The Audacity of Dope

In a cooooooooold Seattle winter, this makes me want to get to the islands so bad.  Shout to the girl getting her Shawn Wayans “DJ SW-1” on.  I see you ma.

This joint gooooooooooes.  Kendrick is easily the 2010 Rookie Of The Year.

Don’t wowwy!

A certain Seattle DJ/blogger/all around cool guy might be featured in one of these in the near future…gasp.  From Jon Jon:

This is the first installment in a series I’ve entitled “Good Times.” The basic idea is to do more than just shoot music videos with hip-hop artists. I wanted to get a story out of them and keep it simple. For my first effort I linked up with Chicago area, DC-born rhymesayer Dave Coresh (no relation to infamous Waco man Dave Koresh). DC takes time out to drop a couple of freestyle snippets and explain his amazing teeth all whilst riding the L.

Dave Coresh is a dope MC for sure. Peep some samples here.

Awesome.  Chapter One here if you missed it.

My favorite record off Cudi’s new album gets the video treatment from Jason Goldwatch’s short film, “The Journey of Mr. Rager,” which comes packaged with the deluxe edition of Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager.  Don’t do drugs kids.

More dopeness from Seattle, why not?  I wasn’t familiar with Head Like A Kite before this clip, nor Asy from Smoosh (who reminds me of my main college girlfriend in this clip, *thumbs up*), but everyone in the Seattle scene should already be a fan of Tilson from The Saturday Knights.  Great video too, Stephan Gray killed it.  Be on the lookout for his upcoming project with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, which might be the PacNW video of the year…

The homey Blaze teamed up with the other homey, Jon Augustavo, to whip up a video for “Wishing On A Dream” featuring Isabella du Graf.  While this one wasn’t shot up here in Seattle like the previous video I posted, or most of Jon Jon’s work, it looks great and it’s another example of the talent here in the 6.

Parker (formerly known as Eclipse), aka one half of the Parker Brothaz, might just have one of my favorite records from the NW here in 2010.  We played this joint on SNSS a while back and Tha Bizness have just released some visuals for it this past week.  The beauty of this track is the simplicity: dope beat, good hook, and heartfelt rhymes.  Shout to Stretch, hope he gets out soon.  And shout to my city too, we’re filthy.

The same day that I chopped it up with Wiz Khalifa, his co-star for the Waken Baken Tour, Yelawolf, stopped by the studio to kick it as well.  We discussed his official debut album Trunk Muzik 0-60, how it continues where his last mixtape left off, his nervousness/excitement during the BET Awards Cipher, his history working every odd job imaginable, being homeless in Seattle, and more.

Not only is Wolf a cool, down to Earth dude…but his album and style are both really fresh.  Hip-hop needs his presence and music right now, so do yourself a favor and check out the project if you haven’t already.

If you prefer to just listen to the audio, here you go:

Yelawolf on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?qyc22m5pgyba2e4
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/833551839dcab9c5/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/y9ipbtzo96yw)

Shout to the whole Ghet-O-Vision & Interscope fam too.

Well folks, this is the big week where it looks like I’ll close on my new home and, horrifyingly, every time I think about it, this damn song pops into my head.  So if you’ll excuse me, I’ll continue packing…and getting ready for senior prom.

In the interim, enjoy this week’s SNSS featuring music from the likes of Curren$y, Dom Kennedy, Talib Kweli, Crown Royale, The Roots, Miguel, Cee Lo, M.anifest, and, of course, Yeezy (…taught you).  We also ran a snippet of our interview with Yelawolf, who dropped one of the freshest projects of the year on the low.  Go cop that Trunk Muzik 0-60 album and peep the full interview (including video) through the links below.

Show #287 (11-28-10)

1. Talib Kweli – “Cold Rain”
2. Emilio Rojas ft. Laura Reed & Voodoo – “Champion”
3. Crown Royale – “We Gotcha”
4. Dom Kennedy – “Choose Up”
5. Fashawn ft. Night & Dirty Money – “Ride & Smokin’”
6. Curren$y – “Airborne Aquarium”
7. DJ Nphared ft. Sol – “Red October” (Local Music)
8. The Kid Daytona – “Learn”
9. Kendrick Lamar – “Night of the Living Junkie”
10. Kid Cudi ft. GLC, Chip Tha Ripper, & Nicole Wray – “The End”
11. Kanye West ft. Raekwon & Kid Cudi – “Gorgeous”
12. Parker – “Sky Music” (Local Music)
13. J. Cole ft. Drake – “In The Morning”
14. Gangrene (Oh No & Alchemist) ft. Fashawn & Evidence – “Wassup Wassup”
15. Wizdom ft. The Good Sin, Grynch, Fatal Lucciauno, & Neema – “Crazy Eights” (Local Music)
16. Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Murder Was The Case (Remix)” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Miguel – “Hard Way”
18. The Roots ft. STS & Joanna Newsom – “Right On”
19. Cee Lo Green – “No One’s Gonna Love You”
20. **INTERVIEW WITH YELAWOLF (SNIPPET)**
21. Yelawolf – “Trunk Muzik”
22. Jay Electronica ft. Jay-Z – “Shiny Suit Theory”
23. M.anifest – “Live From Ghana”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?waqaa4heq4qazqn
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/833168406cbdd6e2/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/ggrie3jrqj8x)

Link to watch the interview with Yelawolf – http://www.vimeo.com/17293319 & http://www.vimeo.com/17317224

Link to download the full interview with Yelawolf – http://www.mediafire.com/?qyc22m5pgyba2e4
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/833551839dcab9c5/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/y9ipbtzo96yw)

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