The Audacity of Dope

Sound Session listeners will remember that about a month ago, we co-hosted the show with the legendary Bilal.  Loyal listeners will remember our first interview with him from last year, but this time around, we dedicated the whole episode to his music.  We played nothing but Bilal records all night, mixing a sampling of our favorite songs from all 3 of his classic albums, some b-sides, and guest appearances with his colorful and insightful commentary.  He even closed out the show with a live performance of “Levels” off his newest project, Airtight’s Revenge.

I posted the audio of the entire show previously (download here), but now I’ve got the accompanying video up for y’all if you’re so inclined.  Be sure to check out part three, where he performed “Levels” live on the air to close out the show.

Cop Bilal’s latest album, Airtight’s Revenge, if you haven’t already.  Another classic!

I swear, interview coming as soon as I can get to the station through this snow and get the audio.  Cop Trunk Muzik 0-60 in the interim!

As I write this, it’s 25 degrees and snowing in Seattle, and as anyone who has been to the 206 knows, our city pretty much shuts down when these conditions set in.  We’re not necessarily overwhelmed by copious amounts of snow, but instead, the slightest dusting always turns our hills into deathtraps.  Additionally, Seattle drivers are notoriously poor (present company excluded, of course), so with the temperatures staying in the 20’s for the next few days, it doesn’t look like I’ll be venturing out of the crib for a bit.  As long as this clears up by the time I have to move to my new home, it works for me.

Meanwhile, SNSS is back to keep you warm for the Thanksgiving holiday and as we say each year, we’re thankful for [Hov] you, the listener [/Jay-Z].  Hope you get to share the holiday with your family, friends, and all the pumpkin pie you can eat.

Show #286 (11-21-10)

1. Freeway ft. Peedi Crakk – “Snappa Pow”
2. Ghostface Killah – “Together Baby”
3. Bobby Creekwater ft. Big K.R.I.T. & Mike Bigga – “Airborne”
4. Curren$y – “Airborne Aquarium”
5. Kid Cudi – “Mojo So Dope”
6. Droop-E ft. E-40 – “I’m Loaded”
7. The Kid Daytona ft. Freddie Gibbs & Alex (of the Kickdrums) – “Take Aim…Bang!”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH SONNY BONOHO, PT. 1**
9. Sonny Bonoho – “Touch You” (Local Music)
10. J. Cole – “See World”
11. The Left – “Desperation”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH SONNY BONOHO, PT. 2**
13. Kanye West ft. John Legend & Chris Rock – “Blame Game”
14. Yelawolf – “Love Is Not Enough”
15. Cee Lo Green – “No One’s Gonna Love You”
16. Parker – “Sky Music” (Local Music)
17. Jay Electronica ft. Jay-Z – “Shiny Suit Theory”
18. Jay-Z – “Can I Live” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Thurzday (of U-N-I) – “Los Angeles”
20. Sol – “Feed My Ego” (Local Music)
21. Soul Khan ft. Sene – “Shot Glass Magnified”
22. Bilal – “Think It Over (Exile Remix)”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?bxqyb3y2w27i38q
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/830275654d1cb328/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/vany8eqeurv4)

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.

I tweeted that I didn’t know what to write for this week’s SNSS wrap up and then my friend reminded me: we let the music do the talking.  That said, I should probably point out that we world premiered a new track from one half of U-N-I, the homey Thurzday.  Enjoy the show!

