Greetings waveriders.
I've found something to enrich your listening life that needs to be
shared immediately. Why the
urgency? Simple. I don't know how long this music will remain
online before the artist responsible will receive a cease and desist letter
forcing it's removal from the interwebs.
No, I am not pulling your leg. As
a rule the powers that be don't like mashup albums containing material they
own. Thus there is a time limit on Yasiin Gaye - The Return (Side Two) and
I don't know when the final grain of sand will fall through the hourglass.
I'll be totally honest folks. I like musical mashups. Hold on.
Let me add some qualifiers onto that last statement.
I like musical mashups that work well and that don't tarnish my memory
of the original works. Amerigo Gazaway is a master of the
mashup. I first discovered him when I
ran across his Bizarre Tribe album
which mashed together songs by The
Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest. Before that he had released an album called Fela Soul combining Fela Kuti songs with raps from De
La Soul. What impresses me to no end
is how each of Amerigo Gazaway's
compositions are utterly seamless. It is
truly stunning, and never more true than on Yasiin
Gaye.
Yasiin Gaye - The Return (Side Two) represents an
imaginary collaboration between Yasiin
Bey aka Mos Def and Marvin Gaye. Actually this is the second album released
under the YG name, hence 'The Return'. Whereas the first mashed together Mos Def raps with Marvin Gaye's songs, this sequel of sorts mashes Mos Def vocals with songs that Marvin Gaye produced. The result is incredible! Did I mention that you can grab this album
for free off Amerigo Gazaway's bandcamp
page? No? How careless of me. I'll just leave this linked player below...
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