Suffocate

Opening track "Suffocate" rocks with a Sevendust-like intensity, and "Raw" is an aptly-titled number thanks to blistering chords and furious roars.

Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

"Suffocate;" utterlyusurping of BET's 106 & Park; his album Back of my 'Lac debuting #1 on the R&B chart and selling nearly 800,000 copies; BET and American Music Award nominations for Best Male R&B Artist.

SOHH Blogs 2009

On the cover, the words "Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self" are connected by thin, golden loopy thread running off the margins, outside the lines.

Danielle Evans, an author straddling racial divides DeNeen L. Brown 2010

Depending on who is listening, the characters in the collection -- titled "Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self" -- could be a best friend or that girl down the street, but many of them are "outsiders," says Evans, black or biracial people who are wrestling with race and the legacy of race in a so-called post-racial era.

Danielle Evans, an author straddling racial divides DeNeen L. Brown 2010

Depending on who is listening, the characters in the collection -- titled "Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self" -- could be a best friend or that girl down the street, but many of them are "outsiders," says Evans, black or biracial people who are wrestling with race and the legacy of race in a so-called post-racial era.

Danielle Evans, an author straddling racial divides DeNeen L. Brown 2010

On the cover, the words "Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self" are connected by thin, golden loopy thread running off the margins, outside the lines.

Danielle Evans, an author straddling racial divides DeNeen L. Brown 2010

One of this season's buzz books, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self Riverhead, the debut story collection from Danielle Evans, proves that innovative short fiction is not dead.

Marlynn Snyder: Thrilling Short Fiction and Gay Best Friends Marlynn Snyder 2010

“Suffocate an infant and throw its body in the water, or simply throw it in the water without killing it first, deny guilt, and you are home free.”

Defending the Damned Kevin Davis 2007

“Suffocate an infant and throw its body in the water, or simply throw it in the water without killing it first, deny guilt, and you are home free.”

Defending the Damned Kevin Davis 2007

“Suffocate an infant and throw its body in the water, or simply throw it in the water without killing it first, deny guilt, and you are home free.”

Defending the Damned Kevin Davis 2007