The Audacity of Dope

Can’t. Stop. Listening to chillwave.

Yeah, I know music snobs enjoy debating the validity of that “genre” classification but call it whatever you want, I dig this stuff a lot these days.  Toro Y Moi, Washed Out, Rhye, etc..  Good vibes and a welcome respite from all these LOUD records in the marketplace.

This video is clean AF by the way.  Anything In Return comes out January 22nd.

What a weekend in sports, [kanye] haaaaaahn? [/kanye]  From the shocking Pacquiao knockout to the Seahawks blanking the Cardinals 58-0…to United defeating City at the death in the Manchester derby to the Bo Jackson 30 For 30 documentary, there was really something for everyone.  That doesn’t even speak on all the college and pro basketball that’s starting to heat up.  Great time to be a sports fan…

And now you have this week’s archive of SNSS on top of it all.  We played new records from artists like Little Dragon, Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Red, Pharrell, Big Sant, Fashawn, Chuuwee, Dilla, Moka Only, Yonas Michael, Rhye, DJ Vadim, and more.  Check out the show below and don’t get caught slippin’ like Manny.

Show #391 (12-9-12)

1. Big Boi ft. Little Dragon – “Mama Told Me (Unreleased Version)”
2. Promise ft. Slakah The BeatChild & Brendan Philip – “Somebody Else”
3. Charlie Red – “Norah Jones”
4. Wiz Khalifa ft. Pharrell, Tuki Carter, & Amber Rose – “Rise Above”
5. Bruce Leroy ft. Spaid & Cally Reed – “Back To The Indica” (Local Music)
6. Pusha T ft. Popcaan & Travis Scott – “Blocka”
7. Big Sant – “Holdin’ My Nuts”
8. Kendrick Lamar ft. MC Eiht – “m.A.A.d. city”
9. Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson – “Let’s Play”
10. Fashawn – “Just A Man”
11. Chuuwee – “40 Oz’s & 40 Sac’s”
12. PROPS! ft. Vitamin D – “Superstar” (Local Music)
13. Smash Brovaz – “Paper Planes”
14. Yancey Boys (Dilla & Illa J) ft. Frank Nitt – “The Throwaway”
15. Moka Only – “Resistance” (Local Music)
16. Yonas Michael – “Made Love With A Leo”
17. Rhye – “Open”
18. Notorious B.I.G. – “Warning” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Arima Ederra ft. Blu – “Questions”
20. Fizzyology (Lil Fame & Termanology) ft. Lee Wilson – “Lil Ghetto Boy”
21. DJ Vadim ft. Jazz Bailey – “Lost My Love”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/80699075/file.html
(back up link – http://linkmixes.com/d6w1vhj9pr1k)
(2nd back up – http://www.sharebeast.com/ttqd3iotxw6b)

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.

Yesterday I posted Rhye’s “The Fall” but I was put up on “Open” today as well and it’s an amazing record.  The video above is fairly NSFW, but it’s not trashy or anything.  According to the singer in the group, Milosh (a guy…don’t be fooled by the voice), “I hate that music is so debaucherous these days. It’s all overly sexualized in a perverse way. Love is beautiful, and sex is beautiful, and I don’t think those things should be shown in a grotesque way. I’m just attempting to express love and sensuality in a very honest way.”

The video below, where Milosh sings “Open” to his wife in their living room (which appears to be the first time she’s heard the song), speaks directly to that sentiment:

And finally, here’s the Victoria’s Secret ad using this record with Miranda Kerr. Just cause.

Yes please.

Me likey. The debut album from Rhye, Woman, is set to be released in March.

The visuals are a bit dark for my tastes (there’s a reason I never saw Black Swan, despite Natalie and Mila), but this song is dope.  Produced by Key Wane, directed by Topshelf Junior.

It’s about that time of the year where we start narrowing down our selections for our annual “Best Of…” show, but we still have a few more SNSS episodes to play brand new cuts before then.  On this week’s show, we welcomed local artist PROPS! into the building and our homey Rapper Big Pooh called to check in and talk about his new project, Fat Boy Fresh, Vol. 2: Est. 1980.  We also played new records from Big Boi and Andre 3000 (sadly, not together), T.I., Kendrick Lamar, Freeway, Wale Dion, Heems, Eminem, Wu-Block, Arima Ederra, Bilal, Promise, Slakah The BeatChild, IAMSU!, and more.

