The Audacity of Dope

Just in time for his weekend here in Seattle (shows tonight at Seattle U and tomorrow at Neumos), Ab-Soul drops his newest video, this time for “Terrorist Threats” with Danny Brown and the lovely miss Jhene Aiko.  I’ve been hoping to play this on Sound Session for a while, but it’s a bit too dirty to clean up.  Works pretty nicely for the web though!  Dope record.

Shout to the homegirl Chaka for putting me up on this new track and video from A Yellow Man, a 3 person group from the UK.  The 2 MC’s and 1 vocalist combine to make a great record, with a message.  Download here.

Looking forward to hearing more from these guys…

Apologies on the extra day’s delay in archiving this week’s episode of SNSS, but something tells me you were able to survive.  Never fear though…we’re back with another episode of dopeness, including brand new music from Killer Mike, Smoke DZA, Devin The Dude, Santigold, Sebastien Tellier, A Yellow Man, Bumpy Knuckles, Melanie Fiona, and more.  Plus, one of Seattle’s up and coming MC’s, Jarv Dee, came through the studio to talk about his Dopemine project (download for free right here).  You already know what it is.

Show #361 (5-13-12)

1. Big K.R.I.T. – “Country Rap Tunes”
2. Killer Mike – “Reagan”
3. Chief Keef ft. Pusha T, Kanye West, Big Sean, & Jadakiss – “I Don’t Like (Remix)”
4. Smoke DZA – “New Jack”
5. Brother Ali – “Not A Day Goes By”
6. Nas – “Daughters”
7. **INTERVIEW WITH JARV DEE, PT. 1**
8. Mos Def – “Jam On It” (Throwback of the Week)
9. The Good Sin ft. Blakk Soul – “Mission Impossible” (Local Music)
10. Ryshon Jones – “Forgot About You”
11. Devin The Dude – “You’ll Be Satisfied”
12. BJ The Chicago Kid – “I Want You Back”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH JARV DEE, PT. 2**
14. Jarv Dee ft. Mikey Nice & Jus Moni – “Funky Ride” (Local Music)
15. J. Pinder – “No Fault Of Mine” (Local Music)
16. **INTERVIEW WITH JARV DEE, PT. 3**
17. Santigold – “Disparate Youth”
18. Sebastien Tellier – “Cochon Ville”
19. A Yellow Man – “3,000 Miles Of Youth”
20. Laws & Prophit – “Hey Mama”
21. Iron Solomon – “I’ll Be Back”
22. RT-FaQ – “Blow My Fly”
23. Sene ft. Blu – “Backboards”
24. Bumpy Knuckles & DJ Premier ft. Flavor Flav – “Shake The Room”
25. Mac Miller – “Desperado”
26. Melanie Fiona – “Like I Love You”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?p8npup1xonead2a
(back up / streaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/jl52rtoi9tsy)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/gyc3qdccdn19)

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.

Not a whole lot to say this week, other than RIP to MCA from the Beastie Boys and Junior Seau.  Two legendary figures in music and sports, and both gone way too soon from this life.  Sad all around.

On the positive, shout to Hi-Life Soundsystem and Machine Gun Kelly for dropping by SNSS this week.  We’ll post up the full interview with MGK (including video) when we can.  Until then, enjoy the audio of episode #360:

Show #360 (5-6-12)

1. 2 Chainz ft. Drake – “No Lie”
2. Chief Keef ft. Pusha T, Kanye West, Big Sean, & Jadakiss – “I Don’t Like (Remix)”
3. ASAP Rocky – “Goldie”
4. Rock – “Drop ‘Em”
5. TiRon & Ayomari – “They Go”
6. Brother Ali – “Not A Day Goes By”
7. **INTERVIEW WITH HI-LIFE SOUNDSYSTEM, PT. 1**
8. Kingdom Crumbs – “Mezzanine” (Local Music)
9. Dr. Oop – “Magic Milk”
10. Devin The Dude – “You’ll Be Satisfied”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH HI-LIFE SOUNDSYSTEM, PT. 2**
12. Hi-Life Soundsystem ft. Lurrell Low – “Troubles” (Local Music)
13. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Hay”
14. ANTHM – “Manhattan”
15. Nas – “Daughters”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH HI-LIFE SOUNDSYSTEM, PT. 3**
17. Curtiss King – “Ratchets Still Jockin’”
18. Bambu – “When I Get To Minnesota”
19. Beastie Boys – “The New Style” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Dice – “Flat Tire” (Local Music)
21. Ryshon Jones – “Forgot About You”
22. The Bamboos ft. Aloe Blacc – “Where Does The Time Go”
23. **INTERVIEW WITH MACHINE GUN KELLY, PT. 1**
24. Machine Gun Kelly ft. Ester Dean – “Invincible”
25. **INTERVIEW WITH MACHINE GUN KELLY, PT. 2**
26. REKS ft. Action Bronson – “Riggs & Murtaugh”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?md0hvcko99mrtr2
(back up / streaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/nxz8fyzaxqnp)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/bjrs2penj7z7)

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.

