The Blender Bible December 2008
1. Zach Galifianakis and Fiona Apple, “Up in Them Guts”
The indie comedian bathes in Axe body spray and tries to get all up in Fiona Apple’s apple pie on this recently unearthed electro-funk lark.
2. Ludacris feat. Chris Brown and Sean Garrett, “What Them Girls Like”
The ATL loudmouth shares bawdy romantic tips over an Eastern-scaled club beat.
3. Army Navy, “Slight of Hand”
As heard in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, a reedy-voiced crush jam.
4. Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne, “Turn Off”
Timbaland’s protégée and hip-hop’s resident spaceman partake in some deliciously weird flirting.
5. Akon, "Right Now (Na Na Na)”
The Senegalese fan-humper is back and—surprise—horny as hell!
6. The Spinto Band, “Summer Grof”
Close your eyes and imagine it’s July— Delaware kiddoes get their fizz on.
7. Vampire Weekend, “Ottoman”
More nimble pop from Soweto-lovin’ Columbia Cardigan Crew.
8. The Modern Society, “Paper Moon”
Rock rookies get their fingernails dirty with a scuzzy, distortion-happy … love song.
9. Cam’ron, “Still the Reason”
This Harlem hip-hop weirdo was gone for a while, and we were concerned—his swirling salute to the fly life proves he’s as flossy as ever. Whew.
10. Metallica, “The End of the Line”
A twisty, eight-minute righteously heavy metalocalypse about Certain Doom, bwah-ha-ha!
11. T-Pain, “Superman”
The man also known as Teddy Penderazdoun imagines himself in a red cape, wielding X-ray vision on the hotties.
12. The All-American Rejects, “Gives You Hell”
Ladies, know what happens when you reject an All-American Reject? He writes a song about how he’s successful now and how you, like, totally lost!
13. Sunset, “Twenty-four Karat Soul”
Sparkly indie-pop about how the stock market’s so terrible, even spirits are
investing in gold!
14. Jennifer Hudson feat. Ludacris, “Pocketbook”
On this Timbo-produced rumbler, the Idol turned Dreamgirl disses ungallant suitors and threatens assault with a cute accessory.
15. David Cook, “Light On”
Speaking of Cowell-slayers—the gravelliest-throated Idol grad since Daughtry delivers a surging, Bics-in-the-air power ballad.
16. Ray LaMontagne, “Meg White”
A sweetly strummed come-on directed at the White Stripes drummer. You like: toms, red shirts. I like: bike rides, beards. Can I buy you a coffee?
17. TV on the Radio, “Red Dress”
Shimmying, Afropop-inspired dance rock! (About war, slavery and minstrelsy?)
18. Britney Spears, “Womanizer”
Some “Toxic”-sounding dickhead-dissing from the former Mrs. Federline’s new LP.
19. Marnie Stern, “Transformer”
Wild guitar pyrotechnics courtesy of this badass NYC blonde.
20. Darkstar, “Need You”
We’re not saying you need to be stoned at 2 a.m. and wearing headphones to vibe to this somber U.K. dub-step import—but we’re not saying it hurts, either!
