Eamon Unveils Connie Price & The Keystones-assisted 1960-70's Soul-leaning "Be My Girl" from Stoupe, Dan Ubick & Snipe Young-produced Golden Rail Motel (Huey Ave. Music/Enemy Soil)

"So, tomorrow, my first single in over a decade will be available everywhere. Throughout this layoff, there's been pain, self-sabotage, tears, missed opportunities, waiting, more waiting, distrust, frustration, salvation, hard work, love, setbacks, and finally, the blessing to make the album of my dream," LA-based "Ho-Wop" crooner Eamon wrote within a heart-felt Facebook post this past Thursday afternoon. "Be My Girl" is Eamon's first single in over a decade, his first since "(How Could You) Bring Him Home?" from his 2006 sophomore album, Love & Pain. Many of you, much like myself, may remember Eamon from his break-out hit for Jive Records, "F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)" released back in 2006, which I believe was one of the first radio hits I had ever heard with a [bleeped out] curse word. "I'm back with a hunger like I haven't had since I was a 10-year-old kid singing with my father and the boys. Take this ride with me, as I tell my story to the world again, both musically and personally. If you feel the music, buy it, stream it, share it EVERYWHERE. This single is Ch. 1 of an album I poured my life into. "BE MY GIRL" available tomorrow, April 7th. Much, much love," Eamon wrote, simply signed E. Golden Rail Motel co-producer, multi-instrumentalist, and co-writer Dan Ubick of The Lions, Connie Price & The Keystones, and Breakestra was hooked up with Eamon through Now-Again founder and record enthusiast Egon. Golden Rail Motel was mixed by fellow Lion and Alicia Keys, Fitz & The Tantrums, and Mayer Hawthorne collaborator Steve Kaye at SunKing Studios and was then, mastered by J Dilla, Isaac Hayes, Silversun Pickups, and MADVILLAIN collaborator Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters.

"Be My Girl" was co-produced by Eamon, Stoupe, Dan Ubick & Snipe Young, music for which was recorded at Ubick's Topanga-based The Lion's Den studio with Connie Price & The Keystones players and affiliates Jordan Katz (De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane) and James King (Fitz & The Tantrums) on horns, Dan Hastie (also from Orgōne) on piano, Dave Wilder (also Macy Gray, The Lions & Ziggy Marley) on bass, and Jake Najor (Big Daddy Kane.) Dan "Connie Price" Ubick himself played guitar, Hammond B3 Organ, and tambourine on "Be My Girl" and additionally co-wrote "a good handful of songs" to be included within Eamon's long-awaited Golden Rail Motel—formerly credited to Eamon & The Phantom. Dan Ubick sites his "knowledge of 60's and early 70's Soul records" as his contribution to Golden Rail Motel and timeless songs like The Purify Brothers' "I'm Your Puppet" and The Four Tops' "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" as production benchmarks for the blend he was aiming for on "Be My Girl;" best described by Ubick himself as "a blend of heart-felt melodies and changes, but with a tough drum part and bassline." "Be My Girl"'s companion music video was shot throughout Vinnie Paz's hometown of South Philly in early 2017. It features Eamon strolling through the city streets pouring his heart out skillfully inter-cut with footage from the early 1970's showing the family of one "Be My Girl"'s co-producers, Kevin "Stoupe" Baldwin and is dedicated to his mother, Lorraine Baldwin, who recently passed away from cancer. Eamon's Golden Rail Motel is expected to be released sometime during the second half of 2017 on Huey Ave. Music and Paz's Enemy Soil.

"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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