…and this is what he comes back with. A clip of M.O.P. performing a rousing rendition of “Ante Up” @ Rock The Bells DC. I think Read the rest of this entry »

Pics by Landon A.

It’s that time of the year again, folks. Hip-Hop Christmas season is upon us as Rock The Bells is hitting a town near you soon. The first stop was Chicago where Pat M. and I were on hand to soak in the Hip-Hop in the air. Enjoy as TSS doles out some rewards for the best and worst moments of the event.

The Performance That Most Slept On

Pat M. — M.O.P. Brownsville’s own took advantage of the more intimate second stage to tear up the concrete with a slate of their best tracks. The energy of the crowd was crucial—although smaller in size than most it was filled with fans who knew M.O.P.’s M.O. and were ready for some hardcore. And “Ante Up,” is such a terrorizing, crowd-pumping anthem Busta Rhymes brought Fame and Danze out to liven up HIS set. That’s respect.

David D. — The man Tech N9ne had choreography, a dance crew and facepaint that made him look a little like Kamala. He went on to spit rapid-fire non-stop for seemingly 30 minutes straight. It was a high-octane performance deserving of a higher spot in the show. Here’s the crazy part: Tech and crew rocked their costumes after their set was over. Just walking around face paint and all. That’s dedication, holmes.

The We Hardly Knew Ye (AKA Jimmy Fallon’s Taping in 20 Minutes) Performance

Pat M. — Not surprisingly, a multi-act concert with tight transition times requiring rappers to be punctual…didn’t run on time. So when The Roots came out, they were an hour plus behind schedule and unlikely Read the rest of this entry »

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Download — Slaughterhouse – “The One” (Prod. by DJ Khalil)

[Via]

First off, big salute to all the fathers out there. On the streets, at war, at work, hustling, locked up, who still find strength to maintain and still keep the babies. You’re raising the future. We doff our hats to you.

Back to our regular scheduled programming. What did you miss this week?

- The Lakers sonned whatever that other team was The Magic.

- Sa-Ra and Raheem DeVaughn provided more music to make more babies to.

- Killer Mike re-emerged to discipline you truant children.

- We looked back at the Jordan True Blues, the mack daddy of all sneakers, in my dishonest opinion.

- The good folks at Slaughterhouse embarrassed their children and entertained the rest of us with a little skit.

- Playboy Tre returned to the internet. No father pun here Read the rest of this entry »

Is there ever anyone who M.O.P. hasn’t upstaged on a track? If not by bars then by sheer vocal presence, you hear the Brownsville duo before anyone or anything else. Dare I say even Hov had to put in work to stand out above them. Even with all four members of Slaughterhouse in attendance, all I hear is “C’mon!” and I start looking for somebody to elbow.

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Download — Slaughterhouse Feat. M.O.P. – “Woodstock”

Snagged from Nation.

Quite a hardcore mix here over a bluesy track so make sure your wallet is tucked before cueing it up. Read the rest of this entry »

Samantha del Valle Doing The Pretty Face Friday Thing

I’m Sorry But They All Look Like Dudes [Don Chavez]

Cher’s Daughter Chastity To Change Gender [EW]

Top 10 TILFs (Toys I’d Like To…) [Street Level]

Lego Jesus Was Assembled For Your Sins [Gearfuse]

Kobe Bryant’s Top 10 Plays of 2009 [Hoop Doctors]

Unkut Vs. Combat Jack: M.O.P = Rap’s Greatest Duo [Unkut]

Mary J. Blige Defends Auto-Tune: ‘To Each His Own’ [MTV]

What Do Alf, the Muppet Babies, Bugs Bunny, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Have in Common? [Vulture]

Ron Artest Pays Tribute To Eminem [TRU]

Frank Williams: Mr. Basketball in Illinois, Big 10 MVP, 1st Round Draft Pick, Busted for Drugs [TBL]

‘Elaborate’ Drug Tunnel Found Along Mexico Border [CNN]

Vinyl Sales To Hit Another High Point In 2009 [Pop & Hiss]

The Game Plans Weekly Mixtape Series [XXL]

NBA Spoof: Where Amazing Happens [Eighty81]

Former Ref Donaghy Assaulted in Prison [NBA Fanhouse]

Have You Voted For L? [TSS]

TSS x T-Shirts = Major! [TSS]

Someone must have neglected to tell Busta Bus the “streets” have short attention spans these days. I had to rally the ex-Flipmode freedom fighters to convince them to give I Bullshit You Not a chance and here we are, a little of week after the fact, and he’s lampooning with Superstar J and Big T with the Feeding The Streets Mixtape.

With guest spots from Drake, Bun B, The Game and 50% more of the active industry, lets hope the “streets” have enough room in their belly to consume Back On My B.S. on May 19th.

And somewhere in a loft in Marcy, Memphis Bleek is screaming swagger jacker. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s Friday snitches! Wake up, crank this shit up & break some shit up.

Seen via Always Hustle

That’s a hell of a line up for one track.

Thoughts while watching this:

1. [Start]: “Brooklyn All-Stars”? Don’t half the worlds emcees reside in this borough? Kinda hard to pick a top 5.
2. [0:30]: The beat is a tad lazy. Just realized I wasn’t listening to dude talking. Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Khalid Strickland

The dope game ain’t what it used to be, but there’s still a few dollars to be squeezed out of the fiends. In my hood, the gentrification of New York City comes with new clientèle: caked-up hipsters from out-of-town, looking to hit the slopes.

Now, I don’t knock anybody’s hustle ‘cause Lord knows I’m dirty. But amongst the young dealers on the hottest block around my way there’s a group of hustlers that always make me shake my damn head… old-ass men. With their potbellies and jowls, these dudes look 55 years old at minimum; crack-era relics glued to the same corner since their long lost youth. It’s sad to see grandfathers posted up in front of the chicken shack, bent from Hennessey, cat-callin’ uninterested broads half their age. Now they’re running errands for the young bloods. What happened to O.G.’s schooling new cats to the game? Read the rest of this entry »

Wake up snitches! Here’s some Mash Out Posse for a Monday morning. Shake the weekend cobwebs out of your cranium & let’s get the week started.

Jay-Z Feat. M.O.P. – U Don’t Know (Remix)

There has been a lot of hoopla over the last few years about the similarities between Hip-Hop and WWE with all of the staged fights, slick talking and fake retirements. What many don’t realize is that there have been a few battles between wrestlers and rappers. And no, I’m not talking about the No Limit Soldiers fiasco from WCW that spawned a music video masterpiece.

Just this week, M.O.P. sued John Cena over the sampling of their song in what is the most recent in a list of rapper versus wrestler courtroom beefs.

*Ding Ding*

Round 1: Diamond Dallas Page vs. Jay-Z

For those of you that don’t know DDP, he’s a nutjob. Read the rest of this entry »

“…If they ain’t federal…Left Holmes with half his dome in a napkin…”

“…For saying ‘What’s poppin?’” Read the rest of this entry »

The first single for A Rosenberg Oddisee. Read the rest of this entry »