Word: remix
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Recently, L.A.-based DJ Brian Burton (a.k.a. Danger Mouse) had an inspiration: Why not remix the vocals off JAY-Z'S 2003 Black Album with sampled tracks from the 1968 BEATLES' LP known as The White Album? Says Burton: "Once I started on it, I got obsessed." Presto: The Grey Album. Burton initially sent the record--made without the artists' permission--to a few friends and music-industry types, but it found its way onto the Web and became an underground sensation. Hits on Burton's website went from 30 a day to 11,000, and he distributed an extra...
...winter weather, every chance to escape into the sunshine is gladly taken. So if you need some summertime music to help survive these months, then go get a copy of the soundtrack for 50 First Dates. By taking a handful of well-known 80’s songs and remixing them with a reggae twist to fit the movie’s Jamaican setting, this disc delightfully combines the cheesy and spicy elements that every annoyingly catchy summertime song needs. Wayne Wonder’s rendition of “Hold Me Now” is so catchy it could...
...hedonism; at best Banner and clique wallow in their grim depravity with a smirk. Crunk ballads (!) such as “My Lord” are overshadowed by workhorse tracks like “Crank It Up” and the “Like A Pimp” remix. If the first Mississippi: The Album was cathartic and empowering, then this one only finds relief in a dull sort of violence...
...usually I don’t do this, but go ahead and break ‘em off with a little preview of the remix…” – Ignition remix...
...injection of international influences into his music is a testament to his broader talents as an industry innovator. P. Diddy may have “invented the remix,” but Kelly perfected it. On his album Chocolate Factory the song “Ignition” transitions seamlessly into “Ignition remix,” an unprecedented musical feat—who said that a remix should post-date some earlier song? More recently, Kelly has continued to revolutionize the remix, releasing not one but two remixes to “Thoia Thoing?...