Metal Lungies

The internet is an amazing place so I’m just gonna leave this here and let you browse just like Jay Z.

Budweiser’s (and Jay Z’s) Made in America festival is back for a 2nd year, this year headlined by Mrs. Jay Z (Beyonce) (Saturday) and Nine Inch Nails (Sunday). Shockingly, Metallungies is getting to go.. because we blackmailed a lot of people! As a public service, ML will be on the instagrams, the vines, and the twitters to help you decrease your levels of FOMO.

ML’s must-see list is: Beyonce, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Pheonix, Calvin Harris, Empire of the Sun, Imagine Dragons, Kendrick Lamar, Public Enemy, 2 Chainz, A$AP, Walk The Moon, Nero, Porter Robinson, Wolfgang Gartner, Fitz & The Tantrums, HAIM, Schoolboy Q, AB-Soul, GTA, Robert DeLong, Redlight, Jay Rock. Sounds like I listed about 80% of the lineup, which sounds like some good concert lineup curation to me, ML tips our new era cap.

It will be interesting to see which of the days has a bigger/more hype crowd, ML is betting on Saturday. Also assuming this festival comes back next year, can Jay be backed by Illadelphonics? Thanks in advance.

Note: The Wavves were added to the lineup and they don’t appear on the image above.

If you can’t make it Philadelphia, you can watch the stream via youtube which is embedded below. Also, the documentary about last year’s Made in America by Ron Howard has been acquired by Shotwime, and will air October 11, 2013.

Full lineup and set times after the jump.

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A rapper who blew up online, signed to a major, and then put out a mediocre debut participates in a contest sponsored by McDonald’s where producers compete to make a song with him. Is it physically possible for the resultant track to be good? Hold on to your shit: it’s actually really good.

via Vibe

Watch some footage of Big K.R.I.T. and Foreign Allegiance in the studio together after the break.

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Now that he has the Internet going nuts, Action Bronson gets to collaborate with his heroes (Kool G Rap), build with the folks that helped make him hot in the first place (Party Supplies, Statik Selektah), and take his art to the next level (the awe-inspiring “Strictly 4 My Jeeps” video).

Download: Joey Fatts – Live Blasphemous (ft. Action Bronson) (produced by Childish Major)

Download: Action Bronson – November Rain (produced by Party Supplies)

via DatPiff.com

Download: Action Bronson – Live From Kissena Blvd

Easily the best video of the year.

Paul White’s answer to “Lightworks”.

I’m all for getting turnt up, but even the biggest, loudest tracks need someone who can rap halfway decent. And on this standout from CTE’s #ItsThaWorld EP, that requirement is soundly filled by Juicy J.

Say what you want about women playing the hip-hop sex kitten, but Sassi Blaque is irresistible on this Big Tone-produced cut. What’s more, sex appeal is no substitute for talent as she guts the track and she does it with 300% more class and style than her male counterparts. I’m pretty sure half of the plays this has on Soundcloud are mine.

Bonus Big Tone/Sassi Blaque cuts after the break.

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R.A. The Rugged Man had already inked his name in the history book. He recorded with Biggie, he made a song called “Every Record Label Sucks Dick,” and his antics are the stuff of legend. He’s a relic of the 90s,  a great one. So you’d be forgiven for not expecting much from his 2013 album Legends Never Die aside from a few cool Buckwild beats. But apparently his story wasn’t finished. Out of nowhere, R.A. returns with a flow refined over 20 years and an oddball personality that’s strangely human and doesn’t just play to his mythos. When it comes to rap, ‘Where are they now?’ is a question that often gets uncomfortable answers (see Tim Dog). R.A. The Rugged Man is the glorious exception.

Listen to album highlights below.

Belated praise for one of my favorite releases of the year so far. Life in Technicolor Vol. 1 revisits Atlanta bass music with accessible party jams and glowing nostalgia. Even if you only have a cursory knowledge of the era (hand raised), the EP is undeniably fun. “All Night Long” would have owned radio in simpler times with a catchy hook and sing-song verses made to be recited ad nauseum in the club. “All I Need” puts Ghost Town DJ’s to way better use than Ciara (and supposedly, she ripped off the idea). Between Spree Wilson and Future, Atlanta pop rap is in good hands right now.

via Complex