Action Bronson & Earl Sweatshirt Team Up for Previously Unreleased Alchemist-produced Bonus Track, "WARLORD LEATHER" * (Soundcloud Bootleg)

Needless to say, it's been one Hell of a week for Underground Hip-Hop; Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar all dropped staggering, critically-acclaimed new albums this past Monday, March 23rd (I'm unsure why they strayed away from the typical Tuesday release day). I went out and bought hard CD copies of Bronson and Lamar's albums, but I wasn't able to find I Don't Like Sh*t, I Don't Go Outside at out local Best Buy, and I've really only had a chance to delve into Action Bronson's gloriously frantic "debut," MR. WONDERFUL. While Bronson and Lamar's TDE crew seem to have a mutual admiration for each other, the two fledgling rappers have never recorded any material together, at least not to my knowledge. But Bronson has in fact recorded a few non-album tracks with Odd Future and their reigning adolescent prince, Earl Sweatshirt; most notably, Domo Genesis' pro wrestling-referencing Alchemist-produced mixtape track, "Elimination Chamber" (2012). However, in honor of their tandem just-released full-lengths, The Alchemist decided to sporadically liberate a previously unreleased Action Bronson & Earl Sweatshirt collaboration of unknown origins, "WARLORD LEATHER."

Alan The Chemist's attached Soundcloud "single" artwork features a screen-grabbed frame from Swedish Indie Rockers Peter Bjorn & John's triumphant mega-mohawked Asian biker gang-filled "Nothing to Worry About" video, which oddly enough, Bronson previously rapped on for a Party Supplies-produced remix - ha! "The glorious bastard is back / in that hoodie like a vein that collapsed cause it's black," Earl Sweatshirt ferociously raps on "WARLORD LEATHER"'s introductory verse. "I'm like Swayze mixed with Sajak, in a straight jacket... play the guitar with my teeth (yeyeyeye-ya)," Action Bronson swiftly rhymes in his verse, as he effortlessly compares himself to Patrick Swayze, Pat Sajak, and Jimi Hendrix and that's just the tip of the metaphorical iceberg. It's a damn shame "WARLORD LEATHER" wasn't included on either MR. WONDERFUL or I Don't Like Sh*t, I Don't Go Outside, but I guess we can just consider it an appended bonus track of sorts. Although, it seems as though The Alchemist has a whole digital vault full of Bronson/Sweatshirt tracks, including one wherein Scott "Mad Skillz" Caan of Entourage and Hawaii Five-0 fame supposedly "killed" [read: head-scratchingly out-raps] Bronson. So, stay tuned for further scientific experiments in lyrical wordplay from Alchemist's vault, my fellow Hip-Hop heads!

"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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