*Shrugs* I’m just as dumbfounded by this one as you are, since it had zero promotion. Not the least bit upset because right now, Rich Boy is a strong two for two. No questions asked, straight to the iPod, into the truck & rollin’.

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The soundtrack to our daily grind, all in a nice & neat format. You know what it is © Cliff Harris. It’s Crew Love.

Corey Bloom

C-Rayz Walz & Swave Sev – “The Family Crest”

This has to be one of the iller tribute songs I’ve heard, done by one of favorite MC’s for one my favorite duos. C-Rayz and Swave Sev pay homage to Gangstarr with cleverly worded web of the albums, songs, productions and musical significance that built the legacy. More than anything this song has sparked my annual Daily Operation or Mass Appeal debate which has dominated my playlist…Daily Operation.

Z-Man – “Street Creed Need Me”

Z-Man spits so much relevance on this one the whole song is a quotable. Topics cover the spectrum and the wordplay is seasoned with too many flavors to favor. Off the Machete Vox sampler Sneak Preview the DNAE Beats produced banger is undisputable, plus you can’t front on the title.

S. Cadet

Pac Div – “Shut Up”

This is the song of the week already and we didn’t hit the weekend yet. I might have to sneak into the studio Read the rest of this entry »

Words By Prop Jay

Rich Boy successfully walks a fine line in Hip-Hop, one that others have attempted to negotiate. His music can at times be an insightful commentary on what surrounds him (“Get That Paper“). At other times, it can be as ignorant and raw as it gets (“Throw Some D’s”). This track is probably closer to the latter. Read the rest of this entry »

*Ahem*

Hosted by DJ Don Cannon.

Regardless if DC mucks this one up, it seems the Arizona Juice is finally stepping out on his own to be in that Position of Power. With appearances from Rich Boy, Crooked I, Jay Rock, Drumma Boy and no Hurricane Game, it’s a safe assumption to say he’s ready to man the BWS offices.

Back cover with tracklisting & link after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Matthew Mundy

M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” was just nominated for a Grammy, and – were there any type of justice in the world – she’ll win. Well over a year after it was released it continues to be a deliriously perfect song. Able to reconcile the irreconcilable with enviable panache – to be simultaneously harsh and heartbreaking, teeth-baring and heart on sleeve, swaggering and vulnerable. It is that most rare of songs, the intimate anthem, and the cracking of her voice when she sings “pirate skulls and boooones” and the deafening gunshots that herald the hook are like two beasts smashing into each other in paroxysms of absurd ecstasy. The song is super fucking good, basically.

Unsurprising, then, that it was adopted wholesale by Hip-Hop this year – from Kanye jacking the “No one on the corner has swagger like us” for the rapper A-list circle jerk, “Swagga Like Us,” to everyone else jumping on or remixing the song to their heart’s content.

In the interest of good journalism – and TSS is nothing if not a superlative journalistic outlet – reviewing the various iterations, mutations and ill-conceived clusterfucks “Paper Planes” spawned is a necessity. ‘Cause no one on the information superhighway has swagger like us. Read the rest of this entry »

This song is something serious. But I just can’t pinpoint where I heard the melody from. The ridiculous knock, the reoccurring sample ringing in your ear drums the entire time. Hmmm… Read the rest of this entry »

Hehe…I woke up this morning thinking about this tape…to keep my mind off the tax man.

Rich Boy Bigger Than The Mayor Mixtape

Previously Posted — TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Rich Boy

The need to make a powerful impact to gain recognition upon entering the game is more vital in 2008 than it was 1993. In today’s radio-dominated market, the key to the limelight is…well, a hit single. Last year Rich Boy met his rookie requirements with the smash hit “Throw Some D’s” only to be categorized with some of his peers who are no longer with us. (Anybody seen Shawn Mims?).

On his rock solid, self-titled debut, Maurice Richards took his untapped region of Mobile, Alabama and brought his story to the households of the uninformed and made a lasting impression. Still unconvinced that the world thinks that he’s a fluke, Rich Boy’s set to deliver his latest mixtape Bigger Than The Mayor full of aggressive material that’s sure to make your amp lose it’s grip on reality. Read as he speaks with the Crew’s TC and abolishes all preconceived notions surrounding him.

They may call him Rich Boy, but he thinks like a grown man.

TSS: Rich Boy!

Rich Boy: What’s happenin’ which ya? Hold on gimme two seconds…”Hey baby you leaving me?”

*Two seconds turns to three minutes…*

Rich Boy: Yeah, I’m back!

TSS: What you having some domestic disputes? Female trouble?

Rich Boy: (Laughs) Man, I don’t know what the girl talkin’ bout. She wanted an autograph and everythang. I hope I don’t sound retarded, but I just came back from the dentist and my mouth still numb!

TSS: It’s all good, we gonna make it do what it do regardless.

Rich Boy: Yeah, we gonna make it happen.

TSS: Alright, it’s been like a year since the album dropped, so you’re not a rookie anymore. What’s your outlook on the game like right now?

Rich Boy: I feel real passionate about what I got going on and feel real passionate about what’s coming. I’m just trying to have meaning and definition behind everything I do this time around.

TSS: You talking bout Bigger Than The Mayor? This is gonna be like a “street album” opposed to a general mixtape of you rapping over other people’s beats right?

Rich Boy: Yeah, it represents everything that goes on in the street where I’m from, everyday life, parties, the new things like E pills, this and that. It’s not like I agree with it but it is what it is ya know? When I make an album, it’s going to represent my outlook on how I would like the world to be. But the mixtapes is actually how the world is. I just went in there and did the first thing I felt. I did it for the people who ride in they cars in the hood. That’s who I’m catering to because they’ve been asking me for that for the longest so I did it for them. And my album that’s coming is gonna be deep, something that can help people make it through life.

TSS: You got a name for that album?

Rich Boy: Yeah, it’s called Buried Alive. Yeah, I got that title cause you know I talk to my brother every week through a prison phone. And he be telling me about the boys who got life and all that, and you know I got two cousins who got life from drug convictions. Read the rest of this entry »