And here we have a pair of videos that show both the peak and valley of man’s creative energies.  Or something like that.  Up first is a translated version of a freestyle rap battle between a pair of erudite young fellows named “Boost” and “Hydrogen” gone horribly wrong – although you could argue that it was horribly wrong to begin with…

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I was originally just going to post this, but I feel I have to help restore balance to the universe so here’s the legendary Marvin Gaye performing his 1968 hit “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”.  The twist here is that someone isolated his studio vocal track and dubbed it into a TV performance with the broadcast audio removed.  Listen closely and you’ll hear the effortless work of a musical genius.