Hey guys what's up? Hopefully everything is going pretty well in your lives, because I know everything over here is awesome. This week's remix of the week is by a sweet Belgian musician named Milow, and he did a fantastic job remixing 50, Timbaland, and JT's "Ayo Technology". He then produced a music video with Homerun Records & MTV Networks, and is scorin' over 11 million views on YouTube. What a dude! Perez Hilton and Kanye posted up this music video on their blogs, so it would seem silly not to post it up on ours. Shout out to Tets who sent it to me through Facebook. Social networking is really something isn't it? This music video is fantastic, and I can't stop watching it. Acoustic versions just downright blow away the originals; e.g. Thugz Mansion ft. Nas. The ladies in this vid, the deVilles Harem Girls, are pretty hot too!
So I am talking with my buddy ICECrush, and he hits me up with a message telling me to go to this site called, "Stars & Stripes Project". He doesn't really give me much insight as to what the heck I am viewing, but I know my man ICECrush always has something interesting to show me, whether it is shoes, music, or some other random crack up cartoon he has found on the internet. Anyway, I get on this site, and I start browsing around, and finally come upon the "Download" section of the site. I roll over to the download link (which is conveniently hosted on zShare), and wait my fifty seconds in anticipation for a mixtape that I truly don't know anything about. From the looks of the site, it looked like it was well done, with all the heavy duty artwork and what not, so I figured, "Heck, why not download it!?"
So I open Stars & Stripes: The White Stripes Reimagined in my iTunes, and my ears are graced by the beautiful mixing of an unknown musician that goes by the name of Adrian Champion. I asked ICECrush where the heck he had found this guys music, and he answered with one word... "Twitter". I guess it really is good for something, seeing as it has led me to Adrian Champion. Now I am someone who gets into grooves when he listens to music, so when I hear something I like, I play it a ton! Stars & Stripes: The White Stripes Reimagined has been playing on my iPod, iTunes, and car radio for the past day, and I have decided that since Adrian's mixtape has brought me so much pleasure (to my ears that is...), why not do a review on the album!? I don't know if Adrian Champion has done any other mixtapes, but he somehow was able to meld and mash some of today's hottest musicians (and some old musical acts that dropped it like it was hot back in the day), with the ever so beautiful rock tunes of The White Stripes.
The White Stripes (for all who really don't know much about Rock) have been around for a while. They have claimed tons of success from albums such as their self titled LP The White Stripes (1999), to their second release: De Stijl (2000). Then in 2001, the band hit it big with White Blood Cells, and followed up that album with an even better one: Elephant (2003). Elephant is their most popular and by far their best piece of work. Their 2003 release was followed by another fantastic album entitled, Get Behind Me Satan (2005), which got 4.5 Stars out of 5 Stars on Rolling Stone. Their 2007 release was nowhere compared to their 01', 03', and 05' LP's, but nonetheless, Icky Thump was still a solid production out of The White Stripes. The White Stripes have been in the music industry for a long while, as you can see, they have already released a whole bunch of albums, all of which have reached critical acclaim, and recieved fairly positive reviews on Rolling Stone. Their Garage-Rock musical style has attracted many musical listeners from around the world, and from all different age groups. In my opinion, The White Stripes will go down as one of the better Rock groups to ever grace the music industry with their presence.
Now, I hope that in the very near future, Adrian Champion and we hear at Tha Good Life Reviews will be given the opportunity to do an interview with him. I know he gives us some insight as to what and how he thought of making the mixtape, which is quoted below and can be found on the site "Stars & Stripes Project". The fact of the matter is that what Mr. Champion created was something that truly graces the ear, and at the same time, is able to amp you up and really get you into the music. You all know how I feel about mashups and remixes, and I think they are great! I have never, in my entire life, heard a solid twelve track mashup mixtape in which I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every track. The mixtape is definitely one of the best ones I have heard in a very long time, and I advise you to all click on the download link below and give this guy a listen! I promise you, you won't regret the fifty second wait time on zShare, it is totally worth it!!!
Adrian Champion's Thoughts On The Making Of Stars & Stripes: The White Stripes Reimagined:
"I was late jumping on The White Stripes bandwagon. But, when I heard "Doorbell" a few years back I became an instant fan. That raw, classic sound was so fresh to me. I went straight to iTunes and downloaded the whole album. It wasn't long before I owned everything they'd ever released.
What really got me was that I wanted to sample almost every song. But, I couldn't just shamelessly sample their whole catalog. Plus, I had just decided to move away from sampling and focus on writing original music. So, a remix project seemed like the thing to do, and the idea was born.
I started digging through my collection and fitting all the pieces together. My goal was to use only samples from The White Stripes and a cappellas from classic songs and my favorite emcees. And of course, I had to rap on one of the tracks myself, with my man Brian Jacobs on the hook.
So there it is, hip-hop fans, meet The White Stripes. Fans of The White Stripes, meet hip-hop."
