Re: SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS! DJ Shadow is the shit. If you haven't heard him, pick up endtroducing... immediately. I believe it was the first fully-sampled CD made. Also if you haven't heard of Funkadelic before, check them out. Maggot Brain is one of the best guitar solo's ever.
Well, we're all real fuckin' happy for ya. Focus: Fear Factory with Gary Numan. Yes, you read that correctly.
Public Enemy: Bring da Noise. This is a remix by DJ LAZ-E which uses Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song as the driving force of the song. What you get is Chuck D rapping to the best rhythm section in rock history and it is nothing short of complete awesomeness.
I really didn't think Lady Gaga could hook me. Then this permeated my fucking head and I love it. "I don't want to be friends.."
As it's Christmas, I'm listening to the Pogues constantly. Most of those are live versions, so the lead singer could be various shades of drunk