Soul Supreme Reinterprets Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 & Mos Def On "The Message" B/W "Umi Says" 45 (Star Creature Universal Vibrations)

"New music alert! I'm super-happy to announce that I got 2 45's out today. First one is my versions of 2 classic cuts: "Umi Says" & "The Message." Get them while they last, via @starcreaturevibes. Link In Bio. Appreciate everybody that's been supporting me along the way," Noam (@soulsupreme) posted on Instagram on May 21, along with a couple "Praying Hands" Emojis. "Noam" is, of course, Tel Aviv, Israel-born, Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Noam Ofir; professionally, he goes by Soul Supreme, as well as Love's High, when playing with Marlon Penninkhof AKA Marlon Penn. Soul Supreme has previously done "live" remixes of everyone from A Tribe Called Quest to Stevie Wonder on his Instagram & Facebook Live pages. Noam & Marlon have released music—both together and separately—on Chicago-based Star Creature Universal Vibrations, Elivity Records, and Tugboat Editions. All three labels are, actually, sous/sub-labels of Tim Zawada & Boogie Munsters DJ Ben Van Dyke's Tugboat Motion Co. whose labels include: Astro Tapes, Hotmood Records, Star Creature, Tugboat Editions, Tugboat Edits, Star Creature Universal Vibrations/Vibes, and, of course, Tugboat Motion Co. As mentioned above, Soul Supreme/Love's High has returned to Star Creature Universal Vibes with two freshly-pressed limited edition 45's.

The first features instrumental re-works of both Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5's seminal 1982 smash-hit, "The Message," as well as Yasiin Bey FKA Mos Def's "Umi Says" from his 1999 Rawkus/Priority Records debut, Black On Both Sides. Oddly enough, one of the first times I heard Mos Def rhyme was during a then-freestyle, which would later, become "Close Edge" from The New Danger, backed by a CD-R in Dave Chappelle's SUV and presented on a now-infamous episode of Chappelle's Show. Mos ferociously rhymes, "Don't push me 'cause I'm close... to the streets, to the beats / the b*tches, the n****s, the women, the children / the workers, the killers, the addicts, the dealers / the quiet, the livest, the realest / And that's close!" Everyone, even fans of Happy Feet, should know the famous refrain Mos Def slickly interpolates within "Close Edge:" "Don't push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge / I'm trying not to lose my head / It's like a jungle sometimes / It makes me wonder how I keep from going under," from, of course, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5's "The Message." Also, just-released is Eric "E Da" Boss & Ishtar AKA Lucid Paradise's "A Little Mo' Betta" B/W "Tonight" (Love's High Remix) produced by Soul Supreme. "The Message" & "A Little Mo' Betta" 45's are currently still available directly from Star Creature Universal Vibrations' Bandcamp page... but get your copy while you still can 'cause they're goin' fast!

"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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