Show #285 (11-14-10)

1. Droop-E ft. E-40 – “I’m Loaded”
2. The Kid Daytona ft. Styles P & Vaughn Anthony – “Lifted”
3. DJ Nphared ft. Sol, Grynch, & Thig Natural – “Two Things” (Local Music)
4. Nottz ft. Mayer Hawthorne – “I Still Love You”
5. Kanye West – “Dark Fantasy”
6. Bishop Lamont – “The Homie’s Girl”
7. Asher Roth & Nottz – “Run It Back”
8. The Burnerz (Zumbi & The Are) – “The Burnerz”
9. Lupe Fiasco – “S.L.R. (Super Lupe Rap)”
10. J. Cole – “The Autograph”
11. Celph Titled & Buckwild ft. Apathy, Ryu, & Esoteric – “Swashbuckling”
12. Pill – “Reflections”
13. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) ft. Freddie Gibbs – “Fallin’”
14. **Thurzday (of U-N-I) – “Los Angeles” (WORLD PREMIERE)**
15. Ghostface Killah – “Together Baby”
16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Stay At Home Dad” (Local Music)
17. Drake – “Fall For Your Type (Same Mistakes)”
18. Murs & 9th Wonder – “Bad Man” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Luck One – “More” (Local Music)
20. Raashan Ahmad ft. Gift of Gab & Aloe Blacc – “Falling”
21. Jay Electronica – “The Announcement”
22. Pigeon John – “The Bomb”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?jl9uqfob2ccck45
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/827918727778644a/)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/827918727778644a/)

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.

Um…so I’m officially buying a home…and doing a million other “real life” things…so just the basics for the SNSS wrap up this week.  Shout to Luck One for coming through the studio and the homey Skyzoo for calling in from NYC.  Cop Live From The Tape Deck now!

Show #284 (11-7-10)

1. Mayer Hawthorne – “No Strings (DJ Jazzy Jeff Roller Boogie Remix)”
2. Nottz ft. Mayer Hawthorne – “I Still Love You”
3. David Banner & 9th Wonder ft. Ludacris & Marsha Ambrosius – “Be With You”
4. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Pete Rock, Kid Cudi, & Charlie Wilson – “The Joy”
5. Red Café ft. Talib Kweli – “I Luv It”
6. The Left ft. Invincible – “Statistics”
7. **INTERVIEW WITH LUCK ONE, PT. 1**
8. Luck One – “More” (Local Music)
9. **INTERVIEW WITH LUCK ONE, PT. 2**
10. Emilio Rojas ft. Laura Reed & Voodoo – “Champion”
11. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Fences – “Otherside (Remix)” (Local Music)
12. Lupe Fiasco – “The Show Goes On”
13. Kid Cudi ft. GLC, Chip Tha Ripper, & Nicole Wray – “The End”
14. **INTERVIEW WITH SKYZOO #03**
15. Skyzoo & Illmind – “Frisbees”
16. Celph Titled & Buckwild ft. Apathy, Ryu, & Esoteric – “Swashbuckling”
17. Joell Ortiz ft. Iffy – “Ooh”
18. Brother Ali – “Room With A View” (Throwback of the Week)
19. Focus ft. Von Pea, Donwill, & Chaundon – “Homage To Ali Shaheed”
20. Candidt ft. Maya Jenkins – “Imaginary Stereo” (Local Music)
21. N.E.R.D. – “Perfect Defect”
22. Drake – “Fall For Your Type (Same Mistakes)”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?94favhtjqtajg17
(Back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/825476691f609ec9/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/j0wfm0u62pyi)

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.

Just another weekend here at SNSS…you know: Halloween night, having Maseo from the legendary De La Soul co-host with us, playing crazy dope records, etc..  The usual really.

But in all seriousness, this was a really fun episode for us.  Maseo and J. Moore go way back, so it was great to have him come through and talk ish while we spun joints from folks like Lupe, Nottz, Kid Cudi, Aloe Blacc, Mayer Hawthorne, J-Live, Kanye, and more.  We got the low down on the incredible Gorillaz/N.E.R.D./De La Soul/Little Dragon tour that’s shutting down stadiums all over the country, plus heard an update on De La’s next album.  All sorts of fun.  Tune in and enjoy!  RIP Granma Hyphen and Gregory Isaacs too…

