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I already have a thing for this 22 year-old from his work with The xx and their remix of “You Got The Love”, but his solo performance on Tuesday night turned that into a full-fledged crush. Read about it here, and listen to “New York Is Killing Me” - my favorite of his work with Gil Scott-Heron - while you do so.

Madonna’s 1994 appearance on Letterman is famously known for being the most censored episode in talk-show history. This was sent 12 days later.

#LawLOL at this article in SF Weekly about a recent drug raid gone wrong. I was with Freshman on this until his quote at the very end. Let the kids go to college, man.

I’m both wary and curious about this biography and will probably cave and buy it. You should know that I consider “A Perfect Day For A Bananafish” one of the greatest short stories of all time.

Watch Tyler the Creator’s terrifying performance on Fallon here. Sup, Mos Def.

I talked to the duo about the series’ slow mutation into a genre of it’s own… and luvstep babies.

My buddies Skinny Friedman and Sammy Bananas threw together this “Thug Lovin” mix for me a few days ago in celebration of a post-Valentines Player’s Club. (And, I suspect, just to have a reason to make an image of cupid with an ice cream cone face tat.) The party is more like a weekly all-friends hang at Pianos, where you’re promised raps and whatever the dudes are feeling like at the moment. It’s the type of place where Skinny will play a song only to rip his headphones off and talk to you about who produced it, or where Sammy will patiently listen to some girl’s request to play Ke$ha, and then have more fun than anyone else dancing to it. Normal stuff.

This Wednesday (2/16), we’ll be posted up for something slightly different, though. Smooth jams, sexy raps and well, thug lovin. Where we’ll appreciate Killa Cam’s affinity for pink and the softer side of our favorite thugs. See you there.

SIDE A: LOVIN, BY SAMMY BANANAS

The Family - Desire
Turboweekend - Something Or Nothing (2000F 7 JKamata Remix)
Shai - If I Ever Fall In Love Again (Girl From Codein City Tasteful Mash)
Ginuwine - Differences
Lil Jon - Lovers & Friends ft. Usher and Ludacris
R.Kelly - Echo
Andre 3000 - Prototype
Larry Graham - One In A Million You

SIDE B: THUGGIN, BY SKINNY FRIEDMAN

Method Man - All I Need ft. Mary J. Blige
Notorious B.I.G. Fuckin U Tonight ft. R. Kelly
Ja Rule - Thug Lovin ft. Bobby Brown
Young Gunz - No Better Love ft. Rell
Murphy Lee - Love You Baby ft. Jazze Pha
Trill Fam - My Baby
Dr. Octagon - Girl Let Me Touch
G-Unit - Wanna Get To Know You Bun B - Hold You Down ft. Trey Songz and Mike Jones
Project Pat - Choose U

Magically scored first balcony, first row tickets to LCD Soundsystem’s last ever show (with Liquid Liquid!) at MSG in April. It’s like the Internet knew I was having a rough week and thought, “You give a us a lot, Puja. We’re going to give you this one. Love, Internet.”

Up on the Voice. Featuring performances by Raekwon, Nice and Smooth, Masta Ace, Buckshot, Beatnuts, Natural Elements, Helta Skeltah, Artifacts, Masta Killa, and Lord Sear. Truly unbelievable.

So reads the headline of this week’s cover story of Village Voice. Can’t say that I’m fully behind them here. While I do agree that many women our age, especially in this city, claim to know what they want but are unwilling to settle down yet (or settle period), I have a hard time buying the implication that women are constantly looking for something better than what’s available to us. In my opinion, that’s just as much of a cop-out as saying that all men are inherently flawed. (If anything, I bet science could better prove the latter.) Kind of depressing either way, huh?

Recap up on the Voice. I really do want to be her best friend because, you know, she just gets me.

Toddla’s filling in for Benji Barrow and will be dropping a brand new exclusive moombahton mix by Nadastrom along with a full interview with Dave Nada, Munchi, Dillon Francis and Matt Nordstrom. Pow!