1. Lil' Wayne f. Kanye West - Lollipop (official remix)
I first got a whiff of this track in the background of the hilarious video of Kanye West and Jonah Hill playing Connect 4 ("Chess for dumb people.")
Now, the "official" remix is out. I use quotes for official because there's like 19 other remixes boasting the same claim, one of them featuring T-Pain. Of course, those are all shit on a stick compared to the talk-box/autotuned Kanye making one of his better guest verses in awhile and Wayne killing the track with a machete (contrary to Kanye's prior boast disallow his compatriot from just such an act of track murder.) Seriously, this release actually made me less pissed off that Tha Carter III got pushed back again. I say "less" not "not pissed."
2. Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone (Black Kids Remix)
The Black Kids are a fun band ("I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You") and their remix of Lykke Li's second best track off of Youth Novels (the first being "Little Bit") is pretty fantastic. I've listened to like, twenty different versions of this song, not counting the various live versions there are on youtube (you know a song is good when the singer can sing it in a cab and a bathroom and it still works) but this is my favorite, if for no other reason than you can totally picture Ms. Li doing that herky-jerky, rhythmless dance of hers to it.
BONUS
The dudes over at The Hood Internet cooked up an EP's worth of Lykke Li remixes. At this point, I'll download a mash-up of this girl and Tiny Tim playing a fucking ukulele.
3. Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (xxxchange remix)
I downloaded her self-titled debut album already but I'm still not ready to jump on the Santogold bandwagon. It's a fun collection of songs and I haven't completely digested it yet, but she still just rubs me as an M.I.A. impersonator. She's got her own thing going on, sure, but that's just how it hits me. This xxxchange remix is pretty hot, though.
4. Usher - Love In This Club (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Hipster Runoff recently posed a question as to whether or not MSTRKRFT could remix anything and make it listenable. I don't totally agree, but they certainly turned out this needless abortion of a song. It now sounds like Usher is partying with Daft Punk at the end of the world in some sort of end-of-the-world let's-fuck-in-a-club kind of party. Just picturing Usher trying to do his lame new dances (like what I call "the defibrillator" where he just thumps his chest up and down) while wearing one of those Daft Punk helmets is cause enough to listen to this remix. It's epic awesomeness is another.
5. N.E.R.D. f. CRS & Pusha T - Everybody Nose (remix)
This song was already the fucking shit when it leaked. There were alot of remixes as well, but for the most part, I felt like the original was pretty untouchable, with the double bass and the sax and the general tone of booty-shaking wonderment. Obviously, I didn't foresee Pusha T from Clipse, Kanye and Lupe Fiasco showing up and slaughtering a Planet Rock sounding, murky synth fest about coke-snorting party girls. Pharrell raps on the song, and it DOESN'T SOUND LIKE SHIT. Lupe Fiasco manages to not use his thesaurus. NOT ONCE. Kanye goes a whole verse without saying something that makes me regret being a fan of his. Pusha T reminds me that Clipse' next album is too far away!
Speaking of long-awaited third albums...where is Seeing Sounds? I'm not waiting another fucking month.
BONUS
The new video for the original track (featuring L.Lo):
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