Wednesday Wadio: 99 Problems / Scarlet Begonias.

Jul 27 2005

Wednesday Wadio: 99 Problems / Scarlet Begonias.

Published by Dave at 7:13 am under

"Bastard pop is a musical genre which, in its purest form, consists of the combination (usually by digital means) of the music from one song with the acapella from another. Typically, the music and vocals belong to completely different genres. At their best, bastard pop songs strive for musical epiphanies that add up to considerably more than the sum of their parts."

I've heard several of these so called Jay-Z "mashups" - Jigga meets The Beatles, J-Hova meets Linkin Park, etc. - but the best so far has been Zigga Jizzy Ho-Ho coming face to face with the Grateful Dead in the 13 song album "Jay-Z's Dead". The potential for patchouli and bling jokes here is so tremendous that I'm left speechless, but have a listen on Radio Pye and see if you're struck with the sudden urge to bust a cap whilst playing hackey sack.

The meld of Scarlet Begonias and 99 Problems is my favorite tune, but other notables include Dirt Off Your Shoulders/Friend Of The Devil and December 4th/Dark Star. I'm not a huge Jigga fan and I'm only beginning to dip my toe in the Dead after years of violent resistance, but I think these conglomerations are extremely cool and I can't wait to see what they come up with next as more and more underground DJs get into the 'mix'. Hah, you see what I did there?

Have a look here for more examples - including KRS One vs. S Club 7, Jet vs. Christina Aquilera and Eminem vs. a slew of popular T.V. themes. Meanwhile, I'll be here in my apartment making a 3-foot Hennessy bong.

7 Responses to “Wednesday Wadio: 99 Problems / Scarlet Begonias.”

# Detroit Velvet Smooth from Monctonon 27 Jul 2005 at 8:04 am
Have a good show man.
# Dave Pyeon 27 Jul 2005 at 8:19 am
Don't harsh my mellow and I won't rip your buzz, dude.
# Aubson 27 Jul 2005 at 9:41 am
I have heard this before and I think its great! Not a huge Dead Fan myself. Do love the Jigga Man though. I think its pretty f'n cool that someone thought to mix the 2. Thanks for putting it on Radio Pye.
# mr_stiltson 27 Jul 2005 at 10:15 am
Take a listen to the samples of some of these mashups.

Some good. Some very shite.

http://www.htfr.com/mashups
# Dave Pyeon 27 Jul 2005 at 10:29 am
Nice one, Stilts. Did you listen to Nelly vs. Spandau Ballet? Funny... but I liked it better when it was called P.M. Dawn.

My favorite is The Clash vs. Grandmaster Flash. I always thought "Guns of Brixton" would make a great hip-hop sample.
# mr_stiltson 27 Jul 2005 at 12:09 pm
DP,

Ya that site is as they say..t"he dogs bollocks!"

I kind of liked PHIL COLLINS VS NWA - XPRESS YOURSELF TONITE. Talk about opposite ends of the spectrum
# Hinesyon 27 Jul 2005 at 4:32 pm
Resist the dead. No one wants to smell your ass unshowered.