If you go to 7L & Esoteric’s MySpace page and order yourself a copy of Esoteric’s new solo album Egoclapper, you’ll get one heck of bonus. Sent to you free of charge is the full-length Pterodactyl Tubeway, a collection of Esoteric rhymes over Gary Numan beats. As cool as the cover’s blinged-out portrayal of a Tubeway Army-era Numan is, what’s inside is even cooler. Esoteric’s raps are up to their usual high level but his newfound love of production really shines, creating a hyperactive and laugh-out-loud funny album that’s a wonderful kind of overwhelming. Pterodactyl digs so deep into its synth-pop hero’s catalog that it will take a true Numan aficionado to ID all the source material, and Esoteric’s inclination to put this Numan chorus over that Numan bassline makes it harder than any Soul Train Scramble. Pile on samples from Land of the Lost, Superman II, Seinfeld, Super Friends, and plenty of toy commercials and you’re talking nerd nirvana. Check out this video honoring Superman’s most studly archenemy, then hit up the MySpace, wait by the mailbox, and kneel before Zod!