20 Songs You Should Download This Month: November 2006
1. Justin Timberlake“FutureSex/LoveSound” Jive
Stunningly weird drums skitter, booty bass bumps and Justin coos on his Princeliest offering yet. 
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
“Diamond Sea” iTunes
Karen O. gives the Sonic Youth wah-wah epic an acoustic makeover, hushed and trembling.3. Beyoncé
“Suga Mama” Columbia/Sony Urban Music
Howling funk samples. Clattering drums. Heady devotionals. Forget “Déjà Vu”: This is the ’06 “Crazy in Love.”4. Khabarta
“Straight Ripper” [online]
A MySpace metal-electro discovery from a Brooklyn weirdo who makes infectious, low-budget cock rock. 5. John Legend
“Save Room” Columbia/Sony Urban Music
Light the candles, ready the love oils and make sure the Merlot is in abundant supply. Super smoovosity from the cardigan ’n’ tweed boudoir don. 6. Fergie
“Clumsy” Interscope
Casio plinks and Little Richard samples provide the humming background for this breezy, Will.I.Am-produced crush jam.7. Shareefa feat. Ludacris
“Need A Boss” DTP
Ludacris’s new homey with a tough voice pines for a tough man — Luda himself works a stuttering, brag-packed 16 bars. 8. The Horrors
“Sheena is a Parasite” Stolen Transmission
Disheveled punk screed from buzzy U.K. rock boys — with a freaky Chris Cunningham video you should YouTube now. 9. Soulwax
“E-Talking” Modular
Hipster DJs-cum-dance rockers whip up a grinding, pulsing salute to ecstasy and weekends that never die. 10. Too $hort
“Blow the Whistle” Jive
The Bay Area pimp rails against rappers who say “biatch” — his coinage — over charmingly lo-fi synth funk. 11. Lil’ Scrappy Feat. Young Buck
“Money in the Bank” Reprise
The crunk groaner and G-Unit’s Nashville ambassador toast the lush life over a stupid-catchy two-note snap beat. 12. Fields
“Song for the Fields” Black Lab/Atlantic
British-Icelandic indie-rock quintet’s smoldering single, which is about either global unity or soil-tilling. 13. Kevin Devine
“Just Stay” Capitol
Scruffy Brooklyn sensitoid — and glaring Death Cab for Cutie devotee — works up from an eloquent whisper to a pleading roar.14. Plain White T’s
“Hate (I Really Don’t Like You)” Hollywood
MySpace emo princes get dumped, look inward at their own flaws and decide to respect their ex’s decision. Just kidding! They whine about it a lot!15. Earl Greyhound
“S.O.S.” Some
A roadhouse riff-rock monster so unbelievably brawny it sounds like it’s crushing beer kegs on its forehead. 16. Electric Six
“I Buy the Drugs” Metropolis
lustery joke rockers return with blustery, narcotic joke rock pretty adequately explained by the title. 17. 50 Cent
“London London” [online]
Fiddy hijacks the beat (and Fergie’s flow) from “London Bridge” for this playful — and, on the chorus, vile — freestyle. 18. Beck
“Nausea” Interscope
From his new concept album, a hick-hop blues-rock jumble — featuring expert use of cowbell and video-game sounds!19. Jet
“Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” Atlantic
Aussie booze-hound bros — their boots firmly planted in the ’70s — return with a falsetto-laced riff orgy.20. Bob Dylan
“Workingman’s Blues #2” Columbia
On album 32 (!), the coolest senior citizen in rock croaks out a lovely, twangy lament.Note: Not all of these songs are legally available for download — yet. In those instances, Blender encourages you to buy the original CD.
