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“A Man Must Have A Code…”

Nat King Cole’s sugar-swirled songs echo through Walmart walkways lined with stockings and ornaments.  Price-drops of epic proportions are slated for a Friday after Thanksgiving that is sure to leave at least one Midwesterner trampled to death. It’s with these staples the holiday season...
November 17th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, TV/Movies, VIDEO | Read More

Today’s Headline - “Where Wallace At, String?”

Videogum FTW, simply by asking “Where Wallace At, String?” I’m a sucker for anything related to The Wire. I always get emails from artists, promotions, marketing etc. asking how they can get their stuff featured on TSS.
October 30th, 2009 | Everything Else, GENERAL, TV/Movies | Read More

Finale - “The Senator” Video

It’s Tuesday, which is my longest day of the work week. I’m tired but still got enough left in the tank to pass along this video from Detroit’s Finale, who I already know the majority of the innernuts slept on. Hopefully, with this song & video based on & inspired by The Wire,...
October 13th, 2009 | MUSIC, VIDEO | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Anwan Glover

With his towering frame, unconditional loyalty and voice of a thousand Newports™, Barksdale enforcer Slim Charles became a fan favorite on The Wire. Anwan “Big G” Glover, the Washington D.C. native who so capably portrayed the street soldier, is proud of his breakout role. But like Slim inheriting...
September 4th, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL | Read More

TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Felicia Pearson

Felicia Pearson was born to play her eponymous character “Snoop” on HBO’s The Wire. Discovered by actor Michael K. Williams (b.k.a. Omar Little) in a Baltimore club, the street-certified Pearson had no buffer zone between putting in work for her set and putting in work on the set....
July 10th, 2009 | "Fifteen Minutes With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

Bodymore, Murdaland

The guys @ Gunaxin with the visual reminders of why The Wire was so crucial. During the original airing, the most violent clip to watch
June 4th, 2009 | SMOKE BREAK, TV/Movies, Videos | Read More

Devil White Woman!

You needn’t go see Obsessed tonight at your local cineplex. I’ll tell you what happens without seeing it…
April 24th, 2009 | AUDIO, Everything Else, GENERAL, MUSIC, SMOKE BREAK, STRAY SHOTS, TV/Movies, Videos | Read More

4.17 The Cooler

Sincerely Yours, Cecily, For Pretty Face Friday Pirate Bay Loses Case [Gizmodo] Enjoy Stephen A. Smith While You Can - He’s Got About Six Weeks Left At ESPN [The Big Lead] YouTube Boosts Full-Length Movies, TV Show Lineup [Yahoo] Now On/Buff1/14KT: Live In Essen Germany [Kevin Nottingham] Prefix’s...
April 17th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Cooler | Read More

2.16 The Cooler

Marliese Leitner Ten Great Basketball Shots To Use In Horse [YB] A C, And E Flat And A G Walk Into A Bar… [Afrojacks] Rhapsody Subscribers Jump 25% [Hypebot] After Nineteen Years, The New Simpsons Intro [Neatorama] Jayson Williams Faked Suicide & Stomach Cancer? [Sports By Brooks] Kanye Films...
February 16th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Cooler | Read More

Wire Tap: If Rappers Were Characters From The Wire

Words By Jesse H. It’s been a year and I still miss The Wire and all its characters. We said our final goodbyes in 2008 but recent endless viewings of the DVD box set had me feeling sentimental and inspired. It’s the “Who would play me in a movie?” game further realized and repurposed,...
February 10th, 2009 | EDUTAINMENT, Everything Else, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

The Week That Was…

Still in it’s infancy, 2009 hasn’t lacked for excitement as we knock the cobwebs out our brains while recovering from our holiday stupor.  So take a look back as we recap the past week and either reflect or catch up. On Sunday we caught the newest Fat Albert short and found out Superman...
January 10th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, The Week That Was | Read More

Skillz - “The Wire Wrap Up”

If you were slightly disappointed in last year’s annual “Wrap Up,” take comfort in knowing that Skillz was frying even bigger fish for the 2K9.
January 6th, 2009 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

“When You Walk Through The Garden…”

M.I.A. gets with resident Baltimore mic controller, Blaqstarr to rework Tom Wait’s music. M.I.A. & Blaqstarr - Way Down in the Hole (The Wire Theme Song)
November 5th, 2008 | AUDIO, GENERAL, LOOSIES, MUSIC | Read More

TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Andre Royo

The Wire has rapidly become my cultural litmus test for people I meet. If you’re into it, I’m with you. If you’re not, I’ll convert you. And if, heaven forbid, you’ve seen it and you’re not into it, you’re my sworn enemy. Sworn enemy. Forever, forever ever, forever ever © Andre Benjamin. So...
October 29th, 2008 | "Smoking Sessions With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, TV/Movies, VIDEO | Read More

“When Prison Is Like Heaven”

Seems like more female rappers are doing jail time than their male counterparts, living the life that these dudes talk about. Freshly added to the list of rappers turned inmates is none other than Da Brat.
August 22nd, 2008 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More