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New Music: VEGAS = KIL – The Grey-Area
Introverse by VEGAS A soulful Philly beatmaster + a Brooklyn-born (but Queensbridge influenced) emcee = The Grey-Area. Kil produced the entire album and Vegas laced it. Kil’s beats gave me a 9th Wonder feel, and at times the music outshined the lyrics, but with only one collabo on the entire album, Vegas held his own. [...]
Album Review: Toki Wright- A Different Mirror
Feelin’ Minnesota My native home town of Minneapolis has produced a very talented hip-hop star named Toki Wright. Known most recently for being Brother Ali‘s opening act, Wright brings a passion and energy to his music. Rhymesayers Entertainment is releasing on its RSE “Spotlight Series” which, according to the press release is “aimed at giving [...]
Celebrating the 12 Year Anniversary of Outkast’s Aquemini
by Unkle Funkle So I’m sitting on my couch…smoking a hookah pipe and enjoying the health benefits of the herbal cookies I had earlier. After reading the Creative Loafing article on the 12th anniversary of Outkast’s landmark album Aquemini, I decided to listen to the album in its entirety so that I can remember why [...]
Review: Mars (The Mixtape) TK Wonder
The blazing fast rhymes of Baltimore native TK Wonder were brought to this mixtape called “Mars” on Giant Step Records on June 22nd. The mixtape ranging from breakneck (“Testarossa Autodrive” by Kavinsky) to downtempo (“Yeah Boy” by Bloody Beetroots) features a number of big name producers with TK’s hip-hop flavor added to them. The highlight for [...]
THEATRE REVIEW – Paige in Full: She Ain’t No Joke (Joke Joke Joke)
THEATRE REVIEW Paige in Full: She Ain’t No Joke (Joke Joke Joke) by sim1ontharun Real talk: when I read the tagline for Paige in Full,–”a b-girl’s visual mixtape”–I rolled my eyes and thought, “A visual mixtape?! What the eff is that? Mixtape my bleep!” Since I was a child, my parents have dragged me to [...]
New Music: Taking Over the World with the Kidz in the Hall
Kidz in the Hall feat. Just Blaze & Colin Munroe – Take Over the World [Audio clip: view full post to listen] New music from hip-hop duo Kidz in the Hall. They are about to come out with a new album, Land of Make Believe, due March 9th, but I’m feeling this new leak featuring [...]
VIDEO: Wale – My Sweetie (directed by Tabi Bonney)
This song can only be only be found on iTunes if you purchase Wale’s entire album. It is one of two bonus tracks. Wale – My Sweetie (directed by tabi Bonney) from tabi Bonney on Vimeo.
Major Major
I’ll leave it to the description/press release to get you focused: The time has finally come. After months and months of hard work, press and promo E Major is set to officially release The Major Major Mixtape presented by Under Sound Music & PedX. This thematic collection of songs features E Major collaborating with artists [...]
Hip Hop Sung By White Boys…or Something Like That…
This post is partly inspired by Ian at A Different Kitchen‘s “White Boy Wednesday” posts. It was also partly inspired by the fact that I was listening to Rifle Recoil’s cover of Outkast’s “Prototype” (which I shall post in a bit). I realized that actually there are a number of white boys who have done [...]
Requiem for Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne – Wasted (freestyle) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Most people know that I’m not the biggest Lil Wayne fan. I respect the man’s hustle, and I think he’s dropped more than a few quality rhymes here and there, but I hesitate to call him the greatest ever or the greatest of [...]
Dres of Black Sheep, Tanya Morgan on Subsoniq Radio TUESDAY
Before their show a couple of weeks ago at DC’s Liv Nightclub Dres of Black Sheep and Tanya Morgan stopped by Subsoniq radio to chop it up with the crew. Check out these snippets where Dres talks about KRS-One and PM Dawn beef, and reveals details about a possible Native Tongues Reunion. Check out the [...]
VIDEO: XO – All I Had
XO “All I Had” (LaLa) from KENNY BURNS on Vimeo. Amazing new animated video for XO’s “All I Had,” off of The Monumental, which dropped this year. This video is one of the best I’ve seen this year. (props Ricky Parker) REMEMBER XO is HEADLINING OUR ALL KILLER NO FILLER EVENT ON NOVEMBER 5TH AT [...]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Gilles Peterson presents: Worldwide
Gilles Peterson has been a champion of new music for the past 10 years thanks to his BBC Radio 1 program, Worldwide, as well as being the head of several influential record labels, the latest being Brownswood Recordings. But the music isn’t just new, like…it’s not the new Justin Bieber or Katy Perry record. The [...]
Mixtape Review: G.O.O.D. Ass Mixtape
Download: Kanye West and Perajok Present: G.O.O.D. Ass Mixtape G.O.O.D. Ass Mixtape is a sprawling 30-track collection that was put together by Russian blogger/Kanye fan/ MTV Russia Host, Perajok. This unofficial mixtape includes music from all G.O.O.D. Music members and is a compilation of recent leaks and releases from the G.O.O.D. fam. G.O.O.D. Ass Mixtape [...]
SINGLE REVIEW: “HUFF + PUFF” by Just A Band
This joint right here is real sexy-like. Your body will automatically go into autopilot: your head will start boppin’, and you’ll break into a soulful yet swingin’ two-step (think of the Robert Palmer video girls…on speed). The very beginning of the song reminds me of Supernature-era Goldfrapp with heavy synths keys, some la-la-las, and a [...]
REVIEW: Forget Spotify, MOG is the future of Music
Disclaimer: The Couch Sessions is a part of the MOG Music Network MOG All Access can be found at MOG.com. Music in the Cloud. If you’ve frequented music business websites like I have you might have heard of the that term being the “next big thing” in music. A revolution that will have a greater [...]
