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Ra the MC
MIXTAPE: Ra The MC – Heart of a Champion
Ra The MC – Dreams [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download – Ra The MC – Heart of A Champion Who says female MCs can’t rock? Everybody around these parts know that DC artist and He Said She Said/All Killer No Filler alum Ra The MC is one of the illest MCs around [...]
VIDEO: J Scrilla – “No Love”
Big ups to Seanie Cameras at One Viisiion for producing this amazing video for J Scrilla’s Culture of Honor, which was shot at various locations around the city, including the Edgewood Mural project at Rhode Island Avenue Metro. Lots of DMV love in this video which features a bevy of up and coming DC area [...]
VIDEO: ALL KILLER NO FILLER Trailer and Ra The MC Interview
Check out these amazing videos from iC. If you missed All Killer last Thursday (and I’m mad at you if you did) consider this a trailer to that blockbuster movie that is coming to theaters in November. If the video below does not motivate you to roll through, then nothing will. iC also chopped it [...]
Fashion pins pro wrestling to the mat with DC clothing line DURKL’s new mixtape
DOWNLOAD MIX HERE, tracklist after jump DC fashion line DURKL marches to the beat of a different drummer by comparison to the rest of the city. But they’re not about to change. Thery’re in the process of molding the city to meet them. Having existed for three years in relative anonymity, 2009 has been the [...]
RECAP: ALL KILLER, NO FILLER!
Photos by Sexy Fitsum/iLLIMETER and Lady Glock/Lady Glock Photography. Please Support. Words by Chris Kelly of True Genius Requires Insanity When I first moved to Washington, I heard plenty about “the two DCs:” two disparate cultures, ostensibly with transient denizens of the Capitol Hill-K Street-Georgetown axis on one hand and native Washingtonians on the other. [...]
New Music: Ra The MC – Spaceships
Ra The MC – Spaceships [Audio clip: view full post to listen] If you didn’t know, Ra The MC is headlinining our All Killer, No Filler event this Thursday at Liv, and to whet your appetite, Ra and her producer Judah (aka Mr. Inhighdemand) sent this tasty little track to my inbox yesterday. Spaceships is [...]
OCTOBER 1st! ALL KILLER NO FILLER IS HERE!
Flyer Design by Brian Akpa of Citizen Design. Big up for the 24 Hour Turnaround as well! If you’ve been following @couchsessions @theglasshousedc or @marcuskdowling (aka the Joint Chiefs) on Twitter, then you already know that ALL KILLER, NO FILLER will be taking over Liv Nightclub this Thursday, October 1st!! ALL KLLER is a monthly [...]
PHOTOS: He Said, She Said at Palace Five
All Photos: Lady Glock and Danielle Scruggs DC Hip-Hop with a live band at a skate shop? With Nuvo? Yeah, the concept sounds surreal, however that didn’t deter Judah, Strange Music, and 368 Music Group (along with sponsorship by Fusicioclogy and The Couch Sessions) from dropping the He Said, She Said party on Friday night. [...]
Photos: Greenspan Mixtape Release Party, Baltimore, MD
Last Thursday, rising hip-hop star Greenspan celebrated the release of his mixtape When The Sky Turns Green at the Gap store in downtown Baltimore. The setup completely flipped the script on the hip-hop performance, and is only the beginning of many good things for the dude. Ra the MC and Shyvonne also joined Greenspan for [...]
FREE SHOW: He Said, She Said, with Phil Ade and Ra The MC
On Friday, August 28th, the DMV will host He Said, She Said, showcasing two of the best male and female rappers of the DMV’s new hip-hop class. 368 Music Group along with Strange Music, Fusicology, and The Couch Sessions will present this unique FREE opportunity at Palace Five Skate Shop. If you didn’t already know, [...]
Summer Track: The Paxtons feat Ra The MC A.P. & Te’Luv – Just Tonight
The Paxtons – Just Tonight So this track is over a week old, which in this new “blog” era is an eternity, so I guess you can say that I’ve been sleeping on this track. Even though I complain that a lot of DC hip-hop (outside of the groundbreaking sounds of Wale and Tabi) sounds [...]
Mixtape: Cakes and Kisses – April 09 Mixtape
Cakes and Kisses – April ’09 Mixtape Most of y’all know that the Cakes and Kisses parties during the first week of April is the look. The party, thrown at Asylum, seamlessly throws together open mic hip-hop with cake. And you didn’t think those could go together did you? Their mixtape that just dropped is [...]
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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 [...]
