Action Bronson, Chance The Rapper & Big Body Bes Re-enact Scenes from Eddie Murphy's Coming to America for "Baby Blue" (VICE Records)

Although he's been effectively dominating the mixtape scene with fully fleshed out "street albums" like Blue Chips 1-2, Dr. Lecter, Well Done, Rare Chandeliers, and Bon Appetit... Bitch since about 2008, Action Bronson has finally gotten around to liberating his long-rumored major label "debut," MR. WONDERFUL, which came out nation-wide Monday. Ahead of his 13-track album, VICE Records let loose a zany, Tom Gould-directed Spın̈al Tap-esque mock-umentary, which portrayed Bronson something to the effect of "The Great Leader," Kim Jong-Un; coinciding with yesterday's multi-formatted MR. WONDERFUL roll-out, Action Bronson partnered with the good people at the YouTube Music Awards to present the video for his Chance The Rapper-assisted Mark Ronson-produced track, "Baby Blue." It's just one of two Dap-Kings-indebted Ronson-produced tracks included within the album, the second of which showcases a Jazz-Rock sample lifted from Billy Joel's "Zanzibar" (1978) that was only cleared after Bronson & Ronson penned a gracious hand-written addressed letter to Mr. Joel himself.

"This is the triumphant ending to ["Thug Love Story 2017 The Musical"]. This is me saying, 'F*ck you, you can't f*ck with me. I'm moving on to bigger and better things. You broke my heart, this and that, it's time to move on. I'ma show you through this beautiful music and horn presentation,'" Action Bronson lamented to Complex during a recent all-inclusive track-by-track liner notes piece. Bronson and director "Lil Chris" Robinson teamed up to create a wonderfully on-point, albeit painfully short re-creation of Eddie Murphy's timeless 1988 blockbuster, Coming to America; "You can find Bronson as virtually the full gamut of characters from the sh*t-talking barbers to your friendly (but well-equipped) fast-food worker to the leader of White Chocolate and beyond," as okayplayer fittingly describes it. While he doesn't appear to play any form of Coming to America-related character, Chance The Rapper is honestly, one of the most enjoyable parts of "Baby Blue" — frantically rapping: "I hope you get a paper cut on your tongue from a razor in a paper cup... I hope you never get off Fridays and you work at a Friday's that's always busy on Fridays." And if that still isn't enough Bronson for you, he's teamed up with super-fan, world-renown chef, and TV personality Mario Batali for part one of a brand new F*ck, That's Delicious-presented mini-series in which he'll "collaborate with the best chefs in the world to create food fit for MR. WONDERFUL."

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of...

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra...

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel...

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