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13 & God, ‘Own Your Ghost’ (Anticon)

Rebooted after a six-year hiatus, this unlikely joint venture between low-key Oakland rap collective Themselves and genteel German pop group the Notwist seems more like a high-concept mash-up than a true collaboration. Sometimes, however, it works beautifully — note the dreamy “Janu are” (sic), a meditation on passing time, or the sleepy “Death Minor,” which observes, “There is no fashion to passing decay.”While that obsession with the “big sleep” gives Own Your Ghost a gloomy power, these cross-cultural pals might consider a less depressing repertoire next time.