Metal Lungies

Cassidy has a rather unique contest to promote his album B.A.R.S. You call 215-701-0998 this week and your best drop 16 Bars. Next week the same phone number will announce the 3 finalist that will battle via teleconference. If your whack or refuse to spit bars over your prepaid cell phone you can still call to vote. BTW B.A.R.S. is the name of Cassidy’s album which drops in October. It stands for the Barry Adrien Reese Story. Looks like 50 might have started a trend for rappers to use government names in album titles, oh wait Marshall did it first. Lets just hope the chronicles of Torrance Hatch (sadly, no relation to the senate OG Orrin) isn’t next.

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I know I’ve never posted all the videos on here, I tried once but the post came out FUBARed, but I’m sure you’ve seen them all otherwise.Well, finally the masterful series is back. You can view a new episode each day all the way up to chapter 22 over at IFC.

Ch.13 Highlights:

• R. Kelly as an old man minus the unplanned golden showers.
• “you’re crazier than a fish with titties”

Ch. 14 Highlights:

• The perverted way R. Kelly says “thicker” to introduce chapter 14.
• Thankfully, R. Kelly not playing a waitress.
• Twan feeling the music a bit too much on his own.
• Trying to guess based on lips, pause, who Twan’s info connect is.

Note: does anyone buy the DVD of this? Thats like buying a DVD of youtube videos.

Check back tomorrow for Ch.15 thoughts.

(Sorry for no embeds, looks like IFC is trying to keep their shit exclusive like a mixtape dj.)

EDIT: ML Homie and more importantly self proclaimed TITC expert historian, PD will be providing his daily analysis as the rest of the chapters are unveiled. Here are his musings for chapters 13 & 14.

Chapter 13:
After a completely enlightening “Chapter 12.5” to catch everybody up, the legendary saga resumes, complete with commentary from R.
Sylvester does not appreciate Twan’s wearing his hat crooked. That’s just Twan. Don’t try to change him.
“Said you crazier than a fish wit titties” should become a well-known saying. I’ve already started using it.
I hope the Rosie the Nosy Neighbor subplot pays off, ’cause I’m just not feeling it right now. But I’m sure R. will make it work. You’ve got R. in full Eddie Murphy mode here as an old man who makes responses like “What you lookin’ at…what you lookin’ at…hmm?” (Which is pretty funny, actually.)
Classic exchange:
“I hope a pigeon fly by here and shit on your face.”
“If it do…if it do…then I’m goin’ wipe the shit on you.”

Chapter 14:
First of all, that is the craziest diner I’ve ever seen. It’s a dive and a classy joint at once.
Hold up…Sylvester going home with Kathy…was a plan? R. explained before the clip that it was going to get people thinking. Guess what? It worked.
The waitress talk is spot-on.
“Try me…Kathy? (Yes?) …Try me.”
Twan is holding it down, no doubt. Holding it down by just sitting there in the car, enjoying his music.
We’ve got another character…I’ll call him Twan’s Connect for now.
“Do I look like En Vogue?”
But damn, Twan’s Connect is quick with that info. Took him like 5 seconds, tops.
Oh shit. The infamous Tina. And Roxanne!
“We take Tae Bo classes.”
Notice how Twan has to get right down to his wifebeater as soon as he enters.

Ed. Note: failing to mention how neatly Twan places down his clothes when he enters the restaurant, unacceptable!

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We haven’t had some DC shit in a bit so here goes:

 

A former crack addict is local legend as an Elvis impersonator. Only.In.DC. It’s one of those funny/amusing/kinda sad tales all mixed in one glass. Am I a bad person because I thought bad things when I read this:

This is the magic of Blelvis. It is what prompts frat boys to buy him beers, what causes tourists to invite him up to hotel rooms for nightcaps.

Read the whole profile at WaPo, of course. For me, Blelvis seems more likeable than Elvis.

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  It’s hard for us here at ML to keep up with the rock selections, all out rock head connects are drying up, going emo. Limp Bizkit is still big right? I KIIIIID. No Triumph.We’ve mentioned that we like Audioslave, well today we found a band that right away reminded us of the aforementioned, Operator. They eerily sound something like a cross between Audioslave, Soundgarden and Disturbed.

