Holiday weekends are made for fire blends. This Aaliyah x Outkast jawn just hit and it has me OPEN. Smooth, backyard chill vibes courtesy of Dixon Brothers.
While Nappy DJ Needles' "Luchini" / "Hot Nigga" blend was much better IMHO, this shit had me bugging just as easily. I'm a sucker for early Bone singles, and "CoCo" was an ignant anthem from last year. You already know.
This is fucking amazing. "EDDIE B SWIFT LINED UP 10 DJ'S TO BATTLE IN 2 WEEKS BACK TO BACK, WHO DOES THAT??? LOL WE HAD THE FRIENDLY SWORDS OUT PAUSE!! AND WENT SONG FOR SONG & BLEND FOR BLEND.... TEAM STRAIGHT FACE....."
Jazmine Sullivan "Holding You Down (Ted Smooth Remix)": This is ready for your Saturday night mixshows - Ted knows how to blend some classic sounds underneath some new school tracks.I'm not mad at Philly's Jazmine Sullivan at all, but for some reason I've never properly listened to her album... might need to fix that.
Usher "There Goes My Baby (Dajaz1 Remix)": You know I fuck with a good blend. Splash from Dajaz1 cooked up this blend of Usher's latest over Tribe's "Bonita Applebum", which was a favorite of mine when I was in grade school. Has a cool, late summer evening vibe to it. Respect.
I don't know about you, but I LOVE a dope blend. Not a mash-up or whatever you want to call it in 2010, but a dope blend. Ted Smooth still puts out quality blends, as do some others, and this mixtape from DJ Books (who represents The Thieves Theme and The Diggers Union) is taking it BACK with this one. Back to the DJ S&S days. Back before DJ Vlad was a journalist. Hit the jump for download links and the back cover. Proper Memorial Day steelo.
Eminem vs. Soundmurderer & SK-1 "Dreader Than Em (RTD Blend)": Here's something I just did. For some reason, I've known about (and loved) "Dreader Than Dread" for a while, but never remembered which Em song they grabbed his "the looniest, zaniest, spontaneous sporadic" line from. Figured it out at work and affixed "Dread" at the proper time. Might be a nice DJ tool to bridge your Hip-Hop to Jungle mixes? Who knows. Enjoy.
EDIT I also just remembered/forgot to mention that both the Dirty Dozen and the REWIND Records crew were out of Detroit. Hotbed of flavor, that city.
Rihanna "Rude Boy (Emynd's 'Sun God' Blend)": The one like @Emynd always flips some great blends, but I've not been keeping tabs on them for whatever reason. Glad I stumbled upon this one this morning. GREAT flip of Hi-Tek's "Sun God" with RiRi's latest; he even throws Baby Cham's "Rude Boy Pledge" verse on this for added flavor.
DJ Cable Vs. Ludacris & Starkey "How Low, Luv? (THUGSTEP Blend)" [clean \ dirty]: You should remember this from Cable's January 2010 Podcast; he figured it worked so well that he twerked a full-on blend for it. Shit's bangin' - THUGSTEP is a movement.
Usher ft. Jadakiss "Daddy's Home (Ted Smooth Remix)": Nice classic blend from the remix king, Ted Smooth. With the way "Daddy's Home" is getting burn right now, this might be the perfect time (i.e. Super Bowl weekend) to drop this one. 'Kiss drops a dope verse at the beginning. Dunzo.
Objektiv One "Hustlin' (The Spoon Hustler Mash Up)": Here's a fresh blend that Objektiv One cooked up, bonding Rick Ross' "Hustlin'" with Spoon's "The Way We Get By". Sounds like something I'd rock to on DJ Hero, nahmean? Really playful, and the piano in this is good wake-up music. Word is an EP of mash-ups is dropping from OB-1, so please believe we'll drop more info on this when it becomes available.
Dil Jackson "Player Has Butterflies": This is awesome. J. Rocc is working on a J Dilla/Michael Jackson project called Share My Bed, and this is one of my favorite blends of either of their tracks since their untimely deaths. The blend works b/c he doesn't just throw a vocal over the beat - he actually put some thought into it, where it sounds like Dilla was really in the studio, vibing with MJ over this one. It sounds great, and it sounds like some shit I'd want to hear. I'm in awe, and cannot wait to hear more!
DJ Cable Vs. Jay-Z "99 Problems (Super Brooklyn Blend)": Big. DJ Cable flips the Cocoa B'z "Super Brooklyn" instrumental over Hov's classic "99 Problems". This actually fits very well! DJs, get on this one! I've heard a few blends of this, even over some experimental Jungle, but this blend is the most fun out of all of 'em.
DJ Mighty Mi "Make Da Trap Say Rave": Here's a massive blend from Mighty Mi, flippin' OJ Da Juiceman's ignorant trap anthem into some certified club bangin' funk. Oddly enough, I wouldn't be able to fuck with the instrumental, but through some dopeboy nigga nonsense over it? I'm all for it. Christ.
Reso vs. Jeremih "Onsen Sex (TRENCH Mashup)": Do you remember The Takeover mix from DZK? Homey has been on a roll with his mashup game (under the guise TRENCH), and has a stack of fire that was expertly presented to you in that mix. While those were DnB mixes, here's a mashup of Reso's "Onsen" with Jeremih's "Birthday Sex", which has been catching crazy fire over the first half of 2009. This is the perfect grindtime late-night mood music, with a nice tempo accenting dude's post-R. Kelly come-ons. There are more where these came from, so hold tight!
Lady Gaga ft. Busta Rhymes "Just Dance (Ted Smooth Remix)" [clean \ dirty]: In an age where the term "mash-up" has erased what I grew up on, the BLEND, Harlem's Ted Smooth is keeping the sound alive. Just peep how he took Fatty GaGa's track and threw the "Nigga What, Nigga Who" beat underneath, really playing with the varying tempos. Solid work.