Spreading the Net

CHOICE CUTS: Stereo Total, "Amourà 3" (Musique Automatique, Bobsled); Randy Newman, "My Daddy Knew Dixie Howell," "Good Morning" (Good Old Boys, Rhino/Reprise); El-P, "Day After the Day After"; Freestyle Fellowship, "Crazy" (Constant Elevation, Astralwerks); the Roots Featuring Talib Kweli, "Rhymes and Ammo" (Soundbombing III, Rawkus); Nash, "100 Million Ways" ( Rae & Christian, Anotherlatenight, Kinetic); Black and White Brothers, "Put Your Hands Up" (Fatboy Slim, Live on Brighton Beach, Ministry of Sound); Mick Jagger, "Too Far Gone" (Goddess in the Doorway, Virgin).

DUDS: Air, Everybody Hertz(Astralwerks); Felix Da Housecat, Kittenz and Thee Glitz(Emperor Norton); Sharon Katz & the Peace Train, Imbizo (Appleseed); Angelique Kidjo, Black Ivory Soul(Columbia); Quetzal, Sing the Real(Vanguard).

ADDRESSES: Def Jux, 199 Lafayette Street, #3B, NYC 10012, defjux@hotmail.com; Domino, Box 1207, NYC 10276, dominorecords.com; Earthworks, Sadza, Stern's Africa, c/o Stern's, 71 Warren Street, NYC 10007, sternsmusic.com; Fat Beats, 53 Bridge Street, seventh floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201, fatbeats.com; Hopeless, P.O. Box 7495, Van Nuys, CA 91409-7495; Jade Tree, 2310 Kennwynn Road, Wilmington, DE 19810, jadetree.com; Northern State, good@northernstate.net; Piranha, Carmerstrasse 11, 10623 Berlin, Germany, records@piranha.de; Paroxysm, P.O. Box 58133, Washington, D.C. 20037-8133, paroxysmrecords.com; Putumayo World Music, 324 Lafayette Street, NYC 10012, putumayo.com; Trama, trama.com.br; Wrasse, c/o Universal Records Operations Ltd., P.O. Box 1420, 1 Sussex Place, London W6 9XS, England, wrasse@lineone.net.