With a guest list including everyone from Jay-Z to Cat Power, the second disc from producers Prince Paul and Dan the Automator resembles an album of ridiculously clever mash-ups of rock and hip-hop. Sporting tight beats, inventive arrangements and skits actually worth replaying, Handsome Boy Modeling School once again prove themselves Ivy League.

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