Metal Lungies

Wow, 15 years from now people are gonna treat this clip with the same nostalgia they treat the Arsenio Hall performances all over youtube. Great stuff.

It’s getting to be that time of year again when the big summer festivals are all starting to drop their lineups, and with the stellar lineup that Bonnaroo recently dropped, Rothbury stepped up to the plate, delivering a variety and big name and up-and-coming acts. Here’s the official lineup so far according to www.rothburyfestival.com:

THE DEAD • BOB DYLAN AND HIS BAND • THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT • WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY • THE BLACK CROWES • DAMIAN ‘JR. GONG’ MARLEY & NAS • STS9 • G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE • GOV’T MULE • BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE • YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND • THE DISCO BISCUITS • LES CLAYPOOL • COLD WAR KIDS • JOHN BUTLER • CHROMEO • ANI DIFRANCO • MATISYAHU • GUSTER • GIRL TALK • FEMI KUTI & THE POSITIVE FORCE • MSTRKRFT • MARTIN SEXTON • FLOGGING MOLLY • RAILROAD EARTH • THE HOLD STEADY • TOOTS & THE MAYTALS • RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS • BRETT DENNEN • ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA • GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS • SHPONGLE DJ SET • SON VOLT • JACKIE GREENE • LOTUS • SOULIVE • MAN MAN • PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND W/ TONY RICE • KING SUNNY ADE & HIS AFRICAN BEATS • KID CUDI • STS9 (LIVE PA SET) • THE GLITCH MOB • DAVY KNOWLES AND BACK DOOR SLAM • EOTO • PRETTY LIGHTS • MOSELEY, LAW, SIPE & DROLL • REBELUTION • QUANNUM ALL STARS FT. LYRICS BORN, THE MIGHTY UNDERDOGS, GIFT OF GAB & LIFESAVAS • TOUBAB KREWE • SAM ROBERTS BAND • HILL COUNTRY REVUE • KYLE HOLLINGSWORTH BAND • LIPP SERVICE (ELIOT LIPP + MEMBERS OF PNUMA) • 2020 SOUNDSYSTEM • BREAK SCIENCE FT. ADAM DEITCH • THE HARD LESSONS • THE LOW ANTHEM • UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA • FUTURE ROCK • THE MACPODZ • STEPPIN’ IN IT • GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD • CHRIS PIERCE • RACHEL GOODRICH • THE RAGBIRDS • FOUR FINGER FIVE

After hearing rave reviews of the festie’s debut last year, I’m definitely hoping to attend. I’m a big electronic fan so seeing The Disco Biscuits, 2020 Soundsystem, STS9, Lipp Service, MSTRKRFT, Future Rock, Shpongle, Chromeo, and Glitch Mob all at the same festival mixed with The Dead, Dylan, Damian Marley and Nas, Kid Cudi, Claypool… you gotta be fuggin kiddin me!!! Much respek Rothbury!

(Capitals Game) Chillin.

As promised, here is the recap of the epic night where the rap and hockey worlds collided.

If you’ve followed along or read the replay of the CoveritLive live blog (which was oh so finely moderated by KnobbzXL), I’ll try my best to avoid overlap. Also be sure to check DC Sports Bog’s take on the evening, written much more eloquently.

When I arrived to the Verizon Center press entrance, I stood outside waiting for Wale and his friend Jay Promo to arrive. The start of the game came and went. Soon I was surrounded by the Verizon Center concession workers who were on their smoke breaks. When I wasn’t disappointing the employees by my lack of matches or a lighter, I was wondering if I was being punk’d. Soon enough, Wale & Jay came walking across the street, and we walked into the arena. As we were walking through the concourse, we heard the crowd making noise as a scrum broke out during the game. Not wanting to miss a moment more, surely one of the most diverse trios to ever grace the Verizon Center proceeded to sprint like Usain Bolt through the concourse.

