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Here are some tunes that have gotten me through these hostile and opposing environs. It's mostly the usual years-old bangers and decades-old post-punk ish, but now featuring some bangers in Russian. Young Jeezy narrowly beat Elephant Man for MVP on this one.

Young Jeezy ft/ Jay-Z, "My President is Black (remix)"
Maximum Joy, "In the Air"
Young Jeezy, "Gangsta Music"
Elephant Man, "All Out"
MED, "Push"
Grauzone, "Wütendes Glas"
The Monochrome Set, "The Ruling Class"
Judy Nylon, "Jailhouse Rock"
Love Committee, "Just As Long As I've Got You"
Wire, "1 2 X U"
Seryoga, "Дискомалярия (Disco Malaria)"
Timoti ft/ Bogdan Titomir, Tuman & Geegun, "Грязные Шлюшки (Dirty Bitches)"
Lil Vicious & Doug E. Fresh, "Freaks"
Shawnna, "Getting Some Head"
Jay-Z, "La La La (Excuse Me Miss Again)"
Swizz Beatz ft/ Young Jeezy, Eve, Elephant Man, "Money in the Bank (remix)"
Spragga Benz, "The Pusher"
Robin Thicke, "When I Get You Alone"
Tatu, "Ya Soshla S Uma"
Seryoga, "Аггробабруйск (Aggrobabruisk)"

With Putin patiently awaiting my arrival, I leave you with my certifiably bangin Thanksgiving 2008 mix.
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Тринушка Ленинградская
Trinushka Leningradskaya*
01. Sonic Youth, "The Burning Spear"
02. Grauzone, "Hinter den Bergen"
03. David Bowie, "Sound and Vision"
04. Prince, "Under the Cherry Moon"
05. Sean Paul, "Breakout"
06. Bossman, "Ayo"
07. France Gall, "Nefertiti"
08. Izza Kizza, "Timbo freestyle"
09. Izza Kizza, "Millionaire"
10. Suicide, "Ghost Rider"
11. T.I., "U Don't Know Me"
12. The Police, "The Bed's too Big Without You"
13. The Monochrome Set,"The Jet Set Junta"
14. Timbaland, Magoo & Missy Elliot, "Cop that Shit"
15. UNK, "Walk it Out"

I am predictable, I know.

Soulja Boy makes me regret not attending ballet school even more than Russia.

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