AP reports indicate that legendary New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner passed away this morning at the age of 80. The homie DDot’s tweet probably sums it up best by saying that “Steinbrenner made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.” Read the rest of this entry »

Near the end of August, Exile will be releasing AM/FM, which will essentially be him and all his friends remixing the producer’s Radio. While pulling together recordings for radio, Exile compiled enough good material that couldn’t just be left to waste. So he’s doing what every enterprising individual would do — he’s adding them to a bonus album. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tila Tequila Gets Cut [Warming Glow]

10 Athletes Who Left Their Teams and Broke Their City’s Hearts [The BVX] Read the rest of this entry »

Directed by Coodie of Creative Control, a new video for “Ginger” from Chicago’s L.E.P. Bogus Boys and their upcoming street album, Don’t Feed Da Killaz 3. TC actually was on the set in Miami but he won’t tell what all took place. The only info I’ve gotten is that the sexy something in the clip goes by the name of Mirtha Michelle. Read the rest of this entry »

If I had a dollar for each time I heard “Pusha T needs to do his own solo project,” I could be the fourth big name free agent to join the Heat. Following their last album, rumblings of Clipse pursuing their own solo projects began to appear more realistic than ever. It looks like that’s all but settled now. Read the rest of this entry »

“Bun is on the mic, Premier is on the track/the south is in the house, now what can f#ck with that?”

The quoted line above pretty much sums it up as Premo returns home to Texas (sort of), blessing Bun with his signature scratches for the track “Let Em Know.” Trill OG hits stores on August 3rd. Read the rest of this entry »

From time to time, I try give The Network 2 some spins. Why? I’ll spare you the belief that the Gunna is underrated and has been the victim of circumstance because of a fallen empire and forgotten alliances. But that is true though. Regardless, Chris is still putting out music and I’m continuing to do my duty as a fan to listen, appreciate and document. Read the rest of this entry »

I can’t listen to Hip-Hop all the time, nor would I want to live in a world where I was forced to do so. Listening to other genres and styles is a beautiful thing. Therapeutic, in a sense. One of the better feelings is running across an album you know is dope, but effectively forgot about due to the proliferation of music in today’s climate. Enter Solange’s Sol-Angel And The Hadley Street Dreams. Read the rest of this entry »

Holler @ The Hundreds for their semi-annual sale. 20% off all online products. Have at it.

Remember when Jay-Z namedropped Margiela on BP3 and we all had to quietly bring ourselves up to speed? I won’t front like I was in the know, but I was aware because my brother-in-law has a few of their sweaters. Realistically, the associated price tags are probably what kept most regular folk from even attempting to hitch a ride on the Margiela bandwagon. Read the rest of this entry »

Never mess with a woman with a name like “Icelene.”

The battle over Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s final album rages on between his manager Jarred Weisfeld and the rapper‘s widow, Icelene Jones. Family members have publicly accused Icelene Jones of squandering money and opportunities that would benefit Ol Dirty‘s estate and other children. Read the rest of this entry »

Parts of Sleigh Bells’ Treats border on cringe-worthy because they’re far too loud to enjoy (unless you’re this chick). But when I zone out to “Rachel” and “Rill Rill” together on repeat, I can get an immeasurable amount of work done. Both are charged enough to keep the wheels spinning without being distracting. Read the rest of this entry »

After our recent collabo on the Smoker’s Delight mix, the good folks at Boundless NY wanted to thank our TSS readers for their support. They’ve compiled a prize pack of some vintage King Stampede gear and accessories for one of our lucky readers. Read the rest of this entry »

LeBron James on the front page of Ohio’s largest newspaper, The Plain Dealer, on Friday, July 9th. In case you missed it, Jesse Jackson has weighed in on Cavs owner Dan Gilbert’s previous rant. “Runaway slave”? The saga continues.

Update: Read how the Plain Dealer came up with the LeBron cover.

Does the name Kingpen Slim ring a bell? Well, it didn’t for me either until I thought back to Oddisee’s Odd Spring. Wise enough to realize his name recognition isn’t at an all-time high, he recruited some of his DMV/PA brethren in Wale, STS & Phil Adé (no strangers ’round these parts) to aide him on “The Way You Move.” The first leak from his upcoming The Beam Up 2: So Cinematic. Read the rest of this entry »