The Audacity of Dope

Nas’ ode to Destiny, and daughters in general, gets the visual treatment in his newest video. Nice message and positive ending aside…best believe I hope I have a son.

Some new artwork/visuals from Sene’s Brooklyknight album, one of the dopest (and sadly slept on) projects of the year.  Get familiar with it here.

Mitch: Here is a new joint from PROPS! featuring Stalley from Maybach Music Group and it’s a perfect tune to ride around and bump this summer. You can catch both PROPS! and Stalley live in concert June 10th at Neumos in Seattle, more info here.

Hyphen: Looks like we’ll be giving out tickets for this show on the June 3rd episode of SNSS.  Tune in, as always…

I missed this video from my guy M.anifest when it originally dropped back in January, but better late than never.  M takes you back to his homeland of Ghana with visuals for “Makaa Maka,” which loosely translates from Twi as “if I said it, I said it” or “I say it without apology.”  Say that then.

This is undoubtedly one of the hardest records out right now, which as a fairly mellow, pseudo slow jam, is quite an accomplishment.  Big shout to Ab and Schoolboy Q, who came by the Sound Session studio this past weekend.  Interview coming soon.

RIP Alori Joh.

Sometimes life just isn’t going your way, but if you’re truly fly, the ratchets will still jock you and your flaming Cheetos.  In all seriousness, Curtiss is an artist to watch on the come up and this Tae Beast song/video should help get him some rightfully deserved attention.

Download the song here too:

Curtiss King – “Ratchets Still Jockin”

Yukimi, Fred, Erik, and Hakan answer a few questions in this interview and then perform two unreleased, never heard before songs: “Sunshine” and a cover of the Eurythmics’ “Here Comes The Rain Again.”  Easily one of my favorite bands in music these days…

New music on this week’s episode of SNSS from folks like Big K.R.I.T., The Airplane Boys, Meek Mill, House Shoes, Hawthorne Headhunters, Childish Gambino, Paypa, Devin The Dude, Mac Miller, Bumpy Knuckles, and more.  Plus, the man behind the hashtag that’s second only to #InboxMadness, #NeemaQuotes, came through the show to talk about his new project, The Cigar Room, with Keyboard Kid.  Grab the lead single from Neema right here on DJ Booth!

Enjoy the show…

Show #362 (5-20-12)

1. Big K.R.I.T. – “Yeah Dats Me”
2. The Airplane Boys – “Beau Monde”
3. Meek Mill ft. Big Sean – “Burn”
4. Asher Roth ft. Meek Mill – “Party Girl”
5. House Shoes ft. Danny Brown – “Sweet”
6. Maffew Ragazino – “Sr.”
7. Jarv Dee – “I Just Wanna” (Local Music)
8. Ab-Soul ft. Alori Joh & JaVonte’ – “Empathy”
9. Hawthorne Headhunters – “Collage”
10. A Yellow Man – “3,000 Miles Of Youth”
11. J57 ft. Sene – “Four Finger Ringers”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH NEEMA, PT. 1**
13. Neema ft. Eighty 4 Fly, Che Blaq, and Wingo – “Gone” (Local Music)
14. ANTHM ft. Blu – “Polaris”
15. **INTERVIEW WITH NEEMA, PT. 2**
16. Childish Gambino – “We Ain’t Them”
17. J. Pinder – “Careless” (Local Music)
18. Paypa – “Tour Thoughts”
19. Wyclef Jean ft. Lauryn Hill & Celia Cruz – “Guantanamera” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Santigold – “Disparate Youth”
21. Killer Mike – “Willie Burke Sherwood”
22. Devin The Dude – “Exercise”
23. Mac Miller ft. Curren$y – “Cold”
24. Bumpy Knuckles & DJ Premier ft. Flavor Flav – “Shake The Room”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?2bcoodr2ucxfdyu
(back up / streaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/xlph2r3emv10)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/mrx8bvbtx02m)

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.

Young Roddy from Curren$y’s Jet Life crew drops some visuals for one of the records off his Good Sense mixtape.  Dude is raw, though I was hoping the tape would be over original production.  That said, Roddy kills it throughout.  Download it here.

Mayer Hawthorne links up with Seattle’s own Jake One to create this super smooth ode to a classic party starting drink. The Hennessy folks need to reach out on a licensing deal ASAP.

This song always reminded me of some classic Brand New Heavies…specifically the “Saturday Night” joint with Mos Def that Dilla remixed. Mayer’s in town tonight for Seattle University’s Quadstock festival and something tells me we’ll see this one performed.