With a beat by Khrysis, Da Incredible Rap Team is coming out blazin’ like the days of Magnum Force... Read the rest of this entry »

It’s only been a matter of time before the world got to know One Block Radius. Since forming in 2003, they’ve been formulating a universal sound, and while their debut Long Story Short and the preceding Cut Some Static mixtape slid under the radar, all the pieces are in place for a full on take over with their self-titled Mercury/Island Def Jam debut. Between the production and vocal brilliance of Marty James, the charisma, style and spits of Z-Man and scratches by MDA, One Block Radius is the complete package. In one word, their music is undeniable. They bring every flavor together and make a logical concoction of it all. Read the rest of this entry »

I thought it would be good to rerun this joint since it got swept under the Nas hype yesterday.

Mickey Factz’s Fave 5

Photography by TJ Mack, Graphics by P

Being part of the TSS Crew definitely has its perks.

Apparently though, so does living back in Metro Detroit.

A few weeks ago, as I wrapped up a phone interview with the D’s boisterous bad guy, Trick Trick, I was cordially invited to his studio for a super-sneak preview of his sophomore spring release, The Villain.

“If you ever in Livonia, you can stop by the studio. I’ll show you the album,” he said about as nonchalant as Bill Gates giving a bum a couple of Benjamins. Read the rest of this entry »

Intro By Jason Hortillas

“The Cool Kids? What kind of name is that?”

You would think these cats were joking with a name so generic. But in fact, The Cool Kids surpass the status of their moniker, delivering more buzz than acts who actually have albums under their belts. Riding on the strength of singles like the BMX friendly,”Black Mags” and the ode-to-retro track “88,” blog posts have given the duo enough net exposure where they now tour globally. Currently, there still is no full length album (it’s in the works) but there’s more than enough of their audible treats available to keep the people happy.

The duo is comprised of two Chicago natives – emcee Mikey Rocks and beatsmith/emcee, Chuck Inglish. Their sound however is not indicative of their location. Hell, I thought they hailed from the left coast – but even with their limited resume, you can see this is not just another regional sideshow act. Combining the thump reminiscent of a classic Bay area anthem and the swagger of NY old school party rockers, TCK successfully does so, with only Chicago blood in their veins.

Its funny because a lot of the critique about TCK centers not around their music but their apparel. Getting attention in the street wear circles because of their so-called retro look, hipster acceptance has added to the fan base. Image definitely effects response, but will the duo get the same respect from their more atypically dressed counterparts?

So with that we got the man himself, Gottyâ„¢ to talk to the elusive Cool Kids, whose packed schedule has kept them moving at a frenetic pace. TCK’s Mikey Rocks talks about touring the globe, that damn Rhapsody commercial and why they never will come out with their own clothing line.

Photography by Rich Parry, Graphics by P.

TSS: Gentlemen, how are you doing this evening?

Mikey Rocks: How are you?

TSS: Just wanted to touch base with you. We’ve been trying to knock this out for a minute. Where you all at now?

Mikey: We’re back in Chicago…

TSS: Back in Chicago?

Mikey: Yeah, chillin.

TSS: You sound a little fatigued. Where were you all at last or this weekend?

Mikey: In Texas. We did SXSW

TSS: How was that for you?

Mikey: It was cool. We did some of the more publicized shows out there so it was cool to go back to SXSW and see what’s changed over a year cause we went there last year & that’s where we basically got started in terms of doing shows outside of our city & stuff like that.

TSS: Yeah, that’s kind of where the buzz originated I guess you’d say, no?

Mikey: Yeah, a little bit of it. Definitely from there because you’ve got a lot of writers & stuff there.

TSS: That’s a good spot to get your name poppin’ because there’s so many different media outlets attending. What did you all see there because I’ve heard various things, specifically that there was more hip-hop this time around. What was the difference in your eyes since you say you were there last year. What was the energy like & what was the audience & acceptance level like?

Mikey: It was really good man. I think a lot of people that were there knew what they were coming for, knew what they wanted to come see. Wasn’t too many stragglers off the street, walking in not knowing what was going on & just trying to check out shows. There was a lot of hardcore fans of people & who knew what they were coming to see. So everybody was really excited & the crowds were really dope.

