The Audacity of Dope

Shout to all the homies on this record…some of my favorite folks in our Northwest music community.  Luck kinda murdered this record, btw.

Download J. Bre’s The Revelation EP right here.

November, eh?  Really?  Really?????  Wow.

Peep this week’s show for new music from Pusha T, Mac Miller, Lupe Fiasco, Gilbere Forte, Exile, Jesse Boykins III, Phonte, The Kid Daytona, Saukrates, and more.  There’s a chance these links might die, so grab ’em while you can!  Who am I kidding, I’ll re-up upon request.  Holler at a Hyphen.

Show #334 (10-30-11)

1. Pusha T – “What Dreams Are Made Of”
2. Mac Miller – “Willie Dynamite”
3. Lupe Fiasco – “Lightwork”
4. The Away Team ft. Talib Kweli & Rapsody – “Set It Off”
5. Khingz – “F.u.t.u.r.e.” (Local Music)
6. Saukrates – “Say I”
7. J. Cole – “Rise and Shine”
8. T.I. ft. Pharrell – “Here Ye, Here Ye”
9. Gilbere Forte ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Black Soul”
10. Statik Selektah ft. Pill & REKS – “They Don’t Know”
11. The Kid Daytona ft. Goapele – “God Is Good”
12. Goapele – “Undertow”
13. Rocki Evans – “Funeral Song”
14. Jhene Aiko – “My Mine”
15. Common ft. Makeba – “Blue Sky”
16. Common – “1, 2 Many” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Proh Mic – “Optimistic” (Local Music)
18. Exile – “4ever (Friend Zone, Pt. 1)”
19. Danny! – “I Don’t Wanna Hear That Sh*t”
20. Jesse Boykins III – “B4 The Night Is Thru”
21. Allen Stone – “What I’ve Seen” (Local Music)
22. Phonte ft. Eric Roberson – “Who Loves You More”
23. Torae – “That Raw”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?a2o5q2odpav9fhy
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/3r15ds4lt21g)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/95429580dfb18f13/)

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 in awe.

What started out as somewhat of a novelty record has attained cult-like status, and it’s sure to grow to unprecedented heights with the release of the visuals for “And We Danced.”  I remember when we played this on Sound Session after Ryan first sent it over and we confused the hell out of our listeners.  I don’t know why though…the proposition is simple:

We’re having a hoedown…are you hoes down?

You should be.

What up y’all?  Apologies if I’ve been a bit M.I.A. (noMaya) over the last week or so.  I know I have a ton of music to get to, emails to answer, interviews to edit, blog posts to write, etc., but I’ve been caught up with my non-music life recently.  It’s actually been great to focus on the day job and other normal, grown up facets to life, but I’ll try to get back in tune on the music side this week.  Holler at me if you need me!

Enjoy this week’s SNSS with new music from The Roots, T.I., Cocaine 80s, Allen Stone, Phonte, Lupe Fiasco, Chip Tha Ripper, DJ Shadow, Danny!, Torae, and more.  That dopeness.

Show #333 (10-23-11)

1. T.I. ft. Pharrell – “Here Ye, Here Ye”
2. Mac Miller – “Blue Slide Park”
3. Cocaine 80s – “Six”
4. J. Cole – “Daddy’s Little Girl”
5. Rocki Evans – “Funeral Song”
6. Torae – “That Raw”
7. Rasheed Chappell – “What I’m Here 4”
8. Allen Stone – “Sleep” (Local Music)
9. Proh Mic ft. Tone Trezure – “Sleep In Girl” (Local Music)
10. Danny! – “I Don’t Wanna Hear That Sh*t”
11. Mayer Hawthorne – “Henny & Gingerale”
12. DJ Shadow ft. Posdnuos & Talib Kweli – “Stay The Course”
13. Immortal Technique – “Toast To The Dead”
14. Phonte ft. Evidence & Big K.R.I.T. – “The Life Of Kings”
15. Lupe Fiasco – “Lightwork”
16. Cam’ron ft. Kanye West & Syleena Johnson – “Down & Out” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Action Bronson & Statik Selektah ft. Nina Sky – “Cocoa Butter”
18. Sonny Bonoho – “Coogars” (Local Music)
19. Yuna – “Come As You Are”
20. The Roots ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “Make My”
21. Chip Tha Ripper ft. Wale – “25 Wives”
22. Sir Michael Rocks – “Brite”
23. Rick Ross – “I Love My B*tches”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ap7iwa1d9dd5047
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/ykozyfmq4pvp)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/9514807385efd0f4/)

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.

