Usually we like to showcase these on the Saturday but seeing most folks were celebrating their Independence, how bout a little TWTW smack dab in your face as you re-enter reality? Unsurprisingly, the King of Pop still dominated headlines as Phonte preached some posthumous justice and his daddy…well…his daddy ain’t shit.

Sadly, MJ wasn’t the only thing D.O.A. news we had to deal as Vibe magazine and Steve McNair both checking out earlier than expected.  But life has it ups and downs and last week had more than enough positivity to help brace for the blows.

Christmas In July

– 50 Cent paid tribute to the King
– Novel painted pictures with his sound
– Trackstar the DJ and Peter Rosenberg combined forces to deliver BB19 Read the rest of this entry »

The L.

An LC Haiku for the week:

From April to May
Another sad month away
From L in C-A

Ah, but Grandfather Time pushes on as he tends to do. And the TSS Crew was here to cover all the news that’s worth a sh*t to print… Read the rest of this entry »

The Grand Ole Party was a success on so many levels. Big thanks to all those who made SXSW a surreal experience for the crew.

What else went down this week? Well… Read the rest of this entry »

I was fortunate to have a rare Friday off from work, so after lunch at Genji’s and a few hours roaming a barren wasteland Circuit City I was tuckered out. So when I got home I was flipping through the channels and got sucked in by the trifecta of The Jaime Foxx Show, The Wayans Bros, & Smart Guy on BET. 106 & Park came on & I said fuck it, maybe something good will happen, but then I remembered Friday The 13th was next week. I watched any way.  So in honor of the Grammy’s, they awarded The Parky’s, just some bullshit they made up to anoint accolades to the Top 10 list.

Well, two can play that game so without further ado TSS Presents the 1st Annual (maybe only) TWTW Smokies. Read the rest of this entry »

“Why, don’t you know? They’re twitterpated…” © the Wise Old Owl from Bambi

Ladies and Germs, I had one of those weeks. The kind of week where you watch tumbleweeds blow through your bank account, have plans fall through the slatted floorboards of your schedule and have folks flake on you harder than cereal… and yet… none of it mattered cause you got that bounce in your step. You know… the Barry White bounce. Humming “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love” like it’s the first time it made sense.

Food tastes better and flowers smell sweeter. Smiling comes easy and you start looking forward to just… talking. Mmmhmmm… I got it bad. Recession be gosh darned. So, as you can imagine, this week at The Smoking Section was incredible to me… Read the rest of this entry »

Recognize this face?

If you’re a loyal TSSer… you should.

With new television and football officially underway, we here at The Smoking Section are kicking the Fall off right as well with a new milestone passed. And we were still at it this week, fresh as Day 1… Read the rest of this entry »

*sigh* …Sangria wins again.

The Do Over did me OVER, fam! Hopefully my Leos in the TSS den – Jada, M.Z. and K1NG – know it’s time to get one year wiser.

With Gotty out of the house, everybody’s getting Out, Of, Hand!…. Naledge, we’re looking at you. And who was around to stop the in-fighting?

But we did keep the place on point with David D. and Method Man, Khalid Stickland caught up with Daz, and Zo! and Tigallo reconstructed with yours truly. Patrick M. asked us where your copy of Carter III is… Corey Bloom spoke on Mandrill.

Innerestin news from the worlds of Ice Cube, The Clipse and Johnson & Jonson. Buff1 learned us on how to record an album in two days, and everyone schooled each other one Best Supporting Rappers. In all the news that wasn’t fit to print, Hip-Hop investigative journalism is put to our litmus test. But sometimes, SOMETIMES, the best news is the most obvious…Assholes.

Expect big things from The Crew in the next week. Get your big Nokia cell phone out and join us in our time machine…… Read the rest of this entry »