“Numbers Game,” the track from the Godfather of Go-Go Chuck Brown and DC lounge crew Thievery Coropration was definately one of the more slept on tracks of 2008. The combinaiton of two DC powerhouses works so damn well, even though you would not think so at first glance.

The video is killer, with Thievery’s Eric Hilton and Rob Garza rollin’ through Southeast DC in a while Caddy with Brown chillin’ in the back. The combinaiton is so pimp. And for those of y’all who think that DC is just mouments and museums, the vid shows you a completely different (and unfortunately fogotten) side of the city.

The track is off Thievery’s Radio Retailiation, which is in stores now. Do NOT sleep on this video.

This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day until the end of the 2008. Today’s reader is Madeline, who resides in DC, and who you might remember provided us the pictures from U street on Election Night.

Name: Madeline
Location: Washington, DC

Albums:
Brazilian Girls- New York City
Raphael Saadiq- The Way I See It
Thievery Corporation- Radio Retaliation
Q-Tip- The Renaissance
Santogold- Santogold

Songs:
Ray LaMontagne- I Still Care For You
Sam Sparro – Black and Gold
MGMT- Electric Feel
Adele- Chasing Pavements

Thievery Corporation feat. Chuck Brown – The Numbers Game

At first glance, you would never think that DC’s two biggest musical exports (pre-Wale) would mesh together–with Thievery Corporation being the sometimes sleepy lounge duo, and DC legend Chuck Brown being the King of go-go. But after listening to this track, I gotta say…this ish goes together like cream and coffee. It’s a rather odd paring, but they both pull it off. And in a city that is so divided racially and economically like DC, it makes a welcome pause from the tension.

The Numbers Game is on Thievery Corporation’s latest album, Radio Retaliation, which dropped last month.