Zilla Rocca & The Shadow Boxers Unveil Marvel-ous "Noir-Hop" Anything I Touch, I Bruise Vol. 2: The Superior Foes of Zilla Rocca (Remix Comp.)

"Grab my remixes of every dope-a** rapper I've met in the past eight years at threedollarpistol.com... I remix songs for the challenge; to outdo the original or make something new out of the established piece of art," @ZillaRocca wrote on his rather lively Twitter page upon the release of his latest, and might I add, wonderfully-titled, Anything I Touch, I Bruise Vol. 2: The Superior Foes of Zilla Rocca. However, oddly enough, I first stumbled upon Rocca about two weeks ago, whilst searching for a little background information concerning one of my all-time favorite Hip-Hop albums, Mos Def & Black Jack Johnson's genre-rattling The New Danger (2004). I eventually unearthed a March 2015 ZILLA-penned Passion of The Weiss piece titled, Rework The Angles: Mos Def The New Danger; "The New Danger was dark, scattered, and bizarre. It was also 75 minutes long [and showcases] Mos Def The Soulful Vocalist was mashed next to Mos Def The Pantera Enthusiast next to Mos Def The Under-rated Street Philosopher" is an example of one of Zilla Rocca's perfectly passionate, insightful, and painfully honest New Danger critiques and thoughtful partial tracklist re-arrangement. Rocca is a "bottle breaker, corner store crusher, dime store detective, pulp fiction sage, comic book kingpin, Noir-Hop creator" by his own submission. @zillarocca's Facebook page lists his greatest personal and stylistic influences as "Ghostface [Killah], Camp-Lo, Tom Waits, Aesop Rock, André 3000, cLOUDDEAD, Halfcast, John Lennon, El-P, David Axelrod, David Lynch, Raymond Chandler, Ed Brubaker, Raekwon, Roc Marciano, Mos Def, Dashiell Hammett, [and] Megan Abbot."

Zilla Rocca's latest remix compilation, Anything I Touch, I Bruise Vol. 2: The Superior Foes of Zilla Rocca, and his third since his last proper Noir-Hop album—No Vacation for Murder was unleashed on the Noir-Hop originator's own Three Dollar Pistol Bandcamp page last week, wherein "all rappers appear courtesy of friendship, good booze, and mutual respect." Anything I Touch, I Bruise Vol. 2 plays out like a 1990's Wu-Tang Clan-esque Mafioso Rap album, or better yet, "Noir-Hop," assisted by notorious rhyming goons like Guilty Simpson, Small Professor, Mega-Ran, Red Pill, former Wrecking Crew partners-in-crime Curly Castro & PremRock, and a couple of Zilla Rocca & The Shadow Boxers' own No Vacation for Murder (2015) compositions. The Shadow Boxers are, by Zilla's own submission, "a revolving collective" of characters and long-time fiends including (but not limited to) producer Blurry Drones, Has-Lo, Floodwatch, Decon emcee Roc Marciano, Curly Castro, and Geechi Suede of Camp-Lo fame; "this stuff is forged in the violent South Philly crime scene..." Not withstanding, or maybe because of, his burgeoning career as a rapper-producer, Zilla Rocca has recently penned a handful of incredibly well-written Retrospective and Rework The Angles think-pieces for Passion of The Weiss centered around Common, Nas, Jay Z, "Respek"ing Fat Joe, Lushlife, Sean Price, his aforementioned Mos Def piece, and countless others. Zilla Rocca recently informed me via email that he's currently "sitting on two [completed] full-length rap albums," which he says will tentatively drop this upcoming fall/winter season.

[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

"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

All-around Breakdown: Sean Martin Discusses Debut Instrumental EP Introducing The Magician As No More Magic (Residual Effects)

Sean Martin is a multi-versed musician, producer, and tattooer hailing from Connecticut. As a guitarist, song-writer, and/or producer he has worked with a variety of well-known artists including Hatebreed, Cold Cave, Wear Your Wounds, Umbra Vitae, Twitching Tongues, Cage, Kid Cudi, House of Blow, Head Automatica, XO Skeletons, Jet Fueled Horses, Handsome Boy Modeling School, and more. His versatility and flexibility within music allows him to blur the lines in-between the confines of Hardcore, Electronic, Metal, and Hip-Hop. Martin is, also, a skilled tattooer at Brass City Tattoo located in Oakville, Connecticut promoting the traditional approach to the craft. Founded by Martin himself between 2020-22, No More Magic combines ominous melodies with downtempo beats to create a dizzying dream-like atmosphere. Paying homage to the golden era of Hip-Hop while forging ahead down its own dark road. For fans of Portishead, Massive Attack, and DJ Shadow. No More Magic's Introducing The

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