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R.I.P. Monday Monster Mashup

Originally posted Jan 23, 2011 2:05:45 AM via jaklumen.typepad.com [edited for content]

As much as I hate to admit this, the Monday Monster Mashup is dead.

It made sense as a Group on VOX, but of course, VOX is no more. I created a separate blog connected to this one, but then, I couldn't copy the M3X posts over to it. If I can find out a way to do so quickly and automated, I will, so that at least things are archived.

Mashuptown.com has always been a TypePad blog, and that just got more obvious when 6A focused more intently on TP. The site has started including videos, so, now, I am beginning to feel my efforts are a bit superfluous.

I tried very hard to have every entry have videos that were just as mashed up as the songs themselves. Of course, but now, it's just easier to find them at the site. So... follow "Dr. Art" to have Mashuptown.com part of your blogging experience for more mashup goodness. They've also got a Twitter feed and a number of ways to subscribe to your liking, including podcast and RSS feeds.

jaklumen () ♥ www.weheartmusic.com

Mashups: King of Rock and Adele 1988

 

I Just Wanna Whole Lotta Love

Jay-Z/Led Zepplin/Crooklyn Clan

As those who follow my blog at all have noticed, I'm all about the mashups, and so I am back with a double feature.

First up is a mix by DJ Bling and the Urban Expedition Project (UEP) titled King of Rock.  True to the title, it features a lot of hip-hop, rap, and R&B mashed with rock from the '60s to '90s, as well as a lot of '80s electronic pop hits.  It's also likely to be true to mashup's general "bastard pop" genre label; I can imagine a lot of purists and hardcore rock fans being very pissed off about hearing their favorite rock anthems being mashed with contemporary hip-hop/rap artists!  But if you're really into a nice chocolate-vanilla swirl flavor of rock and rap, I would highly recommend giving King of Rock a listen.

The mix can be found at DJ Illa's site here.  It's long and continuous-- perfect for a nightclub or dance hall setting, but you can download it as a zip file with separate tracks, which is easier for burning a CD copy.

Make You Feel My Love (Remot Remix) Mick Boogie & Adele Adele http://weheartmus... They are calling Adele Adkins (or better known as Adele) the new "Amy" (Winehouse). It is no sur...

Mick Boogie's Adele 1988 is a decidedly different approach, although it has some similar mixtures of sound.  It's a mashup of the album 19 by 4-time Grammy nominated British soul singer Adele, with a late '80s hip-hop sound.  U.S. audiences may be familiar with her musical guest appearance on Saturday Night Live on October 18, 2008, which prominently featured then-Republican Vice President candidate Sarah Palin.  (Indeed, it's the first place I saw her as well.)

That said, I wouldn't call it a mashup in the strictest sense of the word, since mashups usually encompass two or more complete works that are independently whole.  Furthermore, this doesn't feature all of the tracks of the original album, although I would say it's fairly representative in what is used.  The Mick Boogie site calls it a complete reinterpretation-- and since most of the tracks are listed as remixes (without listing the artists sampled/mashed specifically), I would say it's more accurately called a remix.  Then again, mashups and bastard pop have been called forms of the remix, so the distinction is academic.

This download is also available for free, along with further details concerning Adele 1988 here at the Mick Boogie website.

 

Links: djilla.com mickboogie.com

 12/20/2008 16:24:20  ♥ written by jaklumen ( / jaklumen.vox.com)