Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

Full reviews to come (really, I swear), but the best moments of Richard X's Richard X Presents His X Factor Volume 1 (Astralwerks) and the comp The Neptunes Present Clones (Star Trak/Arista) are some of the best musical moments of the year, oh fuck yes they are. They even make Liberty X and Nelly sound good (separately, that is - though I wonder what that collabo would sound like? It'd probably bring out the worst of both, actually). Cracking, blinding stuff. And Kelis is on both albums!