The Audacity of Dope

After another long winter and spring, it finally feels like summer here in the 206.  If you’re anything like me, the perfect complement to 70-80 degree weather is a good soundtrack and that’s exactly what we’re giving you each week with SNSS.  Peep the latest episode featuring dope new music from folks like Drake, Kid Cudi, B.o.B, Asher Roth, U-N-I, P.Casso, Tanya Morgan, Homeboy Sandman, Donny Goines, Outasight, Brother Ali, Marco Polo & Torae, Chester French, Fresh Daily, Oddisee, Santigold, and more.  We were also joined in studio by two of our illest up-and-coming Seattle MC’s, J. Pinder and Shawn Starr, and we aired a snippet of our interview with Exile.  We’ll be posting up the full interview on the site soon, but in the meantime…

Show #209 (5-31-09)

1. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne – “Ignant Sh*t Freestyle”
2. Kid Cudi – “Super Boo”
3. U-N-I – “Land Of The Kings”
4. B.o.B – “Put It On Me ’09 (Reebok Classic Mix)”
5. Brother Ali – “Real As Can Be”
6. Tanya Morgan ft. Jermiside – “Don’t U Holla”
7. P.Casso ft. Von Pea & Homeboy Sandman – “Best In Show”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH SHAWN STARR & J. PINDER, PT. 1**
9. Shawn Starr ft. GMK – “Past The Games” (Local Artist)
10. Mos Def – “Casa Bey”
11. Skyzoo ft. Talib Kweli & Reks – “When I Rhyme”
12. Donny Goines ft. Outasight & Peter Hadar – “Sublime”
13. Scribes – “Can You Hear Me” (Local Artist)
14. **INTERVIEW WITH EXILE (SNIPPET)**
15. Blu & Exile – “Love Line”
16. Santigold – “Your Voice”
17. Fresh Daily ft. Oddisee & Mela Machinko – “Universal Medicine”
18. Asher Roth – “Sour Patch Kids”
19. Guilty Simpson – “Stress”
20. Bruce Leroy – “Million Dollar Dream” (Local Artist)
21. Marco Polo & Torae ft. Masta Ace & Sean Price – “Hold Up”
22. Chester French ft. Wale – “I’m Sorry”
23. Windimoto ft. Phonte – “Don’t Let Me Leave Alone”
24. **INTERVIEW WITH SHAWN STARR & J. PINDER, PT. 2**

Download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ldzjtyjy2cj
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/608328707136b4e0/ )

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’m multitasking a little too much right now (watching the NBA, answering emails, listening to demos, talking on AIM, updating Twitter, blogging, etc.), so I’m not even gonna try to be witty or anything.  You guys know the drill anyway…here’s the latest edition of SNSS, complete with new joints from Maxwell, Slakah The BeatChild ft. Drake, PackFM, XV, P.Casso, Reflection Eternal, Chester French, and many more.  There’s only so much dopeness you can pack into an hour and a half of commercial radio…100K-watts like what.

Show #205 (5-3-09)

1. Dyme Def ft. Saigon – “Pick Up Ya Flow” (Local Artist)
2. Statik Selektah ft. Styles P & Talib Kweli – “The Thrill Is Gone”
3. Blu & Exile – “Love Line”
4. Slakah The BeatChild ft. Drake – “Enjoy Ya Self (Remix)”
5. Drake – “November 18th”
6. Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”
7. Tanya Morgan – “On Our Way”
8. PackFM – “Absolutely Positive”
9. Asher Roth ft. Cee-Lo – “Be By Myself”
10. XV ft. El Prez – “Please Hold”
11. U-N-I – “Windows”
12. Pep Love ft. Otayo Dubb & LB – “No Doubt”
13. Chali 2Na ft. Talib Kweli – “Lock Sh*t Down”
14. Macklemore – “The Party” (Local Artist)
15. Reflection Eternal – “Back Again”
16. De La Soul – “Big Mouf”
17. Clipse ft. Kanye West – “Kinda Like A Big Deal”
18. Toni Hill – “Rose” (Local Artist)
19. Chester French – “Bebe Buell”
20. P.Casso – “Mind Over Matter”
21. Elzhi – “Deep”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?qywvazntzgx
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/596138960972858b/)

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 don’t know if you heard, but some dude named Barack Obama is our 44th President.  Pretty crazy, huh?

