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Photo: Getty Images 1. Lupe Fiasco, "The Birds and the Bees" This unreleased Lupe track features production from Kanye and a view of relationships that's level-headed enough to make it safe to play for your kids. [ Attorney Street ] 2. The National, "A Thousand Black Cities" Ever the Olympics fan, Matt Berninger sings of a "ridiculous country" and "a thousand black cities" on this awesome new track, possibly referring to the ridiculously smoggy city of Beijing. [ Fuel Friends ] 3. Porno Mathematics, "Zelda Bitches" This track by Porno Mathematics (whose members are listed as Jean, Claude and Van Damme) starts as a gamer's dream and ends up somewhere near Bikini Kill territory. [ Penned Madness ] 4. John Legend & André 3000, "Green Light (MSTRKRFT Remix)" MSTRKRFT revs up the engine on this recent track by Legend and André 3000, blowing the doors off the original. [ White Folks Get Crunk ] 5. Squarepusher, "Delta-V" "Delta V" is a term in physics for changing velocity and an eighties punk band, making the title of this new track from electronic-music superstar Tom Jenkinson extremely appropriate. [ Pitchfork ] ...
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Photo: Getty Images 1. Lupe Fiasco, "The Birds and the Bees" This unreleased Lupe track features production from Kanye and a view of relationships that's level-headed enough to make it safe to play for your kids. [ Attorney Street ] 2. The National, "A Thousand Black Cities" Ever the Olympics fan, Matt Berninger sings of a "ridiculous country" and "a thousand black cities" on this awesome new track, possibly referring to the ridiculously smoggy city of Beijing. [ Fuel Friends ] 3. Porno Mathematics, "Zelda Bitches" This track by Porno Mathematics (whose members are listed as Jean, Claude and Van Damme) starts as a gamer's dream and ends up somewhere near Bikini Kill territory. [ Penned Madness ] 4. John Legend & André 3000, "Green Light (MSTRKRFT Remix)" MSTRKRFT revs up the engine on this recent track by Legend and André 3000, blowing the doors off the original. [ White Folks Get Crunk ] 5. Squarepusher, "Delta-V" "Delta V" is a term in physics for changing velocity and an eighties punk band, making the title of this new track from electronic-music superstar Tom Jenkinson extremely appropriate. [ Pitchfork ] ...