“The Number One Human Being” performs a crazy rendition of “Stronger” on VH1’s Storytellers, the full version of which airs on Saturday. I’m a sucker for dope flashing lights (lights…lights) and this track is a hip-hop classic. Yeah, I said it.
Swiped from ze Dopehaus.
(watch part one in HD on HyphenTV)
On December 13th, the legendary Common Sense made his 4th appearance on Sound Session here in Seattle. Since we just talked to Com in September (check it out here), we wanted to do something a little different instead of our traditional interviews. With help from our good friends at Interscope/Geffen/A&M we threw a listening party for his new Universal Mind Control album with 50 lucky winners, some customized Microsoft Zunes, and other assorted goodies.
In the video recap, you can watch Com talk about the creative process for every track on the album and what it was like to work with the Neptunes, Mr. DJ, Kanye West, Cee-Lo, and more. Be sure to watch both parts of the video and enjoy them in HD on the HyphenTV Vimeo Channel courtesy of Organic Digital Videomedia.
(watch part two in HD on HyphenTV)
Since the entire interview lasted about an hour, I’ll be posting up the full audio for all you die hard Common fans sometime in the next week. As dope as the video clips are, there’s even more interesting tidbits about UMC‘s creation in the extended interview (the reason why the “Announcement” video was pulled, the story behind the original mix of “Punch Drunk Love,” etc.).
Stay tuned for that and hit up Com in the blogosphere over at his new site, ThinkCommon.com. Be sure to go cop Universal Mind Control in stores now and still available at Zune.net for 99 cents! It makes a great last minute Christmas present…
(watch part one in High-Def on HyphenTV)
Loyal listeners of Sound Session know that the big homey Jake One often drops by the studio to kick it, but we’ve never really done an official interview with him. With the release of his debut album, White Van Music, a few weeks back, we had to bring in Jake and talk all about it. Not only did he give us all sorts of behind the scenes stories about the project, but we ran through the entire album on air, joint by joint.
If you haven’t checked out White Van Music, you’re missing out on some of the best beats of the year and guest appearances from Black Milk, MF Doom, Alchemist, Busta Rhymes, Bishop Lamont, M.O.P., Freeway, Posdnuos, Slug, Little Brother, Prodigy, Elzhi, Royce The 5’9″, Young Buck, and many more. Another guest from the album, Brother Ali, also came through SNSS that night to pay his respects to the latest chapter in Seattle’s rich musical history.
You can watch all the interview segments through part one (above) and part two (below), but make sure you watch them in HD on the HyphenTV Vimeo channel. If you want the audio of the entire show for the mp3 player or the ride, here you go:
Jake One on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?ijm0j7uyj90
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/20192616e1aa393c/ )
(watch part two in High-Def on HyphenTV)
Cop White Van Music right now!
More with Janelle coming at the end of the weekend. Stay tuned…
Extensive interview with Canada’s illest MC of all time coming this weekend. Don’t change your finger positioning.
Crooked reminds y’all.
“I’m sick of bl**jobs, b*tch leave me alone”
–The Game, “Dope Boys”
I’m sorry, what? Blasphemy. hahaha…anyway, another dope song from Game’s upcoming L.A.X. album. This one features Travis Barker killin’ it on the drums. Check it out:
The Game ft. Travis Barker – “Dope Boys”
And if you didn’t peep the studio version of Travis’ Busta Rhymes remix, do so.