With this being our first Sound Session since the historic election, you know we had to celebrate.  We kicked off the show with a nice set of tracks dedicated to Barack’s victory, including new joints from Jay-Z, Common, Brother Ali, Q-Tip, and 3 of XXL’s Incoming Freshmen Class, B.o.B., Charles Hamilton, and Asher Roth.  After getting our celebration out the way, we got back into some of the best music out right now from people like Kanye, Devin The Dude, Black Milk, Evidence, and more.  Good music + good times recapping the past week.  Listen to the very beginning to hear how J. Moore watched the election results with WHO?!?!?!?! How crazy is that?

We also had 88 Keys call in (again…peep the interview from June here) to talk about his Death of Adam project that drops today, so make sure you cop that and support G.O.O.D. music…yes pun.  Also, shout to J. Pinder for swinging by the studio to fill us in, pause, on his new mixtape, No New Taxes.  Pinder may have lost his campaign for President, but at least he’s still one of Seattle’s best.  Cop that for a buck at OnlyGP.com.

Show #180 (11-9-08)

1. Jay-Z ft. Tony Williams – “History”
2. Novel ft. Joell Ortiz – “I Can Be President”
3. B.o.B. ft. Charles Hamilton & Asher Roth – “Change Gonna Come”
4. Brother Ali – “Mr. President (You’re The Man)”
5. Common – “Changes”
6. J. Period ft. Q-Tip – “Q-Tip For President”
7. Jake One ft. Kardinal Offishall & Pharoahe Monch – “Hurt U” (Local Artist)
8. **INTERVIEW WITH 88 KEYS #02**
9. 88 Keys ft. Kanye West & Malik Yusef – “Stay Up (Viagra)”
10. Kanye West – “Heartless”
11. Devin The Dude ft. 14K – “I Need A Song”
12. Illa J ft. Debi Nova – “Sounds Like Love”
13. Foreign Exchange ft. Darien Brockington – “Take Off The Blues”
14. The Reallionaires – “Call Me” (Local Artist)
15. Black Milk ft. Royce The 5’9” – “Losing Out”
16. **INTERVIEW WITH J. PINDER**
17. AD – “All That I Had” (Local Artist)
18. Keelay & Zaire ft. Tunji – “Addicts For Real”
19. Fashawn ft. Evidence – “Our Way”
20. Evidence – “The Layover”
21. John Legend – “If You’re Out There (Obama Mix)”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?mmdz21ovyja
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/5117608845439706/ )

Link to download the full interview with 88 Keys – http://www.mediafire.com/?gvyhtqz5zdn
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/51176379078607c9/ )

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’m glad this video is dope, because otherwise I’d almost feel contractually obligated to post it.  Let’s see…

• It features a ton of my good friends.
• It bigs up the 206.
• The Red Bull Big Tune was created by the other half of Sound Session, J. Moore, along with the homies Jake One, Vitamin D, and Marcus.
• I was in the building.
• It’s a great event.
• Budo is hilarious.

I could go on, but the video is pretty self explanatory.  Congrats to Brainstorm and Rising Son for advancing to the finals in NYC.  Let’s hope we get back to back Seattle champions…

For those outside of Seattle who haven’t heard of my dude J. Pinder yet, y’all need to get ready.  We have a lot of talent up here in the 206 and Pin is definitely the next to blow up on a national level.  While he readies his debut album, he already released a great mixtape with Vitamin D last year entitled Backpack Wax.  I’m not really sure why the behind the scenes documentary of this project is coming out now, but hey, better late than never.  These clips should serve as a nice introduction as they follow Pinder through the creative process for the mixtape and feature testimonials from some of the most respected (and my favorite) people in the scene.  Be sure to keep your eye out for more Pinder related goodness over at his new blog, the Daily Pintern.  He’ll also be appearing on Jake One’s upcoming White Van Music, as Jake mentions below.

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