Generally speaking, if I dig the song, I like the artist(s) involved and I think I can write something interesting about it, it's going up. That's exactly what happened when I first heard STS, Jon Hope and Nikkiya's new joint "Writing's on the Wall'. It's a dope song and they're all dope artists. It's really not more complicated than that. Listen and download...
ther than free porn and hilarious Rick Ross gifs, this is why the internet is awesome. Way back when (the late '90s) it would have been a ton of work to get this many emcees on a record, and even then almost no one would hear it. But in 2011, Emilio Rojas can hit up STS, King Mez, Donny Goines and Thee Tom Hardy, say "yo, wanna get in on this 'Posse Cut'?" and boom. Listen and download....
With approximately eleventy billion new projects dropping everyday no matter how good they are it's easy for artists to get lost in the shuffle, so let me be frank. (As if I'm ever anything else.) Most of you have probably overlooked STS (formerly Sugar Tongue Slim) and that's fine, it happens. But here's your chance to get caught the fuck up. Listen and download...
Fresh off Atlanta by way of Philly rapper Sean Falyon's latest release, "SFBE 2: West Philly 2 The World," is "The Fix" an ironically addictive track that features rapper STS and songstress Nikki Jean. And for those of you in the "D.A.R.E. To Be Different" crowd don't worry Sean Falyon isn't referring to that kind of fix. Instead the song touches on other addictive elements like hustling, women, and fame. Listen and download...
I'll go ahead and make all the pessimists nervous right off the bat. On STS's new single "Hello Sunshine" the Philly up-and-comer delivers two verses of spoken word rhymes while Yelawolf busts out his singing skills for the first time on records, and the duo directs all their poetic singing towards a particularly fine stripper. Listen and download...
Underground raps about how conscious you are really aren't that original - we've all heard them a thousand times. What's really dope is when a rapper's good enough to take every cliched, tired line in the book and flips them into something actually dope and brand new. Welcome to STS' aptly-named "Cliche". Listen and download...
You know how you weren't feeling "Disgusting" yesterday so you want back and listened to "Killers" to remind yourself how dope J. Cole is? (Or was that just me?) Anyway, today we have the next installment of the "Glorification of Gangster" series that "Killers" was a part of in STS's "The Play". Listen and download...
You'd think that a supergroup lead legendary Roots frontman Black Thought, along with past Roots members and frequent collaborators STS, Dice Raw, Truck North and P.O.R.N. would have gotten more attention, but oddly I feel like their Money Making Jam Boys debut mixtape, "The Prestige: Jam Boy Magic" didn't truly get the buzz it deserved. Well no longer. Listen and download...
What’s changed in the game since ‘96, when an enterprising young emcee by the name of Shawn Carter announced (in the words of his Big Apple neighbor, Nas), “I’m out for dead presidents to represent me.”? Judging by "Future Presidents", a newly-reworked version of the classic cut by a trio of favorites, the answer is “everything and nothing”. Listen and dowload...
The artist formerly know as Sugar Tongue Slim, STS, has been lighting up the underground scene with his creative style over the past few months - and dope guest work on projects like Gilbere Forte's "87 Dreams" and the Roots' "How I Got Over" - and the man's continuing to make a (new) name for himself with his new project "Sole Music", a six-track free EP. Listen and download..
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