Interview: Lil B of the The Pack

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The first time I heard the single for “Vans” I knew that there was something different about The Pack. The Bay Area teens (Lil Uno, Young L, Lil B, & Stunna) weren’t shy about their love for a skateboard shoe in their song “Vans”, (as opposed to the traditional Nike’s), which set the Internet on [...]

Best of 2006: Top 15 Albums of 2006

15.) Van Hunt - On the Jungle Floor - On first listen this album didn’t get to me. But after a while, I was addicted to Hunt’s combination of rock and soul. (Not in a Maxwell way, of course). Van Hunt should be on more people’s iPods cause the dude is a sleeper sensation.

14.) Gnarls [...]

Best of 2006: Top 5 Youtube Videos of 2006

The topic is self explanatory. I could go into how YouTube has changed the way we look at video, etc, etc, but Time magazine already covered that. But these are the videos that made me die laughing.

Cassie on 106th and Park - I knew Cassie was a fraud from day one, but I think this [...]

Random Ish Radio 017: Best of 2006 Podcast, Part 1

MP3 Download: The Couch Sessions/Better Than Yours Radio Show, Part 1
Me and Rome sat down a couple weeks ago to wax poetic and pretty much go dumb on all the things that went down in 2006. Actually, we had so much fun on this Podcast that it ended up being almost 2 [...]

Best of 2006: R&B Artist of the Year

Joy Denalane
Unless you spend hours on the Internets and the MySpace looking for music like yours truly, you would never hear of Joy Denalane. But truth be told, this German R&B singer has all the chops to hang with any of the American artists out there today. Her new CD, entitled Born and Raised, also [...]

Best of 2006: Couch Sessions Breakout Artist of the Year

Danny Swain

Danny Swain - Can’t Wait (Radio Edit) (Direct Download)
Danny Swain - Cafe Surreal (Mediafire)
To say that D. Swain made moves in 2006 would be an understatement. The Georgia based rapper might just be the prototype for do it yourself artists in 2007. The dude produced, rapped, promoted, and designed the website for his current [...]

Best of 2006: The “Snakes on a Plane” Awards

In 2006, the “Snakes on A Plane” effect was in full force. What is the “Snakes on a Plane Effect?” Well, its when something gets hyped to the heavens on the Internet, only to bomb whenever it gets released to the general public, just like the movie Snakes on a Plane. Remember that movie? It [...]

Best of 2006: City of the Year

Baltimore
“This is not a rich city in terms of money, so people become rich in spirit and soul.”
-Labtekwon
If Atlanta beat New York down to the ground to take the crown for City of the Year in ‘05, then Baltimore snuck in from the back to give the final lethal body blow in ‘06. B-more [...]