You could probably start a blog that exclusively posted Jay-Z mash-ups and get fifteen thousand hits a day.  Jay-Z and Weezer on Monday.  Jay-Z and Pavement on Tuesday.  Jay-Z and The Verve on Wednesday.  And so on.  We’ve posted at least four Jay-Z remixes ourselves this year.  Number five is a doozy, however.  This genius put Mr. Carter’s rhymes in front of fat Radiohead beats, resulting in what is almost certainly the apex of this particular niche genre.  I love more or less every song at the Jaydiohead website, but slamming one of the best tracks on American Gangsta’ into one of the best tracks from In Rainbows really makes me smile.  If you’re heading out to engage in some commerce, pumping this through your headphones might make the line at Target a little more palatable.  (Aside: I’m supposed to be writing a paper right now.  I’ve got two behemoths due on December 17.  Instead, I’m trolling the internet for bizarre remixes.  I’m never going to graduate.)

“Fall In Step” – Jaydiohead