Show #283 (10-31-10)
**Co-hosted by Maseo (of De La Soul)**

1. Young Buck ft. Lupe Fiasco – “AM/FM”
2. Lupe Fiasco – “The Show Goes On”
3. Rashid Hadee – “Someday”
4. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Xperience – “Crew Cuts (Jake One Remix)” (Local Music)
5. De La Soul – “The Return Of D.S.T.”
6. Nottz ft. Dwele – “You Need This Music”
7. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Pete Rock, Kid Cudi, & Charlie Wilson – “The Joy”
8. Kid Cudi ft. Mary J. Blige – “These Worries”
9. Wiz Khalifa – “Mezmerized”
10. State Of The Artist – “Chief Seattle” (Local Music)
11. The Kid Daytona – “Fly Lullaby”
12. J-Live – “Home Or Away”
13. Candidt ft. Maya Jenkins – “Imaginary Stereo” (Local Music)
14. N.E.R.D. ft. T.I. – “Party People”
15. Gregory Isaacs – “Night Nurse” (Throwback of the Week)
16. Aloe Blacc – “I Need A Dollar”
17. Slakah The Beatchild – “B-Boy Beef V2”
18. Mayer Hawthorne – “No Strings”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?44ad4p1wa452bw5
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/8224655563edbab0/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/d6amsy4qk6wh)

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.

In case you overlooked it in this week’s SNSS wrap up, Joell Ortiz stopped by the show again to give us an update on everything he’s working on.  We discussed his Farewell Summer EP that just dropped, his upcoming Free Agent project, working with Jake One, whether or not Slaughterhouse is signing to Shady Records, and more.  You can check out the interview below:

Joell Ortiz on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?v43tdydgwml15x9
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/819879679df95f7d/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/1zwf2itwan0k)

YAAAAAAAOOOWAAAAAAA

I know it’s a bit lazy to go bullet-point style, but it’s a fairly effective way to communicate, right?  Here are your weekly SNSS highlights:

• Shout to the State of the Artist (SOTA) crew and Candidt for dropping by the studio to chop it up with us.  We also world premiered a new SOTA record called “Chief Seattle.”  Yeah, you know what it’s about…
• Thanks as well to Joell Ortiz for coming by a few weeks ago when he was in town.  Peep our interview through the links below to hear updates on his Free Agent project, working with Jake One, whether or not Slaughterhouse is signing to Shady Records, and more.  YAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOWWWAAAAAA!
• Lastly, be sure to check out two video interviews we released in the last week: 1st with Wiz Khalifa (70k views, Wiz is a STAR) and yesterday’s with my favorite writer in the game, Shad.  Surreal to be able to connect with such dope artists left and right…we’re just happy to be able to provide a platform for ’em:
• Wiz Khalifa – https://www.theaudacityofdope.com/2010/10/20/wiz-khalifa-on-sound-session/
• Shad – https://www.theaudacityofdope.com/2010/10/25/shad-on-sound-session/

Enjoy the show!

Show #282 (10-24-10)

1. Nottz ft. Dwele – “You Need This Music”
2. Child Rebel Soldier (Pharrell, Lupe Fiasco, & Kanye West) – “Don’t Stop”
3. Freeway – “Escalators”
4. The Kid Daytona – “Fly Lullaby”
5. Kendrick Lamar ft. Jhene Aiko – “Growing Apart (To Get Closer)”
6. Wiz Khalifa – “Mezmerized”
7. Celph Titled & Buckwild – “Miss Those Days”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH STATE OF THE ARTIST, PT. 1**
9. State Of The Artist – “Chief Seattle” (**WORLD PREMIERE**) (Local Music)
10. **INTERVIEW WITH STATE OF THE ARTIST, PT. 2**
11. Cee-Lo – “Old Fashioned”
12. theFEW ft. Cilvaringz & Blue Raspberry – “Homage To RZA”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH JOELL ORTIZ #02**
14. Joell Ortiz – “Battle Cry”
15. 7L & Esoteric ft. Inspectah Deck – “12th Chamber”
16. Mayday ft. Money Making Jam Boys – “Worst Case Scenario”
17. **INTERVIEW WITH CANDIDT**
18. Candidt ft. Maya Jenkins – “Imaginary Stereo” (Local Music)
19. Common ft. Bilal – “The 6th Sense” (Throwback of the Week)
20. M.anifest – “Coming To America”
21. DJ Nphared & Grynch – “Air Max ‘Em” (Local Music)
22. La Roux ft. Kanye West – “In For The Kill (Remix)”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?qw7x36t3b821dew
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/819873988cf85373/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/wywpyp5rpky8)

