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The Week That Was: The Country Club Edition

We should’ve posted this video a few weeks ago, better late than never right? I went golfing yesterday for the first time in about two years.  It was only 9 holes, but all things considered things went pretty well.  The ball went straight more often than not and I only lost one ball.  And if...
August 1st, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was: Performance Enhancer Edition

Some weeks can be harder to get up for than others. At TSS, we believe there’s nothing wrong with using a little help to get through the rough weeks if need be. After all, that’s why we provide The Cooler.
July 19th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was: The Hangover Edition

I don’t know about you guys, but the week after a holiday always feel like a holiday… regardless of whether you drink or not.  Things move at a snails pace at the workplace as people get their bearings straight again.  Same thing thing applies to the blogosphere. So sit back, relax and...
July 11th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Holiday Week That Was…

Usually we like to showcase these on the Saturday but seeing most folks were celebrating their Independence, how bout a little TWTW smack dab in your face as you re-enter reality? Unsurprisingly, the King of Pop still dominated headlines as Phonte preached some posthumous justice and his daddy…well…his...
July 6th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

TWTW: The Father’s Day Edition

First off, big salute to all the fathers out there. On the streets, at war, at work, hustling, locked up, who still find strength to maintain and still keep the babies. You’re raising the future. We doff our hats to you. Back to our regular scheduled programming. What did you miss this week? -...
June 21st, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was…

It’s been another long week around here and things started out in a BIG way.  By big, we mean Tahiry big, as the photos leaked for her TahiryTV website.  People across the net simaltaneously rejoiced and began the countdown ’til she kicks Joe to the curb.  Not be outdone, T-Pain unveiled...
June 13th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was: @Work

The past seven days have been an exhaustive yet rewarding trip through the daily grind the World Wide Web brings to the table. But over at TSS it was business as usual like an EPMD joint. Here’s what the weekly itinerary consisted of.
May 23rd, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was: The 50*/50 Edition

This was a good week over here in TSS land. First we made Vibe’s top 50 Hip-Hop blog list. It only confirms what’s already known by our faithful readers: TSS is major, but now more people are catching on. So to commemorate we’ll be revisiting the top 50 things of the past week. ...
May 9th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was…

The L. An LC Haiku for the week: From April to May Another sad month away From L in C-A Ah, but Grandfather Time pushes on as he tends to do. And the TSS Crew was here to cover all the news that’s worth a sh*t to print…
May 2nd, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was: Faceoff Edition

Hot 97: Ross Vs. Roth While the rest of the world concentrated on meaningless aspects of the music biz, TSS Crew deliberated over Rick Ross and Asher Roth’s albums Deeper Than Rap & Asleep In The Bread Aisle and found the rendering verdict to be that
April 26th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was: When Everything Is New

Photo By Brian Babineau Closing out a week on TSS filled with all types of new-new (no Lauren London, unfortunately,) the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose just capped it off with a record-tying performance to cement himself as the newest record holder in the league and Rookie of the Year. (See our...
April 18th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was: Comments Appreciation Week

Normally when we break the week down we go through and pick what we deem worthy of being highlighted again or feel was missed the first time. But in reality, your remarks play a big part in what we around here and this week our comments section had the internets going nuts © Paul Wall so to speak....
April 11th, 2009 | SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was: And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Posts

LC doesn’t care for the New Boyz or her old boy but she encouraged us all to root for that boy, Mayer Hawthorne. MZ & Jordan Brand made plans to make amends.
April 4th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

TWTW: “SXSW & Beyond”

The Grand Ole Party was a success on so many levels. Big thanks to all those who made SXSW a surreal experience for the crew. What else went down this week? Well…
March 28th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

The Week That Was: If You Blinked, You Missed It

In another fast-paced week here @ TSS, we (hopefully) lived up to our top ranking status by covering most of the bases of all things involving the culture. While Kanye was Storytelling, Ghost & Rae made separate appearances, each dropping a new track. Another Wu-Gambino, Mr. Meth, also had a new...
March 7th, 2009 | DIGITAL NEWS, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More