New music on this week’s SNSS from the likes of Ro Blvd, Nitty Scott, K-Os, DJ Shadow, Kids These Days, DMP, Evidence, and more, but hands down, the dopest record on the show is Common’s “Blue Sky.”  Crazy!

Big shout to Mayer Hawthorne for calling in as well.  Be sure to pick up his new album, How Do You Do, ASAP!  Listen to the interview to hear Mayer explain how it differs from his previous album, what life on a major label is like, his relationship with Snoop Dogg, how his old Athletic Mic League and Now On homies feel about Haircut becoming a crooner, and more…

Show #331 (10-9-11)

1. Rick Ross – “I Love My B*tches”
2. Ro Blvd ft. Thurz – “Great Going Good”
3. Evidence – “I Don’t Need Love”
4. Styles P ft. Pharoahe Monch – “Children”
5. Nitty Scott, MC – “Doobsicles”
6. TiRon & Ayomari – “If I Had You”
7. Sonny Bonoho ft. Playboy Tre & Rudi Deville – “Super Cool” (Local Music)
8. The Gooneez & The Fratelleez ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Too Strong”
9. Kendrick Lamar – “Cloud 10”
10. Common – “Blue Sky”
11. Add-2 – “Introspective of a Young Black Male”
12. K-Os ft. Drake – “Faith, Pt. 2”
13. **INTERVIEW WITH MAYER HAWTHORNE**
14. Mayer Hawthorne ft. Snoop Dogg – “Can’t Stop”
15. DJ Shadow ft. Little Dragon – “Scale It Back”
16. Yonas Michael – “House Full Of Women”
17. J. Cole – “Lost Ones”
18. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “New Day”
19. Kids These Days – “Clear Eyes”
20. Proh Mic ft. Tone Trezure – “Sleep In Girl” (Local Music)
21. J. Bre ft. Luck-One & Grynch – “Memories” (Local Music)
22. Black Eyed Peas – “Fallin’ Up” (Throwback of the Week)
23. DMP – “We Ain’t Playin’”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?41mb5wp9m3p4n69
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/ny1vj736s795)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94805431727ff5de/)

Link to download just the interview with Mayer Hawthorne – http://www.mediafire.com/?pum2cp922cw7cp8
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/6ux47x0bq3xg)

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 busy week, so nothing really to say other than enjoy the show!  You’ll also find some re-uploaded links below for episodes that labels decided to kill, since their legal departments generally have NO idea what their promo/marketing staff is doing…ah, the music industry.

Show #330 (10-2-11)

1. T.I. ft. Big K.R.I.T. – “I’m Flexin’”
2. David Banner – “Swag”
3. Childish Gambino – “Bonfire”
4. Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Murder To Excellence”
5. Fly.Union – “Long Run”
6. Nitty Scott, MC – “Auntie Maria’s Crib”
7. The Gooneez & The Fratelleez ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Too Strong”
8. Big K.R.I.T. ft. 2 Chainz, 8Ball, & MJG – “Money On The Floor”
9. Wale ft. Rick Ross – “Tats On My Arm”
10. Neako ft. Wiz Khalifa – “Scanners”
11. The Weeknd – “The Party & The After Party (Kastle Remix)”
12. Yonas Michael – “House Full Of Women”
13. GMK – “Up Up Down Down Left Left” (Local Music)
14. TiRon & Ayomari – “If I Had You”
15. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Make The Money” (Local Music)
16. Evidence – “It Wasn’t Me”
17. Game ft. Tyler, The Creator – “Martians vs. Goblins”
18. Tabernacle MCz – “Silly”
19. Phonte – “Ball and Chain”
20. Sonny Bonoho ft. Playboy Tre & Rudi Deville – “Super Cool” (Local Music)
21. J. Cole ft. Missy Elliott – “Nobody’s Perfect”
22. Mary J. Blige ft. Black Star – “Beautiful (Remix)” (Throwback of the Week)
23. DJ Shadow ft. Little Dragon – “Scale It Back”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?ek8j776v46b20j4
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/2a3ztnxvj65r)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94724842ef1254b7/)

Recent re-uploaded episodes:

• Show #325 – http://www.mediafire.com/?q54yn1jkhcfhn4i
• Show #326 – http://www.mediafire.com/?ns91jgodi71fsfk
• Show #327 – http://www.mediafire.com/?6a78mkohthee7vr
• Show #328 – http://www.mediafire.com/?ci87h9koz7iqc43
• Show #329 – http://www.mediafire.com/?4pwqw7hoa9yc0o7

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.