TSS: I know recently, because I’ve been talking with your manager, that you all were in Australia if I’m not mistaken right?

Mikey: Yeah, we went there before we went to Paris.

TSS: Now how the fuck do two…excuse me, how do two young Black males from Chicago…which side of Chicago ya’ll from?

Mikey: South…

TSS: Southside…How do two young black males from the Chicago’s Southside end up in Paris & Australia? How does that feel to you? Read the rest of this entry »

Words By DJ Sorce-1
Graphics By P.

Lately, I’ve been listening to nothing but pre new millennium music. With a few exceptions, if it came out post 2000, I haven’t been fucking with it. Call me bitter. Call me a hater. Call me whatever you want to, but I sorely needed a break. I needed to go back to a time where ringtone sales had no meaning and there were no mix tapes only featuring 50, Jigga, and Weezy.

Shit, I needed to go back to a time when the word “Weezy” meant nothing to me.

One thing that has been in constant rotation in my ride during this phase is Vinroc’s Recon-Struction mixtape. DJ Neil Armstrong, Vinroc’s crewmate, cites Recon-Struction as his favorite mix tape of all-time. Released in 1997, it’s a perfect mix of great early to mid-nineties hip-hop, flipped with a turntablist aesthetic. Vinroc’s presentation of this era is a unique one as each track represents a mix of a specific group. He crams in three to five minutes of dopeness from each group and then moves on to the next. Vin successfully rides the fine line of displaying his skills as a DJ without going over board throughout. He flexes enough cuts and juggles to make Recon-Struction unique while simultaneously letting songs play uninterrupted when appropriate. The result is one of the purest hip-hop mix tapes I’ve ever heard.

These days, Vinroc is known more for his production accolades than mixtapes. The world of music is a much different from the world in which Recon-Struction was created, yet Vinroc’s memories of the tapes genesis remain fresh. Take a walk down memory lane as TSS’s Sorce-1 revisits Vinroc’s mixtape masterpiece.

TSS: What tapes influenced you before making Recon-Struction?

Vinroc: Hmm. That’s a tough question. I used to just listen to local Jersey stuff during that time period. I always checked my homie Ed Swift and bought tapes by cats like Camillo and DJs from Queens. But I can’t really say that stuff influenced Recon-Struction. That was just hip hop shit I was into.

TSS: So was the turntablist and battling scene more influential than the mix tape scene?

Vinroc: Yeah, that scene influenced Recon-Struction. At that time, other than battling, I was straight hip hop with what I listened to. I was all about Mobb Deep, Raekwon, and neighborhood music. Recon-Struction was paying homage to the stuff that came out a little before that and up to that time. I can’t say it was really influenced by anything but my personal taste.

TSS: What did Recon-Struction mean to you and your career when it was released?

Vinroc: My manager at the time pushed me to put Recon-Struction out and I’m still selling it to this day. It first came out around 1997 and was originally on cassette tape, to put the time in perspective (Laughs). If I recall correctly, I also did the cover art for it. At that time, I was a heavy duty battle cat…a real turntablist type. It was always on my brain. I was young and the turntablist and battle scene was at its peak. The music I used on Recon-Struction was the music I grew up with. I wanted to create something like a team turntablist set with golden era hip hop samples that flowed together well.

One of the first times I owned any “real” studio equipment was during the creation of Recon-Struction. I had a Tascam 424 tape based 4 track, which everyone used back then. I had just moved to Cali and I’d bought my 4 track from Canal St. a few months earlier. I basically pooled all of my favorite artists and the joints that they made and put them together as I was hearing it in my head. A lot of the composition and mixing philosophies that I used on that tape were part of what the Triple Threat DJ’s eventually became. If you’ve ever seen some of our videos, there is a lot of Recon-Struction-style composition mixed with Skratch Piklz techniques.

