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Sorry this is a little late but all of ML’s Jewish readership should enjoy.

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[Dj01 Note- You just read the tracklisting? now the review is ready, you know how we do!] Just who is Statik Selektah? I mean we’ve all heard his mixtapes, we’ve all heard the vocal drops on his music, but just who is this guy? A quick glance at Wikipedia and it mentions the basic general info. Who his parents are, how long he’s been in the game and what his accomplishments are. Well for one he seems to be Nas’ mixtape DJ of choice, which ain’t a bad distinction. He also did a joint collaborative effort with DJ Premier and Royce 5’9 on the Bar Exam. And he’s dropped 31(31!) mixtapes since 2000 in addition to his mix shows on satellite radio. So from this information I gather 2 things.

• He works hard at his craft
• He knows how to surround himself with unbelievable lyrical talent.

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Over here at Metal Lungies we realize that our readers (and our staff) can’t get enough of those Wu-Tang albums. Unfortunately, record companies are run by bitches and we don’t get nearly enough. So, how does one get that Wu-Tang sound in lieu of any major drops. Affiliates.

Over the past years it seems like everybody and there mother is some how related to the Clan, but fortunately our Wu-Tang promoter connect, David, has blessed us with some of the finest acts coming out of the camp right now. So take a listen to some of these tracks, and pick up that Think Differently CD. Its a real good intro to the more indie clan.

Hell Razah- Razah’s Ladder
This is a wild track. The beat is a sped up sample of “Heart of the City” and the rhymes are sick. It ends with some weird guitar shit. Weird in a good way. Look out for this dude.

Sav Killz ft. Planet Asia- Champion Rap
The rapping here is pure gold. Planet Asia murders it, as always, and Sav holds it down something fierce. Who is this on the beat? Shit is sick.

S.I.C.- I Am the Gun
I love this sound. Hard ass raps about selling dope, over some shit that sounds like old RZA. Classic.

Look out for some interviews with these dudes coming up real soon. Also check for that Podcast next Tuesday (We couldn’t do it this week because of server issues). Looks to be a classic.

Another day, another rapper that has had a moderately successful single that results in an album with a cloudy future on a major. When Smitty came out, we liked Diamonds On My Neck but we liked Ghetto with Kanye, Scarface & John Legend A LOT more.

Now almost 2 years later he’s putting out some new tracks to build up hype for an album that was supposed to come out September of 2005!! It doesn’t look good, Clipse saw delays like this but they have a niche loyalist following which in the end made the project happen, as well as some dude name Pharrell. Smitty doesn’t have either. In the end we hope to see Smitty drop some day, until then we’ll just enjoy all the mixtape material& zshare loose ends from one of the few south acts WITHOUT a gimmick.

Smitty-You Don’t Love Me

We always dig records that address the struggles of being an artist signed to a major. This is just that, he talks about his industry drama involving Dj Khaled, Clive Davis & Jimmy Henchmen.

Smitty Ft. Jamie Foxx, Chris Brown, Mario-Tell Me

I think Smitty decided to OD on R&B singers on this track, has anyone seen 3 different R&B features on a hip-hop record before??

Declassified reports and heavy reliance of pure speculation show that Curtis’s brilliant rhyme of “nympho” with “info” prompted the whole development of Ayo technologies as know it. Throw in the lovebird power hit duo Justin/Timberland, a suit that doesn’t fit the latter, cheap ripoffs of Minority Report and a new twist (x-ray vision) on an old favorite (near-naked women) and you’ve got a hit.

For our international readers, also apparently “ayo” sounds like the Indian (Tamil) exclamation “ayyo!” which I’m told is equivalent to “crap.”

But, still a bombass song.

If any square-heads out there who think that sampling isn’t an art are reading this, then you should get punched in the face by Pete Rock. Or, at least, get punched in the face by someone on Pete’s behalf — Pete never seemed like much of the violent type. Or, listen to Mecca & The Soul Brother, The Main Ingredient and Soul Survivor (I and II) — that’s a much less aggressive means of educating yourself on the talents of “Money Earnin'” Mt. Vernon’s finest.

