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Trackstar The DJ & TSS Present Best Rapper Alive? (Royce Da 5′9″ Vs. Lil Wayne)
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• Wed, Nov 11
Since Trackstar is Crew, I'll him tell his own story behind the concept for this mixtape. "Since Jay-Z stopped worrying about being the best and declared himself the greatest, many people have claimed the title of Best Rapper Alive, but few as often as Lil Wayne and Royce Da 5'9". ...
Podcast: Robin Thicke Feat. Jay-Z – “Meiplé (Me I Play)”
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• Sun, Nov 8
By Gotty™ With guests such as Kid CuDi, Snoop & Estelle slated for his upcoming Sex Therapy, let’s hope that Thicke puts them all on one track, gets the Hip-Hop out of the way and sticks to the script that won over heads last time around. Download — Robin Thicke Feat. Jay-Z – “Meiplé (Me I Play)” Via]
Today’s Headline: Dame Dash Is Saving Hip-Hop
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• Fri, Nov 6
By Gotty™ Clap Cowards wins today’s attention-getter by talking about Damon Dash. “What separates Dame from Jay is that Jay is still in the business of (among other things) selling records as Jay-Z The Brand. Dame is no longer in the spotlight. He’s dabbed in film and retro kicks. He relinquished the Ro...
Video: Scratch The Ultimate DJ (Inside The Lab)
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• Wed, Nov 4
Not allowing Jay-Z & Eminem to create a monopoly with DJ Hero, Genuis Products is upping the ante and taking Hip-Hop back to the essence with Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. With credible contributors in Quincy Jones III and Mixmaster Mike, the game utilizes two pieces of real DJ equipment,...
Podcast: Teddy Pain & The Indeterminate Road To A Resurrection
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• Thu, Sep 24
By TC The power of influence is a lethal weapon. Relevancy, one of its key components, has the parallel advantage to cause irrelevancy strangely enough. This sparkling piece of philosophy was exercised in full some three odd months ago when Jay-Z declared Auto-Tune to be dead as a lead-off for h...
TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Donny Goines
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• Mon, Jun 15
By TSSCrew TSS: You weren’t just rapping anymore, you were crafting songs? The bottom line is, unless I find a record label, and I’m talking to a lot of them now, that meets the right criteria for me, then I’ll just have to do it alone and do what I’ve been doing.
DJ Clue - Grand Theft Audio Mixtapes
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• Sat, May 16
By Gotty™ 1.D-Blok Party-LOX f-Jaehood 2.Shootout-Mobb Deep 3.Bump That-Mobb Deep 7.I Need A Girl Pt.2-P.Diddy f-Loon,Ginuwine,Mario Winans 10.Line Em Up-Freeway f-Young Chris 11.Joe Buddens-Freestyle 12.B.Q.E.-Az f-Nas 19.Geda K-Freestyle 20.Thou Shall Not Kill-Mobb Deep f-Snoop&Eastsidaz
Kanye West - The Lost Songs
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• Thu, May 14
By Gotty™ 4. Tricky Daddy - Can’t Say No (Feat. Kanye West) (2:14) 7. AZ - Love is All Love (Produced By Kanye West) (3:40) 13. Tiarra Marie - Make Her Feel Good (Remix) (Feat. Kanye West & Jay-Z) (3:28) 22. Kanye West - Roommates (Feat. Consequence) (3:40)
Podcast: The Afternoon Delight In The Late Evening…
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• Tue, Apr 28
By Gotty™ Keni Burke “Keep Risin’ To The Top” Mary J. Blige “Love No Limit” Junior “Too Late” Mary J. Blige “Everyday It Rains” Galt MacDermot “Space” Faith Evans “I Just Can’t” Rene & Angela “I’ll Be Good” Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z “I’ll Be” KMD “What A Niggy Know” (instrumental)
Podcast: “Bullets Squeeze Bayou…”
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• Wed, Apr 15
By Contra™ Regardless, there was a time when Roc-A-Fella reigned. Now, Dame Dash is a joke, Jay-z is a married man, Kanye is a gay fish and the rest are dogs off their leashes at best. The times, they are a changing. Freeway Feat. Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel - “What We Do”
Podcast: Jay-Z Feat. P. Diddy - “Maybe”
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• Sat, Mar 28
By Gotty™ No tags, courtesy of eskay, who also provides the backstory to this unfinished version. Hit the break. Jay-Z Feat. P. Diddy - “Maybe” (Produced by Sean C & LV) No tags, courtesy of eskay, who also provides the backstory to this unfinished version. Hit the break. Produced by Sean C & LV)
Podcast: “To The Victors…”
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• Sun, Jan 25
By Gotty™ Hey Gotty™, can you add this to the blog or make a new one. Jay-Z - History (Inaugural Version) Previously Posted — “You Need To Grow Up…DJ’ing Will Get You No Where.” POSTSCRIPT You want to know how I know Neil stays true to his Hip-Hop roots?
