. Joey Badass – “Pantie Raid, Pt. 2”
10. Jarell Perry – “Black Valentine”
11. Rashad – “First Move”
12. Miguel – “Simplethings”
13. Mar – “Man x Woman”
14. J. Pinder – “Orange Papers” (Local Music)
15. Isaiah Rashad – “Soliloquy”
16. Step Brothers (Evidence & Alchemist) – “More Wins”
17. OB Obrien – “Steve Nash”
18. Grieves – “Shreds” (Local Music)
19. Tech N9ne ft. Mayday, Kendrick Lamar, & Kendall Morgan – “Fragile”
20. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z & J. Ivy – “Never Let Me Down” (Throwback of the Week)
21. Sam Smith – “Nirvana (Harry Fraud Remix)”
22. Fabolous ft. Jeremih – “Thim Slick”
23. Major Lazer ft. Pharrell – “Aerosol Can”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www.solidfiles.com/d/2b48507905/DJ_Hyphen_and_J._Moore_-_Sunday_Night_Sound_Session%2C_Show_452%2C_2-9-14.mp3
(back up – http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/63999368/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/u98z3ledypgd)

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.