I like to think that I know enough about hip hop, and have a good enough taste in hip hop production, to be able to talk at length about what goes into making a beat sound dope — listening to Pete Rock’s work reminds me of just how little I actually know. At the time of this 2004-ish interview with Wax Poetics, Pete said that he goes beat digging every other day, if not every day. [He also mentions getting jacked by Q-Tip and Puffy (who’d have thought?) for “Jazz (We’ve Got)” and “Juicy”, respectively.] I can imagine Pete’s vinyl collection containing records so obscure that the original artists themselves probably forgot about their existence (which I’m sure would be awesome when it comes time to clear a sample).

Pete Rock’s ability to flawlessly blend and layer different sounds and samples together into a single beat has kept him relevant in hip hop for so many years — in fact, an ’08 release for NY’s Finest will mark 2 decades in the game for PR. Not only that, but it’s likely brought Pete Rock the respect and high praise of your favorite producer, whoever that may be. And if your favorite producer is Pete Rock, then you have good taste, and you should enjoy what awaits after the jump.

Contributions by ML’s usual suspects (myself, DJ01, podcast-extraordinaire Hangover Monkey and newest-member-of-the-family DSuper), as well as Marco Polo (who contributed to the DJ Premier and Hi-Tek Beat Drops) and Alchemist.

Yep, that Alchemist. Keep reading…

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01. Intro Ft. DJ Premier & Termanology
02. “Stop, Look, Listen” Ft. Styles, Termanology & Q-Tip
03. “Express Yourself 08” Ft. Termanology, Talib Kweli, & Consequence
04. “6 In The Morning” Ft. Joell Ortiz, Kool G Rap, And Sheek Louch
05. “What Would You Do!?” Ft. Freeway & Cassidy
06. “Make A Movie” (Interlude) Ft. Dj Khaled
07. “Bam Bam” Ft. Red Cafe, Termanology, & Mims
08. “G Shit (Showoff Mix)” Ft. Uncle Murder, Sev-one, Termanology &
Jadakiss
09. “Back Against The Wall” Ft Cormega & Royce 5’9
10. “Hardcore (So You Wanna Be)” Ft Reks And Termanology
11. “No Mistakes Allowed” Ft. Doug E. Fresh, Tony Touch, Scram Jones,
DP-One, DJ Gi-joe, DJ Revolution, and Esoteric
12. Clinton Sparks Interlude
13. “Punch Out” Ft Big Shug Of The Gangstarr Foundation
14. “The Good Life (Give It Up)” Ft. M.O.P.
15. “Big Dreamers” Ft. Reks
16. “No Holding Back” Ft Cormega And AZ
17. “Got Me Goin’ (Hip Hop)” Ft. Slum Village And Granite State
18. “Time To Say Goodbye” Ft Evidence & Alchemist
19. “It’s Over Now” Ft. Termanology & AG (DITC)
20. “Talk To Me” Ft. Jon Hope, Reks & Skyzoo
21. “Did What We Had To Do” Ft. Krs-one, Larry Cheeba, & Large Professor

Statik recruited a pretty noteworthy lineup, we hope this is good mixtape dj compilation. Review coming soon.

Meanwhile check out Express Yourself 08 if you haven’t peeped it yet.

I got this e-mailed to me late, so don’t shoot the messenger!

Free Ghostface?? You already know we on this like Al Rocker on the weather. Adult Swim hooks up with Ghostface and Dungeon Family’s Witchdoctor for probably the best thing ever thats priced at free ninety nine.

The dates are:

10/01/07: State University of New York, Albany, N.Y.
10/03/07: University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.
10/05/07: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
10/06/07: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
10/07/07: University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
10/09/07: American University, Washington, DC
10/11/07: University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.
10/14/07: University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
10/16/07: UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif.
10/17/07: University of Arizona, Tuscon, Ariz.
10/19/07: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.

Get tickets here.

Bonus MP3: Witchdoctor- Barrel.

For those of y’all that haven’t yet died of suspense (R.I.P. to those less fortunate), the Pete Rock Beat Drop will be up on Friday. Or next Monday in the case of some unforeseen circumstance that I can’t possibly know about right now because then it wouldn’t be unforeseen. But I’m really aiming for Friday. Keep your third eye open for that.

The main reason for the delay is that we’ve* lined up a couple of very special guests, both of whom are established hip hop producers. One is someone that has been around these parts before, and should be familiar to fans of our previous Beat Drops. The other guest, however, might catch y’all by surprise. I’d let the cat out the bag, but Pete’s telling me to keep it on the hush.