Word: remix
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...because my style you're admiring Don't be mad--UPS is hiring. --The Notorious B.I.G. Flava in Your Ear (Remix...
Things happened fast. This is the remix. There were start-up labels like Sugar Hill and Tommy Boy. Then in 1979 came Rapper's Delight--the first rap song most people remember. Grandmaster Flash warned, "Don't touch me 'cause I'm close to the edge." Then there was Run-D.M.C. rocking the house, and the Beastie Boys hollering, "You gotta fight for your right--to party!" and Public Enemy saying, "Don't believe the hype," and Hammer's harem-style balloon pants. Then gangsta rap: N.W.A. rapping "F____ tha police"; Snoop drawling "187 on an undercover...
...Know" is the outstanding song. Two versions appear on Peach Head, the original ("anything can happen") version and the Dust Brothers Remix. The remix is almost a link between the "regular" electronic sound of today and the unusual spin the Natural Calamity puts on its version of electronic pop. The lyrics of "As You Know" also seem to say what Peach Head is all about. Lines such as "As you know/it's the middle of the 90s/forget about the mainstream" and "We all know that anything could happen" show why Natural Calamity is more concerned with expressing their natural musical...
...Should your samples be seen only as part of the remix, or as part of the original...
...year. This track is Fatboy Slim at his best, as he manages to create a continuity of euphony that is unpredictable, despite its revolution around a single vocal sample. Fatboy builds up and breaks down the beat tempo without losing the song's dance appeal, a tribute to the remix master's genius. At one point, the rhythm nearly halts, but then blasts back with a hip-hop sound. Fatboy Slim does not merely piece together some fragmented synthetic ideas into a five-minute track, but instead evolves the song from the basics to a masterpiece of mixology...