If Flying Lotus’ dubstep odyssey Cosmogramma gives you a headache, you may find his contributions to Jose James’ Blackmagic more agreeable. Blackmagic already lies in a gray area between between jazz and soul, but FlyLo’s three songs (these two plus “Code”) make it even harder to categorize. You should probably avoid that debate altogether and just bump these.

Download: Jose James – Made For Love (produced by Flying Lotus)

Download: Jose James – Blackmagic (produced by Flying Lotus)

Also check out his interviews with okayplayer and Pop & Hiss.

True story: my friend (not me, really) stayed up until midnight on the eve of his eleventh birthday to see if he would get a letter from Hogwarts.

He didn’t.

Bonus: The J.B.’s – Dirty Harry

Hold up for a second. Forget all that bullshit assclownery going on in music right now. Forget Souljah Boy. Forget auto-tune. Sit down. Pour yourself a classy drink (ginger ale and rye is always a good choice) and sit down in a comfy chair. Lee Morgan has something he’d like to play for you.

“I Remember Clifford” performed in 1958.