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While there have been a ton of rap mash up albums put together since Danger Mouse dropped the classic Grey Album, most of them shouldn't have made it past the initial concept stage. Sometimes the idea for the mash up works well for one track (ex. 50 Cent vs. Nine Inch Nails -- In Da Club/Closer), but the dj ends up having to force a couple of mismatched songs together to get enough tracks for a full album (50 Cent vs. Queen).
The three mash up albums that have stayed in my tape deck after the initial novelty wore off:
Jay-Z/Beatles: The Grey Album
Mobb Deep/Bob Marley: Bobb Deep
Notorious B.I.G./Frank Sinatra: Blue Eyes Bed Stuy
Today I got a copy of a new mash up album by the Tapemasters and John Shotti, A Prince In Harlem, blending Prince songs with Cam'ron's vocals. If I was a bigger fan of Cam'ron (or Prince) I'd probably be more receptive to this. The production on it is well done, all the beats match up properly and the concept behind it is pretty good. Prince rocks purple furs, Cam rocks pink furs, why not blend them together? The main problem I have with this tape is that the Prince samples tend to be slower in tempo than the original beats that Dipset were rapping over. This leaves the songs sounding a lot more mellow than what you might expect from the Diplomats. Here are a couple tracks from the tape:
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5/11/2006 9:48:19 AM posted by Fresh