The Audacity of Dope

I could write a bunch about this week’s episode of SNSS that featured all sorts of dope new music plus interviews with two of Seattle’s dopest, Eighty 4 Fly and Fatal Lucciauno, or I could eat dinner before midnight.  It’s tortellini too…I mean, WWJerseyShoreD?  Hopefully I’ll have more time to write next week.  In the interim, la musica:

Show #279 (10-3-10)

1. Black Milk – “Welcome (Gotta Go)”
2. Nottz ft. Black Milk – “Blast That!”
3. Kendrick Lamar ft. Dom Kennedy & Murs – “She Needs Me (Remix)”
4. Big K.R.I.T. – “Hometown Hero”
5. Laws & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble ft. Dave Young – “Never”
6. Terrace Martin ft. U-N-I & Charlie Wilson – “Special”
7. **INTERVIEW WITH EIGHTY 4 FLY, PT. 1**
8. Eighty 4 Fly – “So Cool” (Local Music)
9. **INTERVIEW WITH EIGHTY 4 FLY, PT. 2**
10. Chris Brown ft. Drake, T.I., Kanye West, Fabolous, Rick Ross, & Andre 3000 – “Deuces (Remix)”
11. Devin The Dude – “Jus Coolin”
12. Bilal – “Think It Over”
13. Shad – “Keep Shinin’”
14. J. Cole – “It Won’t Be Long”
15. **INTERVIEW WITH FATAL LUCCIAUNO, PT. 1**
16. D. Black & B. Brown ft. Spaceman – “Loyalty” (Local Music)
17. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz, & CyHi Da Prynce – “So Appalled (Short Edit)”
18. **INTERVIEW WITH FATAL LUCCIAUNO, PT. 2**
19. Jay-Z ft. Memphis Bleek, Freeway, & Beanie Sigel – “1-900-HUSTLER” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Freeway – “Beautiful Music”
21. Blue Scholars – “Lumiere” (Local Music)
22. Bruno Mars – “Our First Time”
23. Hey Champ – “Cold Dust Girl”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?z8lf11ryab34fy0
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/81138718a6b72666/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/rtfo75h6pt46)

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.

Another week and still busy…hmm, I’m sensing a pattern.  In any event, peep this week’s edition of SNSS for tons of dope music from cats like K.R.I.T., CyHi Da Prynce, Shad, Kendrick Lamar, Hell Razah, Slakah The BeatChild, and more.  If you aren’t up on these folks, that’s the reason we do what we do.

Also be sure to stay tuned for our full interview with J. Cole (missed the first full one?  peep it here) and check out the quick footage I grabbed of Jay Electronica at Bumbershoot a few weeks ago…

Show #278 (9-26-10)

1. Big Boi ft. Andre 3000 & Sleepy Brown – “Lookin’ 4 Ya (Full Mix)”
2. Big K.R.I.T. ft. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa – “Glass House”
3. Playboy Tre ft. Lil Jon – “Ready Go”
4. CyHi Da Prynce – “Studder”
5. Bilal – “Cake & Eat It Too”
6. Joell Ortiz – “Farewell Summer”
7. Kanye West ft. Pusha T – “Runaway”
8. Eighty 4 Fly ft. Nipsey Hussle – “Until We Bleed” (Local Music)
9. Wiz Khalifa – “Black & Yellow”
10. D. Black & B. Brown ft. J. Pinder – “Make It Brighter” (Local Music)
11. Shad ft. Von Pea and Donwill – “Rose Garden (Remix)”
12. Slakah The BeatChild – “Things I Do For Her”
13. Consequence – “Got Me Trippin’ (The Amerie Joint)”
14. Kendrick Lamar ft. Dom Kennedy & Murs – “She Needs Me (Remix)”
15. **INTERVIEW WITH J. COLE #02 (SNIPPET)**
16. J. Cole – “Villematic”
17. Language Arts – “Roll With The Winners” (Local Music)
18. Hell Razah ft. R.A. The Rugged Man – “Return Of The Renaissance”
19. Eric B. & Rakim – “Follow The Leader” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Travis Barker ft. The Cool Kids – “Jump Down”
21. Bruno Mars ft. Damian Marley – “Liquor Store Blues”
22. Chromeo – “You Make It Rough”

Link to download mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?hy40yb4wdmbne7x
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/80873493c3a49303/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/6ipivkohruef)

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.

Almost forgot that I grabbed this footage of Jay Electronica performing “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C” at Bumbershoot a few weeks back.  I’ve heard people were split on his performance: some thought he got the pit area hype, while others were disappointed by how often his DJ cut out the beat and how many acapella verses he spit.  One thing’s for sure…if there’s any beat you should let play in its entirety, it’s “Exhibit C.”  Hearing that bang through the speakers was definitely a highlight of the festival (as was J. Cole’s performance).

