Mash Update

dfjacobs — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:00:07 +0000

Spring Breakin' like a champ

With spring break in the air, I needed some television that could match my enthusiasm for warm weather and poor decision-making. As my now permanently Cheetos stained fingers explored the current bill of fare, I found my way to the holy grail of spring break programming, the ‘Fist Pumpin’ Top 20 w/ Jersey Shore’. Watching the Jersey Shore to celebrate spring break is like listening to Justin Bieber to commemorate NAMBLA day. And for me, seeing tequila drenched, scantily clad women means only one thing, of course, it’s mashup time.

Let’s start with The Hood Internet, who has been terrifyingly hit or miss of late, but have returned to form and mixed some classic Big L rhymes with Bibio. Big L, in his coolest collaboration since this sweet tee, sounds at home atop Bibio’s experimental electronica. By the way, anyone feeling their fancies tickled by Bibio’s stellar synth sound should check out his 2009 release Ambivalence Avenue, a great album that did not receive its proper dues.

Next is The White Panda who threw together mashup darling “Lean Like A Cholo” with Two Door Cinema Club. The White Panda put the chic rock sound of Two Door Cinema Club behind everyone’s favorite ode to Mexican gangsters. The most common side effect of this combination is ear euphoria, and in rare cases, bowel incontinence.

Moving right along we have T.H.I.’s “How Purple Can You Go.” This mash removed the disgusting futuristic garbage from Luda’s “How Low” and instead backed it up with Joker & Ginz’s “Purple City.” This track finally does Mr. Bridges’s flow justice with a first-rate beat.

Lastly I leave you with the Show’s favorite masher, E-603. Even if Sir E can’t accept my friend request, his skillz that killz have been described by commentators (me) as “Glenn Beck crazy”. He posted this track and a subsequent message on facebook describing how he had the song stuck in his head, so he naturally made an exceptionally cool remix to blow our minds. As is par for the king of the 603, he tore this track up. That’s all I’ve got for now, so turn up all these jams and enjoy spring break Snooki style, even if you’re stuck on your couch.

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Dwrcan ‘Em Up (Big L x Bibio) – The Hood Internet (YSI)

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A Cholo You Know – The White Panda (YSI)

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How Purple Can You Go – The Hood Internet (YSI)

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Money To Blow (feat. Drake and Lil Wayne) (E-603 Remix) – Birdman (YSI)

My Day: A Friday in Mashups

Edward — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:39:47 +0000

This is how it is

It’s a Friday, ya’ll. I know because I have a page-a-day calendar, and when I peeled off the page from yesterday (which was a Thursday page, fyi), it revealed a page which said “Friday,” replete with an adorable picture of a kitten in a fireman costume. This is how I know the things I know. Citation: Adorable Kittens Page-a-day 2009, page 310. Harper Collins, Detroit. 2008 ISBN: 8173372300-1. That is the proper Chicago format for citing page-a-day calendars. Memorize it; it’ll come in useful later.

It being a Friday and all, you need some mashups. You need them so bad. And I’ve got some sick new ones, from a few mashup artists you almost certainly haven’t heard of yet.

The first comes from Xaphoon Jones, who’s a Philly artist responsible for a seriously nasty mixtape. You may have heard of him before, because he produces for Chiddy Bang, whose “Kids” was a debut single for the ages. Believe it or not, my proper introduction to him came from the New York Times write-up of the Stereogum-affiliated CMJ, where he got a pretty huge shout-out. His Radiohead/”Touch the Sky” pairing is surprisingly awesome.

Next is an artist I’m very proud to have the internet debut of: my good friend Nate Fritts, who mixes, chops, and screws under the slip-pad name Carpe-DMC. Nate’s a huge Weezy fan, and one day I tried to play him the Animal Show’s favorite summer mash, “Comfortable Up in Here.” His response was, “nah, man, you’ve got to hear this!” and then he put on a Ratatat-Wayne mashup he’d made. I’m going to save that one for another day to keep you salivating; for today, rock out to his “Move, Barry,” which manages to make “Barry Bonds,” arguably the weakest song off of Graduation, a serious gem, tying it to LEN’s timeless classic, “Steal My Sunshine.” Keep your eyes here for more from Carpe-DMC…

The final is a perfect outro, crafted by another newbie, DJ Moondance, whose body of work, frankly, is entirely non-noteworthy. Seriously. His first album was a Jay-Z/DMB effort. But this shows serious promise, with a nice Blink-182 sample behind Birdman/Lil Wayne. We’ll be keeping our eyes peeled to his mashes in the future.

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