Blog: Metal Lungies

It's like riding an ill bike, fam. It's like lacing up the right boot with the right lace and the bowtie's tied laced up with the string attached, ya heard? Print all that shit right there, that's gonna look ill when you print it. Trust me. Put that shit in italics right there. Put that shit in a different font. Yo, get my font right. That's some shit [Raekwon] would say, 'Get my font right in the interview man. I want my fonts correct in this interview fam.' - Alchemist

The Odd Future hype has died down for the moment and MMG is just an extension of Rick Ross' self-parody featuring some mediocre to semi-decent rappers, so Black Hippy and ASAP Mob are the hip-hop cliques to watch right now. They're both coming off great albums and they're doing it without any gimmicks. Habits and Contradictions from ScHoolBoy Q is the grandson of G-funk; the weird cool, new thing for a new generation of heads. It's nice when familiar rap themes get a fresh new sound and a fresh new face. Listen to some choice cuts above and [...]

I tend to go overboard with superlatives when I see a music video I really like, but "Thuggin'" is the best video of its kind in a long time. It's just seamless, ultra-stark images of drug dealers and gun runners which captures Freddie Gibbs' stripped back approach perfectly. For the uninitiated, this is a great primer on Gibbs. And one of the best songs of last year.

Apologies to Jay and Fif, but pimping belongs to the West Coast cats. Suga Free and Pimpin Young demonstrate that pimping is more than flamboyant dress and a yacht full of sluts. It's about channeling supreme confidence over a picture perfect sample of "Who Is He And What Is He To You?" Peep the highlights from the duo's new mixtape below. Download: Pomona Pimpin Young - Who Is He? Download: Suga Free, Pimpin Young - Turn Me Up (ft. Casino [...]

Loyal readers know that every 50th post on ML is a pristine, blissful pop song. This time, it's Solar Bears' new single "Alpha People" which will appear on their album Supermigration . via Pitchfork

With "Blvck Lipstick," SpaceGhostPurrp establishes "Suck a Nigga Dick" as an annual tradition. A few rappers came out with year-end wrap up freestyles, but I like this tradition more. SpaceGhostPurrp could become hip-hop's Dick Clark, ringing in each new year with a whispered, otherworldly dirge about blowjobs. Season's greetings, hoes.

I couldn't imagine a more fitting video for this wacky, trippy track . I could do more Paul White instrumentals.

For all the adulation and Bawse fealty, there's really only one good song on Rich Forever . "Stay Schemin" does the urban kingpin thing in a way that isn't too obvious or redundant. Ricky, Drake, and French Montana sing the woes of being the boss of a toxic city. By some mix up, French Montana hilariously sings the hook, but it kind of its. Sometimes - not as often as people think - Rick Ross actually does pick really good beats. Download: Rick Ross - Stay Schemin (ft. Drake, French [...]

Can you sample a soul record on a record? Doesn't that mess with the space time continuum? Madlib and Georgia are teaming up for an album dropping March 27. Save the babies. Download: Georgia Anne Muldrow - Seeds (produced by Madlib) via Rolling Stone

Spaceghostpurrp's beat sounds almost Low End Theory-ish. No, the other Low End Theory. Download: ASAP Rocky - Pretty Flacko (produced by Spaceghostpurrp) via longlivea$ap

Spaceghostpurrp's beat sounds almost Low End Theory-ish. No, the other Low End Theory. Download: ASAP Rocky - Pretty Flacko (produced by Spaceghostpurrp) via longlivea$ap

Truthfully, I've been waiting for the rap, Harry Potter crossover for a long time. And by crossover, I mean rap referencing Harry Potter in a substantial way, not some dumb CollegeHumor parody or a Lonely Island video. It was a matter of time, really. Harry Potter is practically as big as Star Wars and I'm sure every rapper under 25 can name all seven horcruxes. Don't believe me? Both ASAP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar told Dee Vazquez that the last book they read was a Harry Potter book. ASAP picked Goblet of Fire and [...]

Truthfully, I've been waiting for the rap, Harry Potter crossover for a long time. And by crossover, I mean rap referencing Harry Potter in a substantial way, not some dumb CollegeHumor parody or a Lonely Island video. It was a matter of time, really. Harry Potter is practically as big as Star Wars and I'm sure every rapper under 25 can name all seven horcruxes. Don't believe me? Both ASAP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar told Dee Vazquez that the last book they read was a Harry Potter book. ASAP picked Goblet of Fire and [...]

Those who wait for the Starlito verse will be handsomely rewarded. Download: Eldorado Red - Road To Success (ft. Starlito) (produced by The Agents) via GreenHitz.com

Those who wait for the Starlito verse will be handsomely rewarded. Download: Eldorado Red - Road To Success (ft. Starlito) (produced by The Agents) via GreenHitz.com

Back to your regularly scheduled Lungies in 3, 2, 1... BRIIIIICK SQUAAAAAD!! @IAMROMEWEST Rome West *NEW BANGA* @therealbulu feat. @WakaFlockaBSM "Good D**k" http://t.co/iUnOfw22 #TEAMBULUAMG #BSM #OMGitzAMG retweet!!!!!! Dec 27 11 via web [...]

Back to your regularly scheduled Lungies in 3, 2, 1... BRIIIIICK SQUAAAAAD!! @IAMROMEWEST Rome West *NEW BANGA* @therealbulu feat. @WakaFlockaBSM "Good D**k" http://t.co/iUnOfw22 #TEAMBULUAMG #BSM #OMGitzAMG retweet!!!!!! Dec 27 11 via web [...]

( Image ) My stomach hurts and my throat is on fire. I wish I could sit on the toilet and re-read all seven Harry Potter books, but I can't do that right now. I'm a working man. Kind of. I have to put in some good hours so that they'll hire me at the end of this internship. I miss college so much, but I try not to dwell on the good times I took for granted - Halo 3 marathons and staying up until 3:00 with no repercussions. Time to be a grown up. [...]

Psychedelic 'tryna make it' rap from G-Side. "Trip" appears on the Japanese retail version of iSLAND .

Says Chuuwee of the tracks conception, The last 3 or 4 months I've seen like 60 different "backs." That shit is dumb to me so I was just like, 'If I'm going to bring some shit back, it's going to be forreal forreal. That, and the fact that a lot of people sleep on Amalgam. I fuck with Amalgam tough, them is my peoples. So I was like, "I'm bringing Amalgam back." Perhaps the only tribute to the often forgotten label/online music store. As a bonus, [...]