It may not need justification, but it’s become so obvious that I have to talk about it.

Artists love It’s Blitz!. They just want to get their hands around it, their fingers in it.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have succeeded in making even the alternative unorthodox with this latest album release. And track by track, the remixes pour out. Ears first perked with Animal Collective’s take on ‘Zero,’ a dark horse remixer if that race ever existed. Intriguing, worth the listen, but nothing to write home about.

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It’s on like Donkey Kong.
You wanted that fast buck
Now I gotta light that ass up.
Thus spake Ice Cube in the single “Now I Gotta Wet’Cha” from his 1992 album The Predator. It’s an excellent album, both danceable and grim, courtesy of Ice Cube and DJ Muggs’ typical sound—loping beats, P-Funk horns, Sly and the Family Stone guitar jangles, and nasty lyrics. This is not the Cube who gave us the 2007 family laff riot Are We Done Yet? No, this is the Cube of N.W.A., the Cube of “Fuck Tha Police,” and the Cube of these lyrics from “It Was a Good Day”:

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Ok, so summer is basically lurking right around the corner. With the relentless summer-like sun beating down on you, theres no better time than now to go get yourself a fresh fitted. Check out this throwback LA Kings hat from New Era. The people over at RockNJocks just got a handful (and by handful I mean 35) in stock. This hat conjures up images of the early 90’s and all that goes with it - like the rap group N.W.A. MC Ren was often seen sporting this bad boy around. Now all they need to do is make an LA Raiders throwback fitted, and we’re all set.

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