The Audacity of Dope

Fresh off the heels of our Reflection Eternal album release celebration episode, we’re right back into a normal edition of Sound Session.  And when I say “normal,” I mean an hour and a half of ridiculously dope and varied music from around the globe.  Peep this week’s show for jawns from Cee-Lo, Drake, Electric Wire Hustle, TiRon, Shad, the Roots, Homeboy Sandman, Slum Village, Laws, and the unquestionable song of the moment, Kanye’s “Power.”  This is why we ride with you Yeezy!  Shout to the homey Spaceman for coming through as well…ch-ch-check it out:

Show #262 (6-6-10)

1. Cee-Lo – “Georgia”
2. Janelle Monae ft. B.o.B & Lupe Fiasco – “Tightrope (Wondamix)”
3. Big Boi ft. Big Rube – “General Patton”
4. Mike Bigga ft. T.I. – “Ready Set Go”
5. Drake ft. Jay-Z – “Light Up”
6. Rick Ross ft. Kool G Rap – “Knife Fight”
7. Eminem ft. Pink – “Won’t Back Down”
8. **INTERVIEW WITH SPACEMAN, PT. 1**
9. Spaceman – “Get It In” (Local Music)
10. **INTERVIEW WITH SPACEMAN, PT. 2**
11. Kanye West ft. Dwele – “Power”
12. Electric Wire Hustle – “They Don’t Want”
13. Shad – “Rose Garden”
14. TiRon – “Boys & Girls”
15. Asher Roth – “G.R.I.N.D.”
16. Sol – “Not The One” (Local Music)
17. The Roots – “Doin’ It Again”
18. Homeboy Sandman – “Mean Mug”
19. Fugees – “Manifest” (Throwback of the Week)
20. JFK – “High School Sweetheart” (Local Music)
21. Slum Village ft. Colin Munroe – “Faster”
22. Laws – “Flashback”

Download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?mygwjyrnyg1
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/770044155b883faf/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/6ttc6r6anh6k)

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.

When I heard Drake shot the “Find Your Love” video in Jamaica, my first thought was that it was going to be a colorful, island inspired clip, perhaps similar to Aaliyah’s “Rock The Boat.”  Then I heard Mavado was going to be in it too and I realized that an 808’s and HeartDrake song probably would be a bit darker.  Well…looks like my initial thought was pretty much as far off base as possible hahaha

Those ringwraiths from The Lord of the Rings are always bothering people.  Oh, and that dress appears to be a little too small.  That’s about all I have for this one.

I hope you caught Aziz’ Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening special on Comedy Central from last week, but if not, here’s one of the highlights courtesy of NahRight.  Everything Kanye does is hilarious – I’ve been saying this since the first time Tunji and I met dude in LA in ’02.

Dope new visuals for Big Sean’s “Million Dollars.”  Shout to Mike Brinkley for sending this through.

I’m curious to see if Sean breaks through in 2010 (assuming his official debut does indeed drop).  I think he certainly has potential and I’d never bet against G.O.O.D. Music, but I wonder if he’ll be able to make the jump.  I would love to see a MC like Sean get major radio and video love, and all it’s going to take is the right record.

This dude is so ill on the drums.  Ridiculous.  Download link courtesy of the Dopehouse.

Drake ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem – “Forever (Travis Barker Remix)”

Oh, and for the record: after further inspection, Lil Wayne remains thoroughly outclassed on this track.

*Speechless*

This was the best concert I’ve ever been too and with everything going on that day (girl was in town, chilling with N.E.R.D., catching up with Lupe, etc.), it was probably one of my favorite days ever.  Ah, memories.

Someone buy me this book for Christmas.  Kthxbye.

(watch in higher quality on HyphenTV)

As I mentioned, Malice and Pusha T recently made their second appearance on Sound Session, dropping by last month to chop it up with yours truly.  We talked extensively about their upcoming Till The Casket Drops album, including breakdowns of their singles with Kanye West, Cam’ron, and Pharrell. They also looked back on their past work, detailed the success of their Play Cloths fashion line, doled out advice to younger artists, and much more.

To listen to the entire interview, including a lot of topics we didn’t include in the video above, peep:

The Clipse on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?yzljyqz0lzl
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/67551505ee1d198a/)

The Thornton brothers are about to drop a 3rd classic album, believe that.  Be sure to cop it on Dec. 8th…

This is crazy.

I don’t think anyone is on the same level as Kanye these days – musically, artistically, personally, etc..  There are a lot of different interpretations that you could pull from this short film, but I’d be interested in hearing your take.  Keep in mind, this was filmed before the MTV VMA incident and his decision to step out of the spotlight a bit.  What do you think?

Sidenote: peep the Mayer Hawthorne track playing during the “love” scene.  A-Side FTW!

Man, it’s a shame this video didn’t drop a little earlier because the song and visuals would have been perfect for the summer.  I’m not sure I really like the stutter video effects, or if I really understand highlighting the hair spin maneuver, but I still dig the video and the song is flawless.  I could listen to those drums all day.