Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Kitchen diaries

Monday, April 28, 2008

Some MJ facelifts

The always solid Mowgli wobblin' those basslines again:

Michael Jackson - Bad (Mowgli is Bad remix) (zShare)

Clean electro-funk Villains edit, sans le cowbell:

Michael Jackson - Thriller (Villains remix) (zShare)

Laidback Luke, usual housey, with minimal sampling:

Michael Jackson - Thriller (Laidback Luke remix) (xShare)

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The Bulls are so badass

Not the players - but the mascots. Barry Anderson (man underneath the Benny the Bull costume) and the Chicago team are facing a lawsuit after a crowd hyping high five resulted in a hyper-extended arm and surgery for one fan. (article)
So the guy is firm high fiver, get off him. Just 2 years ago, the same Barry was charged with misdemeanor battery, and arrested for punching an off-duty officer in the face. Well, kinda. He was intially charged for driving within a parkway, but once foot chased and caught, got off his mini motorcycle and fed the cop some fisted fur. (article)
Poor guy, stuff at home ain't so good either:

Monday, April 14, 2008

Moonwalking on beer covered dancefloors

...just ain't sh*t anymore. Not after this.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Ronson grabs Wale so Dupri reaches for deodorant

I'm eager to witness these collabos bloom.

1st - Mark Ronson's Wale pick-up. The snatch is somethin' else, and couldn't have come at a better time. Ronson's recent fusion of his Allido Records with Interscope will equal maddddd Wale flow all up in everyone's ears. Let's hope he does Wah-lay like he dunn' Amy Winehouse and the Grammy Awards.

Wale - Nike Boots (ft. Lil' Wayne) (zShare)

Mark Ronson ft. Wale - You're All I Need To Get By (zShare)

The debut album is due to drop before the end of the year. Plenty more time to hype the hype.

2nd - Jermaine Dupri and his freshly announced industry Tag-team (pun intended) partner. JD and his Island Def Jam Music Group tied the knot (on April 10th) with Tag Body Spray, parenting a new hip-hop record label, Tag Records. The new label promises 10 times the usual $1 million marketing support for it's still undisclosed signees.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Coolio's back!

...kinda.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Big Dippa'

Although not new (espesh by blog standards), my 2 favourite edits of 20 year young Andy George's hit...

HiJack's version:


A1 Bassline's twist:


... and while on the A1 tip, can't leave this one out:


Monday, April 7, 2008

Some Radio BJs

Soooo 830+ submissions deep and less than a month left in Radiohead's "Nude" remix contest.

The 2nd single (released on March 31st) from "In Rainbows" has been open for editing, and seems everyone is taking a crack at it.

For those unfamiliar with the contest, it flows as follows:
You hit up iTunes Plus and purchase 5 tracks from the original recording (voice, guitar, bass, strings/effects, drums). Upon package buy-age, you receive an access code needed to finish the project via the Logic or GarageBand music production software. Once complete, you upload your version to radioheadremix.com and spam your friends' facebook walls with the voting link.

The current leader is Tdot's (soon to be on tour with M.I.A.) Holy Fuck, with this:


Holding the 10th spot is Amplive, a Cali beatmaker that I first got a taste of when in my (heavy) Zion I phase. Sprinkled with vocals by Too $hort, Nudez & MC Zumbi of Zion I, this is his version:


Amplive also did a take on Radiohead's "Videotape" a while ago - with a Del The Funky Homosapien facelift.


Peep & stream the other submissions @ radioheadremix.com.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

The French care more about their KitKat

...and their marketing in general.

Shit, look at the intro.