“I Am Music?” - Lil Wayne Performs In Oakland
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• Wed, Dec 31
By Corey Bloom Pic Property of Rap-Up More than anything else on Christmas Eve, I wanted to walk out of the home of the Golden State Warriors able to affirm everything Wayne has boasted from being the best rapper alive to the embodiment of music itself. I’ve seen Jay-Z in his prime, Big Daddy Kane years past...
TSS Presents 2008: The Best Year Ever - 2nd Quarter
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• Tue, Dec 30
By MZ Ice Cube Feat. Scarface & Nas - “Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It (Remix)” Estelle Feat. Kanye West - “American Boy” Just catchy as hell. Perfect spring song. Kanye’s fake british accent is worth the price of admission, but Estelle still owns the song.
Podcast: TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Anthony HamiltonOriginal at The Smoking Section
• Tue, Dec 16
By TC We all do things we’re not particularly proud of. You know guys sell drugs. It’s not the perfect way or the American way but sometimes you have to do things to get to the other side. And I want the listeners to know that it’s O.K. to get to the other side and let those things go. Artist Site
The 2009 Grammy Award Nominees For “Best Rap Album”
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• Thu, Dec 4
By TC Artist: Jay-Z Current Grammys: 7 (Most Notably: Best Rap Album for Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life in 1999) Album Nominated: American Gangster Album Nominated: Tha Carter III Singles: “Superstar,” “Dumb It Down,” “Paris, Tokyo,” “Hip-Hop Saved My Life” Artist: Nas Artist: T.I.
“Victory Is Finally Ours…History So Long”
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• Wed, Nov 12
By MZ Previously Posted — Jay-Z - “History” (Full/CDQ) I listened to Jay-Z’s “History/Victory” (whatever) almost exclusively over the past weekend only giving way to the occasional run through of Kanye’s leaked tracks thus far. This all came about by wanting to have something new to bump on t...
“Crew Love”Original at The Smoking Section
• Sat, Sep 6
By TSSCrew Jay-Z - “Regrets” Busta Rhymes - “I Got Bass” Young Jeezy - “Get Allot” Young Jeezy Feat. Trey Songz - “Takin’ it There” Foxy Brown Feat. Sizzla - “Come Fly With Me” Prodigy - “New Yitty” Nas – “Black Zombies” Joe Budden – “Who Killed It? (Parts 1-3) MZ Memphis Bleek - “Straight Path” DJ Sorce-1
Podcast: TSS Presents 15 Minutes With Green Lantern
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• Fri, Sep 5
By TC TSS: So with all these new ventures, what’s your company Future Green Entertainment got going on? TSS: He’s on Nas’ “Black President” right? TSS: How did that collabo with Nas come about? TSS: (Laughs) TSS: What’s Russell Simmons’ role in all this? Busta Rhymes - “Where’s My Money”