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 [...]

Review: Kenna - Make Sure They See My Face

Kenna
Make Sure They See My Face

“Why did they call it Make Sure They See My Face if they don’t have the damn face on the album cover?” my friend said as he thumbed through the liner notes of Kenna’s new album.
Unfortunately, Kenna has been getting reactions like that for a hot minute now. It almost [...]

Review: Kanye West - Graduation

Kanye West
Graduation

Let’s just put it out there–I won’t even bother to review 50’s album. Curtis is so weak that its just not worth my time and digital ink. So instead, here is a review of the lesser of two evils. Yes, I know that picking the “avant garde” choice over the “street” choice is predictable [...]

Review: Common - Finding Forever

Common
Finding Forever

There are so many things to like about this album, yet so many things to hate. Common’s Finding Forever on its surface is an amazing work of hip-hop. Songs like “Forever Begins,” “Misunderstood,” “Black Maybe,” the questionable “Drivin’ Me Wild,” and even bonus track of “Play Your Cards Right” (from the Smokin’ Aces soundtrack) [...]

Track Reviews: Q-Tip - Work It Out/Lloyd Remix

Q-Tip - Work It Out (streaming from XXL)
Track Review: Hmm…..I don’t know if I’m feelin’ this track yet. After a few listens I’m getting into the “groove,” but for the most part this track falls flat. Q-tip self-produced this single, but it compared Tip’s first official solo single, the Dilla-produced “Vivrant Thing,” which still gets [...]

Review: 2Tall Presents Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow - “Beautiful Mindz”

2Tall Presents Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow
Beautiful Mindz

Usually I listen to a CD multiple times before I write a review. For me, it’s the best way to appreciate a CD enough to put it into words. However, with Beautiful Mindz, the new collaboration CD between UK DJ 2Tall and LA-based artists Dudley Perkins and [...]

Review: Jazzy Jeff - Return of the Magnificent

Jazzy Jeff
Return of the Magnificent

Return of the Magnificent probably is Jazzy Jeff’s most hyped solo albums to date and with good reason. It’s that good. Jeff was able to snag artist from almost every spectrum of the underground hip-hop genre, and almost every track is hot right out of the box. Jeff’s production skills [...]

Reviews: Devin the Dude, Lloyd

Lloyd
Street Love

Lets face it. I’m not the biggest fan of commercial R&B. No offense to anyone who digs Omarion, Chris Brown, or Ne-yo. They make decent songs. But I just truly feel that I have to be a 14 year old girl to appreciate what they’re trying to do.
However, Atlanta’s Lloyd is a bit different [...]

Review: Sa-Ra - The Hollywood Recordings

Sa-Ra
The Hollywood Recordings

After what it seems like years in the limelight, the LA/NYC producer trio Sa-Ra finally released their promised major label LP, The Hollywood Recordings this week. After the group got shut out from the release schedule at Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music, they finally found a home at the independent label Babygrande.
Sa-Ra has always [...]

Review: Incognito - Bees + Things + Flowers

Incognito
Bees + Things + Flowers

Incognito - Bees + Things + Flowers Album Preview
The thing that I love about this whole Couch Sessions thing is the not just the music that I get in my mailbox every week, but the little gems I discover that I would never hear of otherwise.
I put the latest Incognito disc [...]

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