Monday Mixtape - Remix Edition

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(Author's Note: So I had the full intention to have completed a couple more posts by this point, but what can I say, I got distracted. Due to $$ and vacation time and other reasons, I was in the district for the holiday. So to keep from catching cabin fever I forced myself to get out of the house (and subsequently away from blogging) as much as possible. I did get a chance to check out some of the films from my holiday movie preview though, so it was sorta blog-related...)

Anyways, now for today's post:

Diagnosis - Holiday Hangover Monday

Prescription - ReeeeeeMiiiiiixTape Monday


For many of us working Joes and Janes, it's time to get back to work after the long weekend from the holidays. In the grand scheme of things, there are plenty of worse things than coming back to work after a long weekend, but right now the thought of going back to the office probably seems like the worst.thing.ever.

Working a 9 to 6 job five days a week involves getting into a routine and sticking to it. Making a habit of things helps keep you on top of your game. But having a long weekend and a shortened week from a holiday just throws everything off. It mixes it all up. Productivity drops as a result.

What you need is a way to cope with this mixed-up week, and so I bring to you this week's Monday morning Mixtape: Remix edition, featuring my top 5 remixes that take songs that have almost nothing to do with each other and just make them work.

A lot of these tracks represent the fusion between indie and hip-hop that make for some incredible tunes. Whether it's Lupe Fiasco rappin over Radiohead, or Notorious B.IG. rhyms set to Passion Pit's "Swimming in the Flood", these remixes bring together different genres of music that could signal the future of both indie and hip-hop music. Signs of this are already becoming apparent: such as Jay-Z and Beyonce being spotted at a Grizzly Bear concert, and Kid Cudi's recent track CudderIsBack sampling Vampire Weekend's "Ottoman" off of the Nick & Norah's soundtrack. But don't just take my word for it, take it from Jay-Z himself:







If this is the direction things are going, I'm down.

-DR


P.S. Here are the tracks with links to original songs included:

  1. The Hood Internet - "Two Weeks of Hip Hop" (Grizzly Bear vs. Dead Prez)
  2. Lupe Fiasco - "The National Anthem" Remix (Radiohead)
  3. Xaphoon Jones - "Swimming in the Sky" (Passion Pit "Swimming in the Flood" vs. Notorious B.I.G. "Sky is the Limit" vs. Beyonce "Single Ladies")
  4. Kid Cudi - "Man on the Moon (The Anthem)" ('Aquarium' by Nosaj Thing sample)
  5. Chiddy Bang - "All Things Go" ('Chicago' by Sufjan Stevens sample)

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