Boog Brown & Son of Sam's Tom Caruana Announce Boog Brown EP & Release Teaser Single "A Little Light" (Tea Sea Records)

Boog Brown is a Queens-based emcee, originally hailing from "Atlanta by way of Detroit." Her last full-length project, The Late Bloom, was released in 2013 on Working Class Music Group with production work from Dynamite Bruhz, Illastrate, Joe D. and Lex Boogie. Since 2010, Boog has released a multitude of projects and has worked with Hip-Hop heavyweights such as Apollo Brown, Live Percenters, L'Orange, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Dillon Maurer as Martha Knuckles—primarily, issued on Mello Music Group. For the last few months, I've been hearing rumblings about a mysterious project called "The Boog Brown EP" with production work from UK-based beat-maker Tom Caruana. Caruana is, of course, the man behind the boards for phenomenal mash-up albums, such as Wu-Tang vs. The Beatles - Enter: The Magical Mystery Tour, Jimi Henrdix vs. Wu-Tang - Black Gold, An Adventure to Pepperland Through Rhyme & Space, okayplayer: The Bollywood Re-make, and most recently, Black Gold - Spare Nuggets. Although, I didn't get a chance to cover it within the pages of The Witzard, Tom Caruana and his band, Son of Sam, released one of the strongest "Live" Hip-Hop albums 2017 with CINDER HILL. Tom Caruana (percussion, piano, samples & clav) along with drummer John Sam, bassist/guitarist Joe Sam, and keys, sax & flute player Richard Halligan recruited a who's-who of sharp-tongued emcees from both sides of The Pond to help fill out CINDER HILL. Shout-out to Tim Fish at GingerSlim for initially turning me onto Son of Sam!

Just this past Tuesday night, Caruana's Tea Sea Records surprise-released a digital single from the Boog Brown EP called "A Little Light." They've also, announced Boog Brown & Tom Caruana's collaborative Boog Brown EP will be released digitally on Monday, October 22nd. It appears as though the CD/tape/digital versions of the Boog Brown EP will feature a whopping 13 tracks—10 originals and 3 Tom Caruana Remixes—while the 7-inch vinyl version will feature 4 stand-out tracks. Boog Brown EP will feature guest verses from BIGREC, Flo, Dillon, Nolan The Minja, and yU AKA yU The 78er. Caruana provides production, various instruments, and mixing throughout the Boog Brown EP and his fellow Son of Sam bandmates John & Joe Sam make appearances on select tracks. A crew of talented players including Nick Maxwell, Jabbathekut, Andy Vickery, and mastering engineer Chemo help fill out the rest of the Extended Play. I was fortunate enough to receive a pre-release press advance of the Boog Brown EP and trust me, this one's not to be missed! I would even go as far as to liken it to something to the effect of Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman's critically-acclaimed LICE 1-3 EP's or El-P & Killer Mike's Run The Jewels 1-3. Boog Brown & Tom Caruana's Boog Brown EP is currently available to pre-order from Tea Sea Records' Bandcamp page; 7-inches, CD's, and cassettes are expected to ship by or before Monday, October 22nd.

"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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