I would say how Beans looks rather clownish for continuing with these antics and how he’s running a close race with Shyne for late-’90s rapper losing credibility faster than a NY minute. But, I won’t for fear he might slap me too. Paranoid to think that Jay’s still taking shots @ you in “Light Up“? Threatening to slap Drake because he featured Jay on a track? Read the rest of this entry »

As I was finishing pecking on the keyboard last night, the wife alerted me that two of my favorite people were about to be on TV together: Ron Artest & Chelsea Handler. Truthfully, the interview was only so-so…but I spent the majority of it marveling @ Ron Ron’s outfit Read the rest of this entry »

Picking a college can be tough. If I’d have seen this commercial for Everest College when I was deciding, then I would not have had any hesitation about picking where I wanted to learn how much alcohol I could consume before blacking out. Read the rest of this entry »

The majority of you Hip-Hop historians will either love or loathe Die Antwoord.

Touching down online like an F5 tornado with quite possibly two of the most random rap music videos ever produced, the pierced-tongue-in-cheek trio of Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek have turned a top spot on Google Trends into a contract with Jimmy Iovine’s machine in a matter of months. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s the new, in/out of the box video from MGMT, the band I thought was a duo until I saw the cover of Real Detroit and checked their Wiki page. Basically, this hodgepodge of 4.0 hipsters had a think tank to enhance the visuals for “Working” that ended up consisting of ripping the three-footer all day, while repeatedly watching Chronicles of Narnia, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory and Being John Malkovich. Also mass consumption of LCD and humus. Read the rest of this entry »

After vowing to appear in HBO’s True Blood last year, it seems Bigg Snoop Dogg has waited long enough for his guest-starring role. But, instead of heading back to a part-time job at Starbucks like every other shafted actor who didn’t get the call back, this Long Beach legend took it upon himself to get an officially-endorsed music video instead. Read the rest of this entry »

Backstage footage of portions of the State Prop chain gang together again, this time for Philly’s Summer Jam. Chris and Free hit the stage and are joined by Oschino, who I haven’t heard about in a month of Sundays. Filmed by Jimmy Giambrone. Read the rest of this entry »

Since there’s submissions all the time, often with the question “how can we get featured,” here’s a surefire way to catch almost any TSS Crew member’s attention. Relate your offering to The Wire. I can almost promise that everyone will take heed. Read the rest of this entry »

Sequels are rarely as good as the original, word to Illmatic and that second Cosby show with the guy from Cool Runnings in it. OK Go had one of the very first viral music videos when they produced a single-shot, one-take treadmill dance for “Here It Goes Again” a few years ago. Now, they’re back with another creative video, this time in full stop-motion glory. Read the rest of this entry »

The uproar is in motion as everyone’s up in arms over a Seattle police officer punching a young lady. Everyone’s of their opinion but I’m at a loss because what the hell did she expect would happen if she put hands on a cop? Read the rest of this entry »

And Gorillaz release spankin’ new video for “On Melancholy Hill,” complete with cameos from the album’s collaborative partners and how Noodle’s and the band discovered Plastic Beach. The usual array of cartoon visuals on musical steroids from one of my favorite album’s this year. Read the rest of this entry »

The Force continues to fight the stifling St. Louis summer by creating their own heat. Batter up this time is Tef Poe, stepping into to the spotlight with the video for “Show Stealers.” I particularly dig this track for the way producer Tech Supreme’s snappy big band drums blend with Poebama’s frenetic off-the-cuff style—you can tell they’ve worked together before as they bring out each other’s best. Tef’s the star of the video, backing up his pugnacious punchlines with appropriate menace, but Tech’s Dirty Lynt’s there banging the drums (and cymbals) in support. Overall it’s a professional effort that lets the music carry the load. Read the rest of this entry »

“I can’t stomach the truth, I regurgitate it.”

It’s been about half a decade since I initially heard Twone Gabz lay some vocals on an instrumental when I heard his work on DJ Jazzy Jeff’s album Return Of The Magnificent. If you had told me then, that by 2010, the Chi-town resident would still be barely visible on the national scene, I would probably have debated you like I was trying to defend 2001 as a 5 Cig album. Read the rest of this entry »

warrenJae finally brings us his love-at-first-sight video for “Dear Jasmine.” The buzzworthy South Cackalack rapper keeps it simple and to the point with his words of admiration with an ode to bathwater-drinkable damsel Jasmine Sanders, who initially heard the emcee’s pleas and stepped forward to co-star in the clip. Off warren’s What Dreams May Come mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

“You know what I’m ‘bout, in the office, shout out to Steve Stoute, Yeah, I get the dollars, on my paper route…”

Emcee Chiddy Bang must be doing something right if he’s up in the house that Hov and Steve built, showing out in the boardroom. Big in the UK, he and producer Xaphoon Jones impacted the charts overseas with their MGMT-sampling “Opposite of Adults” single earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »