Blog: Metal Lungies

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib > M.O.P. and LFO. Quote that. Bonus: Freddie Gibbs – Pull Up (ft. Young Jeezy, T.I.)

Alchemist's Russian Roulette is my album of the year so far. This non-album cut alone spanks most 2012 rap, especially after the beat changes. Listen at Red Bull .

The sole takeaway from XV's Popular Culture mixtape is this cut named for the old Nickelodeon cartoon, which, come to think of it, was an awesome show. I'll leave you to ponder the logistics of Krumm, the monster who carries his eyeballs in his hands and rolls them around to see things in hard-to-reach places. This song may just been be a ploy to appear in YouTube searches by people who grew up on golden age Nicktoons. Download: XV - AaaHH! Real Monsters (ft. ScHoolboy Q, B.o.B)

Von Pea remains New York's most underrated. This remix appears on the CD release of You & What Army .

As many have pointed out, this is vintage Roc-A-Fella and eerily similar to "Through The Wire". Watch it and feel small.

How did Curren$y do it? He exited relationships with no less than three rap titans and came out of each one stronger. He has a dollar sign in his name, but he's not a hapless DatPiff denizen or an ironic douchebag. The Stoned Immaculate is his major label debut and it comes after years of free releases and indie maneuvering. It is also his best work to date. Logically, this album should be a watered down imitation of his earlier work with present day hit-makers shoehorned in wherever possible. Curren$y's deal with Warner Bros. must have [...]

These are the best of Juicy J's Blue Dream & Lean bonus tracks. I like the deliberate, hamfisted way he enunciates, "I'm like Bobby Brown, ho, without New Edition" on "Codine Cups." Download: Juicy J - 20 Zig Zags (produced by SpaceGhostPurrp) Download: Juicy J - Codine Cups (produced by Juicy J, Crazy Mike) via The Juicy J Blog

It's that time again where ML frantically packs for the voyage to a farm an hour outside of Nashville. It's where 100,000 or so attendees get their faces and ears melted off from 4 days of music, comedy, and film. If you aren't fortunate enough to make it to Manchester, TN, Youtube has got you covered this year again on the Bonnaroo Channel (click for schedule & more info). ML will be sharing the Bonnaroo experience through our twitter feed , and instagram . [...]

If you were paying attention, Roc Marciano owned the month of May. He's one of the few artists whose guest appearances are completely consistent with his solo material. Random-as-fuck collaborations with British producer Purist, NY artifact Wais P, and Shinobi Stalin (seriously, who the fuck?) all would have made fine Marcberg bonus tracks. "Put Jewels On It" is a career highlight for Statik Selektah and "Granite" sounds like vintage Mobb Deep. It's like these guys know they have to bring their A-game and Roc acquiesces to a feature. Either that, or he just disassociates himself from shitty music. [...]

This is exactly the right beat for Curren$y. The cozy bassline, the airy flute, the glacial pace: it all adds up t something chill but not lazy. Spitta doesn't let this gem go to waste either, weaving his lifestyle into an enviable vignette. It's hard to believe The Stoned Immaculate is Curren$y's major label debut when he's already a household name to the denizens of rap blogs. via Stereogum

"Jay Dee's Revenge" appears on one of two upcoming posthumous J Dilla releases. Rebirth of Detroit drops June 12 and features Detroit artists rapping over unreleased Dilla beats. Likewise, Dillatroit is another 12 unreleased Dilla beats and drops May 25. Get those floodgates all the way open!

Holy crap, when the first digital short epic known as Lazy Sunday dropped about 6 years ago(!!), I played it countless numbers of times for nearly all my friends. With out doubt, it was one of the first things made for TV with the real intention of going viral. Sidebar: Metallungies was still on *blogspot* when we mentioned it in passing (it was so big, that it didn't need a post, everyone had already seen it, word to my HS teachers). Well, with Andy Samberg doing his last SNL episode, he called up the [...]

PT PrimeTime drops an oddly solemn anti-snitching PSA in advance of his album Thoughts of a Leader . via Ballers' Eve NYC

I like everything about this song. I like the beat. I like the video. I like Danny Brown's missing teeth. I like the chicks. I like the proliferation of n-bombs. I like it when he says "Shake that ass for a hipster nigga." I like the pancakes. I like the unabashed, Nancy Reagan-spiting drug abuse. I like that Danny is finding ways to top XXX . I like the XXXI tease. And I like the chicks. Likely this year's best song so far.

I don't like it when Big K.R.I.T. gets too 'we can make it if we try' with his starry-eyed message songs, but even in these cases, he always brings it back with a champion flow and a grandiose beat. Listen to a bonus cut about drugs below.

Footage of a cramped concert with awestruck kids in front + shrine of classic rap LPs = G-Side, steady backpacking. For the swag averse.

Heavy psych is the best thing to happen to rap since James Brown. Download: Gangrene - The Odditorium via Red Bull

We had a chat at HQ and we decided there weren't enough sex videos on ML. A quick search turned up this video for Slugabed's new single off Time Team , out May 7. I haven't watched it yet, but I'm assuming it's steamy. For round two, listen to Daedelus' remix .

Copping a Danny Brown verse equates to a willingness to be upstaged, but Ab-Soul still commands plenty attention as an abject TDE foot soldier. Download: Ab-Soul - Terrorist Threats (ft. Danny Brown, Jhene Aiko) (produced by Dave Free) via Top Dawg Entertainment

I'm so glad there's a rapper with a name as awesome as SpaceGhostPurrp whose music is actually well worth sharing. Download: SpaceGhostPurrp - Lustful '97