Tear The Club Up

Check my man hiphopdan and DC artist Wale as they get it poppin in Baltimore!!
More information about the event here.

Kanye vs 50

I wasn’t gonna take this up until after my hiatus, but since these YouTube snippets came out I felt the need to comment on them. As most of y’all know, instead of mourning the dead on September 11th (don’t wanna be blunt but I know someone who was supposed to be on the 80th floor [...]

DC: WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Hiatus, For Reals This Time

The video above is completely unrelated, but still….
So here’s the deal people. I’m gonna put the site on Hiatus until after Labor Day (Sept 3rd). I’m off to Vegas at the end of the week (let’s hope ya boy doesn’t get arrested!) and there is a bunch of work stuff that I have to [...]

Michael Vick

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I usually don’t write about non-music related topics, but since people want to know my opinion, here it is: Michael Vick is an idiot. Sure, I know that the media, the Feds, and the states are persecuting him and making him an example because he’s Black (you know if he were white he would [...]

Album Preview: Janelle Monae Just Dosen’t Give a F#%k

www.myspace.com/janellemonae
[mp3]http://www.thecouchsessions.com/media/Violet-Stars-Happy-Hunting-.mp3[/mp3]
Janelle Monae - Violet Stars Happy Hunting!
(fyi…I’m experimenting with MP3 players so if this song doesn’t play bear with me)
Remember Janelle Monae?
Most people will remember her as the girl from the Idlewild track “Morris Brown” as well as from Big Boi’s Got Purp Vol 2 (”Time Will Reveal”, “Lettin’ Go”). At the time, she got [...]

Anybody Checking Up on Global Grind?

So I got an email last week to check up on Global Grind, which describes itself as a “custom web 2.0 home page solution for the hip hop generation.” It’s the creation of 360hiphop/BET networks and it just received 4.5 million dollars in first round funding, [...]

Review: Common - Finding Forever

Common
Finding Forever

There are so many things to like about this album, yet so many things to hate. Common’s Finding Forever on its surface is an amazing work of hip-hop. Songs like “Forever Begins,” “Misunderstood,” “Black Maybe,” the questionable “Drivin’ Me Wild,” and even bonus track of “Play Your Cards Right” (from the Smokin’ Aces soundtrack) [...]

Miles Davis, Nas & Olu Dara

Mp3: Miles Davis, Nas & Olu Dara - Freedom Jazz Dance
I’ve been listening to a lot of jazz lately (more on that soon) and no one epitomizes jazz like Miles Davis. In tribute to Mile’s and his impact on jazz, a new CD entitled Evolution of the Groove is being released next week. The [...]

Tay Zonday May Get A Record Deal

I’m surprised that none of the hip-hop blogs have talked about the true Summer Jam of the year, Tay Zonday’s Chocolate Rain. If YouTube views (which number over 4,000,000) were measured like record spins, I’m sure this dude would have the largest hit record of the summer. Add to that, the dude has performed Jimmy [...]

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