Metal Lungies

Back to back Brown Bag AllStars. “Nothing” appears on Beautiful Hip Hop Volume Five which you can stream/download here.

via Hip Hop Isn’t Dead

Resolution is full of aimless visceral violence; writes Khan on his Bandcamp page, “No main topic, just blood on the dance floor, and perhaps every other floor.” Khan raps with the baritone of an old soul man and yet he’s red-bearded, bespectacled white guy. Producer marink adheres to dramatic, noirish samples while “Lord Khan Almighty” and “Anne Hathaway” are high points with their soulful sung hooks. It’s extremely polished for a stray underground rap EP and hopefully a sign of more incoming dopeness.

Homeboy Sandman appearances are a great treat when he has room to just rap his ass off. Such is the case on “Rebel Nation,” which appears on Jah C & Jaison Spain’s Conception. Boy Sand raps in double time dropping nerdy gems like “I’m on the cover of Forbes in the fourth dimension.”

And I would be remiss not to mention his show-stealer on Rapping with Paul White. He tells a fish out of water story about traveling to England over what sounds like a Dr. Dre beat performed on an MPC. You can download “A Weird Day” for free here.

It’s time again for my new favorite day of the year. No, it’s not my birthday (I’ve already turned 21… so what is there to look forward to?) and it’s definitely not Christmas…. but it IS Virgin Mobile FreeFest! Never mind that corny introduction and focus on that festival title… FREE. I love free things, especially when it’s a day jam packed with some of my favorite artists. If you’re wondering what the hell I’m talking about, just keep reading, I promise I’ll persuade you to join me in the rain this upcoming Saturday, September 10, 2011.

This year FreeFest pulled in a pretty awesome lineup in my opinion (last year’s was pretty noteworthy as well). Starting at 11 AM, Merriweather Post Pavilion will host :

Eclectic Method: 12-1:30 PM//Dance Forest

Alberta Cross: 12:15-1:15//Festival Stage

**Bombay Bicycle Club: 1:00-2:00//Pavilion Stage

**Two Door Cinema Club: 1:45-2:45//Festival Stage

Porter Robinson: 1:45-3:15//Dance Forest

*Okkervil River: 2:30-3:30//Pavilion Stage

*Big Sean: 3:15-4:15//Festival Stage

**Calvin Harris: 3:15-4:45//Dance Forest

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: 4:00-5:00//Pavilion Stage

**Cut Copy: 4:45-5:45//Festival Stage

*!!!: 5:00-6:00//Dance Forest

Patti Smith: 5:30-6:30//Pavilion Stage

*Cee Lo Green: 6:20-7:20//Festival Stage

**James Murphy: 6:15-7:45//Dance Forest

**TV On The Radio: 7:00-8:15// Pavilion Stage

**Empire of the Sun: 8:00-8:55//Festival Stage

Teddybears: 8:15-9:15//Dance Forest

**The Black Keys: 8:45-10//Pavilion Stage

**Deadmau5: 9:20-11//Festival Stage

*Ghostland Observatory9:45-10:45//Dance Forest

(** for an act that there is no chance in hell I’ll miss)

(* for acts that I’ll try and hear at least a few songs)

I’m thoroughly surprised that in this one day extravaganza there is only one REAL time conflict on my schedule which happens to occur during Deadmau5’s TWO HOUR set…. I don’t know if I can handle two hours of Deadmau5 so I might just be lucky and able to go see Ghostland Observatory.

Even if you didn’t score free tickets before they “free”d out you can still get a Free-I-P pass for less than $50 which scores you a bunch of extra cool stuff including comped drinks.

I’ll leave you with this:
Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) by skorsz

Exile’s greatest strength is quaint, jittery loops set to the ruminations of a talented niche of local rappers, but he takes a few excellent detours on his new mixtape, a collection of new and old tracks. The unexpected Bun B feature is one such excursion, a helping of syrupy, buzzing funk and “Mic Jackson” by Dag Savage (a collab rapper Johaz) is huger and more anthemic than usual for Ex.  There are reliable appearances by Fashawn, Co$$ and of course Blu. The sooner that Blu realizes that his most memorable work is with Exile (and vice versa), the better. Intro to the Outro is an hour-long reprieve from the usual deluge of crap.

Download: Exile – Intro to the Outro

via LRG

OK, this is [Young Jeezy’s and my] daily routine: Smoke weed on the way to the city we’re driving to. Get to the city. Get chased by groupies tryin’ to flag us down and find the hotel. Do radio. Eat. Get a haircut. Smoke some more weed–well, we smoke weed while we’re doin’ all of this, anyway. Get dressed for the show. I do my show, he does his. Then we do the afterparty or go to a strip club. Then we pour champagne on bitches.

–Freddie Gibbs

Irene knocked out my power for a full seven days. This meant a week of roaming between relatives’ houses and walking to Starbucks for Internet access. My family and friends are safe, for which I am thankful, but that didn’t stop me from hating the Long Island Power Authority as much as the Taliban for a week.

I don’t know how Hempstead was affected by the Hurricane or if Roc Marciano was even home last week (his Twitter suggests he wasn’t), but I can easily tie this track’s beautiful David Axelrod loop to my week long sojourn in the dark, sitting around hoping my lights would turn on soon.

Download: Timeless Truth – Irene (ft. Roc Marciano) (produced by R8dr)

via dallaspenn.com

Sacramento’s Chuuwee rapped over two minutes of haywire jazz sounds from producer Rufio’s new beat tape. The video captures a picturesque bedside studio session plus rhymes that might have been penned on the back of a Chinese takeout menu. Fun over frills hip-hop.

I remember watching youtubes of last years Fool’s Gold Labor Day party with Yelawolf rocking the hell out of his set, well this year I will probably doing the same with shaky cell cam videos of Juicy J & Danny Brown rocking. Danny Brown’s live set impressed me so much at SXSW, that I became a believer, dude is just great on stage. Of course, you can’t forget the rest of the Fool’s Gold fam including, A-Trak, Dave1, Araabmuzik (mpc vibez!!) and Nick Catchdubs who are sure to have gems to drop. If you are in NYC, I can’t think of a better way to spend your Labor Day, ok now close the Safari window and go get in line.

Fool’s Gold Day Off

Juicy J
Danny Brown
Just Blaze
Brothers Macklovitch (A-Trak & Dave1)
Araabmuzik
Cubic Zirconia
Party Supplies
Nick Catchdubs
+ Special Guests
 

 
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