On an average day, the free stuff that comes in my mailbox is junk mail and/or CD’s.

Today was different. Today was a good day because this is officially TSS-certified fresh. Read the rest of this entry »

Hip-Hop’s mini-mogul/magic leprauchun has been progressively developing a new skill.

It started with his remarkable ability to make more checks bounce than Nike Basketball (*swoosh*). But after much practice, he has perfected it.

He can now make any career, business, investment or record label crash merely by affiliation. We saw traces of this power affect powerhouses like Janet Jackson. Then he shut down Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, when Blender fell off the cliff, both KING magazine & the Chicago Sun-Times must have been attached to the rope in a cartoonish fashion as both waved symbolic white flags today. Read the rest of this entry »

Even for the biggest Seinfeld fan, this could prove to be challenging, much more than the “Coming To America” Quiz. Read the rest of this entry »

The title to Flo Rida’s new album R.O.O.T.S. (Route of Overcoming the Struggle,) conjures up visions of a lost Tribe Called Quest album. But have no fear Flo fans — R.O.O.T.S. is full of the saccharine club Hip-Pop we’ve come to expect from Miami’s favorite hunk rapper. There’s little room on the album for intellectual stimulation or exhibition of lyrical virtuosity, and most of the songs seem crafted for those with attention spans of 90 seconds or less. Read the rest of this entry »

You can check the link for the full story behind this one, but essentially it’s the masters, unreleased vocals & instrumentals that lead to a sometimes forgotten Hip-Hop opus. Unreleased beats Read the rest of this entry »

Love. Amor. Aijou. Sagapo. Amour.

No matter the language, the emotion is universal. As the world turns, people will continue to search for it, keep it and make it stronger. So that one day, it may become resilient…Supreme even.

Harboring on everyone’s favorite four letter word is The Left Coast’s latest protean pair U-N-I. Since their precursor with Mick Boogie, Y-O’s been kicking the rhyme with Thurzday delivering the reason. It’s a gutsy move releasing an authentic album for the entire Web to devour at their leisure, but U-N-I and producer Ro Blvd. are extremely confident that A Love Supreme will result in absolute admiration.

Embrace it with everything you’ve got. Read the rest of this entry »

“It’s a tad too 90′s for me. But like I told you, you’re a colorful dude. Do you.” — Contra™

Pssh…the 90′s are fine by me. Colorblocked, nautical gear Read the rest of this entry »

I made my first visit to TSS because a friend of mine told me the site had the then brand-new song, “Get Throwed.”

When I wrote my first ever Hip-Hop article for a little blog at Davidson College (which I later submitted to Gotty™ while trying to join the Crew), I wrote about UGK and how genuine their music has always been to me. Not to belabor the point, but at the time, Pimp C had just been Read the rest of this entry »

“Micheal Luther King to the sellers of the rock…”

This one has been on repeat for the past few days. Mike turns what could be Read the rest of this entry »

Cleaning out our spam filter can be a full-time job in itself (word to you select few who’ve been coerced by Lulu to visit C E L E B M I N G L E to finally meet your soulmate). But when thee Reverend Tex B. Acon approved of my four month old post dedicated to a few Wendy’s™ 99¢ value menu rappers, flat out hilarity ensued.

Ladies & Gents, allow me to introduce to you…

BACONPOPS Read the rest of this entry »

Really, Joell could have given me the “125 Grams” series as an EP and that would’ve been enough for me to crown him. The all five parts combined are like an audiobook set to music, as Mr. Ortiz goes through the autobiographical at a breakneck lyrical pace.

Now, with Rik & crew launching Three/21 as a freestanding spot, they’ve decided (I guess) to unearth a few gems for the masses and one of the early offerings is a previously unreleased video for “125 Part 2.” Read the rest of this entry »

Jana Defi, Your Titillating Tuesday

Whining On Twitter = $25,000 Fine For Mark Cuban [YB]

Turn Off The Shuffle: 25 Great Albums That Work Best When Listened To From Start To Finish [A.V. Club]

Obamas To Use Own Cash To Redecorate White House [CNN]

If You Want a Big HDTV, You Can Buy It Cheap Now [Gizmodo]

Men At A Britney Spears Concert: What Are They Doing There? [MTV]

Twisted Disney Princesses [Gunaxin]

Jabari Prepares Interactive Compilation Album, “Famous On The Internet”, With Hip-Hop’s Rising Stars [HHP]

Method Man Clears Up Tax Evasion Report [9E]

Jon Miller, Who’s Taking Over MySpace, Doesn’t Have A MySpace Profile [Tech Crunch]

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Young Asher Was Always Drawn To Bread

Ever wonder what the song was that got Asher Roth handpicked personally by an A&R to catapult to the top? Well Master Of Xville has known for about a year now and he’s gotten the green light to release it upon the public. Read the rest of this entry »