Art, design, illustration by Rafa Jenn.

This is what happened in 2008—it represents the top organizations and people mentioned in the news articles of the New York Times. Here’s the complete set. [Via Jer Thorp: an artist and educator from Vancouver, Canada. A former geneticist, his digital art practice explores the many-folded boundaries between science and art.]

N.A.S.A.’s, debut album entitled The Spirit Of Apollo comes with five interchangeable covers by Shepard Fairey, Sage Vaughn, The Date Farmers, Marcel Dzama and Mark Gonzales. [Via CR]

The People Tree (feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip)

Money (feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip)

N.A.S.A. Music (feat. Method Man, E-40 & DJ Swamp)

Way Down (feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch & John Frusciante)

Whachadoin? (feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner)

The Mayor (feat. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, Scarface & DJ AM) 4:34)

Billionaire (What We Call Living)

Devotion

Dreaming of Riches

Double Dose of Gangsta

Ayo

Butterfly

My Brother

Frisco N*ggas

Some great MP3s from the guys at The Rub.



Sade – Stronger Than Snoop (Paul Nice remix)

The Game & 50 Cent – This is How We Do vs Snoop & Dre – Deep Cover (Cosmo Baker remix) From The Rub – It’s The Motherfucking Remix 2 CD

Biggie vs Frank Sinatra – Nasty Boy / For Every Man There’s A Woman (Cappel rmx from Blue Eyes vs Bed Stuy)

Notorious BIG vs Paul Wall – Dead Wrong (Ayres remix)

Some tracks from dimesdaily’s list of 69 of the sexiest rap song titles:

Drips

Some Bomb Ass Pussy

Gimme Head

Suck It Or Not Freestyle

Freaky As She Wanna Be



2-Live Crew performing “Face down ass up” on the Phil Donahue show in 1990.