TSS: Can you talk a little bit about how things have changed since Serato? Back in the day you had to have a physical copy of each record that you used on a mix tape, or at least borrow one from a friend. How was it different having to collect each and every piece of wax? Read the rest of this entry »

To the outsider, Detroit is a city with a perpetual gloomy cloud hanging over it.

Years of economic depression & violence have left the city a shell of its former self. Jobs are lost by the second & foreclosure rates are amongst the highest in the country. Even one of the city’s brightest glimmers of hope – young Mayor Kwame Kirkpatrick – was recently embroiled in a fight for his political life. Then there’s always the bungling Matt Millen & the woeful Lions.

With such a shadow cast, some would say the Motor City is in the midst of a crisis.

However, Detroit is as blue-collar as they come, it’s natives mentally & spiritually wizened, able to withstand & maintain hope. And over the years, they’ve managed to maintain a burgeoning hip-hop scene that, while it may not be not be known to outsiders, keeps the youth & spirit of the city alive.

Trick Trick is one of those people.

Undeterred by the suffocating economic state of Wayne County and its surroundings, the self-made rapper/producer pushes on regardless. As you read this exclusive interview with Trick Trick & TSS Crew member Beware, take a cue from the “Godfather” himself and forget the discernible stats. Through assertiveness and an overall optimistic outlook on life, the Seven Mile product shakes off the sorrows and spins his city’s woes into personal inspiration like a motivational alchemist.

Look past all the discerning baggage revolving around the city and you’ll see exactly what Trick sees…a way.

TSS: What up, Trick?

Trick: What’s goin’ on cuz?

TSS: Shit, man. What you getting’ into? You check out the Auto Show yet? You get that VIP this week?

Trick: Actually, I went to the GM Style Party. They introduced some helleva rides, man. That was last week, Saturday. So, I’m straight on all the rest of that. I heard they got a million dollar Maybach down there. I did wanna see that.

TSS: Damn.

Trick: It ain’t even time for me to be lookin’ at that right now. (Laughs)

TSS: (Laughs) I totally feel you on that one. More than you know.

Alright, well, let’s get past that. Your motivational street anthem, “Let’s Work,” has been getting’ lots of love here in Detroit. For everybody outside the city, who might not know what’s up on that one yet, why don’t you tell us a little something about that one?

Trick: Well, I recorded it because I kinda got tired of everybody sayin’…you know, everyone been like, ‘It’s fucked up out here,’ or, ‘the music industry is bad now,’ ‘CD sales are down,’ ‘The economy is fucked up.’ You know, when you breathe that negative energy outta you and you set that shit into your mind, you have a negative mindstate set to believing that it’s hard out here. But, if you set your mindstate to ‘I’m going to get off my ass, there’s money out there. I’m going to get it, wherever the fuck it’s at, by any means necessary,’ well, staying the fuck out of jail.

It’s just like, you gotta get it. You just can’t continue to whine about what the fuck is goin’ wrong in the world, why everything is fucked up, or that’s all your mind is going to be set on. You might as well focus on some shit that’s going to get you some bread. There’s money out there so go get it. Get yo ass up and go to work, you know what I’m sayin? I say that to the music industry, all the hustlers who complaining, let’s work. Extend our hours. Let’s work. Let’s do what the fuck we gotta do to get it. Let’s work.

TSS: Get up, get out and get it. I can appreciate that right there. You mentioned the music industry. Is that going for rappers in general or everybody?

Trick: Everybody. You know, I wrote the verse somewhat pertaining to rap, but that’s to the cats in the streets. That’s to people who gotta get up in the morning and go to work…that got bills to pay, earning just enough to pay the bills, trying to fill up they tank and pay off they mortgage. That’s to everybody right there. Let’s work. Stop whining and let’s work. Ya’ll keep saying that negative shit, people start believing it and then they fucked up. Then everyone got this whole negative mind state about George Bush, gas prices…Yeah, it’s fucked up, but there’s still bread out there. Let’s get it.

TSS: Stayin’ positive. I dig that. That’s something everyone can relate to, especially around here.

Trick: Right.

TSS: Is that the first single off the album, The Villain, which will be your second solo album?

