From the dance recital to @lt_h0p

The girls' dance recital concludes today after four performances.
Kerstin dances three numbers, as does Annika.
Kerstin's songs include the "Weird Al" parody "White & Nerdy," his take on Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" that is so terribly catchy (I hate to admit), that I built a (mostly) alternative hip hop iPod playlist around it.
I collected some hip hop tracks we already had on iTunes, such as De La Soul's "Me, Myself and I," 8-Ball's "Stay Fly (edit)" and "Missing Link," the rockin' collaboration between Dinosaur Jr. and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, and then purchased some additional tracks from the iTunes store.
I got "White & Nerdy" and its inspiration, "Ridin,'" as well as some "jazz-rap" songs.
These included "Check the Rhime" by A Tribe Called Quest, "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" by Digable Planets and "Words I Manifest" by Gang Starr.
Populated by songs such as these, as well as other memorable tracks, including "Allah U Akbar" by Brand Nubian and "Doin' Our Own Dang" by Jungle Brothers, the playlist is insistently catchy.
It's a real joy, and a rather surprising result of attending the girls' dance recital!