When we arrived at our seats, it was safe to claim that we were “outchea”. Right off the bat, Wale & Jay were impressed by the amount of people in the crowd and the energy as they started to snap photos on their respective phones. Wale was such a fan of the action on the ice that he wished the 20 minute intermission would be shorter so the game would return quicker. I suggested he protest to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman (or at the very least mention it in a song).

Nearing the end of the game, Jay predicted that Carolina was going to get back into it and the Capitals were in danger of having to go for the “swindle”.  Thankfully, although Carolina tied up the game and took it to shootout (not before a 2 minute penalty for the Caps in overtime which we all agreed seemed to be the 2 longest minutes of our lives), the Caps were able to prevail. Come overtime & shootout, all three of us were standing, yelling, and giving daps to one another as Ovechkin scored to win the shootout. Afterward, Wale asked if he was the only one whose heart was racing. I’m willing to bet he was one of thousands in the building with the short-term ailment.

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Thanks to ABC News for putting me on. It took me a moment to get why this was called Ken Lee, I’m clearly not too bright. This works awesome as a ringtone for your significant other.

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Just sayin, apologies to any ML readers that may be Thrashers fans. Full ML-flavored recap of the epic night, coming tonight.

We’ve been following this documentary for like forever, from the press to the random clips. Finally, here is the official trailer. Limited Release April 24th. Hopefully that includes a DC theater.

Knobbz edit: The  Nas track at the end of the trailer is on that mixtape of unreleased Nas tracks from awhile back

JR&PH7 are a German production duo who are coming out with, you guessed it, a compilation album. Producer-albums are a dime a dozen and usually not very good, but these two tracks are solid. “Top Rank” has those irresistible hard knocking Detroit drums and you can’t go wrong with Guilty Simpson.

JR&PH7’s debut album The Standard comes out April 7.

Download: JR&PH7 – Top Rank (ft. Guilty Simpson, Black Milk) / (Clean) / (Instrumental)

Download: JR&PH7 – Let’s Move (ft. Skyzoo) / (Clean) / (Instrumental)

Bonus: Super Smoky Soul – Knockout Kings (ft. Guilty Simpson)

via Fresh Selects

Good music out of New York is scarce nowadays, so anything from the underground trio Tanya Morgan is much appreciated. Tell a friend to tell a friend. Off Brooklynati, I presume.

Download: Tanya Morgan – So Damn Down

via RubyHornet

WOOOOOOOOO. This is crazy. Produced by Oh No, who’s been killing shit on the production tip lately. Major props to Spine Magazine for the CDQ.

Doom kills this:

Cracked his skull like a fortune cookie

Just for kicks, here’s a choice selection of dope Doom/Ghost pairings.

DOWNLOAD: MF Doom & Ghostface Killah – Chinatown Wars (prod. Oh No)

DOWNLOAD: MF Doom & Ghostface Killah – Angelz (prod.MF Doom)

DOWNLOAD: Dangerdoom – The Mask (ft.Ghostface Killah)

Is Swift & Changeable ever going to come out?

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Saudi Arabia recently saw the release of its first ever rap album by Saudi singer Clash, but apparently, some aren’t very happy about it:

Ali Al-Omari, the director of an online forum for youth, stated that it is an expression of educational and social failure and that Western music provides fertile ground for the development of cynicism and nihilism.

Speaking of “social failure,” I heard that a Saudi court sentenced a 75-year-old woman to 40 lashes earlier this week because she was in the same room as two men. Also, a woman in Saudi Arabia was arrested last week for driving. Also, Saudi Arabia didn’t abolish slavery until 1962. The list goes on.

I have no doubt that even the filthiest western music has already made its way into Saudi Arabia by way of bootlegs and the Internet. All media legally sold in the country must be government approved and you can bet Saudis don’t tolerate that shit.

Islamic fundamentalists the world over need to learn that you can censor and sanction media all you want, but the people are going to get their music, movies and games somehow. They also need to realize that this is better than this.

ML has gotten 6 (!) visits from Saudi Arabia this month.

via The MEMRI Blog

Here’s some applicable dopeness.

Download: Cella Dwellas – Medina Style