Check the video for their album title single, Soulcrusher:

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On Myspace, get tour info and sample more material off their debut album which drops next week.

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If you were unable to make it to out this year’s Rock The Bells hip hop festival out in the boondocks of Cali better known as San Bernardino, here’s a recap to fill you in on what you missed, complete with horrible-quality pictures. The Hyundai Pavilion staff definitely called my bluff with their “No Digital Cameras” rule — I found out how easily I could’ve snuck mine in after having walked about a mile away from my car (where I left my digicam), and thus was forced to work with a disposable.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIV1-ICkXow[/youtube]I’m sure by now everyone’s seen FamLay’s latest, “Da Beeper Record” featuring Pharrell, which hit the net late last week, and (according to The Fader‘s drop) is directed by Hype Williams. This is supposed to be the first single off of Fam’s debut album, Dat Missile. I say “supposed to be” because this’ll be Fam’s second attempt at hitting the jackpot that is official major label album release, after his scheduled-for-2004 debut Traintogo (a planned Star Trak/Def Jam joint venture), backed by the banger “Rock N Roll”, never made it out of the office. [Personally, I blame Lil’ Flip for getting on the remix of that song.]

This is just the latest in a string of shortcomings for VA’s underrated rap scene. The Clipse’s struggle to release Hell Hath No Fury could actually be seen as a “success” considering that their proper debut, Exclusive Audio Footage, was shelved permanently. (Remember “The Funeral”, featuring a pre-cornrowed Pusha T?) Ab-Liva, billed as “The Man That Will Be King” in the “Cot Damn” video, hasn’t popped up much outside of The Clipse’s albums. Timbaland’s Beat Club Records folded. Skillz was forced to make year-end “rap-up” records to keep a buzz going, and I’m hoping that Million Dollar Backpack goes somewhere other than down the tube.

Although Virginia MCs have shown talent, it seems that only the state’s superstar beatmakers can get a break commercially. Considering the currently-stale state of hip hop music, let’s hope that this changes for the better.

Download: Mad Skillz – “VA’s In The House”

Download: The Clipse – “Breakfast In Cairo” featuring Noreaga & Kurupt

Download: Timbaland & Magoo – “We At It Again” featuring Sebastian

Download: Mad Skillz – “Crew Deep (Remix)” featuring The Clipse

Download: FamLay – “Bang Bang” featuring T.I. & Scarface

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Our boy Marco Polo continues to mess with the whole Duckdown crew. M Peezy provides 2 beats to the Boot Camp Clik compilation Causalities of War which drops next week on the 15th.

The first is some psychedelic sounding shit… My World.

Then on my personal favorite of the two I Want Mine, you picture this track as a theme song if you had a showdown with Boot Camp in a dark new york alley (that you would probably die in).

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When you find out that ML is banned in your homeland, not even a trip to Mickey D’s can cheer you up.

Download: Heltah Skeltah – “Brownsville II Long Beach” featuring Dogg Pound

Download: Gang Starr – “You Know My Steez (3 Men & A Lady Remix)” featuring Lady Of Rage & Kurupt

Download: Talib Kweli – “Put It In The Air” featuring DJ Quik

Download: Cormega – “Deep Blue Seas” featuring Kurupt & Jayo Felony

Download: Nas – “Play On Playa” featuring Snoop Dogg

Download: Tha Alkaholiks – “The Next Level” featuring Diamond D

Download: Xzibit – “Eyes May Shine (Remix)” featuring Mobb Deep

Download: Tash – “Rap Life” featuring Raekwon

Download: Jurassic 5 – “A Day At The Races” featuring Percee P & Big Daddy Kane

Download: Planet Asia – “Coast To Coast” featuring Ghostface

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According to Ms Info 50 Cent is hella pissed about his next single with Robin Thicke, Follow My Lead leaking because along with the Justin Timberlake track he now has 2 singles out with white singers.He is pissed mainly because he was going to have the Thicke track be his 2nd single once the album came out. I think the man should worry more about the fact his previous 3 singles did not catch on. A Timberlake or Thicke collabo draws in the same exact crowd, so no it’s no big deal. Anyway, Curtis is probably going to be the least anticipated album this year that we (and most people) hear this year.

PS: go to the MS Info site to see the video.

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