Chicago Progressive Hip-Hop Crew Jyroscope Unleash Jyroscope On The House Follow-up MUTE EP (ReSERVED Records)

Jyroscope is a Chicago-based Hip-Hop crew/self-described "3-headed monster" consisting of producer I.B. Fokuz, emcee Collasoul Structure, and turntablist DJ Seanile; "Jyroscope is the epitome of Progressive Hip-Hop over ear-consuming soundscapes, upon which the strongest impressions of truth are painted. Ranging from poetic rhyme schemes to heart-felt imagery, this group symbolizes the first time you fell in love with music," explains their impassioned Facebook Biography. Jyroscope (@jyroscope) are affiliated with Chicago-based Tomorrow Kings collective, which was actually, founded by I.B. Fokuz and are loosely "signed" to close friend and emcee Gilead7's LA imprint, ReSERVED Records. Jyroscope's past releases include 2011's RAGTIME and Rock "N" Roll-flipping JYROSCOPE ON THE ROCKS... Mixtape, and 2016's House music re-working Jyroscope On The House, as well as 2018 released singles, "MUTE" Feat. Gatz N Goods & "QUASI" Feat. Jason Gatz. JYROSCOPE ON THE ROCKS... Mixtape features a phenomenal track entitled "What's Yo' Occupation" (Black Keys Remix) which flips both The Black Keys' "I Got Mine" from Attack & Release and I.B. Fokuz's "What's Yo' Occupation" from his own 2005 album, Author & His Paintbrush. Now, those two 2018 singles, along with five previously unreleased tracks, have been re-collected as Jyroscope's long-awaited third full-length release, MUTE EP.

It starts out with a 7-minute track/spoken word intro featuring Gatz N Goods AKA Jason "Gatz" Shaw & Ashley "Goods" Good, wherein Wizard Jenkins The Great proclaims "when I first heard Jyroscope... these two dudes come up and they like, "yeah, we from around the corner," so, automatically, it's 2004-2005, I'm expecting some Drill sh*t, some real Drill sh*t before that sh*t blew up and then, the beat drops and I'm just like, "oh my God!" This is some real-a$$ progressive/futuristic Chicago sh*t that, like, I've always wanted to hear, but never knew f***kin' existed." Honestly, the first time I had heard anything even remotely similar to Chicago Drill music was throughout Kanye's 2013 Aggro-Rap magnum opus, Yeezus featuring fellow Chicagoans Chief Keef, King L AKA King Louie, Lupe Fiasco, and super-producer No I.D. In addition to Yeezus-era Kanye and Chicago Drill, Collasoul Structure, I.B. Fokuz & DJ Seanile channel Run The Jewels, OutKast, and Eminem throughout their MUTE EP, in my "humble" opinion, at least. Jyroscope's MUTE EP features production throughout from I.B. Fokuz, as well as co-production from Gatz N Goods, scratches throughout from DJ Seanile, and features from Gatz N Goods, Jason Gatz, Wizard Jenkins The Great, Malakh El, and Ashley Good. Jyroscope earnestly recorded their MUTE EP at Fokul Mount Studios in East Chicago with mixing done by Clockwise at "The Mothership" in La Puenta, California, and mastering handled by Sean Owens at Lounge Fidelity Studios right in the heart of Chicago. Jyroscope's MUTE EP is now available to stream or download on their Bandcamp page, as well as like-minded digital streaming platforms.

"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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