The Audacity of Dope

I feel like Yuna’s last album, Nocturnal, kind of flew under the radar.  She’s always been one of our favorite artists on SNSS and I thought she would break out a bit more with this last project, since it’s full of great records like this one.  She just makes really enjoyable, catchy records.

Just came across this official video Yuna did for the TWINSMATIC remix to her “Live Your Life” single and now I’m on a hunt to find out more information about these producers.  Their Soundcloud page is blowing my mind right now.  Heavy.

Check out new music on this week’s SNSS from artists like Common, Kendrick Lamar, Stalley, Miguel, Big Boi, Spree Wilson, 50 Cent, Saigon, STS, J. Cole, and more.  Shout to the Pac Div homies for calling in as well.

In other news, if you missed our interview with Yuna, you can watch it right here.  Many thanks to her for coming through and performing a few amazing acoustic tracks for us live in the studio.  Enjoy!

Show #382 (10-7-12)

1. Kanye West ft. Raekwon, Pusha T, Common, 2 Chainz, CyHi The Prynce, Kid Cudi, & D’Banj – “The Morning”
2. DJ Drama ft. Common, Kendrick Lamar, & Lloyd – “My Way”
3. Stalley – “Loud Motors”
4. Cassow ft. Epp – “Where U At” (Local Music)
5. Miguel – “Kaleidoscope Dream”
6. Frank Ocean – “Lost”
7. Mayer Hawthorne ft. Snoop Dogg – “Can’t Stop (Dam-Funk G-Mix)”
8. Big Boi ft. Kelly Rowland – “Mama Told Me”
9. Spree Wilson – “Right One, Wrong Time”
10. 50 Cent ft. Too Short – “First Date”
11. **INTERVIEW WITH PAC DIV**
12. Pac Div – “Automatic”
13. Eighty4 Fly – “Cool Kid” (Local Music)
14. Kendrick Lamar ft. Dr. Dre – “Compton”
15. Saigon – “Relafriendship”
16. Lupe Fiasco ft. Bilal – “How Dare You”
17. Sam Lachow & Raz ft. Ariana DeBoo – “Coyotes” (Local Music)
18. J. Cole – “Get Free Coleworld”
19. Big Daddy Kane – “Young, Gifted, and Black” (Throwback of the Week)
20. Toussaint Morrison – “Can’t Relive The Party”
21. STS ft. J. Nics – “Schoolie’s Jawn”
22. Steven A. Clark – “F.*.C.K., Pt. 2”

Link to download the mp3 of the show – http://www.sharebeast.com/c4p83frxnki6
(back up / streaming link – http://www35.zippyshare.com/v/89025052/file.html)
(2nd back up – http://linkmixes.com/c0w9870kwxny)

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 in Seattle for the 2012 Capitol Hill Block Party, Malaysian-born singer Yuna visited SNSS for an interview and live performance.  We discussed her transition from Asia, the role MySpace, Indie Pop, and FADER played in her success, meeting and working with Pharrell, her creative process, her growing collection of cover records, life on tour, her self-titled US debut album, her next project, and more. Additionally, she performed two acoustic songs live in studio: “Live Your Life” (5:40) and “Decorate” (16:08).

Yuna is a true talent.  Catch up if you’ve been sleeping and keep an eye out for her to make some big waves in the near future.

Shout out to the Cornerstone, Detooz Films, and Le Fresh Perspective homies for helping make this happen.

While I don’t think anyone is capable of improving on Frank Ocean’s flawless original, I was happy to see Yuna cover “Thinkin’ Bout You.”  She came with a unique twist on it and it turned out dope.  There’s a rumor that a certain Seattle based radio show might be linking up with Yuna in a few days for an interview and exclusive acoustic performance…

Yuna’s latest visuals are for “Live Your Life,” the excellent Pharrell produced lead single for her upcoming album dropping in April.

Happened to stumble across this video today as I was going through music (shout to 2DopeBoyz for posting it) and particularly liked some of the writing on here.  Yuna’s voice is awesome too.

This is my favorite song out right now, shout to Rob Stone and the Cornerstone homies for putting me up on this. I may or may not have a crush on Yuna too.  Here’s the original, beyond classic unplugged version from Nirvana, just for good old times sake: