The Couch Sessions

Outkast

    REVIEW: Big Boi – Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty

    In 1994, I became obsessed with hip hop and music in general. The album that did it, Outkast’s debut, Southernplayalisticcadillacmusik. Prior to that point, all I knew about Southern hip hop was that I thought the Geto Boys were the most “real” rap group I’d ever heard in my life, “My Mind’s Playing Tricks On [...]

    July 8, 2010 2 Comments

    New Music (That Jive Doesn’t Want You to Hear?): Big Boi – Lookin’ For Ya Feat. André 3000

    So the word around the interwebs is that there was/is some apparent beef between Big Boi and Jive about this song making it onto the final cut of Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (which it didn’t). Jive didn’t ‘know what to do with it’ (WTF is that about?) and in a way they set out to make it disappear. HA! [...]

    June 8, 2010 No Comments

    The 6 Most Anticipated Albums of 2010

    Even though there might not be any breakout stars for 2010, there are several blockbuster and possibly game-changing projects on deck for 2010.

    December 10, 2009 3 Comments

    7 Cuts that Killed the Nouveau Riche Party (for me)

    So most of y’all know that I’ve been in full on DJ mode or the past few months. For the most part, I blame my homie Marcus, but on the other hand, I needed a reprieve from what I consider boring, formulaic music and DJ’s are my new refuge. I might be losing what little [...]

    February 2, 2009 5 Comments

    Big Boi – Something’s Gotta Give (featuring Mary J. Blige)

    A very dope and overtly political song from Big Boi from his solo album, entitled Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty which drops this year. The track is slightly cliched’ but its good to see Mary J back in form.

    July 31, 2008 No Comments

    Big: Atlanta Ballet x Big Boi Opens Tonight

    Anybody down in Atlanta going to this? I’m not the biggest ballet fan, but this type of thing is such a good look for Big Boi. It pretty much Outkast can do pretty much anything and still come out on top.  However, didn’t we all think that Andre 3000 would do something like this first? [...]

    April 10, 2008 No Comments