“Darryl Strawberry, you can sniff it like Bobby.”

New new visuals from Moruf’s GSOM: Ready To Live project. Read the rest of this entry »

“Are you ready to live?”

That’s the question Moruf permeates throughout Garden State of Mind: Ready to Live, the NJ rapper’s second mixtape. I had a chance to listen to this project while it was still in the oven and he had a decent selection of songs. Yet it lacked something other than the usual tidbits. It just so happened Moruf and his team are closer to finding that missing element after listening to this tape: his “sound.” Read the rest of this entry »

This kid Moruf doesn’t listen.

I’ve said time and time again that new rappers ought to steer clear of top-tier instrumentals. But here here he goes gettin’ loose on “Mass Appeal” as if it was any old beat layin’ around. To his credit he does an decent job of paying respects to the late Guru with his lyrical exercise. Read the rest of this entry »

Seems like the minimalistic shoots at a somewhat vague location (in this case, somewhere in Brooklyn) are the new wave in e-music videos. You won’t hear any squabbles from me about this shift in video making since club scenes and blue screens are looking staler by the day. Moving on, as previously stated I have a hang up against aspiring rappers spitting over well-known instrumentals. Read the rest of this entry »

When I dropped a post about Mo0 this summer his track met TSS with a somewhat tepid response. I saw a modicum of potential in the kid but dude wasn’t “there” yet in many respects. I knew that wasn’t the last I’d hear from the kid so I kept him in the “wait and see” folder. Read the rest of this entry »