I had know idea that people were still into mash ups. I was sure it was an early turn of the century phenomena that was only celebrated by middle age media executives that wanted to be reminded of how cool Blue Oyster Cult was all set to a out of time 808 beats.
That is true.
Be that as it may there seems to be a new life for Mash Ups found at The Hood Internet. The cool thing about this blog besides their hipster links and the boast about hundreds of thousands of myspace friends is they actually sound like they know what they are doing.
Instead of tired classic rock with stale beats . These guys find current indie rock/ indie pop and mix it with the likes of R.Kelly and Dr. Dre. So most of the music is from this decade.
Besides what seems to be daily post they have a couple of full length releases which I am trying to mauw my way through. One with featuring the group The Pack. I haven’t made it through this yet.
Here are some of the good ones:
Kanye West’s Surprise Performance At Flavorpill Event
Tonight at Flavorpill’s (final?) One Step Beyond event at the Natural History Museum featuring The Cool Kids, Kid Sister and A-trak. A cool enough bill for your average freshman Pratt student hipster, and there were plenty. Flavorpill employee of the week Asher Rapkin stepped up his game when he brought up Kanye West during Kid Sister’s floor filler “Pro Nails”. West and Kid Sis finished the set together but then Kanye killed it with 4 or 5 of his own hits. “Stronger”, and “Good Life” literally had the skinny pants screaming from the ceiling.
How I ask you did Mr. Rapkin and his team pull this off with a budget of $127, a 1/2 case of bud light and an iphone? Please someone tell me!
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