the hood internet – decalogue

We all know that I love a nice mash-up as much as the next person. But it is rare that we hear a “concept mashup”, which is exactly what we’ve got ourselves today thanks to The Hood Internet. That is, each portion of the track is a mashup of two songs from each year of the past decade. Two songs from 2000, 2001, etc. See the full list of tracks by year below. I first heard this track last night thanks to James at Mediated Media and it was pretty much love at first site. I definitely smiled more than once when the song would break into the next year/mashup.
How many of these songs were you able to identify on your own?
2000 – Dr. Dre vs Radiohead
2001 – Missy Elliott vs Daft Punk
2002 – Ludacris vs The New Pornographers
2003 – Kelis vs The Rapture
2004 – Twista f/ Kanye West vs Arcade Fire
2005 – Three 6 Mafia vs Sufjan Stevens
2006 – T.I. vs Peter Bjorn and John
2007 – Rich Boy vs LCD Soundsystem
2008 – Lil Wayne vs Hot Chip
2009 – Jay Sean vs Phoenix
I think the strangest part for me is realizing that Idioteque is 10 years old. Holy Canoli!
PS. how awesome is this pic? I borrowed it from My Old Kentucky Blog and they are good.
Posted: March 3rd, 2010
at 8:45am by chris
Tagged with arcade fire, daft punk, dr. dre, kanye west, kelis, ludacris, missy elliot, peter bjorn and john, radiohead, sufjan stevens, t.i., the hood internet, the new pornographers, the rapture, three 6 mafia, twista
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electric wire hustle – they dont want

today weve got a track for you that my former housemates cam and nate would describe as “hot”. electric wire hustle hails from wellington, new zealand and their sound has a little bit of something to keep everyone. there are elements of hip hop, soul, funk, electronic and experimental elements all wrapped up together. theyre currently in the middle of a european tour and i really think they have a good thing going.
“they dont want” has a little something for everyone. it begins with a big horn/string sample (well, i dont know if its really a sample, but its used like a sample) thats almost a bit reminiscent of the opening tunes of kanyes “flashing lights” and then breaks into a marvin gaye inspired soul sound. just when youre getting into the groove of that, it does a complete 180 and goes completely experimental. how do they fit so many genres into one four and a half minute song and still make it all work? cam and nate, this ones definitely hot.
electric wire hustle – they dont want
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Posted: October 6th, 2009
at 8:00am by chris
Tagged with electric wire hustle, kanye west, marvin gaye
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