Enjoy the episode and feel free to chime in with your suggestions for what we should play on the Best of 2012 show in a few weeks!

Show #390 (12-2-12)

1. Big Boi ft. T.I. & Ludacris – “In The A”
2. T.I. ft. Andre 3000 & Stacy Barthe – “Sorry”
3. Kendrick Lamar – “The Art Of Peer Pressure”
4. Freeway ft. Wale & Dion – “True”
5. **INTERVIEW WITH PROPS! PT. 1**
6. Action Bronson & Alchemist ft. Evidence – “B*tch I Deserve You”
7. French Montana ft. Curren$y & Mac Miller – “Triple Double”
8. Heems – “Cowabunga Gnarly”
9. Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson – “Let’s Play”
10. **INTERVIEW WITH PROPS! PT. 2**
11. PROPS! ft. Serius Jones – “Yeah” (Local Music)
12. 50 Cent ft. Eminem & Adam Levine – “My Life”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH PROPS! PT. 3**
14. Wu-Block (Ghostface Killah & Sheek Louch) ft. Masta Killa, GZA, & Erykah Badu – “Drivin’ Around”
15. Arima Ederra ft. Blu – “Questions”
16. Bilal – “Too High”
17. Rocky Sandoval – “All Over Your Body” (Local Music)
18. Promise ft. Slakah The BeatChild & Brendan Philip – “Somebody Else”
19. **INTERVIEW WITH RAPPER BIG POOH**
20. Rapper Big Pooh – “Friends”
21. IAMSU! – “Can’t Hate, U Can’t Hate”
22. Nas ft. Q-Tip – “One Love” (Throwback of the Week)
23. Spekulation – “Remember” (Local Music)
24. Smash Brovaz ft. Richie Sosa – “The Kitchen”

Link to download/stream the mp3 of the show – http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/9499367/file.html
(back up link – http://linkmixes.com/y7u6rd54pz6p)
(2nd back up – http://www.sharebeast.com/o9nkj5f1xo14)

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.

Shout to the homies Kyle and Midnite for coming through SNSS a few weeks back.  If you missed the interview, peep the video above, or you can download the entire show here.

New visuals from Pac Div off their GMB album.  My guy Like kinda murdered it.

Honestly, per capita, Canada…and specifically Toronto…is killing most regions in the US in terms of quality music these days.  The Smash Brovaz are comprised of Junia-T and Crooklin and the duo have been releasing dope records all over the place recently.  “The Kitchen” is their latest release and should take you back to that classic mid-90’s sound.  There’s something semi-Wu-Tang-ish with the Junia’s haunting vinyl crackling beat.

Download the track here (clean and instrumental included for the DJ’s too!).

Yee!  New freshness from my guy Pinder.  TAOD and SNSS fam already know the deal, but if you’re sleeping:

After years of living, months of creating, weeks of preparation and sweeping Internet anticipation, J. Pinder’s “Careless Redux” is finally available for free download. Presented by DJ Skee—of KIIS-LA and Sirius XM fame—the 16 track mixtape is an impressively technical yet emotionally raw journey into the Seattle native’s comings and goings: through the club, through the industry, and through his city. Featuring vocal appearances by Musiq Soulchild, Marsha Ambrosius, Rapper Big Pooh, and Thurz, “Careless Redux” weaves together a wide range of beats from some of the best producers in the game: Vitamin D, DJ Khalil, Kuddie Fresh and Illmind.

Full of rewind-worthy moments, “Careless Redux” has a mood and a mission for every listener. Producers Mel & D and DJ Khalil collaborate with J. Pinder for “King,” an instant head-nodder that begs for a special sort of ride in the whip. On “Float’n,” J. Pinder rises to the occasion of Kuddie Fresh’s heartfelt strings and heartbeat drums, delivering a meditation on hard days and harder work. J. Pinder depicts his world with sharp story telling, polished mic skills and playful punchlines, transforming his world into everyone’s world.

Download here.