Your Old Droog & RATKING Emcee Wiki Unleash What Happened to Fire? EP with Production from Black Milk, RTNC, Statik Selektah, araabMUZIK, !llmind & Tony Seltzer (Letter Racer Download)

"Today, New York-bred emcees Wiki & Your Old Droog are sharing a new collaborative EP. What Happened to Fire? is a 5-track joint effort that demonstrates a chemistry between Wiki & Droog that could only come from both artists growing up in New York City; narrated by found samples of Kool Keith, the focus of the EP for Wiki & Droog was having fun while putting down the best bars possible," read a press release I received late last week from Nick X Dierl at Orienteer (formerly Liberal Arts and Life or Death PR). What Happened to Fire? EP was recorded in tandem with an art installation under the same name, which ran at Romero Gallery in late 2016. "What Happened to Fire? was recorded at Wiki's Chinatown apartment as the installation was being formulated and displayed and the art that accompanies the EP contains imagery from the gallery." Your Old Droog was compared to Nas early on in his career and was even believed to be some sort of new-found alias Nasty Nas may have been launching around the time of his 2014 Your Old Droog EP-LP. Since his last two EP's KINISON and The Nicest, Your Old Droog has released nearly an entire album's-worth of non-album loosies produced by Jonwayne, RTNC, Marco Polo, Alchemist, Oh No, Black Milk, and a number of freestyles over Kanye, Seinfeld, and DJ Hart beats.

Although, I've never listened to RATKING before What Happened to Fire? EP, Wiki does sound a lot like yet another New York Golden Age Hip-Hop legend: A Tribe Called Quest founder Q-Tip. What Happened to Fire? EP evokes the same Beastie Boys-reminiscent 2 MC's & 1 DJ vibe as fellow New Yorkers Homeboy Sandman and Portland transplant Aesop Rock's critically-acclaimed Lice and Lice 2: Still Buggin' EP's. Your Old Droog & Wiki managed to recruit an impressive who's-who of Alt. Hip-Hop producers and beat-makers including Black Milk, RTNC (with assistance from Droog himself), araabMUZIK & !llmind, Statik Selektah, and new-comer Tony Seltzer. Your Old Droog & Wiki first appeared together on a "Complex City Cypher" last March along with A$AP Ferg and GRAMMY-nominated Jazz musician Christian Scott. Your Old Droog is currently gearing up to unleash his long-awaited Your Old Droog EP-LP follow-up PACKS this upcoming March 10th, which will feature Heems, Danny Brown, Edan, Chris Crack, and comedian Anthony Jeselnik. Wiki will additionally appear within Droog's PACKS and rumor has it, he's currently working on his proper album-length follow-up to his 2015 debut mixtape, Lil Me. What Happened to Fire? EP is currently available for streaming and FREE download from RATKING's "NYC Music Collective" Letter Racer.

"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...

Jet Planes, Islands, Tigers On a Gold Leash: Lorde - "Royals" (The Weeknd Remixo)

I think it's pretty safe to say that The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) comfortably teeters the fine line between glitched-out smooth New Age R&B and hard-hitting Hip-Hop ; while the same could arguably be said for 16-year-old New Zealand new-comer, Lorde . Her break-out single "Royals" 1/2 jokingly shouts out semi-common bravado-worthy shit like: diamonds, "gold teeth, Grey Goose ... Cadillacs, Cristal, Maybach ... jet planes, islands, [and] tigers on a gold leash." But now, the Lorde/Weeknd connection has been further solidified, as Tesfaye recently managed to conjure up and release his own "Royals" remix. My beautiful girlfriend said earlier, and I paraphrase, that it "makes her wanna dance lol and she could [likely] hear this remix in a future movie!" Following the wide-spread release of her first 2 EP's (Love Club & Tennis Court) , Universal Republic plans to unleash Lorde 's proper debut album, Pure Heroine between ...

Pop Artist & Surfer Chronicle Intriguing Ex-Pornstar In "SASHA GREY."

Seemingly made to co-exist as thought-provoking companion pieces... "LINDSAY LOHAN" directors Richard Phillips & Taylor Steele are back with their most recent Art Presentation, "SASHA GREY." The 90-second short film was shot in early May @ John Lautner Chemosphere House in Los Angeles, CA. Both striking flicks will be shown on a giant floating video screen [ "Commercial Break" ] @ Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Venice, Italy (June 1-5). "Adult acting chops" aside, Sasha (23) seems very intelligent, captivating, free-spirited, business savvy, well-mannered, charming... and dare I say, "average." And I really think that's exactly what Phillips/Steele were trying to convey throughout the course of the piece; Grey's beauty, public draw, sheer likeability, and honesty will surely take her very far in future endeavors... Solidifying her [updated] image as a true "Pop Culture Figure." * Featured soundtra...

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