Questlove Interview w/ Sunday Night Sound Session

J. Moore, Questlove, DJ Hyphen
Last Thursday, The Roots and Erykah Badu played Marymoor Park. After the show, Questlove and Black Thought made their way down to Neumos to perform a set; afterwards, Questlove held it down on the 1's and 2's the rest of the night. Thanks to CultureMob on the lookout for hookin it up with passes to the show. It was nice to finally see how Questlove does it on the decks.

Check out the videos below, as DJ Hyphen and J. Moore bust out with the flipcam to speak one on one with Questlove on a number of topics from "Rising Down" to a lost Roots album. As well as talk of a sequel to Dave Chappelle's Block Party and working on albums from Al Green and Marvin Gaye. Oh, can't forget Questlove volunteering for the Barack Obama campaign! This 5 part interview is courtesy of DJ Hyphen of The Audacity of Dope! Check out the blog. You can also click here to download the audio only version of this interview.

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U-N-I on Sunday Night Sound Session

U-N-I stopped by the KUBE 93 studios to perform Beautiful Day live over the airwaves while they were in town for the DunkXchange over the weekend that was held at Chop Suey. More goodness over on The Audacity of Dope!

88 Keys on Sunday Night Sound Session

On the latest installment of KUBE 93's Sunday Night Sound Session, 88 Keys calls in to the show with DJ Hyphen and J. Moore. Click here to listen to the interview.

88 Keys called into my show this week to talk all about his upcoming debut album, Death of Adam, including the concept behind it, the guest appearances, and Kanye's role as executive producer. He also discussed how Adam's Case Files: The Mixtape is going to lead into the album, its availability on the "Fresh Rhymes & Videotape" tour that kicks off today (Monday, June 2nd, 2008) in Seattle (along with Dilated Peoples, Alchemist, and Aceyalone), his production techniques, and more.

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Guru & Solar on Sunday Night Sound Session

DJ Hyphen & J. Moore talk to Guru & Solar on Sunday Night Sound Session this weekend, but if you can't wait 'til tomorrow night to hear it on KUBE 93, you can click here to hear them "talk all about their new Jazzmatazz mixtape ("Timebomb - Back To The Future"), updating the golden age hip-hop sound, the movement behind their 7 Grand label, a little Obama talk, and more."

Click on the cover art below to download The Timebomb - Back to the Future mixtape hosted by Doo Wop and produced by Solar.

TRACKLISTING
01 Intro (Don Gurizzy)
02 Knowledge ft. Lord Tariq
03 7 Grand Ya'll ft. Solar
04 For Ya Mind ft. Zion I
05 Peace! ft. K-Born, Highpower & Solar
06 State of Clarity ft. Common (Solar Remix)
07 Who Got It On Lock ft. Doo Wop
08 B-Boy Kamikaze ft. Tony Touch & Doo Wop (Diaz Brothers)
09 Too Slick ft. Yungun
10 So What It Do Now ft. Aceyalone
11 We Got That ft. Nature & Solar
12 Jazzy Wayz (7 Grand Exclusive)
13 Stand Up (Some Things'll Never Change) (Reggae Mix) ft. Damian Marley
14 Hot Like That ft. Medinah
15 No Need for Stress
16 Back to the Future ft. Caron Wheeler & C.Knowledge (Digable)
17 Assasino ft. Young Pablo
18 The Game Needs Me ft. Blue Scholars & Common Market
19 Feed the Hungry (Solar Remix)
20 Can't Stop the Movement (7 Grand) ft. Ms. Camille

Nas on KUBE 93 Sound Session

Nas was in town last night performing at Showbox Sodo. J. Moore and DJ Hyphen of KUBE 93 got to interview the nasty one for Sound Session. You'll be able to listen to the whole interview which is to air tomorrow night on KUBE 93 at 10:45pm. Click here to find more info on Sunday Night Sound Session and check this for archived interviews.

