New Era White Sox Baseball Cap Designer Chance The Rapper Throws First Pitch at Season Opener, Whilst Debuting "Very Chicago" Austin Vesely-directed "Angels" (Chance Three?)

"I made "Sunday Candy," I'm never going to Hell. I met Kanye West, I'm never going to fail. He said, let's do a good-a** job with Chance three. I hear you gotta sell it to snatch the GRAMMY. Let's make it so free and the bars so hard that there ain't one gosh darn part you can't Tweet," Chance The Rapper ferociously rhymed during his show-stealing verse within Kanye's The Life of Pablo opener "Ultralight Beam." He's of course referring to his long-awaited and currently still untitled Acid Rap (2013) follow-up, since last year's SURF as actually a Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment-helmed project. It's quite a daring, and almost unheard of, feat that Chance The Rapper has garnered so much wide-spread fandom and critical-acclaim without ever having released an album or even single song for purchase; ultimately culminating with Chance's appearance last year on SNL, becoming the first unsigned independent artist to have ever played the late night sketch comedy show... twice! "Chance three" or "his next mixtape," as referred to, and since slightly overlooked, by Esquire is reportedly "due this month," as reported as recently as April 1st. Friday afternoon, @chancetherapper, a devout White Sox fan and recent New Era cap designer, was lucky enough to throw out the ceremonial "first pitch" at the Chicago team's first, snow-capped, home game of the season.

Late Thursday night, albeit rather unexpectedly, Chance The Rapper debuted his Austin Vesely-directed "Angels," which he and fellow Chicagoan Saba previously premiered on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Vesely, a fellow Chicagoan himself, made a conscious attempt to make "Angels" as explicitly Chicago-influenced as possible; "I'd like people to take from it what they want really. It could mean a few different things, but we just wanted it to be very Chicago," Austin Vesely recently told Windy City-based publication Fake Shore Drive. With that said, in addition to Chance and Saba, dancer Ian Eastwood and infamous Flyboy artist Hebru Brantley were additionally recruited to add an underlying Chicago flare. While we all patiently await "Chance three," which is rumored to drop before month's end, I would strongly suggest you check out Chance's Lil B-assisted FREE (Based Freestyles Mixtape), Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment's sprawling 16-track Chance-assisted SURF, and aforementioned SNL-debuted "Somewhere In Paradise" featuring none other than seasoned R&B crooners R. Kelly & Jeremih, as well as Purity Ring beatsmith Corin Roddick.

"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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