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week 3...

i almost forgot to put something up this week. my bad.

so a little while ago, i wiped my hard drive of numerous mp3s and burned them to several data discs. this week's three tracks are some of what i kept because they're some of my favorite songs from the last 10 years or so.

first up we have one of my favorite emcees, common. this is a remix of the title track from 1994's "resurrection," back when dude was known as common sense. the original was produced by no.id. and it's awesome, but this large professor remix is just solid. and out of print. it also reminds us all that before kanye breathed some new life into common's dead career, he was once a rapper who stood on his own.

anybody who was into tooth and nail bands during the 90's is sure remember ghoti hook, a band often eclipsed by mxpx and...well, mxpx. their cover of "walking on sunshine" is pretty sweet and far superior to any of the songs on mxpx's "on the cover" album.

and finally, matthew sweet is one of those guys whose music you never admit to liking for fear of alienation and rejection. well, if people don't want to hang out with you because you like a little matthew sweet, i say "fuck 'em." this guy -- had he been a booze hound -- could've been where ryan adams is today, instead, he's largely respect and put out an album with former bangel susanna hoffs. "farther down" is from one of my favorite movies of all time, "can't hardly wait," and is played at a very important part of the flick.

posted by ryan @ 9:57 AM