I may or may not have heard the new Outkast jawn. My lips are sealed. I’ll get y’all a full review sometime around the 22nd. Until then, check […]
Quick Takes: J Dilla, The Roots, El Nino, Kings of Diggin’
J Dilla – The Shining (preorder at Amazon) With two posthumous releases already in 2006, and two more coming down the pike, you are already seeing the evolution […]
Sleepy Brown – One of Dem Nights
Sleepy Brown – One of Dem Nights I thought Margarita was OK. A good opening single but lackluster nonetheless. One of Dem Nights is the complete opposite. This […]
New Music: Marv Ellis and Cosmos – Highs and Lows
The Best Things in Life Indie Hip-Hop Are Free: Download Highs and Lows (Zip File) Highs and Lows might be one of the best albums of 2006. There […]
The Pack – Vans
This is one of my favorite tracks of the year. Is hood skateboarding the new hotness this year?
Rhymefest: What do first week sales in Hip-Hop really mean?
Rhymefest only sold 15,000 copies of Blue Collar in its first week, and this week, the CD dropped out of the top 200. Even by Allido standards, this […]
Fonzworth – Everybody
Fonzworth Bentley – Everybody (Feat. Andre 3000, Kanye West & Sa-Ra) When Puffy’s Cartier carrier gets an album you know something is wrong with the industry. Bentley signed […]
Beck + Timbaland?
Continuing with Rome’s Negrotronix theme: Beck – ” Diamond Dogs” (produced by Timbaland) I don’t understand why Timbaland still has haters. I’m convinced that the dude can do […]
Wordsworth: Mirror Music
I have to admit that I’ve strayed the path of what the Couch Sessions is supposed to represent. We started out as the “opposite of mainstream,” promoting unsigned […]
Random Ish: Monday, August 7th, 2006
First up, check out Rome’s Negrotronix project. Good look on all of the suggestions coming in so far. This is real people. Also peep two new mixes over […]