Sir Jon’s 1.30 Shuffle
1. Pearly Gates- Mobb Deep ft. 50 cent
Haha, fuggin mushmouf Fifty kills me everytime. Sorry, this song has a really catchy beat and a cool lil chorus about making it to the pearly gates, unfortunately it is rapped by mobb’s new buddy Fitty Cent, and you can barely make out what he is mumbling. Why is this guy famous?

2. Pavement- AT&T
Very cool dissonant Pavement fare sent my way by the almighty Josh. Malkmus really controls this track, almost more than most Pavement, his guitar is fresh, and his screams and yelps at the finish leave you wanting more of that paved stuff underfoot.

3. Laid Back- Mr. Bentley
Good little rap, pretty standard beats, but good flow. Is this Farnsworth Bentley? If so, no negro dresses better than this sucker, and I envy him cuz he has no real job and gets to hang with 3000, dang it!

4. Love Letter- The Perceptionists
Now this is what rap should be. Complex, great lyrics about a crush and obsession, layered beats, indie rap at its best. I yearn for this when I hear bass rumbling through the street and some horrid lil wayne song about big butts is playing on some doofuses’ car stereo, but alas, not many will ever hear it.

5. Someday- RJD2
A short(minute and a half) but nice ditty from RJ’s latest album. Mostly just RJ picking away on his guitar, it just displays how friggin talented this guy is, and how much the Josh will eventually kick his butt once he gets fully going!!

6. Consequence- Incubus
Kickin’ rocker from Incubus first mainstream label album. It kinda encompasses the best of this band, scratchin’ from their dj, big hooks on the guitar, and belting from Brandon, the lead singer. Syrupy and cheesy, new-agey lyrics, but so easy to sing along to.

7. Bubble Pop Electric, ft. Johnny Vulture- Gwen Stefani
Great Production here for my pop siren. You guys know my Gstef kick, but this is a jamming number, and even though I wish we got more from 3000 than just his scripted talking, its 3000’s producing as well. And man, I would definitely take Gstef to the back seat!

8. Pennyroyal Tea- Nirvana
Best ever song about constipation? Everybody jumped on the amazing version of this song on the Unplugged album, but the original version of this on In Utero right here is so much better. Here Kurt gets to wail and screech, and you get Krist’ bass thumping, and then the best drummer in ages, Davey Grohl, bashing on the drums. Its only unfortunate that Davey’s last couple Foo albums haven’t been as good, b/c all his Nirvana stuff is awesome, first couple Foo are great and Probot kicks ass; as well he seems to be one of the most engaging personalities out there, but I digress. Pennyroyal Tea is awesome.

9. Black Capricorn Day- Jamiroquai
Boy, little bit of a change, and why exactly do I have Jamiroquai on my Itunes? Is this as much of a partyfoul as say, Scorpions or Tesla? Quite possible, I went through a J-quai faze in the late 90s, it was rough, but at least he just tries to rip off Stevie Wonder and some disco, and he does an Aquarius meets early Stevie job here, and it works pretty well, funky number.

10. Scatterings of Africa- Johnny Clegg and Savuka
My mouth literally dropped open when this came on. I contemplated skipping it and choosing song 11 instead of this, but that would be cheating and Crusaders don’t cheat unless it gets us more ‘quila. Good god, this is horrid 80s synthesized, wannabe Paul Simon Afrikaaner music. Bad African chants in the background over what I can only assume can be Johnny Clegg? Yikes, I only ripped this album from another teacher because Wildlife by Pmac was on the album I swear, what a fuggin way to end my shuffle.