Another June is here and what do you know, MetalLungies is going back to a farm south of Nashville in Manchester, TN, yet again.

As long we even have 56k-esque data service on our phone we will try to vine, instagram, twitter as much as possible as FCC regulations allow.

Not braving the best farm of ten-a-key? Ustream will be streaming all weekend long a pretty comprehensive offering of the acts performing live.

Instead of just listing a bunch of names like we have in years past, or hyping up some scenester dude name Paul McCartney, Meaghatron & Myself picked out some #protip picks to see at the festival.

Check them after the jump.

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Did The Ecstatic need a remix? Not in the slightest. But new music from Preservation is welcome. Outside of his work with Mos Def, he produced two tracks on $amhill’s fantastic The Preface EP which remains one of my favorite releases of the year.

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Just when you thought you were tired of hi-hats and 808s, Zomby drops this slinking banger to tease his new album With Love which comes out next month. As Cam’ron once said, it’s gonna be a hot summer.

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Consider me a Future convert. The seemingly generic Atlanta rapper pulls gold out of a spectrum of Auto-Tune, melancholy, and cloud 9 stripper anthems. In hindsight, “Tony Montana” might have even been kind of cool too. No, I’m not kidding and yes, I’m playing “Blow Them Bands” when my first child is born.

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Here is Coultrain’s strange, heartfelt, fluorescent, playful, forlorn, exotic, thumping, serene, garish spectacle of an album.

German Producer Shuko went and got Blu and Queens rapper Kidaf to rap on some instrumentals from his Sleepless album for a classy boom bap outing that’s sure to get stuck in your head.

Being signed to Meek Mill is like getting a scholarship to a community college. But I know some dope motherfuckers who went to community college. “Tonight” appears on Lil Snupe’s RNIC mixtape.

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Rich Kidd lists his insecurities over an airy DJ Dahi beat.

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The rap game’s preeminent left field producer is from London. The sooner rappers recognize, the better.

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Marco Polo is one of the few producers who lives comfortably in the niche of vintage East Coast rap and still manages to impress. “Fame For President” evokes New York City at every turn: the pride, hostility, and Lil Fame’s trademark growl are all markers of New York’s legacy. It’s Marco’s facility with this sound that allows him to work with Fame, Large Professor, and DJ Premier.

via 2dopeboyz