For this particular timeout, Freeway is taking a Gatorade break but instead of sitting on the sidelines, he’s cutting a slew of new records for the sake of entertaining you and your iPod. Backed by Superstar Jay and DJ Love Dinero, The Intermission slaps together an all-star cast in Freddie Gibbs, Yo Gotti, Wale, Bink! and hometown homie Meek Mill for rawer-than-shrimp street talk. Read the rest of this entry »

Live from the 215, Freeway reassembles the State Prop team for the track “666,” produced by Jake One and taken from Free’s upcoming Intermission mixtape. Read the rest of this entry »

Believe it or not, I’m known for more than just my preference in Jordans. I like to pride myself in being able to see a rising star coming a mile away then bragging to my friends about how I was playing Rapper A’s music before he hit the mainstream. It’s that snobbery that made me want to write for TSS so that I could say “I told you so” to thousands of people instead of just my circle of friends. 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 »

“We are, yeah I said it/we are…” Yeah, yeah yeah Shawn Carter, whatever you say. You can pretend that there is a “we” in Roc Nation all you want. Those who threw up the diamond sign during the earlier part of last decade know the truth. It was the perfect setup to building the empire, though. Read the rest of this entry »

Jim Jones just might be headed down the wrong career track. If the sales of Pray IV Reign were any indication (and the actual music itself), folks aren’t too inclined hearing Jim spit without the likes of Juelz and Cam (or Max, for that matter) propping him up by providing him up surrounding him with their ghostwritten prose guest verses. However, one area where Jim has shown considerable aptitude (besides ad-libbin’, of course) is video direction. Who knows his actual involvement behind the camera, but the following clips bearing his name (or his pseudonym CAPO) are just so beautifully hood. Read the rest of this entry »

Shortly before it hit the net, Karen Civil informed me of Shad’s decision to head over to Cash Money. What ensued next was barrage of commentary on Twitter, 95% of which was negative. On paper, having a label with Lil’ Wayne, Drake, Mack Maine, Nicki Minaj, Omarion and now Bow Wow seems like an excellent investment. But when looking beyond the surface, we’ve seen over and over how this situation has played itself out.

Roc-A-Fella Records — Arguably no dynasty’s (no pun intended) downfall has been documented more than this. There was once a time when a roster which touted Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Memphis Bleek and the rest of State Property appeared invincible. However, it was the addition of Read the rest of this entry »

Now all I gotta do is have the patience to wait on some DJ to do the same for Free’s Month Of Madness campaign. Link after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

Previously Posted – Roc-A-Fella “Oochie Wally/Dead Wrong” Freestyles On Funkmaster Flex Part 5

“Them Philly boys back at it…”

New music from the State Prop team.

Young Chris Feat. Beanie Sigel & Freeway – Ready For War

Previously Posted — Young Chris, Old Chris, Chris… | “South Philly Aggins…”

Beans & Free designed by Undrcrwn. Spotted @ State Mag.

Kanye West Feat. Beanie Sigel & Freeway – Philly Niggas

Loosies

Busta Rhymes – I Got Bass (Prod. by Bangladesh)

Raekwon – Trenchman

Jadakiss – Don’t Start Nothin

Busta Rhymes Feat. Ludacris and Lil Wayne- Throw It Up(Prod. By Cool & Dre)

Tame One Feat. Sean Price – Ha Ha Da Rah Rah

Common Market – Tobacco Road

OC & AG- Put It In The Box

Team Blackout- Billion Dollar Boyfriend

Naughty By Nature Feat. Rene Neufville – Hip Hop’s Pain

Loosies

Heard in my Gmail…

Gottyâ„¢ - Who’s fuckin with Young Chris?

Wit-E – This is the cat from Chris & Neef from the old Rocafella right?

Gottyâ„¢ - Yeah, the one who stayed grindin while Neef (“them Youngunaz Chris and Lil’ Neefy“) slipped away. Remember “Tough Love?” Read the rest of this entry »