Track Listing For Stars & Stripes: The White Stripes Reimagined:
1. Bombs Over Orchids / Outkast / Blue Orchid + B.O.B. 2. Icky Says / Pharahoe Monch / Icky Thump + Simon Says 3. Ante Up Every Way / M.O.P. / Offend in Every Way + Ante up 4. Turn it Up / Kanye West / I Want To Be The Boy... + This Way + Wouldn't Get Far + Selfish 5. Ms. Doorbell / Mos Def/ Doorbell + Ms. Fast Booty 6. Cash Run / Notorious B.I.G. + 2Pac / Cash Grab + Runnin’ 7. Got Yourself a Cannon / Jay-Z / Cannon + The Takeover 8. Jolene's Ether / Nas / Jolene (Live) + Ether 9. One More Corner / Common / One More Cup of Coffee + The Corner 10. Dangerous Love / Busta Rhymes / A Martyr for My Love For You + Dangerous 11. F*cking Apples / Eminem / Apple Blossom + Just Don't Give a Fuck 12. Tha Countdown Blues / Redman / St. James Infirmary Blues + The Saga Continues 13. Stars & Stripes / Adrian Champion + Brian Jacobs / Truth Doesn't Make A Noise
To All Those Rock Fans Out There, I Highly Suggest This Mixtape... AND For All You Hip-Hop Heads Out There, I Will Give You The Same Advise I Gave The Rock Fans... THIS MIXTAPE IS FOR YOU!!!
Well we are a day late with the Remix of the Week, but have no fear, for here it is! Just because it is a day late doesn't mean it won't be good, trust me, you want to check this one out. DJ Vlad mixed this bad boy up, and it sounds great, nothing like to great musicians who each were stars of their respective genre's coming together on one track! Each of them also were victims of unjust crimes, and sadly, they are not with us today.
This week I'm comin' at you with some remixes of one of my favorite songs, I Tried by Bone Thugz-n-Harmony feat Akon. The two remixes feature two of my favorite old school and really true and real rappers, 2Pac and Eminem. In my opinion the Eminem remix is better mixed, because for some reason there's some weird background humming in some parts of the 2Pac song remix. The thing that I love and really appreciate with these mixers is the way that they do their music videos. They are able to mix pictures into a slideshow or mix pictures with the music videos from the actual song and create a new experience. Without these music masters and the visions that these artists have, we wouldn't be able to experience all of our favorite artists and songs as one single entity. Thank you. Enjoy!
So guys I'm really sorry for not posting in such a long time my Remix of the Week, and especially that it's supposed to come out on Monday, and it's Wednesday.
So...I'm hitting you up with 2 remixes this week to maybe make up for that and mine and SoSickWitItYo's little hiatus coming up for the holidays.
So anyway, today I'm hitting you with 2 remixes, stemming from the one and only Ne-Yo. These remixes feature the legendary Kanye West in "Because of You" and 2Pac in "So Sick". As you guys probably know, SoSickWitIt and I love Kanye and 2Pac, along with CB and some other doughboy fresh kids, so yeah we like these remixes.
Numero Uno: "So Sick" feat. 2Pac. This fabulous remix was featured on MTV as Jam of the week a while back. Combines Ne-yo's "So Sick" with 2Pac's "Don't You Trust Me?".
Pros: Ne-yo and 2Pac, what more can you ask for? Sweet video also. Cons: Very short coming in at 2:05, I wish there was more to the song.
Video:
Numero Dos: My true fav, "Because of You" feat. KANYE WEST. Pretty sure that this is official b/c I'm not really sure if the song is a separate Kanye song. If anyone knows anything else about it tell me.
Pros: Ne-Yo and KANYE! Great length. Sicknasty song. Cons: On my version of the song the sound was a bit off, and the like bass beat is very like tchh, I can't really explain it. Other than that great song.
This week's remix of the week is a mashup of Letter 2 My Unborn by 2Pac and the hit single Paralyzer by Finger Eleven. Here is a short description from the author:
"Seeing as the song "Paralyzer" is growing rapidly in popularity, I thought I'd post a mash-up I made of the song by Finger Eleven and a 2Pac song called "Letter 2 My Unborn." I am particularly proud of this mix. I even included it in my college application. I hope you enjoy it.
Tell me what you think! If you like it, spread it.
-Sam"
"Letter To My Unborn" was a single off of 2Pac's third posthumous album titled, Until the End of Time released in 2001 by executive producers Suge Knight and Afeni Shakur. The album went 5x platinum.
The hit single, "Paralyzer" was the first single on Canadian alternative rock band, Finger Eleven's, 5th studio album titled, Them vs. You vs. Me, and was released in March 2007.
This fresh mashup captures the true beauty of 2Pac's rhymes and passion with the alternative rock rhythms of Finger Eleven. This mashup is a 10/10 in my book, and congratulations to the one and the only Sam Breslin for the mix.
Here is a mixtape that was released by Green Flag. It is entitled, "American Gangster," and is a very solid mixtape. It features excerpts from the upcoming movie and also has some pretty sick remixes and song mashes. Green Flag did an amazing job with this mixtape, and in my opinion, it is great! I am working on getting in contact with Green Flag to see if it is ok with him to post a link to his mixtape on this post. If I can't, well then you can check out his MySpace and listen to some snippets and songs off of all his mixtapes.
The Track Listing: "Intro" (N/A out of N/A) "Heart of the City" (9.7 out of 10) "To Late Interlude" (N/A out of N/A0 "Hell 4 A Hustla" (9.4 out of 10) "Enemies With Me" (9.5 out of 10) "Angel of Mercy" (9.2 out of 10) "Heaven For A G" (8.5 out of 10) "Italian Mob Interlude" (N/A out of N/A) "Look Into My Eyes" (7.8 out of 10) "Still Ballin" (8.9 out of 10) "Only Fear of Death" (7.8 out of 10) "Throw Your Guns Up" (7.5 out of 10) "Bow Down" (7.8 out of 10) "I Can't Lose Outro" (N/A out of N/A)
Want To Give The Mixtape A Listen? Check Out The Mixtape Player Below:
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