So much of Beck's '90s output was a mythologizing of the 80s Los Angeles he grew up immersed in – lowriders, mariachi, turntables and microphones. Sure, it's patronizing at times – "Odelay" was his gringo approximation of "orale," as in "orale vato" – but for some, it's the perfect whiteboy synthesis of pre-Rodney King Riots Los Angeles.

However, the sound of the city has changed. With this remix, local L.A. surprise punks The Mae Shi have tried to capture the sound of a summer in Los Angeles in 2005 – the sound of Daddy Yankee selling out Staples Center, the sound of narcocorridos booming from the car next to you as you drive down Pico Blvd. This year saw a new radio station take over the streets of Los Angeles, Latino 96.3, a bilingual station "blazing reggaeton and hip-hop." In the hot windows-down summer of 2005, the station was impossible to ignore, and its rise in public presence coincided with Daddy Yankee's newfound ubiquity (as well as his ability to sellout Staples Center).

"Que Onda Guero (Team Shi 96.3 Latino Remix)" is The Mae Shi's attempt to capture the sound of 2005 in the same way Beck captured the sound of 1985. On the eve of the release of Beck's Guerelito, we offer you this exclusive. We hear he's on some Tom Cruise scientology trip, but the mash-up sounds good. As long as he doesn't start jumping on couches like on Oprah (Negro woman from the south), we'll give him the DB ghetto pass...
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MP3 Team Shi 96.3 Latino Remix