Time has a not-so-funny way of passing us by. As we, TSS Crew strive to give you our earnest and admittedly, unquestionable opinions on the albums of the day, sometimes even a couple projects slip through our impenetrable reviewing hands. Take a SXSW here and a couple trips to New York there, the missed calls begin to pile up. So as we enter the quarter of our Hip-Hop fiscal year, here’s our chance to blow secondhand smoke on some of 2010′s offerings. Read the rest of this entry »

“Go on, do the Stanky Legg. It’s better than talking about shooting people in the head.”

After a few years of regrouping it seems like the Nappy Roots are back on the scene to make more feel good country rap tunes for the masses to enjoy. Their latest video “Ride” is set to a laid back, acoustic guitar-centric beat that finds group member’s Fish Scales & Skinny Deville take turns riffing about life’s ups, downs and in-betweens. It looks as if the group is on their way to finding themselves as independent artists opposed to the major label successes they once were. No worries though; the sound is still authentic as it is smooth, making their re-emergence appear to be imminent. Read the rest of this entry »

I completely missed The Humdinger, but Wooden Leather still gets burn from time to time. So I’m glad they’re still around and doing their thing.  On “Ride” they continue to spit the tales of the everyman, over a beat that if I didn’t know better could almost be classified as Country music.  Thank goodness for those frenetic hand claps keeping things in perspective. Read the rest of this entry »