While J. Moore is across the pond spending pounds and euros with Shabazz Palaces, I held it down (Hope) solo.  Enjoy the show and go buy the following today:

• Phonte – Charity Starts At Home
• J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story (check the liner notes for a nice SNSS shout since we were the first station Cole visited back in ’09!)
• FIFA Soccer 12

I’ll be adding the French Rosetta Stone collection to my shopping cart as I’ve decided to take my remedial ability up to semi-fluent status this fall/winter.  If any of you speak French, holler @ a Hyphen and help me out!  Merci.

Show #329 (9-25-11)

1. Evidence ft. Raekwon & Ras Kass – “The Red Carpet”
2. Big K.R.I.T. ft. 2 Chainz, 8Ball, & MJG – “Money On The Floor”
3. G-Side – “I’m Sorry (Jake One Remix)”
4. David Banner – “Swag”
5. M.O.P. – “Anybody Can Get It”
6. Freddie Gibbs – “187 Proof”
7. Apathy ft. Celph Titled – “Stop What Ya Doin’”
8. Childish Gambino – “Bonfire”
9. Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Elly Jackson – “That’s My B*tch”
10. Outkast – “Prototype” (Throwback of the Week)
11. The Weeknd – “Thursday”
12. GMK – “Up Up Down Down Left Left” (Local Music)
13. TiRon & Ayomari ft. Yummy Bingham – “All My Love”
14. J. Cole – “Breakdown”
15. Phonte ft. Jeanne Jolly – “Everything Is Falling Down”
16. Maffew Ragazino – “Slumlord”
17. Add-2 – “Introspective of a Young Black Male”
18. Nitty Scott, MC – “Auntie Maria’s Crib”
19. Dom Kennedy & Curren$y – “Hennessey Beach”
20. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – “Make The Money” (Local Music)
21. JayKin – “Japan Love” (Local Music)
22. 9th Wonder ft. Talib Kweli & Terrace Martin – “Never Stop Loving You”
23. Goapele – “Play”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?4pwqw7hoa9yc0o7
(back up / streaming link – http://hulkshare.com/5cb90taq7c5f)
(2nd back up – http://www.zshare.net/audio/94615005fb3c135d/)

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 irony of just venting on Twitter that I was getting tired of all these R&B records at 130 BPMS’s and then posting up my dude GMK’s “Up Up Down Down Left Left” is not lost on me, but this isn’t what I was referring to at all.

This is dope.

GMK’s delivery is great on this record and visually, the simple shot of him rapping to his girl in the park during a sunset is one of my favorites that I’ve seen recently.  You don’t need a big budget or some Hype Williams screen effects.  Just shoot something real with a dope soundtrack and there you have it.

Cop it on iTunes and support my guy!

Two of my Seattle brethren, Scribes and Jon Augustavo, link up for the latest video from the upcoming MC. Produced by BeanOne and off Scribes’ What Was Lost project, available for download here!

I was recently thinking about this Delorean “Dear Langston” record that I posted a few years ago and wondered what ever happened to the group.  Turns out, they’ve renamed themselves DLRN (perhaps because of these guys?) and they’re definitely still around.  Here’s their latest work featuring the homey Geo.

DLRN proudly presents the visual accompaniment for the track “Reset” off their second EP The Bridge.  The track features the Blue Scholars’ Prometheus Brown and Illecism of Fly High.  Filmed for several days underneath the sweltering Mojave Desert sun, the video was directed by Sami Abdou of Faux Real Productions and filmed by Tim Jenkins.  Conceptualized and written by Abdou, the music video gives a modern take on the old spaghetti Westerns of the 60’s.

DLRN is currently hard at work preparing the third installment of their EP trilogy to be released next year. Until then, The Bridge & No More Heroes is still available for download at http://dlrn.bandcamp.com.