The Couch Sessions
Jazz/Blues/Gospel

New Music: Jose James – Save Your Love For Me

Jose James – Save Your Love For Me
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Jazzanova feat. Jose James – Little Bird
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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 a dude that you all [...]

April 21, 2009

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J-Day: The Soil And Pimp Sessions

Soil and Pimp Sessions - SATSURIKU-Rejects
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Soil and Pimp Sessions - Fantastic Planet
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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 airing in the DC [...]

March 13, 2009

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A Suite for Ma Dukes

A Suite for Ma Dukes – Find a Way
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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 Suite is [...]

February 16, 2009

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New Music: Little Dragon

Little Dragon – Test
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Little Dragon – Constant Surprises
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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 random emails like [...]

April 2, 2008

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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 like [...]

March 18, 2008

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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 one. [...]

January 24, 2008

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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 the [...]

November 29, 2007

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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, [...]

September 12, 2007

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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 [...]

August 17, 2007

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