Benz and a Backpack

Smoking weed, snorting coke, and dropping acid is what Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice and producerErick Arc Elliot, collectively known as Flatbush Zombies, are all about. The Brooklyn-based trio regularly uses these vices to escape the world they live in, or rather, DON’T live in. After amassing over 30,000 YouTube views in two days for their viral gem “Thug Waffle” and storming through Austin the other week for SXSW, Flatbush Zombies released their latest video, “S.C.O.S.A.,” last week, and just yesterday, the internet unexpectedly gave leak to the group’s latest single, “Laker Paper.”

The soundtrack to their psychedelic underworld is propelled by the urgent and bass-heavy production of Erick Arc Elliot, which comes off like a DMT-fueled concoction of Gravediggaz, Tech N9ne and Three 6 Mafia. Together, their addictive, haunting soundscapes make even the prissiest of prudes pledge allegiance to the walking dead, as became evident with “Thug Waffle” and “S.C.O.S.A.,” the latter combining warbled and head-pounding bass into a video of blurred and frenzied shots, the trio’s perverse addictions on full display.

The Zombies’ allure is once again evident on “Laker Paper.” The single, with artwork designed by Erick Arc Elliot, opens with glassy-eyed synths and dirty bass guitar that, together, give the track a washed out, alluring feel. The hypnotizing darkness is a perfect compliment for Meechy and Juice’s weed anthem, driven by a drugged out chant on the hook. “Purple in the blunt / Swisher be the paper,” raps the screwed-up vocal. “Mouth full of gold / I’m feeling like a Laker.”

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If you watched the game last night – Game 6, that is – then you might have noticed the Celtics were a bit… off. Now on a normal night I would be the last one to admit this, but when there is SCANDAL involved, like it was last night, then I’ll be the first to point it out.

It was during the National Anthem that I noticed something a little fishy. Christina Aguilera took center court, and normally this wouldn’t have disturbed me – a woman of beauty and Grammy fame – but as of late, you’ll have noticed that she’s been looking a bit different, almost robot-like, dare I say. You must admit, the normally vibrant and lively Aguilera has been looking paler than Edward after discovering that Bella is hooking up with Jacob Black in Eclipse (OMG, spoiler!)

So what does this have to do with the Celtics performance last night, you ask? Well if you listen closely to the National Anthem, you might realize a number of things: (1) It is a horrible rendition of the National Anthem; (2) Christina Aguilera is, in fact, a robot; (3) She was hired to hypnotize the Celtics before the game by scrambling the vesitbular system in their inner ears (associated with balance); (4) the Lakers were wearing ear-plugs.

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