Link to download only the interview with Joell Ortiz – http://www.mediafire.com/?v43tdydgwml15x9
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/819879679df95f7d/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/1zwf2itwan0k)

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.

This past weekend, I had a chance to check out the Seattle stop of the Waken Baken tour when it hit the Showbox Sodo.  I’ll be posting up my interview with the opening act, Yelawolf, soon, but I was also able to chop it up with Wiz Khalifa backstage and we recorded this quick interview for y’all.  We discussed the tour, Wiz’ incredible buzz, his experiences in the Pacific Northwest, getting his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers to support “Black and Yellow,” and more.

Shout to Wiz, Will, Artie, and Motti for hooking everything up.  Cop that Kush & Orange Juice if you haven’t already…definitely one of the best projects of the year.  Just wait until the official album drops…

[La Bamba] In the year 2000 [/Conan humor], I started working in radio at KSPC outside Los Angeles and as a college freshman, I was amazed by the freedom the indie broadcasting platform afforded me.  After looking through my personal collection, the music director was impressed and allowed me to play whatever I wanted, rather than being limited to the records in the station’s library.  As a result, my early playlists were filled with music from the Soulquarians, easily my favorite collective of artists back then…and still today.

Of all the classic albums they were involved with, perhaps the record I played the most was Bilal’s 1st Born Second.  Simply put, it’s flawless, front to back, and one of the most underrated pieces of music from the last 25 years.  If you would have told 18 year old Hyphen (who actually had a different, and horribly embarrassing nom de plume at the time) that I’d one day have Bilal co-host my radio show, I would have flipped.  Ok, I would have flipped twice: who knew I’d still be in radio 10 years later?  Shrug.

We’ve interviewed him before (peep it here), but it was a special honor to dedicate the entire episode of Sound Session this week to the genius that is Bilal Oliver.  We played nothing but Bilal records all night, mixing in a sampling of our favorite songs from all 3 of his classic albums, some b-sides, and guest appearances with his colorful and insightful commentary.  He even closed out the show with a live performance of “Levels” off his newest project, Airtight’s Revenge.

I’ll have the accompanying video up as soon as I can, but in the meantime, enjoy the audio.  Shout to Dru, JK, Hawk, Marc, and Chok for helping bring Bilal through the show.  Be sure to cop his albums if you haven’t already!

Show #281 (10-17-10)
**Co-hosted by Bilal**

1. Bilal – “For You”
2. Bilal – “Bring 2”
3. Bilal – “Cake & Eat It Too”
4. 88-Keys ft. Bilal – “M.I.L.F.”
5. Bilal – “Think It Over”
6. Bilal – “Sometimes”
7. Bilal ft. Mos Def & Common – “Reminisce”
8. Guru ft. Jay Dee & Bilal – “Certified”
9. Bilal – “All Matter”
10. Shafiq Husayn ft. Bilal – “Cheeba (Nottz Remix)”
11. Bilal – “Hollywood”
12. Bilal – “It’s Cold”
13. Bilal – “Soul Sista”
14. Bilal – “Funky For You (Interlude)”
15. Talib Kweli ft. Bilal – “Can I Talk To You (Lil’ Darlin’)”
16. Bilal – “Levels (Live On Sound Session)”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?k67xajkkqnupn8b
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/817543606bc77c35/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/e7zxor62i5h0)

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.