The Audacity of Dope

(Thurzday, me, & Y-O at last year’s DunkXChange)

Yes y’all, Bumbershoot Festival is finally here and it’s all set up to be a big weekend at the Seattle Center.  Come through the Fisher Green Stage (the big one right in the middle near the fountain) at 5:45pm on Saturday to see U-N-I, featuring yours truly on the 1’s and 2’s, though I’d recommend getting there early at 4pm to see Mayer Hawthorne too.  De La Soul will be on that same stage at 9:30pm as well.

I’ll also be helping introduce the homies the Knux and the Black Eyed Peas on the main stage Monday, but to check out the full line up, click here.

Yo…my people are DOIN’ IT y’all!

It’s so great to see two of my favorite people in the industry, Thurz & Y-O, really start to take off and make some major moves.  This track was produced by Ro Blvd (who gets a quick cameo in the clip as well), but it’s not from their Love Supreme project.  Instead, it was a special song and video commissioned by Mountain Dew’s Green Label Sound, closely affiliated with the FADER Label and my folks at Cornerstone.  Just like our collaboration with GLS, the project turned out great and this clip is yet another stellar music video in U-N-I’s library.  Do your thing fellas…

Sidenote, be on the lookout for the official Love Supreme documentary coming soon from DRG Films.  You just might recognize one of your favorite DJ’s as the narrator…nomorganfreemano.

Man, I’m kinda speechless right now.  The homies Y-O and Thurz have really outdone themselves with the new clip for “Hollywood Hiatus” off A Love Supreme.  Much respect to super director Tomas Whitmore who has directed all their clips (and El Prez’ “UAINTUPONTHIS!”), and they seem to get better each time.  All these joints are smashing major label videos right now.

Cop that Love Supreme if you haven’t already…hint: it’s free!

I take a huge L for not posting the new album from the longtime homies Y-O and Thurzday until a full 2 days after it dropped.  Argh @ me being super busy, but at least I’m finally getting this up here.  Besides, if you’re up on things, you should have already grabbed this.  If not, head on over to YOThurz.com and download the masterpiece.

I’ve been looking forward to this ever since Y-O and Thurz first talked about it damn near 2 years ago.  Then they came up to Sound Session at the end of last year and played us the snippets and I really got hype.  Now it’s finally here in full.  Ro Blvd on the beats, Yonas & Thurz on the mic.

Download immediately.

I told y’all that I’m all about these SXSW recap clips.  Chillin’ with the homies Y-O and Thurz in Austin was definitely one of my highlights, and as you can briefly see in the clip above, Theo also traveled down with ’em.  Very dope to meet another one of the up and coming MC’s in the game.

Shout to DRG Films for producing all these dope U-N-I clips recently.  Remember, A Love Supreme drops on the 31st!!!!

The homies Y-O and Thurzday came through Sound Session at the end of last year and it’s taken me a minute to post up the video of the full interview.  We aired part of the audio a few weeks ago, but here’s the full thing.  You can peep the clip above to hear them talk all about their upcoming Love Supreme project (dropping soon!), their possible beef with the Knux, the dreaded ‘hipster’ label, and much more.

If you want to check out the broadcast audio and hear it all more clearly, here’s the audio only:

U-N-I on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?vuh4mjmr5o3
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/56497985ef8e1e3a/)

And if you missed the last time we had U-N-I in the studio, click here.  I hope you remember this:

It’s been a minute since I’ve posted up the archive of SNSS immediately following the show, but since I’m staying up late watching this Chelsea/Liverpool match on the [Phonte] DV-Arruh [/Tay], I figured I’d toss this up.  You already know how we do.  More great music from people like Alchemist, Q-Tip, The Knux, Rhymefest, John Legend, Blue Scholars, Shad, Jay Electronica (congrats!) and more.  We also debuted a very dope new track from Musab and played a quick snippet of an interview with the U-N-I homies from a while back.  I’ll be posting that full interview later this week so stay tuned…

Show #192 (2-1-09)

1. Jadakiss – “Can’t Stop Me”
2. Alchemist ft. Twista & Maxwell – “Smilin’”
3. Raekwon ft. Ghostface Killah – “Criminology, Pt. 2”
4. Focus ft. Royce The 5’9”, Phonte (of Little Brother), & Stat Quo – “Homage To Premier”
5. Q-Tip ft. Busta Rhymes, Raekwon, & Lil’ Wayne – “Renaissance Rap (Remix)”
6. Avatar Young Blaze ft. Lil’ Wayne – “King of the Streets” (Local Artist)
7. Framework – “The Route We Chose” (Local Artist)
8. Convinced ft. Shawn Jackson, Tunji (of Inverse), & El Prez – “Mass Appeal 2009 (Remix)”
9. Teriyaki Boyz ft. Kanye West & Big Sean – “Teriya-Kings”
10. **INTERVIEW WITH U-N-I (SNIPPET)**
11. U-N-I – “Night Nurse (Remix)”
12. Inverse ft. Substantial – “Spark My Soul”
13. Blue Scholars – “Coffee & Snow” (Local Artist)
14. Musab – “Get Life”
15. Zion I ft. Brother Ali – “Caged Bird, Pt. 1”
16. The Knux – “The True”
17. Rhymefest – “Supersonic (Chucky Cheese)”
18. MF Doom – “Genuine Ballskin”
19. John Legend – “Everybody Knows”
20. Jay Electronica ft. Che Grand – “Hagler”
21. Shad – “Nowadays”
22. S1 ft. Phonte – “Callin’ Me”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.mediafire.com/?tzy2yjmmgt2
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/549967123eadd3fe/ )

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.

Awww yeah, it’s finally here.  With A Love Supreme dropping soon(er than you think), Thurzday and Y-O linked up with Mick Boogie, IllRoots, and 2DopeBoyz to whet your appetite with this insta-classic mixtape.  Beats from Dibia$e, Ro Blvd, 6th Sense, Jaguar Skills, Cook Classics, and more, plus guest spots by Shawn Jackson, Evidence, Big Pooh, Tunji, Black Milk, Fashawn, Buff1, and more?

Wow.

Download this immediately and look out for U-N-I’s latest Sound Session interview to be posted soon…

Download here.

Y-O, Thurz, and Cook Classics appear to be cooking up a little something sampling one of the greatest songs of all time, Gregory Isaacs’ “Night Nurse,” for the upcoming VIMBY mixtape.  I remember Thurz singing this randomly last time U-N-I was up here and I commented on how much I love that track.  I had no idea they were working on a remake of sorts.  I can’t wait to hear the final version.

And in case you’re sleeping, vibe out to the original.  Flawless…

The homegirl KayCee from The Shameless Plug hooked up with the homeboys Thurz & Y-O when they went out to VA a little while back.  Check out the resulting interview to hear the fellas talk about their background, the curse of the “hipster” label, blogs, their upcoming Love Supreme album (y’all aren’t ready), and all sorts of goodness.  You also get some cool live performance shots.

I’ll be posting up an interview I did with U-N-I pretty soon, but first the snow and ice needs to get off the roads so I can go get the audio from the station hahah.  Hold tight!