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 »

No ex-girlfriends were harmed in the making of this track.

On May 17, Joe Budden will release Mood Muzik 4.5: The Worst Is Yet To Come. How does this differ from MM4, you ask? Seven brand new songs allowing an even more in-depth trip into the erratic personality of a man who never met a video vixen he couldn’t smash, break up with and make a song about. Read the rest of this entry »

“Once you go through it, you’ll believe it, And you’ll never give a woman more than you want her to leave with.”

New Joey for his #MoodMuzikMondays leaks. “No Idea” is more misfit music that should keep the internet soldiers content until MM4 drops on November 9th. Read the rest of this entry »

Words by C. Paicely

“I got to know her on my sofa/I gave her my honorable discharge and she took it like a soldier.”

Yes. Mouse is back, a week later, with leak number two from his upcoming release Mood Muzik 4, and the title of this project is making more and more sense. While the first leak, “Black Cloud,” had that therapeutic and confessional mood that always seems to add to Joe Beezy’s lyrical muscle mass, “Sober Up” uses an oft-used line from Tupac’s “Hail Mary” to strike a less apologetic tone for his behavior. Read the rest of this entry »

Sheek Luciano is a full bird colonel as far as industry vets go and his behind-the-scenes command has earned him the opportunity to call Def Jam his base of operations for the time being. To celebrate his newfound enlistment, he’s recruited DJ Green Lantern as his executive officer and along with Termanlogy, Sean C. & LV, Termanology and the rest of the Lox, Donnie Def Jam: Guerilla Warfare Vol. 1 is the next East Coast weapon of mass destruction. Read the rest of this entry »

The following does not reflect the thoughts of TSS or any of its contributing members. Instead, it is a view exclusive only to myself. Joe Budden’s Mood Muzik 2 was one of the best projects to drop in the 2000s. Read the rest of this entry »

“You can be anything in this world that you want…except for my downfall…”

It’s a damn shame when records of this caliber encounter release issues. The J. Cardim-produced “Downfall” failed to make the cut for Joe Budden’s upcoming album, The Great Escape. According to Jersey’s own, it was because of the infamous “sample clearance,” among other reasons. Read the rest of this entry »

Borrowing a boxing analogy, Joey’s getting back in fighting shape referencing breaking news – “Pants on the ground,” Lane Kiffin, Jay Leno and Haiti all catch mentions- and adding in the usual punchlines. If I remember it right, it was this type of behavior on the mic that had Read the rest of this entry »

A few weeks ago, I wondered out loud where Mouse was since he was quieter than normal. Previous to, he was omnipresent — in front of every Flip cam, forum and anywhere else the internet trolled. If they were there, so was Joey kicking up dust making sure his presence was known, good or bad press be damned. Read the rest of this entry »

“They say the devil wears Prada, aggin, no I don’t…”

It feels like Joe Budden drops albums every other month. I’m not necessarily saying that’s a bad thing – especially after hearing the brand-new heat rock that is the J.Cardim-produced “Money’s On Me” from Jersey Joe’s upcoming The Great Escape – but it just seems this particular quarter from the House of Slaughter might be better off swiping the best tracks from two average albums and combining them into one, fully-loaded, store-ready LP…with only two D’s.

Am I wrong?

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Download — Joe Budden – “Money’s On Me” (Produced By J.Cardim)

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