Posts Tagged ‘mashup’

Review: Yasiin Gaye: The Departure (Side One) x Amerigo Gazaway + video

Posted: April 17, 2014 in Alternative, Hear This, Hip Hop, New Video, R&B, Review, Soul
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Yasiin Gaye

 

My apologies, this review is long overdue.  But to those of you that have no clue about this project, it’ll be right on time.  Amerigo Gazaway returns with a very seminal project, one that will continue to shape the format of the evolving mash-up.  From his Soul Mates series, Yasiin Gaye: The Departure (Side One) is the undeniable union of the divided soul singer Marvin Gaye and the artist formerly known as Mos Def, Yasiin Bey.  If you weren’t a believer in soul mates, this pairing will dispel your disbelief.  The Departure blends the two artists so seamlessly, it’s as if they were creating simultaneously in the studio.

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Hear This: The Notorious Exchange (mixed by Nappy DJ Needles)

Posted: March 8, 2014 in Alternative, Hear This, Hip Hop, Soul
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notorious exchange

Y’all know how I feel about a good mashup.  This new project from Nappy DJ Needles satisfies my love of delectably blended genres.  The Notorious Exchange reworks classic lyrics from The Notorious B.IG. by laying them over the smooth sounds of The Foreign Exchange.  Enjoy the stream below or download it here.

Instant favorite: “Struggle or Nothing”

Coming Soon: Yasiin Gaye x Amerigo Gazaway (Yasiin Bey + Marvin Gaye mashup)

Posted: January 29, 2014 in Alternative, Hip Hop, Mixtape, New Joint, R&B, Soul, Underground
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Yasiin Gaye

Y’all.  Okayplayer just dropped some heavy, heavy news.  I’m talmbout so heavy, it’ll make your head spin from the weight of it all.  Amerigo Gazaway, returns to reign majestically with an epic fusion from his new series “Soul Mates”–Yasiin Gaye.

Building the album’s foundation from deconstructed samples of Gaye’s Motown classics, Gazaway re-orchestrates the instrumentation into new productions within a similar framework. Carefully weaving Bey’s dense raps and Gaye’ soulful vocals over his new arrangements, the producer delivers a quality far closer to Gaye’s famous duets than that of a “mashup” album.

Yes, that’s the mighty Mos, now known as Yasiin Bey and the Soul Gawd Marvin Gaye.  As one.  Together.  The full project will drop on February 25th but you can listen to the track below and download it here.

Now Playing: A Tribe Called Kast x Nappy DJ Needles

Posted: August 4, 2013 in Alternative, Hear This, Hip Hop, Mixtape, Now Playing
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tribe called kast

Get into this mashup of Outkast rhymes over ATCQ beats.  Ghetto Blastic & The Soulition present A Tribe Called Kast, a blend of 12 remixes reworked and funked up by Nappy DJ Needles.  Download it here.  Get a quick taste below.

Goodness copped from BamaLoveSoul.