Hip Hop Therapy

DJ Bear Blanchard is in. Why read when you can listen.

We get down to business.

Gettin' real candid now.

You ever go to the store for one thing and leave with everything but the one thing you went for? This is that.

The Diagnosis... Time to heal. @brotherbearblanchard on IG @TheDenChillin on Twitter Bear Den Entertainment Hub on FB DJ Bear Blanchard on Soundcloud barry@thetiger.fm

It's Ladies' night! The best time of the month ;)

Good evening Ladies and Gents, I hope you missed me :) This is some prior preparation for what Season 2 of Hip Hop Therapy is about to tackle: Relationships. It is my favorite session of the now retired Old School/Classic Hip Hop Saturday Night. I believe it to be the perfect segway into the crucial aspect of taking past experiences and letting them guide you to the place and person you aim to be. Season 1 was the introduction, now I get to show you why they call me Bear. (Do ya Googles)

I am back with a heartwrencher. This new season is all about relationships and being vulnerable so why not start with myself.

I'm sick of feeling helpless. So I'm gonna do something about it. You in or out?

Being Black and highlighting Therapy? Being a Man and using vulnerability as a Strength?? Being a Chunkster and promoting daily exercise??? This week is the reversal. Where we "bury" the old and lay a NEW foundation culminated with a quality Beer ;)

Toxic Masculinity Antidote. Enough said.

Forgive me for my hiatus, I've been in the lab putting together the best possible way to end Season 2. This is the way it turned out. To honor the conclusion of my 2 year Radio DJ career, here is perhaps the most impactful show I conjoured up. Releasing on my Father's Birthday just felt on point. Use the included music to enhance the experience and see you Sunday Morning ; ) Uptown Girl - Billy Joel Kiss Off - Violent Femmes Still D.R.E - Dr. Dre Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley Anyway You Want It - Journey Dazzy Duks - Duice Manic Monday - Bangles She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals Uncle Tom's Cabin - Warrant Oh Sheila - Ready For The World Psyho Killer - Talking Heads Girls on Film - Duran Duran Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio The Way It Is -Bruce Hornsby & The Range Free Fallin - Tom Petty So Alive - Love & Rockets U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer Funkytown - Lipps Inc Kid Charelemagne - Steely Dan Heaven Is A Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle Our Lips are Sealed - Go-Go's Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Holding On - Steve Winwood Don't Let Go (Love) - En Vogue Iesha - Another Bad Creation (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer Rumors - Timex Social Club The Passenger - Iggy Pop Rhythm is A Dancer - Snap Sweetest Taboo - Sade Big Poppa - Notorious B.I.G Time For Me to Fly - REO Speedwagon Mandolin Rain - Bruce Hornsby & The Range Footloose - Kenny Loggins Every Breath You Take - Police Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr Open Your Eyes - Bobby Caldwell 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton Tired of Being Alone - Al Green Listen to Your Heart - Roxette Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross Tell it to Your Heart - Taylor Dayne Big Time - Peter Gabriel Levon - Elton John Family Man - Hall & Oates Radio Song - R.E.M Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits Pump up the Jam - Technotronic

Well Folks, I'm back and ready to begin the next phase in this drama called Existing. But before I do, I have to tell you what I learned. Bear Blanchard is coming out the Den, Winter is over! See you soon for Season 3.

There really are no coincidences. Allow me to return to the intenet streets with some drunken wisdom of years past that aludes to today's clarity. Hip Hop Therapy is back in session!

I've been out living and failing but there's always a lesson in the attempt. This is a little culmination of what's to come. First off, the Yang. Also, this YouTube TedTalk is Everything. Rest yours eyes once the music starts and.... youtu.be/p2jtMEkdh6g

We are back in session with the not so impromptu drop. I am joined by the the wisdom of Payne (hint hint) and this time around it's all about Bonds. Couldn't wait to get this out as 2024 is the Katt Williams proclaimed Year of Exposing. StayTuned :)

Hate forms when we Lose our Love and the only way Out is Through the Payne (Word Allusion). Sorry for the wait, I've been healing and dealing with family, relationship, and work drama so check out Previous Sessions for a little gift and I hope you enjoy my singing :)

The beautiful thing about this one is that it was an hour long (check the tape). That's peak Therapy folks. This completes the trifecta so we hop right into it. Recorded on my last day of prescribed youth directly after a Fantasy Football Rookie Draft. *Is the best audio-physiological experience on the internet after ...(google Cymatics and thank me when you elevate:) Trigger Warnings!!! To Moms - I love you all, doing God's work. To all Ladies - Best part of pulling is that y'all decide if you want to be ;) To Dads/Husbands - Listen to R Kelly to know what to expect (sorry..I guess) To people who hate the sound of my voice - This one isn't for you but of you made it this far, might as well. To the children/babies - I apologize for adult's immaturity. We were all kids once too. Accountability + Self-Respect +Empathy = Love

I have the fullest Faith in Divine Timing and now is the season to drop this. Love Warrior style. This is one I kept in the tuck because when you got a banger, it's gotta be released when the moment is right. For those who are unaware, I had a moment as a radio DJ on a 70's, 80's and Whatever station (Shoutout 99.9) maybe I'm actually a year early? Anyways, this was one of my Two for Tuesdays shows (Same artist, back-to-back) where I talked about how we got our beautiful Language of Money. I read today to "be humble" so all I tease is that this show, this music, this topic, and how we choose how to "spend" our time is interconnected. I'll be on You(r) Tube soon to explore. See you Season 4! I Want Your (Hands on Me) - Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor Burn Rubber On Me (Why you Wanna Hurt Me) - The Gap Band Early In The Morning - The Gap Band King of Pain - The Police Can't Stand Losing You - The Police Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears Suffer The Children - TearsFor Fears You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac Fortress around Your Heart - Sting If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - Sting Kick It Out - Heart Crazy On You - Heart Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx Hazard - Richard Marx Every 1's a Winner - Hot Chocolate You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate Talk Dirty To Me - Poison Look What The Cat Dragged In - Poison Lay Your Hands on Me - Thompson Twins Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins Deeper And Deeper - Madonna Secret - Madonna Maneater - Hall & Oates You Make My Dreams (Come True) - Hall & Oates