The Smoking Section

Archive for February, 2008

Cracking The Vaults…

Before Curtis dropped this script-flippin’ mixtape in 2001 and consequently changed how hip-hop-heads would eventually get their fix, music was copped in the form of these shiny little things called compact discs. Some of you OGs might remember ‘em.
February 29th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

“Spit Yo Game…”

Pic By Boney Starks “…Talk yo shit.” Stray Shots Spectacula - Paid In Full (Hosted by DJ Noodles) DJ Envy And Tapemasters Inc.-Purple Codeine 15 3/4-Bootleg-2008 Crooked I - An I For An I Mixtape DJ Drama & Young Jeezy-The Streets Is Watching Zion I - Family Business Mixtape DJ_Scream_&_Maceo-Flatline_(Heavy_In_The_Streets) DJ_Finesse_Keyshia_Cole-The_Rnb_Diva-2008 House_Of_Pain-No_Doubt-VLS-1996 House_of_Pain-On_Point-CDM-1994 House_of_Pain-Over_There_I_Dont_Care-CDM-UK-1995 House_of_Pain-Shamrocks_and_Shenanigans-CDM-1992 House_Of_Pain-Shamrocks_And_Shenanigans-VLS-1993 Lloyd_Banks-Form_The_Bottom_Freestyle-Promo_CDS-2004 Lloyd_Banks-Freestyles_(Promo_CDS)-2003 Lloyd_Banks-Gz_Up-(Promo_CDS)-2004 Lloyd_Banks-Im_So_Fly-(VLS)-2004 Lloyd_Banks-On_Fire_(Prod._by_Eminem)-(Promo-CDS)-2004 Stray...
February 29th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, MUSIC, STRAY SHOTS | Read More

Gnarls Barkley - “Run” Video

Gnarls Barkley. The Odd Couple. 4.8.08. Previously Posted — “Gnarls Barkley - Run (Audio)”
February 29th, 2008 | GENERAL, MUSIC, VIDEO | Read More

TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With NYOIL

Too often, emcees hit the scene full of sound & fury, yet signifying nothing. This should not be the case with NYOIL. NYOIL first garnered mass attention with the track “Ya’ll Should Get Lynched” - an attack on “coon-assed rappers” - but his resume reads much deeper...
February 29th, 2008 | "Smoking Sessions With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

Jay Electronica.

Coming from an enigmatic individual like Mr. Electronica, wouldn’t it seem like a Happy Leap Year present that we’d receive these tracks today?
February 29th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

“You Got Me…” - New Orlean’s MC Dappa

Words By David D. Even though I can get new music anytime I want in the comfort of my own dorm room, there’s nothing like going to a concert and picking up a mixtape. Every Hip-Hop fan has that one story of the time they met a rapper when he or she was a complete nobody, selling a mixtape outside...
February 29th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

“The Hunger” - Review Of Bless 1’s Starving Artist

Words By Darius Sinclair â„¢ Visit your local web browser and type in “Bless 1.” You’ll discover one of Chicago’s elite unknown MC’s – Bless 1, repping the Windy City’s Westside. Over the last year he’s garnered attention for his consistent lyrics,...
February 29th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, MUSIC, STRAY SHOTS | Read More

The Roots - “75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction)” Video

Directed by none other than
February 29th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, MUSIC, VIDEO | Read More

“I Feel Like Dying…”

Usually, I like to read Lil Wayne’s interviews & poke fun. As MTV’s been releasing excerpts of their interview this week, I’ve been amused & confused, trying to decipher through the babble. However, when Wayne started speaking on his love affair with his pink cup, I couldn’t...
February 28th, 2008 | AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Jay-Z Feat. Mary J. Blige - You’re Welcome (Prod. By Swizz Beatz)

By the drops, I’d say UHTN got this first.
February 28th, 2008 | AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

Crooked I - Hip Hop Weekly #48

Get it? Got it?
February 28th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

Speak & Spell…

In the Cav post, Deen said… I’m liking this from a pure, purist standpoint. That doesn’t happen too often these days. In order to find music you like, one has to make all these fuckin’ concessions. This is music I can take on its own terms. No chaser required. In a way, that...
February 28th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, MUSIC | Read More

Kidz In The Hall - Sweet 16 (All My Ladies)

Into the inbox & out to you…
February 28th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

Skyzoo - The Necessary Evils

Words By Jason Hortillas Skyzoo is destined to be heard. Already having worked with the likes of DJ Premier and banging out the album, Cloud 9: The 3 Day High with 9th Wonder, in evidently three days, the Brooklynite has the ability to draw fans from all walks of Hip-Hop. His last mixtape
February 28th, 2008 | AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

“Make It Better” - Review Of eMC’s The Show

Words By K1NG Mainstream New York hip hop has lost it’s swagger. It has taken a backseat to the likes of Mims, Lil’ Mama, and other one-hit wonders that completely jacked Southern “hip-pop” of their fun, bouncy, bass heavy beats. Enter eMC and their debut  album, The Show.
February 27th, 2008 | ALBUM REVIEWS, GENERAL, MUSIC | Read More