- Gramatik vs. Lauryn Hill - So Much For Doo Wop (The Jane Doze Mashup)
Gramatik brings the funk; Hill coats it with magic. There are moments of imperfection, but most of the track works in a simple kind of way. No track / mash of the year, but a fun listen nonetheless.
Mix CD Life: Rap + Mashups (Freedom Fighters)
(Download below. 320 kbps.)
In the middle of making a melodic dubstep mix, I was cutting songs together and got stuck on this one voice sample of, “pump, pump, pump it up!” After you hear the same thing a hundred times it’s like you never want to hear anything ever again. So you know what? Rap sounded like a pretty good idea.
I know what you’re thinking. “Rap? Wtf.” But seriously. I have absurdly high standards for rap, and it has to have some fucking amazing melodies. Starts off emotional; gets hopeful around Jurassic 5’s Freedom; The Roots and Mos def show up for some old fashioned wordplay; MF Doom makes things a little more funky; Cyclops Rock’s mashup brings us back down to Earth; Tech N9ne wants to show us HIS Earth; and Tyga leads us out on something a little more heartfelt.
Love, listen, enjoy. Call it, “Freedom Fighters.”
Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?v631xy9v0pic6ca
Track list / start times:
Beginning: Notorious B.I.G. x Kanye West - Suicidal Thoughts (White Lotus Runaway Mashup)
(@ 2:17): Talib Kweli - Hostile Gospel Pt. 1 (Deliver Us)
(@ 7:02): Jurassic 5 - Freedom
(@ 10:20): Wu Tang Clan vs. The Beatles - Uh Huh
(@ 13:46): The Roots - Guns Are Drawn
(@ 17:15): Mos Def - Auditorium
(@ 21:17): Kanye West - Get ‘em High (Ratatat Remix)
(@ 26:16): MF Doom ft. Mr. Fantastik - Rapp Snitch Knishes
(@ 29:09): Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See (Datahowler Mashup)
(@ 31:27): UGK, Outkast, & George Michael - International Whisperer’s Anthem (Skratch Bastid’s Sexy Sax Mix)
(@ 37:16): CunninLynguists ft. Rick Warren - Stars Shine Brightest (In the Darkest of Night)
(@ 40:11): Cyclops Rock - Communist Future (Neutral Milk Hotel vs. Tyler the Creator Mashup)
(@ 43:08): OFWGKTA - Orange Juice (by EarlWolf)
(@ 46:04): The Hood Internet - Save Me Concubine (Ghostface Killah x Beirut)
(@ 48:55): Tech N9ne - K.O.D.
(@ 52:33): Warren G (ft. Nate Dogg) - Regulate
(@ 56:15): Tyga ft. Adele - Reminded
- The Hood Internet - Save Me Concubine (Ghostface Killah x Beirut)
Ghostface Killah is “killing this shiz.” Aka rapping over Beirut. How can you not love this?
Source: soundcloud.com
My Little Wu-Tang Clan. Glorious.
- Madeon - Pop Culture (Live Mashup)
Madeon doing a live mashup of 39 songs he likes. Insane and magical at the same time. There are enough cuts and flawless transitions that this piece of art isn’t simply a song. It’s a performance.
Full list of the songs he used in the video’s description. (Daft Punk, Kylie Minogue, Bag Raiders, Gaga, Alphabeat, and so many more.)
Mansions on the Moon takes an epic track in Deadmau5’s Strobe and turns up the ambient dosage with vocal chants in the background that come in around the 1 minute marker. Elegant. Check out their entire mix tape (Paradise Falls).
- Mansions on the Moon - Satellite (MotM x Deadmau5)
A mash of part 1 and 2.
- Pendulum - The Island pt. 1 (Dawn) & The Island pt. 2 (Dusk)
Somehow, this works. Like a G6 fills in the “softer” (not really that soft) spots, and it blends together perfectly. A+ mashup.
Music: Electronic, dance, strange.
