Approved Artist Update: Danny Swain

Danny Swain feat Von Pea - I Don’t Know
Like most Black recording artists who don’t sound like this, Danny Swain has had some trouble with his record label. After signing to Def Jux last year, the dude wasn’t even getting phone calls or emails returned. Check his interview with 33 Jones where he calls [...]

Estelle Calls Out UK for Not Supporting Black Artists

So Estelle dropped that new single with Kanye, entitled “American Boy,” which went straight to number 1 on the UK charts. However, homegirl is causing a lot of controversy for calling out the UK music industry for not supporting Black artists:
In the Guardian, Estelle calls out Adele and Duffy, two white UK soul singers, who [...]

New Wale Preview

Wale dropped a 5 second preview from his first single W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E. which will drop sometime this year. The vid concept is based off of Justice’s video for Dance. (from Ian)

The Roots: Birthday Girl Out, Rising Up In?

The Roots feat Wale and Chrisette Michele - Rising Up

Did The Roots bow down to public pressure? I know that thy listen to Blogs, but I didn’t expect them to drop Birthday Girl from their album, Rising Down. Yes, yours truly personally railed against the track, not because of the song itself, but because it [...]

The LA Times = The Baltimore Sun on The Wire

I wasn’t a big fan of The Wire’s focus on the Baltimore Sun. I thought that David Simon, the creator of the show, who made a blistering critique of our public schools in the fourth season, was basically using his show as a personal gripe since he worked at the newspaper back in the [...]

The 900 Number

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Track Listing:
1. 45 King vs. Wale – Roof 90 bpm
2. 45 King vs. Wale – Roof (DJ Ayres Remix) 111 bpm
3. 45 King vs. Wale – Strings 100 bpm
4. 45 King vs. Wale – Strings (In Flagranti Remix)-126 bpm
5. 45 King vs. Pase Rock –The 900 Number (2k8) 107-bpm
6. 45 King vs. [...]

Understandable Smooth

Ras Kass - Home Sweet Home
If you never heard about the beed between Ras/Alchemist/Jada I’m not going to get into it. I’m just gonna give you this gem of a song and add more Ras cuts to it throughout the day.

Classic Material

Found this album yesterday and have been enjoying it ever since. I know shes back in the studio, but with Santogold doin her own thing I’m not sure anything new can measure up to this.
I would post a link to DL, but get on Amazon, or go to the new Best Buy that opened [...]

The Couch Sessions Is Expanding: Need Your Help

So I know it seems that I’ve been saying that big things were happening ever since Hilary Clinton was dodging sniper fire in Bosnia, but I promise this time, things are going to pop off in a major way.
I have about 10 different projects going on right now (not even including decorating my condo) [...]

New Music: The Carps x The Cool Kids

The Carps (feat. The Cool Kids) - Heaven’s Gates & Hell’s Flame
Man, I love waking up to good music, especially when its from two artists that are Couch Sessions Approved. This is thing is flying through the Internets as I type. At some point, both The Carps and The Cool Kids got together to [...]

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