Recent misunderstandings between the Metal Lungies staff and certain members of the hip-hop community have caused us to re-evaluate our priorities. We got some pretty alarming voice messages this afternoon from Bun B, Ilyas of Tanya Morgan, Noz of Cocaine Blunts, and The Fat Jew. For our safety, we are going to lay low until this whole thing blows over. Or we’re all dead. We look forward to spending time with our neglected-mothers.
British producer Skitz made one video for both singles for his album Sticksman. The real treat is “Born Inna System” which starts at 1:20. Buggsy rips apart the reggae beat with a demented double time flow. Get the audio here.
Swedish producer Erik L’s left-field beats are light on samples and heavy on synths and electric bass. Given the guest appearance from Frank n Dank, “Push It Up” is easily mistaken for some long lost Dilla shit. This comes from The Soularp Suite which is composed, produced, engineered and mastered by Erik L and is out now. Peep his joint with Sene for some more ill kaleidoscope rap.
The two most strikingly original MCs of 2010 are white: Yelawolf and Eternia.
A white woman from Toronto, Eternia is the last person you would expect to demolish a track with Joell Ortiz. And yet, her brutally personal rhymes almost make Joell sound stale. Eternia explores the female rapper experience from a boom bap angle.
Eternia & Moss – At Last drops June 15. Check out her mixtape.
DJ Khalil laces fellow New Royales member Chin with a remix of his single “Mask on My Face.” Khalil’s beat for this R&B joint is a lighter take on the demonic bangers he handed out to rappers in 2009. Chin’s album D’Tach drops April 6.
Best track off the May 25th mixtape gets a ferocious verse from T.I. tacked on. B.o.B., Tre and Tip rip a stuttering electronic beat by Kuttah to pieces. This is apparently supposed to appear on The Adventures Of B.o.B., which drops on April 27th after years of delays.
He also recently dropped a remix of his hit single(!) “Nothin’ On You” with Big Boi. It’s dope but where’s Dre? This is exactly the kind of song 3000 was killing 4 years ago.
9th Wonder (rapping under the name 9thmatic) and Khrysis flex their lyrical muscle over a standard DJ Premier beat. 9th is more comfortable on the mic than I would have expected. Weird to see three producers on one track and only one of them is producing.
It looks like the “Our Dreams” video got more time and attention from Def Jam than the actual album. Said Method Man,
Def Jam put a rush on it. We didn’t have a lot of time to work on it. We recorded with no budget. It is what it is. We did this for the fans. It felt good to get in the studio with Rae and Ghost. The future looks bright.
That would be why most of the leaks from Wu-Massacre sound like crap. Great video directed by Rik Cordero nonetheless. Grab the audio here.
