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Bluegrass Hip-Hop Fusion: GANGSTAGRASS

Innovation at it's finest: The Mediocrity of Music

This is a random musical gift that I came across on 'the interwebs' this weekend. GANGSTAGRASS; A mash-up album consisting of bass thumping bluegrass under half yodeling, half rapping a capellas. Relatively unknown [at least to me] mash-up artist Renka has cooked up a genre explosion with Gangstagrass. The idea is more revolutionary than the tracks are good, but it still a great gift that you can admire for it's desired effects. The FREE MIXTAPE isn't as thorough as the tracks below but it just might grow on you.

Gangstagrass - Goin Down
Gangstagrass - On The Run
Gangstagrass - Pistol Packin
Gangstagrass - The Art of Flowin

Download the entire mixtape after the jump.

Jay-Z vs. [insert band here]: 9 Mashed Hova Albums

Shawn Corey Carter Mashed Up

The Blueprint vs. Jazz

Here is the most recent Jay-Z Mash-Up album, arguably one of the most eclectic mix compared to others. This one uses his album The Blueprint, a throwback to his early 21st Century raw rapping. Interesting fact, The Blueprint was released on September 11th, 2001. If you are going to download 2 of these albums, make this one of them.

[DOWNLOAD] 

[follow link to site then download from bandcamp]

Altronic A Capella Awesomeness

Here we have a cool idea taking the most revolutionary, hard-to-hate-easy-to-love UK rockers and throwing the King of NYC on top. This Jay-Z mash up is not one of the most interesting but it is still ear pleasing and smooth flowing mash-ups of the rapper.

[DOWNLOAD]

[direct]

There is also The Encore, a second album by Minty Fresh Beats

[DOWNLOAD THE ENCORE]

Black & Blue

This mixtape belongs down there with the Backstreet Boys album title Black and Blue, a horrible piece of work. I am not a fan of this one. The albums title are the only lasting effect that you are left with by some mysterious and unexperienced DJ.

The site for Jay-Zeezer is currently down, so no download, but I downloaded it last summer, listened to the highlights, trashed it an hour later. 

The Beatles Meet Jay-Z

If you were wondering why this was such a genius idea, it's because Danger Mouse, the guy behind Gnarls Barkley, Broken Bells, and The Black Keys last release, produced this bad boy, to much hatred from fans of both artists. This 2004 album could be considered one of the first Mash-Up creations ever, giving rise to artists like Girl Talk and the driving inspiration behind all these other albums. This is the one Jay-Z Mash-Up album that rises above the rest and is a quintessential iTunes necessity.

[DOWNLOAD] 

[follow link to 4shared]

The Adventures of Jay & Dave

This piece features jam band extraordinaire Dave Matthews and the Hip-Hop king. It's a little cheesy and cops-out by looping 15 to 20 seconds of Matthews' guitar chords underneath all that spittin'. I was rather happy when I found this one, but it failed to meet expectations. He also has an album combining the powers of Eminem and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[DOWNLOAD]

[follow to bandcamp for a free direct download]

OJAYSIS

As most people know, of which I guess am not, Jay-Z has a little bit of a beef with the easy rockers Oasis. They should know better than getting on this rapper's sh!tlist. After all, he's been on Oprah; 'he global.' This one is like Jay-Zeezer, someone wasted their time w/ this bad boy, literally.

[DOWNLOAD]

[direct]

VIVA JAY-Z Mash-Ups

Here is another sub-par mashed up album which has further tarnished Jay-Z's rep and ruined the music he has made, this one is absolute crap. The Jaydiohead is the best foreign mash-up of the domestic rapper. This one, is junk, but it is always interesting to hear how DJs are able to create rhythms and beats that go with Jay-Z, but for its predecessors it lacks an originality that The Grey Album established with Hova's mash-ups.

[DOWNLOAD]

[direct]

Hova Ova Famous Score

After Jay-Z came out with his American Gangster album, it was hard to not think of the original Gangster film the Godfather, a comparison he wanted to challenge. DJ Skee has taken the original score of the film The Godfather and iced it with some creamy smooth Jay-Z A Capellas. Another interesting combo but nothing worth ordering. Jay-Z deserves more than this musically lackluster score.

[DOWNLOAD]
[follow link to rapidshare [it's a .rar file]]

Jay-Z's World Sound

I had a hard time deciding if I should even post this one. Way too obscure for Hova's rapping. For the most part they sound like R&B bedroom anthems, not rap greatness or genre breaching.

[DOWNLOAD]

[follow to mediafire to download .zip file]

What A Wonderful Surprise [Overdub Bootleg]

monumental combination

Louis Armstrong vs. Radiohead What A Wonderful Surprise [Overdub Bootleg]

[via R&G]

Mos Dub

reggae and mos def mashed up

Mos Dub - Max Tannone
[full album via mediafire]

My thumb is up in the air on this one, a great mash up of Mos Def, one of the purest hip hoppers of recent times played over some reggae beats. Mos Dub great mix, especially now that spring has sprung and summer is already here, at least in NC, it's 90 today. It's a free download, so why not treat yourself to a cool treat. Check out the website to listen to and download singular songs or download it all, above.

Notorious B.I.G. & The XX

tantalizing tunes conceived through unlikely duo 

Today's special: The XX

After reviewing the album I was over at [WAWSTSF] and found this awesome piece of mashed up pie. Wait What [yes, the name of the musician who mixed these artist] took a rather foolish inspiring question "What would "Juicy" sound like over "VCR"? as the basis of the project in which he becomes a surrogate baby mama for the XX and B.I.G. Even though Biggie has been utilized in a mash-up by almost any artist who combines music, this one still offers stints of syncopated British Alt/Electro Biggie. Here is a snippet from the promotion information:

The marriage, if you can call it that -- and really, you can't, given that it's about 43 minutes long, so he's more aiming for a really solid connection between two people just trying to feel something -- is admittedly unorthodox.Biggie's music can make anyone at the club feel like they're a rapper, and gets a dance floor going at most any party, whereas The xx are mostly consumed in iPod earbuds on public transit, sitting in isolation at home, or driving alone -- in many ways, the combination of the two is the extrovert meets the introvert.

Wait What's website has the album streaming through soundcloud.

Check out Wait What's rendition of "Basic Space" and "Hypnotize."


Check out a video for the "Juicy," "VCR" song "Juicy-r" after the jump.

[MASHED] Freeway Ft. Jay-Z | Toro Y Moi

|:|Chillwave and rap; the inventive nuances|:| 

Toro Y Moi v. Jay-Z - "You Hid" v. "Big Spender"

Who would have ever thought that Jay-Z would ever want to collaborate with Toro Y Moi? Not Me. Not Jay-Z. Not Toro Y Moi. Luckily there are some creative geniuses out there introducing the music of the two polar opposite artists. The unknown artist melds "You Hid" a less than stellar [compared to others off Causers Of This]Toro Y Moi song and the O-G song by Freeway featuring Jay-Z "Big Spender." It may not be the best Mash Up that you've ever heard but it's still ear-pleasing and leaves you wanting Jay-Z to experiment with the chillwave dudes, for real.

On a side note, help out Chaz Bundick by buying Causers Of This. Last night someone jacked his passport and equipment from his car. The picture below is his car, found it on his twitter. This is forcing an abrupt end to his tour with The Ruby Suns. Look for him opening for Caribou this spring/summer. [@ Cat's Cradle on May 12th]