Trick: Yessir. Yessir. That’s the first single, “Let’s Work.” We still trying to debate which record is gonna’ be the second single, ‘cause I got a bad ass album, man. We trying to figure that out. (Laughs).

TSS: That’s my next question, what you got going for a release date? Features? Why don’t you tell us a little something about that.

Trick: Well, my album, the release date I’m looking at is May, early May, late April. Shit, man, the album is bad ass. I’ve been working on this album for awhile now, and I went through like 40-50 songs, just bumpin’ songs out, for sample reasons or whatever, and came up with what I believe is a perfect album that everybody can feel. Trust me, every song on there ain’t for everybody. But every song on there is for somebody, you know what I’m saying? You gonna like, at least, two or three tracks on there per person. Everyone’s gonna like that super hardcore shit and I understand that. I’m not a metaphorical artist. I don’t use metaphors to that extent. I say it real, to the point, this is what the fuck I’m talking about…and you feel me. Everybody don’t like the West Coast sounding funk. Everybody don’t like that southern-sounding funk. So I put it together so that everybody could get something out of it, and it’s all real. It’s all true.

As far as features is concerned, I cannot do an album without Eminem. So, of course, me and Em collabed like crazy on this album. He produced like three tracks. We produced two of ‘em together. That would be the song we’re on together, it’s called, “Who Want It?” Em is going hard on that bitch, too. Read the rest of this entry »

Chamillionaire has been a Mixtape Messiah on the Southern regional scene for quite some time now. But it took his last retail album, The Sound Of Revenge, to capture the attention of fans nationwide. With “Ridin Dirty” in heavy rotation, Cham managed to bridge the gap that few mixtape artists have done by achieving mainstream success to the tune of platinum plus.

Now with his next album Ultimate Victory set to hit stores soon, Koopa is ready to take the spotlight given to him and use his platform to speak on more than cars, clothes and hoes. With tracks like “Hip-Hop Police” and “Evening News” taking a poignant look at the things surrounding us. “I plan on doing what I feel is right for me and not worrying about anyone that feels otherwise.”

Word.

TSS: I guess it’s been a busy day for you doing the press run?

Cham: Yup…yup. Every day is another grind day.

TSS: I feel you man. The “Hip Hop Police” video is premiering. It’s gonna be a double joint right?

Cham: Yeah it’s a double, nine-minute mini movie type thing.

TSS: What made you choose to do that?

Cham: Because the album is put together like a little movie/motion picture. Everything flows together to the end and there’s a moral of the story at the end. And I felt like [it was] the best way to show the visual for everyone to know what I’m talking about. Sometimes they just gotta see what I’m talking about. So it’s just a little piece of it; put it together like that. There’s a lot of current stuff in there and a lot of social commentary in there but it’s in an entertaining way. The game needs that right now so I did that. Everybody that’s seen the video is tripping off it.

TSS: You had overwhelming success with “Ridin’ Dirty”…it became a phrase in hip-hop and it had that ringtone appeal. A lot of people copped it but it also had that social element you were talking about. What’s your secret and what would you tell artists who think that the only way to have that kind of hit is to make it a dance song?

Cham: Be a leader man. Be a leader. There’s a lot of followers in this world. There’s too much going on to not think nothin’ about nothin’. And I understand you don’t necessarily gotta do that on your single. I ain’t mad at that. But then when you go listen to [those] albums it’s the same ol’ club/VIP. When we’re getting it through, we want to talk about all this stuff. War and labels…but when we get a chance to put out our music, we don’t say nothin’. I feel like, just be a leader. Talk about something…something with a purpose.

TSS: Definitely. Is there a reason why you chose to focus on the authorities and the way that federal agents interact with hip-hop artists? Do you have a personal reason for doing that?

