Dr. Dre, "Mix Tape 2 Track 1" My understanding is that this is from a mix tape that Dre used to sell at the Compton Swap Meet, which eventually made its way onto the internet. I've got three of these things,...
Jake One, "Great Sound" You know, if you're going to do a skit, this is the way to do it. J Church, "Cosmonaut" A cut from the final J Church album, The Horror of Life. By this point, Lance...
The Smiths, "Miserable Lie" The first Smiths album is the one I really don't listen to very much at all. I tend to want to belt along with the songs in my best Morrissey impression, and for that, I know the...
ALL, "Long Distance" A thing you can say about ALL is how incredibly consistent the sound of the band was across records. The guitar, bass, and drums all sound exactly the same across every record. They had the sound they liked, and they...
Cosmic Analog Ensemble, "Pourparlers" Set everything else aside: listen to how good this song sounds. Just the quality of the recording, the way the instruments sound, the space between them. It sounds amazing, just incredibly appealing. Blackalicious, "Jada's Vengeance"...