After touring with THEESatisfaction across Europe for the last 3 weeks, J. Moore made his triumphant return on this week’s SNSS.  He also brought with him one of our favorite producers and all around cool dude, 14KT.  Those of you in the know will remember KT from his Athletic Mic League days (the same crew that spawned Buff1 and Mayer Hawthorne), but if you can’t recall those days, perhaps you would recognize him as the reigning Red Bull Big Tune beat battle champion.  If you aren’t familiar, please drop what you’re doing and check out his beats, starting with his newest project, A Friendly Game Of KT.  Without exaggeration, one of the illest producers in the game…hands down.

While KT co-hosted the show with us, we also aired our recent interview with Slaughterhouse…errr, 3/4th’s of the crew at least.  Joey was on the injured list with a tooth issue (hey…tour life is no joke), but Crooked I, Royce Da 5’9″, and Joell Ortiz came through to talk about their upcoming Welcome To Our House album, touring, their webisode series, and more.  I’m hoping to post up the video of the interview shortly, but for now, enjoy the audio…and the rest of the show!

Show #359 (4-29-12)
**Co-hosted by 14KT**

1. Asher Roth ft. Meek Mill – “Party Girl”
2. Theophilus London ft. ASAP Rocky – “Big Spender”
3. Big K.R.I.T. – “4EvaNaDay (Theme)”
4. BJ The Chicago Kid – “Hay”
5. Ryshon Jones ft. Benny Love – “Off-Beat Love”
6. THEESatisfaction – “QueenS” (Local Music)
7. Dice – “Flat Tire” (Local Music)
8. Nas – “Daughters”
9. Deniro Farrar & Flosstradamus – “Look At The Sky”
10. ASAP Rocky – “Goldie”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH SLAUGHTERHOUSE, PT. 1**
12. Slaughterhouse – “Hammer Dance”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH SLAUGHTERHOUSE, PT. 2**
14. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) – “Up Every Night”
15. TiRon & Ayomari – “They Go”
16. Quakers ft. Frank Nitty – “Dark City Lights”
17. Tha Dogg Pound ft. Snoop Dogg, Jewell, and Big Pimpin’ DeLemond – “What Would You Do” (Throwback of the Week)
18. Thaddeus David ft. Sean Symphony – “Feels So Good” (Local Music)
19. REKS ft. Action Bronson – “Riggs & Murtaugh”
20. Dr. Oop – “Magic Milk”
21. Yuna – “See You Go”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?95wzxn78o3rzgml
(back up / streaming link – http://www.sharebeast.com/4chq119h4zui)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/notwauzg8zrs)

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.

Evidence couldn’t make the video shoot, but no matter…MomTigallo held it down like a star. Another win for Tay and the FE Music homies.

Just realized I hadn’t posted up the latest visuals from Cat and Stas…my bad! Better late than never. Dream Hampton made her directorial debut on this one and it came out super fresh.

“don’t funk with my grooooove”

Here’s the video Joe, Royce, Crook, and Joell shot for “Hammer Dance” while down in Austin for SXSW.  The Shady showcase where 50 did all of Get Rich Or Die Trying was probably the best show I caught while down there (shout to K.R.I.T., who killed that one by the way), so I’m happy to see some footage from Slaughter’s performance included here.

We’ll be airing my interview with these fellas on tonight’s Sound Session, tune in!

Lana’s latest visuals off Born To Die take aim at the party girls in Hollywood.  Self directed too.  Well done.

“The Hard Way is an impromptu shoot during their recent stay in Los Angeles. It encompasses Fly Union’s ascension to the top of the mountain and their continued rise in the music industry.”

In other words…the video won’t really blow you away, as it’s essentially some cool shots, a few video effects, and some font laid on top, but I wanted to toss it on the blog because these guys are consistently making dope records and deserve more exposure. We played this record on SNSS when it first dropped and it’s still dope now…