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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 – 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]