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TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Playboy Tre

As you saw, Bobby Ray brought his show to Chicago last week. This, of course means that my homie and fellow Outkast aficionado, Playboy Tre was in attendance. I was able to pull him to the side and talk about his new projects, the resurgence of “real” Hip-Hop and his own definition of the...
October 1st, 2009 | "Smoking Sessions With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL, Videos | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Termanology

Wordplay, complex deliveries and unpredictable rhyme patterns. All qualities least likely to be heard in today’s rap music but Termanology, the Boston bred cipher titleholder, keeps it true to original form with his stylistic branding of verbal skills. Ready to take fans back to the glory days...
September 23rd, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With New Boyz

With jerk fever gripping the nation with fluorescent, polka-dotted fists, it’s safe to the say that the New Boyz have successfully carved a niche that has earned them recognition as well as enough dollar signs to set the standards on weekly allowance. But is it gimmick or geniality that’s...
September 11th, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL, VIDEO | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Anwan Glover

With his towering frame, unconditional loyalty and voice of a thousand Newports™, Barksdale enforcer Slim Charles became a fan favorite on The Wire. Anwan “Big G” Glover, the Washington D.C. native who so capably portrayed the street soldier, is proud of his breakout role. But like Slim inheriting...
September 4th, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Truck North

Too often, MCs claim to be incorporate that “nineties feel” into their music but rarely deliver on such promises. Thankfully for most older fans, Truck North doesn’t know any other way to bring it. In fact, the Philadelphia freestyler was so headstrong, his mixtape — the stellar...
August 1st, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Felicia Pearson

Felicia Pearson was born to play her eponymous character “Snoop” on HBO’s The Wire. Discovered by actor Michael K. Williams (b.k.a. Omar Little) in a Baltimore club, the street-certified Pearson had no buffer zone between putting in work for her set and putting in work on the set....
July 10th, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Finale

You probably hadn’t heard of Finale prior to his A Pipe Dream And A Promise release. He didn’t have the blog buzz, he wasn’t throwing out music for free as fast as he could record it, and he wasn’t forcing himself onto the masses in an effort to win folks over with everything...
July 7th, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Wale

Ladies and gents, Wale has arrived. After a few years of putting in work on a regional & underground level, his music was thrust into the spotlight with the release of several critically acclaimed mixtapes. And now, the D.C. spitter is ready to take it mainstream with his Attention Deficit album...
June 20th, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Exile

Props if you know him from Emanon, and if it wasn’t until Below The Heavens with Blu that convinced you of Exile’s musical genius, welcome. Since the early 90’s the Los Angeles-bred and buttered producer has been steadily building a resume of work few can rival. From underground 12-inches...
April 24th, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL, Videos | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Slim Thug

As a staple in Houston’s forever flourishing, refreshingly independent Hip-Hop scene, Slim Thug has enjoyed worldwide success while remaining true to his deeply rooted Houston heritage. With his sophomore record on the horizon and a brand record label gracing his CD’s, Slim Thug took his show and...
March 18th, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL, MUSIC | Read More

Video: TSS x Capone-N-Noreaga x Dame Grease x Meeno

Camerawork by Clayton Donnelley I grind hard most of the time, but I’m a lazy b*stard at heart. If I don’t have to sit in front of a computer and transcribe a long-*ss interview, that’s fine with me. Lately, I’ve been having my homie Big Clay videotape my interviews. He’s an ex-bouncer...
March 17th, 2009 | ARTIST INTERVIEWS, AS TOLD TO, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, Videos | Read More

TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Cam’ron

You’ve heard all the speculation, rumours, assumptions…and so did he. After what seemed to be the longest three-year-span in history, February 2nd saw the mystery of Cam’ron’s disappearance completely dismantled as he debuted a new song and video and cleared the air with Miss...
March 6th, 2009 | "Smoking Sessions With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Paul Wall

2005 saw the rebirth of the Houston Hip-Hop renaissance. Local heroes Mike Jones and Chamillionaire rose to platinum prominence while familiar faces such as U.G.K. and Lil’ Flip rode the wave as well to make that Lone Star impression across the entire game. One rapper in particular, with his trademark...
February 19th, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, AUDIO, GENERAL, MUSIC | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Kid CuDi

Killing time at the Highline Ballroom in NYC, I had just completed the interview portion of a Wale assignment. Surprisingly on-schedule, Scott Mescudi, better known by his stage name KiD CuDi, strides in with his crew for soundcheck. Just as I imagined a member of G.O.O.D. Music would be adorned, the...
February 2nd, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With B.o.B

“I am most conscious about my moods. Sometimes you have to be careful what type of mood and what type of lyrics you put in your songs.” - B.O.B. B.O.B. is a fresh breath, not just in Hip-Hop but for music period. His lyrics are deep and thorough. He has the ability of painting a vivid picture in...
December 30th, 2008 | "Smoking Sessions With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More