Words by Khalid Strickland

Many writers get into the journalism game to win Pulitzer Prizes or change the literary world for the better. Me? I’m in it for the free shit. Open bars, T-shirts, calendars of Ice-T’s wife, CoCo. If it ain’t on my dime, I’ll take it. If there’s time between bong hits and negotiating some trim, maybe I’ll throw an actual story together. And this is one of those special moments.

Pics By Dirty Angel

Last Friday night, at the AMC Loews Orpheum on the Upper East Side, Juelz Santana and Jim Jones treated a bunch of friends and media members to a late-night screening of Notorious. Amongst the large crowd were Hot-97 FM’s DJ Enuff (Biggie’s real-life tour DJ, who also appears in the flick), Maino, Freekey Zeekey, Skull Gang and Byrd Gang. How did a bum like me infiltrate this jump-off? Riq Rose, my favorite Skull Gang rapper, brought me along as a guest which was a good look. Notorious is a pretty decent flick and Gravy did his thing as Christopher Wallace. In the role of Lil’ Kim, former 3LW-member Naturi Naughton shed her pristine image along with her bra and panties. But that’s enough about the flick; I won’t spoil the ending of the film for anyone. Read the rest of this entry »

Cold does not mean that you are allowed to slack on your fresh. Read the rest of this entry »

Amber Fox By Rho Photos

It’s Not Supposed To Bend That Way [Don Chavez]

How to Properly Attend A Porn Awards Show [Coed]

YouTube Clip of the Day [C&D]

Katy Perry Nude? [The Grumpiest]

McNabb Again Shows That “Comeback” Is Not In His DNA [Black Blog Voices]

10 Pro Athletes Who Twitter [Coed]

Mixtape Monday: The Clipse Hint At Kanye West Collabo [MTV]

Found in the inbox from the homie Trackstar The DJ…

I’m offering the physical copies of Growth & Patience as a pre-sale along with my “Hip Hop Needs Balance” T-shirts. Thought I’d send it to you and let my TSS brethren have first crack at it. Normally I push the T’s with one free CD, but I figured in anticipation of the Royce joint I’d throw in that, a copy of The Aristocrats, plus one other randomly selected mix from my catalog. That’s three cds and a dope tee for $19 postage paid. I figure even in a recession that’s pretty effin reasonable. Sizes range from S to XXXL.

Paypal to djtrackstar@gmail.com and we’re good….I’ll get any and all pre-orders in the mail by Tuesday morning.

One fresh shirt. Two certified, TSS approved discs plus a bonus from Track for a total of three. All for less than $20, which is not bad in these economic times. Holler @ Track to get your fix. If that’s too thick for your blood, you can cop a hard copy of G&P for $7 at Track’s e-bodega.

More pics of the shirt after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

It takes a bold brother to set foot into Colorado. But B.o.B. braves the cold (shoulders) and tears it down @ The Ogden in Denver. Read the rest of this entry »

“Aggin fell for the mouse trap.”

It’s not as if I expected anything less from Budden. Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Landon A.

Music began as a vehicle for voicing your struggle. From the blues and beyond, artists have creatively released their pain via your speakers. Hip-Hop has been especially good at this, speaking to the generation directly about social problems, race relations, etc. But that was back in the day. Now the formula to a “conscious Hip-Hop” album is a lot of political commentary, a few shots at O’Reilly, a pinch of self admitted over indulgence, sprinkle a club banger or two over it, heat to industry standards and serve in visually unpleasing packaging.

Take Donny Goines for example. Goines is a native New Yorker with plenty on his mind using Hip-Hop as his means of expressing it. Minute After Midnight puts the spotlight on Goines alone, boasting very few cameo’s leaving just you and the man of the hour. Read the rest of this entry »

50 Cent the interviewee > 50 Cent the artist.

I caught bits of this last week while I was at work and, save for a pressing matter needing my attention, I would’ve stayed in the car for the whole thing. Being on Shade 45, it’s obviously got a pro G-Unit slant, but DJ Whoo Kid and crew hold it down. Read the rest of this entry »

LAD & Willie Shots

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DJ Giovanny, Willie The Kid & La The Darkman – Aphilliason (Hosted by DJ Drama & Don Cannon)

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La The Darkman & Dj Drama – Notorious L.A.D. (Gangsta Grillz)

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La The Darkman – Trials & Tribulations Mixtape

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Wille The Kid – Absolute Greatness Mixtape

Willie The Kid – Best of Features

DJ Drama & Big Mike Present Willie The Kid – Divide & Conquer Mixtape

DJ Drama, Don Cannon & DJ Sense Present Willie The Kid – The Day The Game Changed

LAD & Willie Shots

As far as I’m concerned, there’s NO SUCH thing as too much Notorious B.I.G. coverage. As long as the Internet permits, his memory will be fresh in the minds of the TSS community. Thanks to TheMeaningOfDope, who have been having a Biggie week in honor of the Notorious release, there’s a slew of old/new Biggie goodness unleashed upon us as if Bad Boy had their own holiday. Like I said before, B.I.G. was pre-digital age, so just actually seeing him in action is a gem in itself. The Black Frank White is here to excite…once again. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the various ways to pay tribute to MLK?

If you’re And 1, you take sig shoe of Warrriors’ guard Monta Ellis, flip the colorway with brown accents & a gum sole &…voilà, The And 1 MLK Tribute, retailing for $129.99 Read the rest of this entry »

Ehm… First make sure all kids, older folks and bosses are out of the room before you scroll down. This might be considered NSFW.

Are they gone?

You sure?

Ok, so my home girl Lola sent this to me Read the rest of this entry »

My boy just copped a whip with XO Vision and lately he’s been buying up music video DVDs from the swap meet. We were just cruising around the other day, watching one that pitted Pac and B.I.G. videos back to back against each other, when all of a sudden Supercat’s “Dolly My Baby” came into the mix and we both had laugh attacks. Read the rest of this entry »

“Why, don’t you know? They’re twitterpated…” © the Wise Old Owl from Bambi

Ladies and Germs, I had one of those weeks. The kind of week where you watch tumbleweeds blow through your bank account, have plans fall through the slatted floorboards of your schedule and have folks flake on you harder than cereal… and yet… none of it mattered cause you got that bounce in your step. You know… the Barry White bounce. Humming “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love” like it’s the first time it made sense.

Food tastes better and flowers smell sweeter. Smiling comes easy and you start looking forward to just… talking. Mmmhmmm… I got it bad. Recession be gosh darned. So, as you can imagine, this week at The Smoking Section was incredible to me… Read the rest of this entry »

I asked my esteemed colleague, who listened to this before me, “Who won Round 1?”

He said “neither.”

Saigon – “Under Achiever” (Joe Budden Diss)

I’ll let you decide.

Propers due to Legend

Previously Posted — “The Letter Opener” – Saigon Responds To Joe Budden | Joe Budden – “A Letter To Saigon”