The untimely passing of filmmaker John Hughes shed significant light on what actually constituted as a great movie. Just glancing at his filmography, it was clear that he was he was a mastermind in capturing the joy and pains of societal American culture for the silver screen. In the realm of Hip-Hop, few have demonstrated an appreciation for this so quickly than Donny Goines. After all, his latest album, the stellar The Breakfast Club, borrows its title from one of the director’s most revered creations. Intrigued, TSS wanted to know how deep the level of sophistication was in Mr. Goines DVD collection.

Short Circuit [1986]

“An 80′s classic near and dear to my heart. I actually cried when I saw them goons beat on Johnny 5. I was a kid you know (Laughs) But the movie is one that has always been a favorite.” Read the rest of this entry »

At the mention of TSS, Wale said “That was one of the first sites to mention me.”

We’ll proudly pin that up with our collection of flair because Wale, more than likely, has next. His debut is set to be something heavy with Interscope backing and ‘Ye, Just, 9th, Neptunes and Swizz all behind the boards. “Eghck!” word to P. Thornton.

We still have a minute before we see if dude can deliver, but his track record is on point – from doing his go-go thing on 2006′s underground Hate Is The New Love to this past May’s The Mixtape About Nothing. Hitting the game up with free .99 tapes, Wale’s been serving up deals better than stolen iPhones. No wonder he could and did do a release party for a damn mixtape.

Set to get on with the Rock The Bells trek, Wale gave TSS Crew member D. Chanda his Fave Five tracks he’s done so far including a few from The Mixtape About Nothing, and kicked some little-known knowledge about himself as well.

‘Stronger’ Freestyle

“I love this one where I’m talkin’ about my football and all that. That brought me to talk about my football past and I never really mentioned it and I feel like it hit every point so well, youknamean.”

“The Kramer”

“Because of the artistic aspect of it how like it’s like drawing a perfect circle, you know what I’m sayin’, manually. You just look at it like ‘Shit, I just did that.’ It is impossible to draw a perfect circle, but if you did one, you look at it like, ‘Oh shit!’” Read the rest of this entry »