All Day Samples – Thumbs Up
Girl Talk released his newest mashup album, All Day, a few weeks ago. Travis McLeskey put together a website, www.alldaysamples.com where he displays the songs currently being sampled visually as you listen. This really helps you appreciate all the detail that Girl Talk puts into his work and demonstrates why he is the best mashup artist around. Here is an interview that McLeskey did about the project.
(I realize that I am super late on this, but I thought I would post it anyway because I hadn’t blogged in a while.)
Thumbs Up – The Hood Internet
Do you like mash-ups? Love listening to 100 songs in one album with Girl Talk or Super Mash Bros? Then you need to check out The Hood Internet. These guys put out great mash-ups all the time, and pretty regularly too. From Phoenix to Wale to Michael Jackson to Lauryn Hill to Bon Iver, these guys cover everything. And now you can sample the best of their work in one album, The Mixtape Volume Four.
First off, how can you say no to any album that had this cover. I would consider listening to Celine Dion if her album had a cover this awesome. Secondly, this album is just over an hour long, which is a bit longer than Girl Talk’s Feed the Animals and longer than all the Super Mash Bros. tunes I have. Now we come to the actual music, which is awesome. Most of the tracks are fairly short (there are 34 of them) so you get a similar effect to the fast paced nature of more well known mash-up artists. All in all, the album is upbeat and fun to listen to, as well as very eclectic in its selections. So check out this album, and if you like it, there’s 3 more mixtapes for you to enjoy too.
Super Mash Bros. – Thumbs Up
For those of you who like Girl Talk, you should give a listen to Super Mash Bros. They feature a similar mash up style (if you couldn’t guess by their name) and have just released their second album, entitled “All About the Scrillions” [download here]. It’s as good as their first album (“Fuck Bitches. Get Euros.”) and free to download. If you like these songs and you’re interested in more mash-up music, check the wikipedia entry about mashup for a list of albums. Here’s one of their songs off the first album.
