This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of 2008, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of […]
Best of 2008
When I started The Couch Sessions in 2004, I wanted to create a space where urban and underground artists of all walks could come together and share ideas […]
New Music: Jay-Z feat MC Lyte – BK Anthem
Jay-Z feat MC Lyte – BK Anthem [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/jay-z-feat-mc-lyte-bk-anthem.mp3] Wow, yet another Brookyn-lovin’ leak from Hova, this time featuring MC Lyte. A decent track, however, I think it lacks […]
Is Jazzanova’s Of All Things The Album of the Year?
It’s not that I don’t like “street” hip-hop, or the pop music that plays on the radio, it’s just that I feel sorry that most of America won’t […]
New Music: Kenna- “Say Goodbye to Love” (Trackademicks Remix) feat. Mike Bake
First off, congratulations to my boy Kenna for being nominated for a Grammy last week for best Urban/Alternative performance (aka the only Grammy category I really care about). […]
New Music: Havana – Nitelife
Havana – Nitelife [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/havana_nitelife_feat_trackademicks.mp3] Havana – Shine (Nicolay Remix) [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/life-havana-shine-nics-remix-prod-by-nicolay.mp3] So by some reason or another, I found Havana’s last CD on my hard drive at work and […]
Day N Nite
Stone let this one breathe! If you don’t know about this song you either go to The Park too often or have been living under a rock. Kid […]
Track of the Week: Bost & Bim Feat Brisa Roché & Lone Ranger – Jamaican Boy
Bost & Bim Ft Brisa Roché & Lone Ranger – Jamaican Boy [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/jamacian-boy.mp3] (I must thank Gilles Peterson for this one.) The Parisian duo of Bost & Bim […]
Video: Jay-Z Feat Santogold – Brooklyn Go Hard
I know that “the streets” might not feel this one, but as someone who is a Senior IT professional and a self-confessed computer nerd, it warms my heart […]
Wow. Just Wow.
This video had many of us rolling in the floor laughing. Their rendition of Nelly’s Hot In Here seals it for me. (spotted at The Incubator)