Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

The first month of 2015 is over, and I hope you are having a better year already than last year.  Has everyone already started their party-planning engines yet for SXSW? Bought but not cracked open the novel for that new genre-specific book club you joined? Gone to the gym for a week before realizing drinking heavily was still really important to your sanity? Tried out that hip new bar on the east side only to be confronted with the fact that you’re not young enough be to at the coolest places anymore and that you kind of detest the people that are? Cool, yeah, 2015 is going about the same for me.

Well, at least we still have music to tell us we’re cool, hip, and that people like us.  So below is my monthly bid for your affection.  Remember, you can hear songs like this live on the radio every Sunday from 2-3:30 PM on KOOP 91.7FM or koop.org.

SONG OF THE MONTH:  Run the Jewels – Lie, Cheat, Steal

Jamie and Mike were nice enough to release another video from Run the Jewels 2 yesterday, this time for one of the stand-out tracks on the album,  In case you missed it, here it is:

SHIT TO LISTEN TO:

:Lizzo – W.E.R.K. Pt. II:
:Zion I – Juicy Juice:
:Tink – Around the Clock (Featuring Charlemagne):
:J-Live – School’s In:
:KB the BooBonic – Farrah Flo$$it: (LOCAL – her Album Release Party is 2/15 at Empire!)
:Jay Electronica – Prowler 2 (Featuring Jean Grae and Joell Ortiz):
:Hudson Mohawke – Chimes:
:Hail Mary Mallon – Dollywood:
:Chali 2Na And DJ Nu-Mark – Comin’ Thru:
:Freddie Gibbs And Madlib – Shitsville:
:AnnaLove x Cory Kendrix – Wax On (Payton Long’s WE DA BEST Remix): (LOCAL)
:Bavu Blakes – Summer Saturday Songs: (LOCAL)
:Hologram Kizzie – The Responsibility:
:Vince Staples – Hands Up:
:Charizma And Peanut Butter Wolf – High School Love: