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Need tracks to fill your own personal L Word playlist A file that contains an index to a selected group of music files on the computer. Using digital jukebox software such as iTunes and Winamp, playlists are created by the user by dragging and dropping titles from a master index. The software may be able to create a playlist automatically. ? We recommend downloading these four tunes from homo-hop women with smarts and style

Jenro "Dykes in Da House"

Jenro's hard-core West Coast vibe can make her sound like a one-woman militia, especially on this aggressive ode to lesbian pride. Be very afraid, homophobes. (www.jenro.net]

Sucka for Life "Make a Move"

Sucka for Life is just one of the many identities used by musician-writer-filmmaker Hanifah Walidah. "Make a Move" is an excellent introduction to her trippy jazz-infused sound. (www.myspace.com/suckafoflife)

Scream Club "And You Belong"

Part punk rockers and part rappers, Scream Club is first and foremost trying to party. Some of their music can be silly--hence a song called "Pee Pee in the Potty"--but the sexy "And You Belong" is a showstopper showstopper - A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation effectively unusable; one that absolutely has to be fixed before development can go on. Opposite in connotation from its original theatrical use, which refers to something stunningly *good*. . The slinky slink·y  
adj. slink·i·er, slink·i·est
1. Stealthy, furtive, and sneaking.

2. Informal Graceful, sinuous, and sleek: wore a slinky outfit to the party.
 beat and flirtatious flir·ta·tious  
adj.
1. Given to flirting.

2. Full of playful allure: a flirtatious glance.



flir·ta
 lyrics are guaranteed to get some shirts unbuttoned at your next after-hours bash. (iTunes)

Queen Pen and Meshell Ndegeocello "Girlfriend"

These women, both bisexual, are the godmothers of homo-hop, and they came together in 1997 for a lesbian revamp re·vamp  
tr.v. re·vamped, re·vamp·ing, re·vamps
1. To patch up or restore; renovate.

2. To revise or reconstruct (a manuscript, for example).

3. To vamp (a shoe) anew.

n.
 of Ndegeocello's hit "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)." Queen Pen has since faded from view, and Ndegeocello's albums have veered toward neosoul, but their old-school material is still a rapper's delight. (iTunes)--Mark Blankenship

Blankenship also writes for Variety.
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Title Annotation:MUSIC
Author:Blankenship, Mark
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:Jun 20, 2006
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