While we wait patiently for the OG Todd Shaw to drop his umpteenth album and continue laying his mack down for a new generation, Brenton Duvall is helping bridge the gap in the meantime. Read the rest of this entry »

Home to Rip Ridaz and Damus, palm trees, sandy beaches and a million and one sports teams, California needs a wide scope to capture the ambiance of its daily happenings. And since two heads are better than one, Strong Arm Steady has extra insurance on their investment with three members in Krondon, Mitchy Slick and Phil Da Agony. Bleeding the West Coast in every step of their walk, Read the rest of this entry »

Wiz may be considered a freshman or rookie to most, but he’s definitely earned the respect of the O.G.’s out in Killer Cali. First you seen him on the set with Big Snoop Dogg, and now, Taylor Gang’s chieftain is spliffin’ it up and mackin’ the game with a real player in $hort Dog. Read the rest of this entry »

For their latest West Coast cinema, Strong Arm Steady invite $hort Dog in for an informal reunion of Golden State Warriors. The Monte Ellis era supplicates plenty of new school pimpology to teach you how to collect your ends without having to smack a beeech, the class of Tim Hardaway Too $hort came up in not only created the handbook but his “agency” supplies a stable of fine young stallions to pose as eye candy for the visual promo for Arms & Hammers. Read the rest of this entry »

Think of the fact Todd Shaw has had streets lined with skeezers since he was in elementary school and try not to shake your head. Then, remember he’s been rapping about that very same topic over the course of 18 albums and twenty years. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

Jennifer Aniston Topless Perfume Ads [Pop Crunch]

What If Video Games Had Free Agents? [Complex]

The Dumbest Cities In America [Global Grind] Read the rest of this entry »

California is diverse a state as America is as a country. From the materialistic southerners to the bay area bullies to the northerners who treat marijuana like a cash crop more than an illegal narcotic, the West is dense with personality. Read the rest of this entry »

Meme

Obama Made $5.5 Million Last Year [Gawker]

When Should You Use A Taser? [Uproxx]

Big Boi’s Real Reason Behind Switching To Def Jam [HHNM]

Too Short Got A Mother & Daughter Shaking It On Stage [RTNY]

Nothing’s Weird In This Khloe Kardashian Photo [Amy Grindhouse] Read the rest of this entry »

Charlie Hustle stays Revenue Retrievin’ with “You Can’t Stop The Boss,” a sky-high toast to the lifestyles of the rich and pimpinist, featuring fellow hip-hop Hall of Famers Too $hort and The Boss Dogg Snoop. Together, this conglomerate of California kingpins coasts over grown-up, jazzy vibes provided by the long-lost Jazze Pha AKA Jazze Phinzel IV. It’s pretty much a no brainer.

Just download the dope and don’t forget to support E-Feezy when he drops both Revenue Retrievin’: Day Shift and Revenue Retrievin’: Night Shift next Tuesday.

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Download — E-40 Feat. Too Short, Snoop Dogg and Jazze Pha – “Can’t Stop The Boss”

E-Fonzarelli and $hort Dawg take another stab it as they serve and collect for that Revenue Retrievin’ dropping March 30th. These two have been parlaying game to the knuckleheaded youngstas since before the Lakers wore coochie cutters but there will always be some simpleton ending up like Spanky Hayes over here. Read the rest of this entry »

Nuff said.

Truthfully, I don’t think even Big Boi has a concrete reason why this project has the molasses effect simmering from its innards. But at the end of the day, when the music is timeless, all that matters is that it eventually reaches the surface and into the people’s awareness. Read the rest of this entry »

Too Short is setting himself up to be the George Burns of rap. With refrigerator-hum consistency, he’s twenty five years in the game and still going, still adapting too as he’s set to try his hand @ his first digital release, Still Blowin’, and simultaneously tapping into his independent roots by dropping it on his Dangerous Music imprint. Hell, Short even did his own production for the lead single of the same name, utilizing buoyant synths and horns to hoist his rhymes about, oh, blow jobs & weed smoke. As much as things change, some things will always remain. Read the rest of this entry »

If it’s the Bay people want, the Bay they shall get. And who else better to get the party and movement thriving than a couple of its ambassadors, E-40 Watta and $hort Dawg the Peeeemp. When you try and break down Revenue Retrievin’ into actual English, your instincts tell that that money is coming in from the block. But in this exception, our OG’s get the cash the oldest way known to man. Read the rest of this entry »

My, My Millie

Ronald McDonald Busted For Marijuana [Hail Mary Jane]

Nike Air Max 2009+ Cool Grey/Purple [TSG]

My Week As A Church Sign Guy [College Humor]

Sixers Considering Breaking Ties With A.I. [Yahoo]

Band News If You Hate Cute Olympic Couples [With Leather]

Why Does Sade Have Such A Poor Reputation In The UK? [Guardian]

Natalie Portman To Star In Stoner Road Trip Comedy “Best Buds” [The Playlist] Read the rest of this entry »