An icy cold demeanor, impeccable delivery on a staggering range of beats and refusal to conform to industry trends has lead our rhyming anti-hero, Emilio Rojas to this point in Twenty Twelve. The Breaking Point, that is. Read the rest of this entry »

The streets of Boston are looking real apocalyptic these days, with the Celtics seeing their window of opportunity dwindle and local rapper-turned-actor, Slaine spilling doomsday raps every time he comes near a microphone. From out of the prophetic ashes arrives Jake The Snake with his pro-bono, socially-aware album, The Last Days to paint the city red with reality. Read the rest of this entry »

Seeing that the world’s allegedly ending and all this year, J The S is going out with a bang with The Last Days LP. Together with his co-defendant Emilio Rojas and one of the various vixens from the Jonathan Master Brothel Inc.®, the dark comes out in the light with usual Court Dunn treatment. Read the rest of this entry »

Always dropping in when you least expect it, Atmosphere is putting on for their city, state and relative universe with the “Welcome to Minnesota” tour this coming February. The flagship song is an organic offering of fluid musicianship alongside a handful of the North Star State’s freshest talent. Read the rest of this entry »

“Now the kid in band class’s got’em on the bandwagon.”

XV and friends craft a song for those who played them to the left back before each artist’s name started ringin’ bells. Read the rest of this entry »

Normally, you can miss me with these rapper vlogs because most artists need to get off their asses and make some music with impact, real talk. In the case of the Maybach Music Group, they find time to be consistent with their hits and Spiff TV & Dre know exactly how to hold your attention behind a camera lens. Read the rest of this entry »

Yes, you’re right. This video came several days ago. But, you know what? Despite being busy providing commentary on music instead of just posting it, we at TSS specifically support Mr. Rojas and Mike The Killer and wanted to make sure the slick accompanying video to their fast-and-furious-flows from Life Without Shame‘s “FTW” got proper burn. Read the rest of this entry »

This was ready to roll on Friday, but for most of us, I figured Emilio Rojas’ empowering “Champion” video might be a better fit after punching out of a long Monday on the clock. Directed by Redd Pen Media and featuring the NY native living out his dreams of damnation for those who push us to the brink, this Life Without Shame feature fulfills our fantasies visually, Read the rest of this entry »

Rappers rap but half of them ain’t saying nothing. Hip-Hop is about teaching through its urban art form. Emilio Rojas just so happens to be a gentleman and a scholar of the music that can feed the needy better than the nation’s best soup kitchen. Compliments to the chef as the most provocative cut from Life Without Shame is here for your eyes in case your ears didn’t catch it. Read the rest of this entry »

Only particular persona’s can appreciate the finer things in life and the stupid genius, Esso is a regular art connoisseur. (Rembrandt and Michelangelo, holla @ cha boy!) To gear you up for his upcoming gallerias and prove to you he still has great taste that should be considered for iPod rotation, the Harlem night lifer is unveiling #yandilife, an avant-garde glance through his personified thinking cap. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re not aware by now, there’s a new promotional gimmick going on in Hip-Hop. Since consistency on blogs is now almost more important for budding artists than radio play, keeping their buzz afloat means delivering more reasons for your name to be posted and your music to be heard. Generally, mixtapes have been the most accepted form of doing so, but in recent months change has come and the DJ-free, untagged version of said street releases has now taken the crown of most coveted. Read the rest of this entry »

If you can’t tell by now, Emilio Rojas is a pimp, swindler and bona fide ladies man. For all those double entendre’d finishers/cramming-28-bars-into-16-bar-stanzas/motor-mouthed lyrical acrobatics he likes to pull off, he never hesitates to let you catch him with a woman. Any type ranging from wifey to hooker tramp, he’s got ‘em—in his videos. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the last few months, chunks of virtue have been the staple of Gilbere Forte’. Since the release of his critically acclaimed 87 Dreams, he’s only progressed further. While 2010 marked his first appearance on the national radar, he’s poised to make some real noise this year, delivering his message through the EYES of VERITAS. Read the rest of this entry »

Emilio Rojas may harbor a lot of tenacity on the mic, but he has no “Shame” in his game when it comes to snuggling with his honey bunches of oats. That is, until the woman that he messed with unprotected, texted him saying “she wished she would have kept it” and the one he’s laying next to, looked over and read it. Where do you think his head is now? Read the rest of this entry »

My boo is mad that I’m buzzin’, she’s scared that I’m movin’ on/A stubborn mothaf#cka, I stuck with her just to prove her wrong…

I think it was Maurice Garland who tweeted this awhile back: isn’t it odd how “FTW” (for the win) and “WTF” (what the f#ck) use the same letters to describe completely different emotions? This ain’t got nothing to do with nothing, I just thought that I should mention. Respect to Weezy. Read the rest of this entry »