I got bored and did two...Ever since Girl Talk rocked my face off at Lollapalooza 2008, I've been attracted to the art of the mashup. There's a guy who spins at The Apartment in Lincoln Park every Thursday who tries his best, but it just goes to show not everyone can put two songs together and have it make sense. The guy also told me "No Diggity" was a terrible song, so he obviously doesn't know much about music anyway. Because that is the single greatest song ever recorded by humans. Fact.
Regardless of my hatred for the posers who doubt the skills of Blackstreet, there are a select few out there who really show that sampling is an art form that deserves some credit. DJ Axel is one of those few. His 2007 album Breakin' The Law has some of the best one-on-one masups out there mixing people like Jay-Z & GNR in "Guns N' Hovas", Snoop Dogg & Stevie Wonder in "Snooperstition", and Lupe & Bob Marley in "Could You Be Kicked, Pushed & Loved" (below). The one that really got the preparty dance off going in our apartment last week was the "Real Back Poppin'" that is similar to the up-tempo Girl Talk mixes that really put the mashup scene on the map.
I'm not going to tell you how to throw a party, but music is a huge component of any get together. Probably just as important as beverages and chickies. From basement blowout to backyard BYOB BBQ – the soundtrack is all but necessary. And like Girl Talk, Breakin' the Law has something on there for everybody.
This post is really for Mark in case he was looking for some new tunes to pop & lock it to.
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DJ Axel - "Could You Be Kicked, Pushed & Loved"
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