Cham: Well, actually, the “hip-hop police,” that was a hidden meaning. I honestly knew that everybody would think it was about the police. It’s not necessarily about the police. Al Sharpton could be hip-hop police. The lady that’s on T.V. trying to take Akon out of his Verizon deal could be the hip-hop police. Nowadays loving hip-hop is the equivalent of committing a murder. That’s why I made that song. I made references in that song subliminally to a lot of artists like when I said: “We looked in your car and we inspected the deck…and saw the method.” You know that’s Inspectah Deck and Method Man. There’s a [mention of] the “Diary” and the “Blueprints” on the car and “Chronic”… Dr. Dre, Jay-Z. It’s all kinds of subliminal messages that talk about hip-hop nowadays. That’s the police.

TSS: A lot of artists come under fire for their content but then artists are also being arrested for their behavior. As you know, a lot of artists have been in legal trouble recently. Do you think it’s a case of them attracting that attention or do you think that the attention is (unfairly) on them so that if they sneeze, someone’s going to be after them?

Cham: It’s a little bit of both. But what we gotta realize as artists is that’s the position we’re in. Once you become an artist and have a little bit of success, the microscope is on you. Same mistake someone else could make [won't] make the front page like when you do it. At the end of the day, everybody’s human man. We’re not all saints. We’re rappers. It doesn’t matter if you curse or don’t curse, smoke or don’t smoke…there’s poor people out in the world that want money. That makes people act a certain way. Nowadays, we need to be more conscious of everything that’s going on. It’s like a domino effect. I don’t want all these people getting in trouble because it messes up stuff for me honestly. I’m trying to negotiate corporate deals and they ain’t messin’ with me because they just think I’m like everybody else.

TSS: How do you find that balance? Obviously you choose very carefully what your content is going to be and you put out a curse-free mixtape to hold the fans over before your album. What’s the method you use to find balance? Do you consult with your peers or your family? Read the rest of this entry »

We like to take risks & embark on different adventures. Honestly though, all of this is new to us though because we don’t have any formal experience & it’s not like there’s a Blogging For Dummies book that we can refer to.

One day, I decided “Fuck it yo…let’s start doing some interviews with various people.”

Somewhat daunting to say the least but we figure it would add a little spice to what we’re doing & also give you something entertaining to read.

The end result is what you’re about to read now + what we hope is a series of “interviews” (we use the term loosely).

Smoking Sessions will be not-so-average rap sessions with artists & various other music entities, with us speaking to them similar to how cats would prolly sit around on the block, in a dorm room or at that one homeboy’s house who’s parents are dumb cool about everything and don’t bother anybody. In these sessions, we’ll ask some musical questions but really, we’ll just be asking whatever the fuck comes to mind lol (Got questions you want to submit? Email us).

The only problem was…we don’t “know” anybody.

So we turned to the cat who we know fucks with us & extended a strong olive branch from our first communication…

Smoking Sessions with DJ Neil Armstrong

TSS: Aiight…just hit me when you’re ready

DJ Neil: all right…

TSS: Here we go…

DJ Neil: Let’s do it…

TSS: We’ll keep it real simple & real light

TSS: Pick one – “The Bridge” or “The Bridge Is Over“.

DJ Neil: “The Bridge Is Over” (even though I’m from Queens)

TSS: Haha…oh no…Going against the home team? Why?

DJ Neil: I’m a Queens head…BUT – I know what the deal is (“Bronx is creatin it!“)

TSS: aiight…I’ll give you that one

TSS: What was one of your favorite albums in high school?

DJ Neil: Easy…De La Soul – Three Feet High And Rising

TSS: wow…I “borrowed” that tape for like 3 months from my barber LOL

DJ Neil: “How many times the batmobile catch a flat…” ….I would just let the tape flip over and over

TSS: Next up….your mixtapes…they bring together alot of genres. I know I was buggin when I heard Spandau Ballet on WarmFuzzy.

DJ Neil: Yes… all out king style

TSS: Given that, tell me this…guilty pleasure listening…what’s one album you listen to regularly or love that folks wouldn’t believe?

DJ Neil: That’s “embarrassing” you mean?

TSS: Nah not necessarily…maybe just if you told someone, they’d say “wow” or “stop playin Neil.”

DJ Neil: The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs

TSS: hmm…isn’t that punk?

DJ Neil: welll, the category that it fell under during my day would be the general term “new wave“…. that’s what it fell under for us…definitely not punk.

