“Doctors say I’m the poorest, I ain’t got no insurance…”

The artist formerly known as Mos takes the celebratory spending “Paris” song and swings the lyrical pendulum in the opposite direction towards the have-not’s. Read the rest of this entry »

“How To Make It In America” Might Find a New Network [Vulture]

Tina Fey and ?uestlove Settle Beef With A Peace Hoagie [Warming Glow]

Halle Berry Engaged to Olivier Martinez [GOT] Read the rest of this entry »

Even with all the convenience the digital age has brought to the fan’s music consumption diet, chalking up the days of producers digging for infectious samples and thumbing through an album booklet to check out the credits as a relic of yesterday is a harsh reality to face. These days, record labels are coming for 200% of their interpolated work and digital booklets are used more for their illustrations than info. Read the rest of this entry »

The term “epic” is throw around almost as freely as “classic” when it comes to rap and pop culture as a whole. But the word makes for the appropriate billing here as B.o.B releases his latest mixtape, EPIC (Every Play Is Crucial). For a freebie, the tracklisting packs a lot of star power, including Grand Hustle boss T.I., other high profile inclusions like Eminem, Weezy and Mos Def. Read the rest of this entry »

“Don’t call it a comeback, I was home anyway.” Forget the lines at Wal-Mart, here’s something many of you have already been waiting a decade for. The new Black Star single, anyone? And, howabout we add that it’s produced by Madlib? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Read the rest of this entry »

Guess their current tour has given Mos Def and Talib Kweli, collectively known as Black Star, time to do a bit of recording as they took to The Colbert Report last night and performed a new tune titled “Fix Up.” Read the rest of this entry »

Black Star’s reunited, at least for the time being, and doing a small tour run that has them hitting House Of Blues locations around the country. During the Chicago stop, Mos Def and Talib bring out Common to perform their classic tune “Respiration.” Read the rest of this entry »

Even though SXSW took place in March, the release of Watch The Throne’s official tracklist has offered this footage new life and Vevo is poised to fully take advantage. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo: CiscoNYC

The audio for the remarkable Blue Note set has been floating around for a while but this is my first time spying footage from the New York night in February. Read the rest of this entry »

Like a jockey riding high on a thoroughbred, Mos Def harnesses Madlib’s triumphant horns to deliver a “World Premiere” for the Fuel TV’s Daily Habit audience and the listening public as a whole. From the moment he steps on stage, Mos is on point. The man’s retro cool is strong, suit-fitted up and old-time microphone firmly grasped in his right hand. Read the rest of this entry »

For this week’s G.O.O.D. Music Friday drop, we get allegorical raps courtesy of the baby angel crew. Read the rest of this entry »

It was another rough and tumble week here @ TSS. Music flowed, conversations abounded and good times were had by all. To keep it simple, we pulled a few of the week’s highlights in case you missed them.

– After taking a couple of media lumps, Katy Perry bounced back quite nicely on SNL and our eyes are thankful.

– PUSH! Montana spoke on selling dope, thinking dope and FreshDope! Read the rest of this entry »

And why wouldn’t he? Mos doesn’t need to rap, or sing. But, he loves both, and had the option of joining the one man who’s actually getting things done in Hip-Hop and has the game’s most anticipated album dropping in November. Good Ass Job? Nah, this is a G.O.O.D. ass year for Mr. West. Read the rest of this entry »

Truth of the matter is that there’s no way that anything G.O.O.D. released on Friday was going to trump their number one space cadet’s Complex tirade. Still, Kanye has a commitment to live up to with G.O.O.D. Music Fridays and dropped “Lord, Lord, Lord” in the night’s waning hours. Read the rest of this entry »

Pretty Flaco, Ski and the full-sounding Spanish horns all mesh really well together on this latest from 24 Hour Karate School, entitled “Cream Of The Planet.” That release date? Not holding my breath but if it happens… Read the rest of this entry »