The Audacity of Dope

New heat from two of my favorite homies in the biz: J. Pinder and Jon Augustavo.  It’s always inspiring to see folks you know make great moves and represent the city so lovely.  Pin is the newest member of the Hall of Justus too, so he’ll be doing more and more work with my Justus League folks.  What up Dho!

Parker’s mixtape dropped Christmas Eve and makes a fine Christmas gift to you and yours.  Produced by Tha Bizness and Kuddie Fresh, can’t go wrong!  Download link below.

Download here.

Parker’s mixtape, Between Struggles, drops on Christmas Eve.  Hold your head Stretch!  Parker Brothaz…

It’s moving week, so I’ll keep this short:

• If you missed the video of our recent interviews with Bilal and Yelawolf, be sure to check ’em out on the blog.  Two very different, but very dope, artists.
• If you’re in Seattle, come check out U-N-I performing live at the University of Washington Ethnic Cultural Theater on Wednesday, Dec. 8th (aka…TONIGHT!).  I’ll be DJ’ing and you should remember how live it was last time.  More details here.
• Enjoy the episode of SNSS for new music from T.I., Lloyd Banks, Spragga Benz, Cee Lo, Kendrick Lamar, The Kid Daytona, Curren$y, and many more, plus Neema and Latin Rose joining us live in studio.  A good time was had by all…

Show #288 (12-5-10)

1. Yelawolf – “Daddy’s Lambo”
2. T.I. – “Salute”
3. Kendrick Lamar ft. School Boy Q – “Michael Jordan”
4. The Kid Daytona – “Padma (So Buttery)”
5. Lloyd Banks – “Reach Out”
6. The Left – “One Day”
7. JR & PH7 ft. Elzhi & Frank-N-Dank – “The City”
8. Fashawn ft. Night & Dirty Money – “Ride & Smokin’”
9. **INTERVIEW WITH NEEMA, PT. 1**
10. Neema ft. Latin Rose – “4 AM Phone Calls” (Local Music)
11. No One (Noni Spitz & Dae One) ft. AP – “Unfaithful”
12. **INTERVIEW WITH NEEMA, PT. 2**
13. Kanye West ft. Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Fergie, Elton John, & more – “All Of The Lights”
14. Curren$y – “Famous”
15. Avatar Young Blaze ft. Isabella du Graf – “Wishing On A Dream” (Local Music)
16. J. Cole ft. Drake – “In The Morning”
17. Spragga Benz ft. Marcia Griffiths – “No Way, No How”
18. Bambu – “The Rock Rock On”
19. Head Like A Kite ft. Tilson (of the Saturday Knights) & Asy (of Smoosh) – “Diamond Paint” (Local Music)
20. Kid Cudi – “Mojo So Dope”
21. 2Pac ft. Stretch – “Pain” (Throwback of the Week)
22. Cee Lo Green – “Satisfied”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?8ma8cp3a9wndn5q
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/8363867698caf22e/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/d0lxn4qdpxz0)

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.

More dopeness from Seattle, why not?  I wasn’t familiar with Head Like A Kite before this clip, nor Asy from Smoosh (who reminds me of my main college girlfriend in this clip, *thumbs up*), but everyone in the Seattle scene should already be a fan of Tilson from The Saturday Knights.  Great video too, Stephan Gray killed it.  Be on the lookout for his upcoming project with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, which might be the PacNW video of the year…

Parker (formerly known as Eclipse), aka one half of the Parker Brothaz, might just have one of my favorite records from the NW here in 2010.  We played this joint on SNSS a while back and Tha Bizness have just released some visuals for it this past week.  The beauty of this track is the simplicity: dope beat, good hook, and heartfelt rhymes.  Shout to Stretch, hope he gets out soon.  And shout to my city too, we’re filthy.

The same day that I chopped it up with Wiz Khalifa, his co-star for the Waken Baken Tour, Yelawolf, stopped by the studio to kick it as well.  We discussed his official debut album Trunk Muzik 0-60, how it continues where his last mixtape left off, his nervousness/excitement during the BET Awards Cipher, his history working every odd job imaginable, being homeless in Seattle, and more.

Not only is Wolf a cool, down to Earth dude…but his album and style are both really fresh.  Hip-hop needs his presence and music right now, so do yourself a favor and check out the project if you haven’t already.

If you prefer to just listen to the audio, here you go:

Yelawolf on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?qyc22m5pgyba2e4
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/833551839dcab9c5/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/y9ipbtzo96yw)

Shout to the whole Ghet-O-Vision & Interscope fam too.

Well folks, this is the big week where it looks like I’ll close on my new home and, horrifyingly, every time I think about it, this damn song pops into my head.  So if you’ll excuse me, I’ll continue packing…and getting ready for senior prom.

In the interim, enjoy this week’s SNSS featuring music from the likes of Curren$y, Dom Kennedy, Talib Kweli, Crown Royale, The Roots, Miguel, Cee Lo, M.anifest, and, of course, Yeezy (…taught you).  We also ran a snippet of our interview with Yelawolf, who dropped one of the freshest projects of the year on the low.  Go cop that Trunk Muzik 0-60 album and peep the full interview (including video) through the links below.

Show #287 (11-28-10)

1. Talib Kweli – “Cold Rain”
2. Emilio Rojas ft. Laura Reed & Voodoo – “Champion”
3. Crown Royale – “We Gotcha”
4. Dom Kennedy – “Choose Up”
5. Fashawn ft. Night & Dirty Money – “Ride & Smokin’”
6. Curren$y – “Airborne Aquarium”
7. DJ Nphared ft. Sol – “Red October” (Local Music)
8. The Kid Daytona – “Learn”
9. Kendrick Lamar – “Night of the Living Junkie”
10. Kid Cudi ft. GLC, Chip Tha Ripper, & Nicole Wray – “The End”
11. Kanye West ft. Raekwon & Kid Cudi – “Gorgeous”
12. Parker – “Sky Music” (Local Music)
13. J. Cole ft. Drake – “In The Morning”
14. Gangrene (Oh No & Alchemist) ft. Fashawn & Evidence – “Wassup Wassup”
15. Wizdom ft. The Good Sin, Grynch, Fatal Lucciauno, & Neema – “Crazy Eights” (Local Music)
16. Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Murder Was The Case (Remix)” (Throwback of the Week)
17. Miguel – “Hard Way”
18. The Roots ft. STS & Joanna Newsom – “Right On”
19. Cee Lo Green – “No One’s Gonna Love You”
20. **INTERVIEW WITH YELAWOLF (SNIPPET)**
21. Yelawolf – “Trunk Muzik”
22. Jay Electronica ft. Jay-Z – “Shiny Suit Theory”
23. M.anifest – “Live From Ghana”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?waqaa4heq4qazqn
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/833168406cbdd6e2/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/ggrie3jrqj8x)

Link to watch the interview with Yelawolf – http://www.vimeo.com/17293319 & http://www.vimeo.com/17317224

Link to download the full interview with Yelawolf – http://www.mediafire.com/?qyc22m5pgyba2e4
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/833551839dcab9c5/)
(2nd back up – http://usershare.net/y9ipbtzo96yw)

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.

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!

Directed by: Jon Jon

“This is more than a video, more like a short story of a guy walking rapping his own lyrics, real HipHopSh!t.”  Be sure and download Eighty4’s 1st Class In Fly World mixtape too if you haven’t already.

Hyphen: Good lookin on the post Mitch.  Y’all should support the homies…good people and good music/videos!