Love is some scary, scary sh!t, man.

You wait your entire life to meet someone who complements you in the best way possible. You find that person and Like turns to a Lust that morphs Infatuation, thus spawning Love. That love sometimes leads to marriage and – God-willing – you get to spend the rest of your life with a person you couldn’t imagine living without. Beautiful stuff. Read the rest of this entry »

Ray Ray’s music stays in rotation Chez Contra™ because not only does the man make good music, he has good sense. Case in point, the above song and video. Let Ralph tell it, maintaining the spark in a relationship is far from easy. Few are blessed to have found that perfect pairing in their lives. But like all rare things, good relationships require a lot of maintenance.

The “Related Videos” screen that shows up after Vimeo and Youtube videos has taken innumerable hours of my life away from me that I’ll never get back.

When I posted that Cory Gunz video, I stumbled upon this J. Swinton video. And I can’t get the song out of my head. Not only that, but the visuals are a dope look at Cloud Kickers clothing. Read the rest of this entry »

Hump Day music fam.

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New vintage. Old exclusive. Only Saadiq pulls these oxymorons off with such perspicuity. Read the rest of this entry »

Words By K1NG

It’s a shame when albums go slept on by the masses and only gets its shine on the blog circuit and other internet outlets, but what’s even worse is when an amazing artist gets left out of critical mentions by both blogs and mainstream media alike. I don’t know why it took so long to speak on this album, however I figure that it’s better to be late speaking on it rather than never speaking on it.

Raphael Saadiq has been around the music business for twenty years, starting off with his work as a member of Tony! Toni! Toné! and has been making quality music ever since. His newest addition to his catalogue, The Way I See It, doesn’t break that trend of substantial musical output, providing water for the dry well of male R&B with a splash of creative energy that hopefully will continue to flow in the coming years. Read the rest of this entry »

Raphael Saadiq is pretty much the epitome of what we stand for @ TSS. Read the rest of this entry »