Archive for December, 2008

“Fifteen Greats In ‘08″ - The Most Exceptional Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

Generally, the bickering and babbling that coincides with ranking the year’s best LPs tend to blur the focus on the overall picture. While some albums directly catered to personal preferences more immensely than others, all the selections emerged amongst the year’s best in regards to quality, visibility...

December 31st, 2008 | ALBUM REVIEWS, MUSIC, STRAY SHOTS | Read More

TSS Presents 2008: The Best Year Ever - Fourth Quarter

October T-Pain’s Vocoder tried to take over the game and we helped VH1 recognize game. 1520 Sedgwick Ave. flew totally under the rap industries radar. Common got some of that Bill Gates Money. ?uestlove stopped by and told a few stories, while we wished McGruder would tell us some more. Letterman...

December 31st, 2008 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

“I Am Music?” - Lil Wayne Performs In Oakland

Pic Property of Rap-Up More than anything else on Christmas Eve, I wanted to walk out of the home of the Golden State Warriors able to affirm everything Wayne has boasted from being the best rapper alive to the embodiment of music itself. I’ve seen Jay-Z in his prime, Big Daddy Kane years past...

December 31st, 2008 | GENERAL, REVIEWS, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Skillz - 2008 Wrap Up

Radio rip for now but you know the CDQ is coming. Far too much fuckery to try to reel off quotes. Skillz pretty much covered

December 31st, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

Winner: Best Comment Of The Year

TSS has the pleasure of claiming one of the most colorful comment boards on the Interweb. The discussions are often lively, seldom rude, sometimes incredibly insightful and always entertaining. On the post for our first “SMH 2008″ nominee, “It’s So Cold In The D,” we indulged...

December 31st, 2008 | AUDIO, Everything Else, GENERAL, MUSIC, SMOKE BREAK, STRAY SHOTS | Read More

TSS Presents 2008: The Best Year Ever - Third Quarter

July Mos Def had the best week ever and Nas blessed the leak of his album. We collectively were down to our last 5 cigs as we defined what classic meant to us and wondered where the new ones were. We reminisced over L Boogie and jammed out to “Yacht Rock”. Jesse and The New Yorker went...

December 31st, 2008 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

TSS x Fly Society x North Tower Present Mythblazers: Episode Two

Presented to you by TSS, Fly Society and North Tower Media There’s nothing like a long drive, cruising along to some 17.5 and puffing an L. It’s quite relaxing, even with Cannon (or Shawty Redd) bumpin’ violently in the back. It’s also quite dumb—considering my track record at least.

December 31st, 2008 | SMOKE BREAK, Videos | Read More

Mikkey Halsted - “Karma” Video

Featuring Kaye Fox & No ID on the beat. Chicago: The Photo Album coming soon. Audio - Mikkey Halsted Feat. Kaye Fox - Karma (Prod. by No ID) We’ll make this a two-for-one & add in this new video from Statik Selektah after the break.

December 31st, 2008 | MUSIC, VIDEO | Read More

Pillow Talk 2008: The Most Slept On Albums Of The Year

Intro By Jesse H. Being avid music followers, we all revel in our snobbery whether we admit it or not. We all love great music, but by the time Joey Nobody throws on “Lollipop” at a party, we can only shake our heads and mumble about how we predicted the songs meteoric rise six months prior. Because...

December 30th, 2008 | ALBUM REVIEWS, GENERAL, MUSIC, REVIEWS, The Week That Was | Read More

For The Free! Week Four: TSS x Stuff

Week One is done. Same for Week Two as the Karmaloop money has been spent. The winner for Week Three has been emailed so that one is pretty much done as well. So that brings us all to this, Week Four. And believe, we saved the best (or at least the most) for last. Tees from the homies @ Hoodman,...

December 30th, 2008 | CONTESTS & GIVEAWAYS, GENERAL | Read More

Lebron Vs. Kobe

Spied @ Nigel’s So this guy decided to analyze who was better between King James and Kobe Bryant. I want to start a “Things Bored People Do” category for acts of stupidity like this.

December 30th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, MUSIC, SMOKE BREAK, STRAY SHOTS, Sports, Videos | Read More

Curren$y Previews This Ain’t No Mixtape (Part Two)

Curren$y gives another glimpse into his upcoming This Ain’t No Mixtape project. Really, this was posted just to update you to the fact that episode two of Mythblazers WILL be debuting tomorrow (No Detox), barring any more unforeseen occurrences. Yeah, we’re roughly a week behind but we’re...

December 30th, 2008 | MUSIC, VIDEO | Read More

TSS Presents 2008: The Best Year Ever - 2nd Quarter

April Crooked I finished out his Hip-Hop Weekly in grand fashion, as he set a template numerous emcees have co-opted for their own means. We looked into the art of sampling and whether a magicians producer’s tricks should ever be revealed to the crowd. Jay-Z sent another kidney shot to the music...

December 30th, 2008 | GENERAL, MUSIC, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With B.o.B

“I am most conscious about my moods. Sometimes you have to be careful what type of mood and what type of lyrics you put in your songs.” - B.O.B. B.O.B. is a fresh breath, not just in Hip-Hop but for music period. His lyrics are deep and thorough. He has the ability of painting a vivid picture in...

December 30th, 2008 | "Smoking Sessions With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

“The Way I See It…”

Words By K1NG It’s a shame when albums go slept on by the masses and only gets its shine on the blog circuit and other internet outlets, but what’s even worse is when an amazing artist gets left out of critical mentions by both blogs and mainstream media alike. I don’t know why it...

December 30th, 2008 | AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More