TSS: Please don’t say disco lol

DJ Neil: It’s very maudlin music…. Morrissey was the lead singer … he’s someone whose name you should have come across.

TSS: Word, okay, I’m with you now

DJ Neil: …With lyrics like – “And if a double decker bus, killed the both of us… to die by your side, well, the pleasure the privileged is mine…”

TSS: Damn…so that sounds like how I view Portishead…some “it’s sad but it makes me feel good” type music

DJ Neil: Haha yeah, I think The Smiths were a precursor to emo…something of that nature. The Smith’s music is more like “I love you so much, that I want to capture it in death so the love never dies.“…like how South Park was making fun of the goth kids

TSS: (Makes note to self to go check for some Smiths’ tunes)

TSS: haha…”Neil Armstrong Is An Emo Kid“…wait til the readers hear that headline. You’re gonna get a whole new addition to your fanbase.

TSS: On a typical “day off“, who/what gets the most of your time?

DJ Neil: Never have days off man…. people who have the day jobs, they tend to have this belief that doing your own thing is super great… you control your own time, but its like this – if you’re not working – you’re not making money. So you’re always working, especially in the beginning.

DJ Neil: Here’s somethin – I have a degree in chemical engineering

TSS: Damn! And you’re spinnin records? That’s fuckin love right there. Son, you could’ve been building bombs or working for NASA, making a grip.

TSS: So when you left college, did you ever hold a gig in your field of study?

DJ Neil: Yeah… I made a conscious choice, to leave stability and the norm, because I love this music shit. After I left school, I worked for an investment banking firm – CSFB – I was a technical associate…I can program in perl, php, did a lot of database stuff, and almost got hired to be a java programmer … ended up being a high end “manager” for an internet company. When it went belly up in the bubble burst back in 2001, I said “I’m going to do this DJ thing.” If back in the day, you ever went to Loud’s website, I was the one who programmed that…

TSS: So do you invest now? Seems like a lot of cats who make good money in the industry, it seems like they don’t have that much interest or hands on experience w/investments & portfolios. Do you?

DJ Neil: Thankfully I have had the education and the proper environment to know how to take care of my loot better then the average person in the demographic that I’m part of…I bought a crib when I was 24, because I was making good money, and I was smart enough not to waste it on frivolous things. So I had a crib, but drove around in a crappy ass car

TSS: So no ice or fancy whips for Neil?

DJ Neil: Nope, I drive a soccer mom car ;-) a Honda CRV ;-)

TSS: haha…some kid was telling me how Young Joc came to his school & performed in K-Swiss. His question to me was “how a rap star gonna be wearing K-Swiss?”…that cracked me up lol

DJ Neil: haha

TSS: I say you’re a sneakerhead or at least aware of the culture…true/false?

DJ Neil: I am not a pure hardcore sneaker head… I’m not even a hardcore record collector. But I think sneaker heads would laugh at my collection and they’d get pissed, because I’ll wear some shit outside. I can’t say I stood outside for like 3 days to get these limited edition pink yellow puice SB’s

TSS: I’m Team Anti-DS til the day I die. Rock them shits! Well what are you a hardcore collector of…besides money we’ll presume.

DJ Neil: I need more money!!!

TSS: We’re all collecting money as best we can so that’s a given. But if I walked in your crib I’d say “damn Neil you sure got a lot of ____________”

DJ Neil: I think, I have a pretty “addictive” personality…

TSS: So we’d say you’re like every red-blooded American male and that you have an extension porn collection lol? “Neil has a lot of collected junk but his main collection pieces are porn related“?

DJ Neil: I collected comics, took care of my toys… still have them… probably have a lot more records then the average cat… and kicks too… BUT, I ain’t some dude who is going to be like ” yo kid…

TSS: So you’re online bidding on Kubricks and Kaws shit or are you get those as swag? LOL..I’m snitchin

DJ Neil: I guess I’m a student of pop culture , of music…

TSS: Sociologist of sorts…that’s cool. Aiiight…keeping it movin. Song of the moment for you?

