We can’t speak for everyone, but our parents always told us it was rude to point. However, they probably didn’t account for the magnetic attraction most people’s index fingers have to scrapers and donks, which happens to be theme of E-40′s new cranker, “They Point.” Read the rest of this entry »

There were at least three million reasons for that pretty mothaf*%cka A$AP to celebrate last year. Now, to help spread said success even further into 2012, the Harlem native has reworked this unreleased track he recorded with Windy City MC Jon James into a solo effort. “Celebration” has a tad more mainstream-appeal than most of his down-tempo catalog Read the rest of this entry »

The most money I’ve ever found on the ground was five bucks at a gas station. However, if I were hypothetically a working girl and happened to be getting down with $hort Dogg and E-Feezy, the amount of “Money On The Floor” I’d be picking up would probably keep my utilities on. Read the rest of this entry »

Between both the original and remix, I’ve probably heard Celly Cel’s, “It’s Goin’ Down,” more than the National Anthem. In fact, it’s somewhat surprising this slow-motion banger has yet to make one of our iPod playlists. Read the rest of this entry »

Been a while since we shared Crew Love hasn’t it? Don’t worry, we’ll start convening more frequently in an effort to do them more often. Read the rest of this entry »

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The above picture was taken at a gas station in my hometown of Washington, DC. As I contemplated how long it would take to commute to downtown DC on a skateboard, I shuddered at the thought of prices rising even higher during the approaching summer. Read the rest of this entry »

This track is three decades of Hip-Hop coming together with E-40 from the 80s, Snoop from the 90s, and Jeezy from the 2000s. On just one listen, Tha Doggfather snaps out of his lethargic routine to bring forth one of his most energetically charged “16′s” in recent memory, but on another it’s 40 Water who throws down several different flows with pinpoint accuracy to wreck the beat. Read the rest of this entry »

For over 20 years, Vallejo, California-born E-40 has stayed on the map, fulfilling his role as the self-proclaimed “Ambassador of the Bay.” Whether it was with his family, The Click, or by himself, he’s always played his part seriously, consistently putting out two plus decades of music he describes that “slaps.” Read the rest of this entry »

The dirt underneath 40′s fingernails speaks for itself. Still knee deep in time shifts from last year’s double duty, Revenue Retrievin’ (Day and Night Shifts), the kingpin of the Bay is clocking in even more OT with two more Revenue Retrievin’s in the Overtime and Graveyard Shifts. That’s plenty of new schemes and capers from the OG workhorse with more than enough variation to go around. That’s also more wolves and vultures tryna swipe fiddles in ya boy’s scrilla department of council. Read the rest of this entry »

Even with the impressive first step that was “Loaded,” I totally forgot all about Droop-E’s Sade-inspired EP wasn’t too far from the initial visual. None the matter, us Sade husband-hopefuls don’t leave one another stranded, especially when we’re talking about a ceremonial CD. Read the rest of this entry »

Time has a not-so-funny way of passing us by. As we, TSS Crew strive to give you our earnest and admittedly, unquestionable opinions on the albums of the day, sometimes even a couple projects slip through our impenetrable reviewing hands. Take a SXSW here and a couple trips to New York there, the missed calls begin to pile up. So as we enter the quarter of our Hip-Hop fiscal year, here’s our chance to blow secondhand smoke on some of 2010′s offerings. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m such a Sade Adu stan that I immediately get to side-eyeing whenever notions of “tribute” projects in her name are brought up. I thought her last album was a pap smear on her legacy and I’d rather listen to lesser-known songs from Promise than roughly 86% of new R&B. So when I got wind that Droop-E was putting together a mixtape revolving around Sade samples, I started to look like a rooster. Read the rest of this entry »

Is this fancy lil’ clip, we’ve got E-Feezy Fonzareezy and Big Snoop D-O-Double bubbling about their their new partnership with cognac brand Landy and there’s enough roundabout one-liners to leave viewers spinning before sipping. Read the rest of this entry »

After viewing a message this morning with one of the winner’s haul from the E-40 x The Hundreds giveaway, I realized we didn’t share the names of the winners for that joint. Let’s take a moment to recognize the selected few who won and should have received their goods by now. Read the rest of this entry »

California is diverse a state as America is as a country. From the materialistic southerners to the bay area bullies to the northerners who treat marijuana like a cash crop more than an illegal narcotic, the West is dense with personality. Read the rest of this entry »