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NEW MUSIC: Next Stop…Soweto Vol.3: The Giants, Ministers & Makers: Jazz in South Africa 1963-1984
Dennis Maple – Orlando (from Next Stop…Soweto Vol.3) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Strut Records released volume 3 in the three-part ”Next Stop… Soweto” series, exploring the musical soul of South Africa. While volumes 1 and 2 focused on township jive and soul, hip-hop, funk and R&B, volume 3 takes retrospective glance to a [...]
Get to Know: The Last Poets
On July 19, 2010, I had the distinct honor of checking off a box on my ‘bucket list’ I didn’t believe I’d ever have the opportunity to even imagine: I witnessed the raw effervescence of hip-hop’s true godfathers, The Last Poets, at DC’s own Blues Alley. It was such a powerful experience that it’s taken [...]
New Music: Jose James – Save Your Love For Me
Jose James – Save Your Love For Me [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jazzanova feat. Jose James – Little Bird [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I apologize to everyone. I haven’t written about Jose James on The Couch Sessions at all. That my friends, is sad. Why? Because Jose James is [...]
J-Day: The Soil And Pimp Sessions
Soil and Pimp Sessions - SATSURIKU-Rejects [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Soil and Pimp Sessions - Fantastic Planet [Audio clip: view full post to listen] One day at work, one of my bosses came up to me and gave me a task of picking out music for a TV commercial for our job that was [...]
A Suite for Ma Dukes
A Suite for Ma Dukes – Find a Way [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I know that this 5 song EP popped up last week, but for those who didn’t know, please buy A Suite for Ma Dukes from iTunes. It is, one of the best Dilla tributes that I’ve ever heard. The [...]
New Music: Little Dragon
Little Dragon – Test [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Little Dragon – Constant Surprises [Audio clip: view full post to listen] So the other day I got this weird email from someone with the title, “Good R&B Music” and a link to the MySpace page for Little Dragon. Of course, I always get [...]
Review: Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Erykah Badu New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War When I first heard the track “The Healer” on Erykah Badu’s 4th full length album, I thought that homegirl had lost it. Even though the track was set to a dope Madlib beat, and is probably the best head nodders in a long time, it sounded [...]
New Music: Erykah Badu – The Healer
Erykah Badu – The Healer (zShare) I heard this last week on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide radio show but never got a chance to rip it. Fortunately someone got around to it because this is a killer track. I gotta admit, even though I loved Oh Word’s Baduizm parody, I’ve been a Badu fan since day [...]
Vote in the Okayplayer Awards
Okayplayer just set up their first ever online awards. Check the site to vote. The application is a little buggy (it just erased my votes when I clicked on another link) but I’m positive that the results will be way better than MTV can come up with. Is it me, or did the end of [...]
New Queen Latifah – Trav’lin’ Light
Queen Latifah – Poetry Man Queen Latifah is one of the few artists from rap’s golden era that has been able to remain relevant (and rich) in the hip-pop decade. But unlike most rappers who try and pen that next “comeback album,” the Queen has gone in a different direction, starting a successful production company, [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
