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So in this week's hip-hop podcast, lest any of you webternet kids think that I'm forgetting about the "Soul" in "Soultronica", I bring you some of the more soulful joints ...

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As most of you are aware, I get so much music on a daily basis that it's not possible to put even a tenth of it into a show. Thus, a lot of good shit never ends up getting out, due to a combination of my tendency to sit on joints until I feel like it's ready and my ADHD kicking in and me getting bored with the stuff I was going to put out. It's not an easy life, trust me. So with that said, I've tried to put some of the joints that really caught my attention over the last few months on this podcast. Don't call it "leftovers", cause it ain't that, but just because sometimes I just can't fit a song into a particular episode shouldn't mean that it never gets out. Here's the track list. Dabrye - Air feat MF Doom. Regardless of what I might have said about that Dangerdoom project, I'm still a Doom fan - and I've always liked Dabrye's shit. If you feel this joint, I'd actually recommend going out and picking up Dabrye's Two/Three - it was a long time in the making and there are at least five joints that spent forever in my Volvo CD player. dabrye.com. Nicolay - The End Is Near feat Black Spade. I was actually so swamped a few months ago that I never actually got to listen to this record until I was in Hong Kong. I remember the overall record - Here - being sort of hit or miss sometimes, but for the Black Spade joints are definitely worth checking out. Cop up. myspace.com/nicolay.

Man, what the fuck is this? I was hitting up prohiphop.com a minute ago and I ran across this article that declares Pharrell of the Neptunes the best-dressed man of 2005. Over Andre 3000, who was the best dressed of 2004. Come, on. Pharrell? What kind of bootleg bullshit is that? Pharell is absolutely not worthy of any sort of clothing award at all. I mean, come on. Let's look at exhibit A: Here we go. Pharrell is looking like he walked out of a fucking Euro-heritage-only store with his fucking trucker hat. And here we have Andre three motherfucking thousand throwing it down with a TURBAN. See, hip-hop is only good, in my opinion, if it is at least moderately threatening. And like it or not, more people are gonna be scared of you with a fucking towel on your head than some trendy-ass mesh joint. I think the choice is clear here - Andre 3000 wins. Let's move on, shall we?