Shout to Atuanya for putting together this dope footage of Lace Cadence (and of course Miss du Graf) dropping by Sound Session a few weeks back.  If you missed the show, you can grab it here…and if you don’t have the Launchpad mixtape, whatchu waitin’ for??!?!?!

Download it here.

Pretty busy, as usual, so I’ll just hit y’all with the basics tonight.  Enjoy the show!

Show #277 (9-19-10)

1. CyHi Da Prynce – “Studder”
2. Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun ft. Raekwon – “Prevail”
3. Wiz Khalifa – “Black & Yellow”
4. The Kid Daytona – “The Champ”
5. Consequence – “Got Me Trippin’ (The Amerie Joint)”
6. Kooley High – “Atmosphere”
7. Trackademicks ft. Phonte – “Fool On The Hill”
8. Eighty4 Fly ft. Nipsey Hussle – “Until We Bleed” (Local Music)
9. Aleon Craft – “Early Moan”
10. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz – “Power (Remix)”
11. Kanye West ft. Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, & Bon Iver – “Monster”
12. J. Cole – “Villematic”
13. Bilal – “All Matter”
14. Black Milk ft. Mr. Porter – “Closed Chapter”
15. John Legend & The Roots ft. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “Hard Times (J. Period Remix)”
16. Blue Scholars – “Lumiere” (Local Music)
17. The Foreign Exchange – “Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me”
18. Notorious B.I.G. – “Unbelievable” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Language Arts – “Roll With The Winners” (Local Music)
20. Mayer Hawthorne – “No Strings”
21. M.I.A. ft. Jay-Z – “XXXO (Remix)”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?pjt6ly2wqjunkql
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/80622260cddc1809/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/5fw8qbnlx1rk)

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.

Another insanely busy weekend around the Northwest, and pretty much all over, with the first official week of the NFL season taking the country by storm.  Between the NFL, NCAA football, the FIBA championship, the US Open, EPL, the WNBA Finals (hey, gotta rep the home team…plus I’ve had a crush on Sue Bird since about 2002), and the MTV VMA’s, not only do we have a lot of acronyms, but Saturday & Sunday were jam packed with entertainment.  Rather than rehash it here, you really should be following my Twitter…and of course, J. Moore’s as well.

On the heels of our web chat footage of J. Cole from last week, if you missed his live performance at Bumbershoot, I shot some footage you can check out right here.  When “Grown Simba” drops at 8:47, it’s really too ill, and this performance shows why Cole is gonna be a star in the near future.  It’s well deserved too.

Show #276 (9-12-10)

1. Joell Ortiz – “Battle Cry”
2. J. Cole – “Villematic”
3. John Legend & The Roots – “Hard Times”
4. Big Boi ft. Andre 3000 & Sleepy Brown – “Lookin’ 4 Ya (Full Mix)”
5. Black Milk ft. Mr. Porter – “Closed Chapter”
6. **INTERVIEW WITH LANGUAGE ARTS, PT. 1**
7. Language Arts – “Fast Life” (Local Music)
8. **INTERVIEW WITH LANGUAGE ARTS, PT. 2**
9. Wiz Khalifa ft. Fashawn – “In The Cut (Remix)”
10. Andy Allo ft. Blu – “Dreamland”
11. Pollyn ft. Freddie Gibbs – “Falling Out of Place (Remix)”
12. Aleon Craft – “Early Moan”
13. Kno ft. Thee Tom Hardy & Tunji – “Rhythm Of The Rain”
14. Kanye West ft. Common, Pusha T, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, & Charlie Wilson – “G.O.O.D. Friday”
15. Grynch – “My Volvo (Sabzi’s Bolbo Riddim Remix)” (Local Music)
16. Dres of Black Sheep – “For The Record”
17. Maxwell – “This Woman’s Work” (Throwback of the Week)
18. Lace Cadence – “Moonlight” (Local Music)
19. Bilal – “Think It Over”
20. Aloe Blacc – “Mama Hold My Hand”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?frnjg15cxyj539a
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/80382355fdc0bc38/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/zri3p6vkyaht)

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 coming through the Sound Session studios for the web chat with fans that I posted a few days ago, J. Cole took to the main stage at the Bumbershoot Festival to perform alongside Drake and Mary J. Blige.  J. Moore and I hosted the show, so I grabbed some footage from the stage as Cole battled the rain and performed songs like “Blow Up,” “Who Dat,” “Lights Please,” “Grown Simba,” “A Star Is Born,” and more.