DJ Neil: hmmmm, that’s tough… ok new song – I’ll do some cliché hipster shit and just say Gnarls Barkley “Crazy.”

TSS: Aww man…that’s so two months ago lol….But yes, it sets it off early in the mornings.

DJ Neil: Damn, see how behind I am ;-)

TSS: Now for me, I can rap Illmatic all day “NY State Of Mind,” all the verses LOL. Song guaranteed to hear you singing in the shower?

DJ Neil: Hmmmmmm…..Any Stevie Wonder jam. I’m Filipino…we like singin

TSS: HAHA…ok then…Innvervisions or Songs In The Keys Of Life? Pick one.

DJ Neil: Songs in the Key I think… I told you I’m not an insane record collector, can’t remember which songs are on which…I’m just a regular record collector

TSS: SITKOL easily man…aiight, let’s get a few more questions out the way

DJ Neil: ok

TSS: “French-vanilla, butter-pecan, chocolate-deluxe/Even caramel sundaes is gettin touched…” Which one for you?

DJ Neil: Butter-pecans, but I guess I end up with caramel all the time

TSS: Baskin-Robbins type dude myself…I’m tryin’em all homie

DJ Neil: I hear that

TSS: Biggest pet peeve that your friends would list first about you?

DJ Neil: oh, and no, I don’t have any physical porn… just that internet stuff that ummm, just magically appears…

TSS: haha….nah nah man, pet peeves, we off porn now…some shit like “Neil leaves dirty socks on the couch” or “Neil puts his fingernail clippings all over the place”

DJ Neil: Hmmmmm…shit, usually I’m the one that’s bitchin to my crewmates

TSS: So you’re the anal retentive crew mom?

DJ Neil: Ok, I got one… I’m supposed to be fresh dipped all the time, but I got a pooch, a half pit half yellow lab…

…and I’ll go out in a black hoodie with two tons of dog hair all over …

TSS: LOL…I had to let out a chuckle for that one

DJ Neil: Wifey gets at me about that all the time

TSS: So we need to send you lint rollers man?

DJ Neil: Man… I got like five in the car… I just give up after a while

TSS: LOL…lazy ass

TSS: Aiight, let’s do like 3 more quick questions…Here’s a toughie

TSS: Artist you think has the most ability to blow up, but won’t, for whatever reasons? Memphis Bleek don’t count.

DJ Neil: Hip hop, or any genre…

TSS: Enh…hip-hop preferably

DJ Neil: So you want a current artist, or from any time period?

TSS: Hmm…whatever’s clever. Current would be better but if you don’t have one, we’ll keep it moving.

DJ Neil: Old artist – Masta Ace…I think he never gets his due.

TSS: Ace got a semi-cult following like Cannabis lol…the people love him but the masses will never know how truly dope his work is.

DJ Neil: As for new artist…Saigon…gotta go with him. He’s aligned himself with a camp that will always leave him in that certain zone, that Kay Slay, underground mc zone, a la Papoose

TSS: Aww man…I think everybody who knows is pulling for Sai but interesting call right there.

TSS: I’ll let you decide here for the next few questions, music or non-music question?

DJ Neil: Non-musical I guess

TSS: Quick draw, rapid fire answers

TSS: Lebron or Kobe?

DJ Neil: Lebron

TSS: McDonald’s or Wendy’s?

DJ Neil: “I like the Whopper/fuck the Big Mac…”

TSS: LOL

DJ Neil:…so Wendy’s

TSS: Ass or Tits?

DJ Neil: Ass dude…but I like boobies too

TSS: LOL

TSS: Last one….

TSS: What would you say now to the first female that broke up with you?

DJ Neil: “Dang you got old!” (That’s just cause I’ve seen her recently…she looks like a troll…)

TSS: LMAO

TSS: But aiyo hold on…what’s she gonna say about you?

DJ Neil: “I don’t believe you still date college girls…”

TSS: HAHA…that one took the cake

TSS: aiight, interview over homie. That’s far more than enough for me lol

DJ Neil: Alright, that was fun fellas.

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