Metal Lungies

More MTV shows (The Hills interviews coming soon readers!).

I like that the trailer mentions Jamie Foxx’s Oscar win.. as if that relates to producing a reality show. This makes me miss Dylan X Ness from the legendary Making The Band II.  I’ll check this out but I’d prefer some tracks leaked from C.O.L.O.U.R.S. (if they exist) first. Premiers July 15th @ 10PM.

Bonus Clip featuring one of the contestants, Creepa:

I’m doing something special this month, ML readers! Each Tuesday for the rest of the month, I’m tackling a different D’Angelo remix. I’ve been covering strictly hip-hop remixes for the last 20 installments (with some guest writeups from Buhizzle), so I’m giving y’all a little R&B flavor for a few weeks.

I’m starting with D’Angelo’s 1995 debut single, “Brown Sugar”. The original “Brown Sugar” is produced by A Tribe Called Quest producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Muhammad uses sleigh bells, organ, guitar and a lazy, grooving bass line on the track and gives it a more hip-hop feel than the rest of the album’s tracks. “Brown Sugar” is one of the best songs on a perfect R&B record. It also had a video, which I’m including because of the conversation at the beginning.

Da Beatminerz remixed “Brown Sugar” for the “Cruisin'” 12′ and got Kool G Rap to drop several off-topic yet ill bars just before D sings his 3rd verse.

Here’s a sampling of the Kool Genius’s verse (you really have to hear him spit it):

Well it’s that street flavor neighbor that I smack upon this track
So throw that tobacco outta that Philly, dump in the illy and sit back
And get with bubonic chronic, the pond green bionic
My brown eyes get Chinese, high frequencies like Panasonic
I gets dumb when I hits one, for when you splits one and twists one
If you ain’t with getting blitzed son then straight up you missed one
I be high ’til I die, blowing lye smoke up in the sky
Getting bumbed from the trum and hella else from chocolate thai
So fly the friendly get highs, we wise guys with red eyes
Bigger than life sized, for the big pies we terrorize
While getting blunted enemies get hunted, we don’t front it
Son if you want it, it’ll be a murder mystery like Whodunit
Steady, get ready to step to that next level
Fear this like a daredevil, bounce this and pass a sack to the ear level
So come get with the program as I slam
He run that old flim flam then you can catch a blam blam/ and I don’t give a damn

The Beatminerz track samples a beautiful piano loop (also sampled on M.O.P.’s “New York Salute”) and uses harder, but not invasive drums. Some warm vibes come in occasionally as well.

The remix is a dope revision of the original that I might actually prefer on occasion to the OG. What do you think?

Download:

D’Angelo – Brown Sugar

D’Angelo – Brown Sugar (Da Beatminerz Remix ft.Kool G Rap)

We posted a link to a Mark Ronson podcast featuring this song and another joint called “Won’t Trade You” last month, now Eskay puts up a CDQ version.

While we wait for “Won’t Trade You” to leak, here’s a direct link to download the radio rip:

Download: Won’t Trade You (Radio Rip)

I’m feeling this. Love the Greg Nice-esque reverb on Tip’s voice.

Download : Gettin’ Up (Clean)

Bonus Beats : Q-Tip freestyles for Green Lantern’s birthday:

ML will always have a soft spot for Run & Fam. Premiers July 16th @ 10PM on MTV.

Some Wu-affiliates freestyling.

While I was watching this today, I realized it is quite the opposite of the previous Killer Mike videos we’ve posted. This has more of a West Coast-piano heavy vibe and I kind of think Ice Cube outshines Killer Mike on this particular track. The album for which is this off of, I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind II drops on Tuesday July 8th.

Check the tracklisting after the jump.

PS someone ask about Killer Mike about Shawty Lo in High School.

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With all of these Tyga posts, you’d think we are developing some obsession, not really but this gave us a semi-chuckle.

I completely forgot that this was coming, Mirando is the first single off of Ratatat’s 3rd album LP3, which is in stores now.  ML’s must-listen-to recommendation for their amazing remix mixtapes hasn’t expired.

Watch 18 year old Jordan DeLisser murder the piano playing tracks off of Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III. I’ve always liked piano covers of  songs and SomkeYYY tipped me off to this dude, he also ripped the whole set into mp3s you can cop here. I remember a very solid set of Pianoized (new word!)  Linkin Park songs like 4 years ago, and the trend has been going strong ever since:

Dopeness. Did I mention I met Premo at the Crooklyn Dodgers concert?

Shouts to my cousin Dan at Clockwork Music.

I don’t like to make a habit of reposting songs, but this is too damn good. If you missed it last time, get this shit now:

Download: Reks – Say Goodnight

Grey Hairs drops July 22.