I’ll be posting up the interview we did soon as well, but enjoy the live show for now.  You gotta love the girls in the front row going crazy for Cole and also how hard the crowd rocked when “Grown Simba” dropped (at 8:27).  “Bitch, I’m about to blow up!”

The homies Lace Cadence and Jon Augustavo have teamed up for the lead video from Lace’s recent mixtape, Launchpad.  If you’re still sleeping, be sure to download it right here.  Dope music and hosted by J. Moore and myself…what are you waiting for?

Oh, and man, it must be a tough gig filming a video with the beautiful Isabella Du Graf.  Jon Jon couldn’t have screwed this video up if he tried.  But on the real, I hear she has some dope records too…be on the lookout.

As I mentioned last week, we had some big events here in Seattle over the past few days.  First off, shout to Nottz, DJ Toomp, and all the competitors in the Seattle stop of the Red Bull Big Tune.  Well…all the producers…except one.  If you were there, you already know.  If not, enjoy the awkwardness.  But on the real, congrats to Rising Son and Trox for repping the NW nicely.  See y’all in the finals fellas…

Secondly, many thanks to everyone who came through Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival over the holiday weekend.  By all accounts, the festival was a smashing success and J. Moore and I enjoyed hosting the main stage on Monday night to wrap up the show.  J. Cole, Drake, and Mary J. Blige combined to close out the weekend and pretty much killed it.  I didn’t hear a single account from someone who didn’t enjoy the concert and from where we watched, it certainly looked like the audience loved it.

Special shout to J. Cole and his crew for coming through KUBE for an interview and hopping in a live web chat with almost a thousand fans.  If you missed it, you can check out the archived video right here.  We’ll air the formal interview shortly…

Lastly, thanks to Thee Satisfaction and Angela Yee (shout to her artist, Jay Electronica too) for dropping by Sound Session live on Sunday night to co-host with us.  If you missed the lovely ladies of Thee Satisfaction performing at the festival, you definitely missed one of the highlights.  And if you aren’t familiar with Angela’s work on Sirius XM’s Shade 45, you’re sleeping.  She’s a cool, hilarious, cultured hip-hop head…can you say wifey material?  Well, depending on how you view her Lip Service show haaaa…but I digress…enjoy SNSS!

Show #275 (9-5-10)

1. Lupe Fiasco – “Go To Sleep”
2. Aleon Craft ft. Hollyweerd – “Wonderland (Remix)”
3. Freddie Gibbs – “Personal O.G.”
4. Nottz Raw & Asher Roth – “Enforce The Law”
5. Skyzoo & Illmind – “Speakers On Blast”
6. Black Milk ft. Royce Da 5’9” & Elzhi – “Deadly Medley”
7. **INTERVIEW WITH THEE SATISFACTION**
8. The Physics – “I Just Wanna Beat” (Local Music)
9. The Foreign Exchange – “Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me”
10. J. Cole – “Blow Up”
11. Vandalyzm – “Get Dough”
12. Jay Electronica – “Exhibit C”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH ANGELA YEE, PT. 1**
14. Kanye West – “Devil In A New Dress”
15. Drake ft. Nicki Minaj – “Up All Night”
16. Choklate ft. Drake – “Overdose” (Local Music)
17. Faith Evans ft. Raekwon – “Everyday Struggle”
18. Diggy Simmons ft. Lupe Fiasco & Pharrell – “Oh Yeah!”
19. Eminem ft. Nate Dogg – “Till I Collapse” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Language Arts – “Fast Life” (Local Music)
21. Spragga Benz ft. Nas – “This Is The Way”
22. **INTERVIEW WITH ANGELA YEE, PT. 2**

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ozl594ogfdqj6me
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/801871347feb0778/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/e0ka63h0vh27)

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.

The homey J. Cole was in town over the weekend for our Bumbershoot Festival and he came through the Sound Session studio to kick it with us.  We recorded a normal interview, which we’ll air soon and also post here, but in the interim, you can peep the archive of the live UStream web chat that we did with almost a thousand listeners logged in to the room.

Cole ran through some random questions from his fans in the chat and I tossed him some that people were tweeting us at the same time.  He talked about everything from his album, his upcoming mixtape, his touring, his favorite athletes, and much more.  If you’re looking for a more formal interview, peep our sit down with Cole the last time here was in town right here.  We’ll also have a new interview shortly…

Big shout to Cole, his crew, and the label homies…all some of my favorite folks to chop it up with.  Continued success…Roc Nation in the building.

COLE WORLD.