Everyone likes Mundian To Bach Ke: even Jay-Z jumped on a remix. The bassline is the Knight Rider theme - what's not to like? And Shakira builds schools for street children and can belly-dance.
Unfortunately they're all busy people, so it fell to Mr Mashup (Robin Skouteris) to unite them in musical harmony. You can download lots more mash-ups, for free, from Mr Skouteris' facebook page.
My favourite is his mash-up of the Black Eyed Peas and MC Hammer. On a par with Alanis Morissette's gorgeously sardonic cover.
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Sia - Taken For Granted
There's no denying it's the sample which makes this track. Still, kudos to her for managing to merge a Prokofiev sample and pop. Pop-kofiev, anyone? Yeah? Yeah? No, thought not.
But the sample is lush. It's so good, anyone's going to suffer by juxtaposition. Guess that's why Pop-kofiev never took off as a genre. Nothing to do with the name.
But the sample is lush. It's so good, anyone's going to suffer by juxtaposition. Guess that's why Pop-kofiev never took off as a genre. Nothing to do with the name.
Monday, 27 December 2010
Talib Kweli - Lie A Lot
You know those songs which have less lyrical content than a nursery rhyme, but delicious catchy instrumentals? Yeah? They torture me.
A case in point is Mims' spectacular one-hit-wonder This Is Why I'm Hot. The instrumental is reverbed-out bleeps of bass with a driving snare and handclaps: hip-hop heaven. The lyrics really don't bear analysis.
Fortunately, thanks to the wonderful magic of computers, the ever-articulate Talib Kweli has been able to perform the equivalent of a brain transplant by putting a new vocal on the whole track. Yesss.
A case in point is Mims' spectacular one-hit-wonder This Is Why I'm Hot. The instrumental is reverbed-out bleeps of bass with a driving snare and handclaps: hip-hop heaven. The lyrics really don't bear analysis.
Fortunately, thanks to the wonderful magic of computers, the ever-articulate Talib Kweli has been able to perform the equivalent of a brain transplant by putting a new vocal on the whole track. Yesss.
Cee Lo Green - No One's Gonna Love You
Cee Lo is half of Gnarls Barkley (who made "Crazy"), and this is his cover of a song by Band Of Horses.
If morbid obesity is the price Cee Lo has to pay for his voice, it's a bargain: it's got this throatiness on the high notes that makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
The video also serves as a useful infomercial about the risks of falling in love with hipsters. Hoxton beware.
If morbid obesity is the price Cee Lo has to pay for his voice, it's a bargain: it's got this throatiness on the high notes that makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
The video also serves as a useful infomercial about the risks of falling in love with hipsters. Hoxton beware.
Devlin - F64
I showed this to my mum to try to persuade her of the virtues of grime. Didn't exactly win that argument. But I still contend that these are some of the best bars Devlin has ever come out with, although his War Report bars directed at Wiley are impressively filthy.
Kelis - Good Stuff
This is ancient, but it's killer. It's got The Neptunes on production, and was written by Pharrell himself.
Putting this on loudly is pretty much auditory cocaine - I doubt anyone can dance to this without pouting and posing. Terrar's verse is pretty cringe though.
Putting this on loudly is pretty much auditory cocaine - I doubt anyone can dance to this without pouting and posing. Terrar's verse is pretty cringe though.
Sunday, 26 December 2010
Drew Landry - The BP Blues
I am admittedly way behind the times on this one, but it's good. I like that bluesy sound, and it's a perfect fit for the subject matter.
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