The Blender Bible: November 2008
1. T.I. feat. Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne, “Swagger Like Us” Grand Hustle/Atlantic
Warning: This stuttering, oozing brag-athon contains toxic levels of ego.
2. Yacht, “Summer Song” DFA
A goofy synth dude and a cute synth girl whip up a throbbing, summery jam about throbbing, summery jams.
3. Fall Out Boy, “Lake Effect Kid (Demo)” Island
Wentz Inc. is back with some hard-swinging riffage about when arctic winds blow over warm bodies of water. Or something.
4. DJ Khaled feat. T-Pain and Kanye West, “Go Hard” We the Best/Koch
The most Auto-Tuned Viagra commercial ever made.
5. T-Pain feat. Ludacris, “Chopped and Screwed” Jive
The R&B droid drags the ATL loudmouth to a club—but all the girls are mean to them!
6. Slipknot, “All Hope Is Gone” Roadrunner
Brutal metal chugga-chugga about apocalypse, world domination and, like, putrid stuff—party on!
7. Vampire Weekend, “Everywhere” [Online]
Fleetwood Mac’s 1987 swoon song gets VW’s loving, cable-knit cover treatment.
8. Shontelle, “T-Shirt” SRC/Universal Motown
A sprightly R&B breakup jam that doubles as a shameless striptease.
9. Maino feat. Fabolous, Jadakiss,Swizz Beatz,T.I. and Plies, “Hi Hater (Remix)” Hustle Hard/Atlantic
Calling haters who felt snubbed the first time around: Helloooo, there!
10. David Byrne & Brian Eno, “Strange Overtones” EverythingThatHappens.com
The Talking Heads dude and the best rock producer in the cosmos make some mellow dance sounds together.
11. Christina Aguilera, “Keeps Gettin’ Better” RCA
Over a beat that’s part Max Martin, part Depeche Mode, Xtina sings sleekly about one sexy-ass identity crisis.
12. John Legend feat. André 3000, “Green Light” GOOD/Columbia
The classiest, beige-suit-wearingest man in R&B hits the dance floor with the wildest, plaid-wearingest man in rap.
13. Annuals, “Confessor” Canvasback/Ace Fu/Terpsikhore Inc.
These pasty-faced North Carolinans like their indie rock the way Lorenzo Lamas likes his hair: lush, windswept and dramatic!
14. Chairlift, "Planet Health” Kanine
A fat-bottomed, synthed-out funk ballad about how childhood totally roolz.
15. Friendly Fires, “Paris” XL
Three U.K. disco brats fantasize about living it up on the euro across the channel.
16. Pink, “So What” LaFace/Zomba
Newly splitsville from her hubby, Pink rebounds by smashing things and beating people up. Now that’s what we call therapy!
17. Dr. Dooom, “Creepin’” Threshold
Consider yourself warned: Indie rap’s most demented MC will smack you with a dead rat and turn your fingers into hot dogs.
18. Keane, “Spiralling” Interscope
No more mewling! No more wound-lickin’! The Brit softies strut their stuff over ’80s-dipped pop.
19. Bloc Party, “Ares” Atlantic
Skinny-shirted Brits do their best Chemical Brothers impression, packing a song with bunker-buster drums and IED guitars.
20. The Killers, “Human” Island
Produced by Stuart Price (Madonna), a little discotheque existentialism from the Vegas shape-shifters.
