DJ Ragz & Oddisee's Good Company DJ Unown Join Forces for Scrumptious Pasta & Wings Beat Tape (Common Good Records)

Last we heard from Los Angeles-based Common Good Records, they were gearing up to release Drtysoap's festive beat tape, MERRY CHRITHMITH and if you'll remember correctly, co-founder The Ologist AKA J.D. actually, sequenced and arranged Mitchell Kezin's Mitchell's 'SOUL SISTA' Holiday Mix for The Witzard. Following the releases of Te'Amir Sweeney's Tiger Breaks 7-inch and brother Tutu Sweeney's "Party In The Ghetto" B/W "Walking Forward" J.D.'s When Crates Create imprint folded and quickly joined forces with Jason McGuiness' LA-based Analog Burners to collectively, form Common Good Records. Now, Common Good Records are back with their first proper release of 2018: Unown & DJ Ragz's Pasta & Wings, described as "a concept project with a 90's era Hip-Hop instrumental vibe that finds Unown handling the beat duties on the MPC and DJ Ragz cutting up on the turntables." Pasta & Wings is currently available on cassette in get this... either Marinara Sauce Red, Alfredo Sauce White, or Two-Cassette Pack (Colors: Alfredo & Marinara) although, there are limited copies available—but have at it because I already got my Marinara Red tape! Pasta & Wings is currently available for pre-order from Common Good Records. However, tomorrow, Tuesday, March 20th, Pasta & Wings will become available on Amazon Music, Apple Music, Bandcamp, Spotify, and like-minded digital retailers. 🍝 🍗

DJ Ragz is a world-class DJ and producer, who has issued a number of beat tapes, battle records, and solo releases, dating as far back as far back as the early 90's, with his most recent being his Inside The Crates mixtape on now-defunct When Crates Create. Unown, on the other hand, is a DC-based DJ, engineer, and producer "currently traveling the world and rocking stages on the MPC as part of Oddissee's band, Good Company." Both men are long-time members of DC-rooted Hip-Hop crew Jazz Addixx, along with MC MUDD, who have worked with K-Murdock, Oddisee, Primo The Cinematic, and stmic. Prior to Pasta & Wings, Unown (then, 'The Unown') & DJ Ragz released a 2009 album together entitled DC Airways. For Pasta & Wings, DJ Ragz recently told me, via Instagram Messenger, he and Unown adopted an entirely new recording style, wherein he "recorded doing passes over the whole track, cutting, repeating samples, adding effects live in layers, [etc.] Then, Unown would keep the parts he wanted in and Delete the rest." Essentially, DJ Ragz didn't know what the final mix of Pasta & Wings would sound like, until Unown finished his parts, as well. "We're excited to let everyone know, we're gonna make a lot of these things," DJ Ragz exclaimed, making reference to their similarly-minded food-themed endeavors to be released on Common Good Records.

"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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