Metal Lungies

Nore is a pro at copping albums digitally now. Mac and cigarette in hand, he buys Maino’s If Tomorrow Comes… on iTunes without even breaking a sweat. Cosigns don’t get much better than this. Then he shouts out some websites (I’m sure ML was at the tip of his tongue) before giving this memorable sendoff:

I need a haircut. One Love.

Knock back some tiger bone and peep ML’s  interview with Capone-N-Nore.

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So it looks like a stint on Bad Boy drove Loon to find Allah as shown by his recent interview on the Al-Jazeera network. The video is so amazingly odd/awkward/random (also known as right up ML’s alley.)  Shout out to Al-Jazeera homies for trying to force Loon to drop a 16 on-air (on two occasions) and playing his Bad Boy era clips on 3/4th of the screen as Loon spoke on pretty much denouncing all of that.

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Really, Jay? Boxes marked “Auto-Tune” exploding? I can’t be too mad, he got the OG T.I. to play his chauffeur and Jigga apparently plays cards with Harvey Keitel on the regular. And Kobe’s in there too.

But still, there needed to be a teaser for this?

Brilliant video. Every Red video is awesome  – the video for “I’ll Bee Dat” clearly the best, if only for the “Reggie’s Secret” scene.

This is why it’s worth having the Roots as Jimmy Fallon’s backup, besides the obvious reasons. Is that Tuba Gooding Jr. in the back?

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Despite the mixed reactions the movie has been getting, I’m amped to watch Quentin Tarantino rip apart some Nazis. I can tell there are some scenes that will require high-fives all around in the movie theater.

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We here at ML, aren’t the biggest Hurricane Chris fans, but we have to give the guys props for this. This footage is way more powerful than any high production video for BET can ever be. How does one pull this off? Do you have to make it rain on a legislature’s campaign fund? Anyway there are so many questions we need answered: Were soundchecks allowed? Who is the lady in the aqua suit giving the most subtle head nods ever to Chris’ left ( and what is the cake that she plugs at the end??) Who is the (most-certainly) white dude that cracks a Hurricane joke at the end?  Did members of the legislatures have their hands in the air during the perfomance, or were they writing bills and ignoring Chris? Why was Chris so abruptly cut off? *Catches breath* Now, if we were running the Legislature down in Louisiana? You better believe we’d have Curren$y perfom his whole album.

Edit: Check the extended cut which includes speeches, a proclamation, and other amazing. It turns out the lady in the Aqua suit is Chris’ Godmother.

Even though Intermission is a compilation album, some tracks only work in the context of the album’s austere vibe. These are three standout tracks that can stand on their own. Intermission is the Soul Assassins crew at their best, with dark, brooding, sometimes rock-influenced production (DJ Khalil and DJ Muggs – doesn’t get much better than that) and grimy verses from the best the West Coast has to offer. illRoots got Muggs to break down each track.

Download: Soul Assassins – Intermission (ft. RZA, Rev William Burk, Planet Asia, B-Real) (produced by DJ Muggs)

Download: Soul Assassins – Good Evening Los Angeles (ft. Self Scientific) (produced by DJ Khalil)

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Download: Soul Assassins – Let Go (My Life) (ft. Fashawn) (produced by DJ Muggs, DJ Khalil) 

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Also, here’s some amazing visuals for the album’s bonus track, "Figure It Out" featuring Young De, Xzibit and Mykestro.

This shit is nuts. Gangrene album coming soon. I love how this looks like it was done on video – nicely done, fellas.

DOWNLOAD: Gangrene – Under Siege

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You gotta love MP & Tor’s sense of humor. First the artwork and now the video. Even though Double Barrel is strictly head-smacking anthems, the guys know how to have fun.

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