The Witzard Premiere: Words Hurt (ALASKA & Lang Vo) Announce New Album SOUL MUSIC FOR THE SOULLESS & Unleash "World's Worst Life Coach"

"The single is called "World's Worst Life Coach." It is from the album SOUL MUSIC FOR THE SOULLESS, which drops on Tuesday, November 28th and is available for pre-order. It is a comical take on New Age bullsh*t, personal branding, life coaches, and modern conformity," Words Hurt said within statement accompanying "World's Worst Life Coach," premiering right here at The Witzard. Words Hurt consists of emcee ALASKA and producer Lang Vo, who first worked together on "Impulse Control" from Lang Vo... Is Just An A**hole (2005.) ALASKA has been rhyming for nearly a quarter century and as part of the late 90's New York Indie-ground scene, his group Hanger 18 was once signed to El-P's world-renown Definitive Jux AKA Def Jux imprint. He's also part of The Atoms Family collective and has released projects with Cryptic One as IT, Crack Epidemic with Kojo, ATOMS, Zilla Rocca's Wrecking Crew, and is currently prepping his long-awaited solo debut for Pig Food Records to be released March 2018. Lang Vo, on the other hand, has released a slew of solo albums/EP's, as well as various projects with Brian Cox, Jeremy Roberts, steven hand, Clint Watson, Kwamizzle as REINFORCED STEEL, and even produced "RAIDERS FREESTYLE" from multi-disciplinary artist Kool A.D.'s 2016 mixtape, PARADIZA INFINITI.

Words Hurt's Bandcamp Bio fittingly describes themselves as "the merger between rapper ALASKA and producer Lang Vo. Together, they're the embodiment of using spite and self-deprecation to block out the rest of the a**holes clamoring for your attention." After submitting a verse for "Impulse Control," alongside fellow emcee Elsphinx, Lang Vo returned the favor by mixing ALASKA's 2015 OutKast-sampling ALKAST EP. He then, took it upon himself to hi-jack and effectively remix the entire collection as ALKAST:REMIXES, which ended up being issued as the first proper Words Hurt release. It was soon followed up with two 2016 digi-singles and before too long, their full-length debut, F**k That Pretty Boy Sh*t. Today, right here at The Witzard, Words Hurt are graciously premiering "World's Worst Life Coach" from their upcoming album, SOUL MUSIC FOR THE SOULLESS, which I've heard and can assure you, is without a doubt, worth your lunch money. "World's Worst Life Coach" is an interesting listen in today's cultural landscape, as it's penned and produced by two 40-something artists doing their best to rise above today's slew of "Mumble rappers" and Soulja Boy clones. ALASKA ferociously rhymes: "art is so arduous / Let's have online arguments / Twitter flame wars 'til your brain pours / out our eyes and die from incompetence" over Lang's hard-as-nails Bad Boy Records-evoking beat. SOUL MUSIC FOR THE SOULLESS is currently available for pre-order on Words Hurt's Bandcamp page and I can promise you, this is just Part 1 of a special 3-pronged The Witzard x Words Hurt collaborative initiative leading up to the album's 11/28 release.

"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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