Believe it or not, during an exclusive interview with MTV, an oddly-braided Shyne Po surprisingly went into detail about how he’d just gotten off the phone with his former mentor Diddy. More odd than the phone call, though, is how they apparently plan on deading their beef Read the rest of this entry »

Alternatively titled “The Pot Calls The Kettle Black.” While on the air with Shade 45, Waka Flocka sent a shot in the direction of Wiz Khalifa Read the rest of this entry »

At this point, Webbie’s antics are overshadowing his music. That’s never a good thing, but staying relevant is the goal regardless of how it’s achieved. Some random camera catches Webbie and decides ask him about his 106 & Park excommunication. And what happens next was worth clicking play. Well, at least the parts you could understand. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s funny how one measly letter can change an entire perspective, situation or assessment of an ongoing problem. Take the tangled web the letter “T” weaves in this particular instance. Over the past weekend, Pusha T released a song that was received warmly by everybody not identifying themselves as Consequence. Read the rest of this entry »

While it took Beanie Sigel over a half-hour to convey his thoughts, Jay gives his assessment in under a minute. Cool Hand Luke never gets rattled. Read the rest of this entry »

Sheesh. Contra™ just sent this one over and…you’re gonna have to listen for yourself. Beans tells his version of the events that transpired behind the scenes better than any words I could muster up. Read the rest of this entry »

*Golf clap*

Let us all applaud because it is always good to see men set aside their differences and move on with their lives. Read the rest of this entry »

Dealing with Curtis is similar to a chess game, at least if you’re a former enemy of his. Yesterday, the 1515 Boys let loose of a rumor stating that Cam may possibly be performing at 50′s philanthropic project, ’40 Day’, in his native borough of Queens. Kill that noise. Read the rest of this entry »

The other night after the situation popped off, Mike Wayne said Joey’s mouth was probably the cause of the whole situation. After wasting six minutes of what’s already been a busy ass day watching this bullshit, I think he was right. Read the rest of this entry »

Hip-Hop beefs, friends becoming enemies, crews breaking up. Quite frankly, I’m used to it all. To an extent, it’s almost expected in a genre where making friends is more luck than honor. However, in lieu the recent barrage of words between Young Jeezy and DJ Drama, I must admit this one particularly sucks. I remember in early 2005 I became a fan of both of them at the exact same time: the moment play was pressed on my burned copy of Trap or Die. At that point, I had no clue I would be listening to be one of the most important mixtapes of all time. Actually, it’s pretty safe to say not many knew it would be held in such high regard only four years later.

That’s the beautiful thing about the music. A classic can emerge from (damn near) any artist at any given time. The hardest thing to do is appreciate it Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most beautiful innovations about the new age of music and the internet is the ability to flashback at the mere click of a button. With the situation between The Game and Jay-Z seemingly growing more and more intense by the day (at least on Game’s part), it is sometimes easy to forget the two have been been in each other’s rhymes for nearly a half a decade. After the jump, a crash course of subliminal and obvious disses are dissected in one of Hip-Hop’s most known-unknown “beefs”.

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You’ve gotten the opportunity to familarize yourself with them through their music (probably because it was bestowed as free gift,) but how well do you actually know about Yannick “Thurzday” Koffi and Yonas “Y-O” Michael, the efficacious duo that makes up U-N-I? For clarification purposes, TSS Crew’s TC caught up with them as well as Romel “Ro Blvd” Ventura, the sole producer behind the duo’s latest achievement A Love Supreme, and eradicated all stereotypes, offered thoughts on being web superstars and just exactly what was up with that Nelly diss.

TSS: Before we get down to the nitty gritty, we had to play What’s In A Name?

Thurzday: The name U-N-I is basically derived from [The Roots'] Illadelph Halflife; the “UNIverse At War” song with Common and I figured it fit us perfect being in the L.A. scene. Coming out of the city, you’re going to face a lot of opposition, so it’s “U” then Y-O and I then “I,” myself Vs. any opposition trying to prevent us from accomplishing our dreams. When I told Y-O and Chris, our manager the idea, they loved it and it’s been working ever since.

As for Thurzday, my last name is Koffi and in West Africa, it’s a nickname for “boy born on Friday.” And everybody called me by my last name and the meaning didn’t really apply so I told everybody “Just call me Thurz.” And it stuck!

Y-O: Mine is simple. It’s just a childhood name that I grew up with. My mom still calls me Yo and it’s short for my real name which is Yonas. It’s an African name given to me by my grandmother from Eritrea. It means soldier. It’s a name that everybody can relate me to or knows me as so I kept it simple.

Ro Blvd: Well my government name is Romel and I always said if I made it, I would want my stage name to have a part of my actual name. I always went by Ro but when I started making music towards the end of high school my mom gave me a stack of records, not even knowing that people sample. And one of them was a soundtrack to a movie called Boulevard Nights which truthfully, is in my top 5 movies of all-time because it’s been an inspirational influence in my life. And I was out ripping and running in the streets like everybody else but I chose to use Boulevard because the term “street” is often stereotyped into something negative. So to me, boulevard is thinking like Saturday Night Fever; John Travolta on the strip having fun so that’s the image I wanted to portray.

TSS: Interesting you say that because when people refer to L.A. music they typically think “gangsta rap.” Did you all go particularly out of your way to avoid that stigma? Read the rest of this entry »

If you peeped “Bagpipes From Baghdad” yesterday, a leak from Eminem’s Relapse, you may have noticed the song was a direct jab at happily married couple Nick Cannon & Mariah Carey. Over Dr. Dre’s spiraling Irish instrumentation, Eminem spews ether like:

“I ain’t playin’ no fuckin’ more/Nick Cannon you prick/I wish you luck with the fuckin’ whore…”

or

“I mean I really want ya bad you cunt/Nick you had your fun/I’ve come to kick you in your sack of junk…”

Suffice to say, Mr. Cannon is less than amused and spazzed on his blog:

I’m taking full action on you Eminem. I don’t know why no one has stood up to your bitch ass yet. But I guess it’s going to take a corny, wack rapping, boy toy from Nickelodeon to set you straight. And trust, I am going to be relentless. Even though I got a lot of other obligations and occupations, you are my new full time job “homey”! I asked myself should I go find this Bitch and just whoop his little ass? Read the rest of this entry »

Straight outta right field, The Game’s set-trippin’ in Auto-Tune. Read the rest of this entry »

Baffling isn’t it? One of our favorite goons gettin capped? By Jimmy et al.? Read the rest of this entry »