UPDATE: Full Nas Interview (Audio)

Bun B Show Reviews & Interview

This past Friday, Bun B was back in Seattle after a matter of months from the last time he visited. Back then it was with Swizz Beatz for the Zune Takeover 2 party at the War Room. This go around he showed up dolo backed by Zune for their "On The Road" initiative where they provide promotional support for an artist as they tour the country. Most notably, each artist is provided with a vinyl wrapped tour bus. Dyme Def hosted this event at Neumos with local artists, Framework, and D. Black of Sportn' Life Records opening up the evening. The show was thrown by Soul Gorilla with support from Jeepney Clothing.

Larry Mizell of The Stranger has a review of what he experienced as well as Katelyn Hackett of Seattlest. In addition, Bun B stopped by the KUBE 93 studios to record an insightful interview with DJ Hyphen and J. Moore of Sunday Night Sound Session to be aired on their weekly show. Read and hear more about what you missed out on.

Throwed by Larry Mizell, Jr. of The Stranger

Throwed (usually pronounced thode) is Houston slang that means, among other things- tight, cool, partytime excellent! That would best describe last night’s Bun B x Framework x D.Black show at Neumos. Throwed also means drunk, gone, slizzard- that would best describe me at last night’s Bun B x Framework x D.Black show at Neumos.

Our Review of Bun B, Framework at Neumos by Katelyn Hackett of Seattlest

Into gangsta rap and the club scene? Frequent mentions of certain lady-parts, an ostentatious tour bus dominating 10th and Pike, and the flashy, dressed-up crowd would have sated your appetite. But there was more to the show than that. Bun B's a professional, the real deal; better yet, he's a grown-up with good taste in visual spectacle and a finely-tuned ear for the perfect hook.

Bun B Interview by DJ Hyphen & J. Moore of KUBE 93 Sunday Night Sound Session [Audio]

On the 206Proof forum, ptroy pointed out a funny part of the interview where DJHyphen mentioned something he wasn't supposed to around the 5 minute 30 second mark. Especially since the tour was sponsored by Zune. Bun B calmly responds with, "no... don't say that... it's just my phone." Around the 26 minute 55 second mark, Bun B throws in a shout for the Zune player as he talks about what he's listening to now. Take a listen and you'll see what I mean.

ptroy: "I had to laugh at the ___-phone slip up though. ZUNE!"
DJHyphen: "hahaha, i felt bad i put him on blast..."

Brainstorm & Choklate on Sunday Night Sound Session

This past Sunday night's show of Sound Session was packed full of flava on KUBE 93. You can catch DJ Hyphen and J. Moore from 10:45pm-12:15am. Though, if you're the type to hit the sack before that manic Monday for work, you can always catch the archive of any one show in the past here.

Okay, now that that's out of the way. Brainstorm's (Dyme Def) collaboration with Young Buck called, I Got You, was premiered on radio this past weekend. In addition, Choklate dropped by the show to talk a bit about what's poppin off with her. She'll actually be performing a two dates at Jazz Alley beginning tonight. Click here for more information.

Download Brainstorm & Young Buck - I Got You (h/t to Benito of Soul Gorilla)
To listen to the March 1st edition of Sunday Night Sound Session, click here!

The Stranger

KEYS TO THE CITY: SEATTLE, JONATHON MOORE

Raheem DeVaughn on Sunday Night Sound Session

Raheem DeVaughn made an appearance on KUBE 93's Sunday Night Sound Session with DJ Hyphen and J. Moore. Not sure when this show first aired though. Must've been within the past few weeks or so.

A head-to-head hip-hop homecoming

The Red Bull Big Tune Championship is just around the corner. Andrew Matson (Seattle Times) touches base and informs you on what the stakes are for this Thursday's contestants! Click here for the full house.

"Seattle is where the program originated," back when it was a Seattle-only event in 2004, said co-creator and media liaison Jonathan Moore. Since then, Big Tune has gone national. "Bringing it back here for the finals is like a homecoming," Moore said.

War Room, Dyme Def, J. Pinder, Vitamin D, J. Moore, Red Bull, Big Tune

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