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- Nov 04, 12
The first time I heard Keyshia Cole’s “Love”, I was immediately struck by the heavy sentimentality, the clarity of Miss Cole’s voice, and what I perceived to be a sophisticated chord progression of the sort you don’t often hear on the radio.
That’s why, when I found the a capella about a year ago, at the height of my mashup mania, it was very important to me to find an instrumental that would not only be harmonic, but would truly do justice to the vocal in its own unique way, and justify listening beyond the original.
I hope I’ve done that with this blend, in which the instrumental to Alicia Keys’ “Like You’ll Never See Me Again” is transposed down to meet the key of “Love”. Let me know what you think.
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- Nov 04, 11
I recently got my paws on an acapella of Ellie Goulding’s “Lights”, and began testing it out over various beats in my collection. The instrumental to Jazmine Sullivan’s ”Holding You Down (Goin’ In Circles)” seemed to compliment “Lights” with interesting harmony. This is the resulting blend.
At 100 bpm, its tempo is slightly faster than the original “Holding You Down” (95 bpm) and quite a bit slower than the original “Lights” (120 bpm). I found this speed to be a good compromise between the two. I include a few scratches before dropping the vocal. Though my scratching skills are rather humble, I’m pretty pleased with the way it turned out. Listen, download, and comment!
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Dog Days Are Over and Over
It’s about time you admit it, Who you kiddin’, man, Nobody’s ever done it like I did it…
- Latest mashup. Three wish-themed songs combined: “I Wish” by Skee-Lo, “I Wish” by Carl Thomas, and “Airplanes” by B.o.B
(No streaming audio available)72 plays - My latest hour-long mix. Presumptious to think anyone will sit there and listen to its entirety on your computer, but I encourage you to download it and bump it in your car or something. Good for midnight drives, I think…
(No streaming audio available)53 plays - lionprints: graphiteghost: Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” over the instrumental to “I Wanna Sex You Up” by Color Me Badd. Wow what a great mash up, Joshua. Aw, thank you, Alex :) And thanks so much for rebloggin’ it!
(No streaming audio available)284 plays - Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” over the instrumental to “I Wanna Sex You Up” by Color Me Badd.
(No streaming audio available)284 plays - Made a sweet lil song with my friend, Stephanie. She wrote it. I just duct-taped her vocals, stapled some drums and harps and stuff to it. and crazy-glued it all together. One of my first “production” efforts.
(No streaming audio available)123 plays - Michael Jackson & Akon’s “Hold My Hand” acapella over the instrumental to Wiz Khalifa’s “Young Wild & Free”
(No streaming audio available)1856 plays - One of my favorite mashups.
(No streaming audio available)2131 plays - Replay” by Iyaz over the instrumental to Ray J’s “Sexy Can I”. One of the first mashups I ever made.
(No streaming audio available)1788 plays - Michael & Akon’s “Hold My Hand” over Kanye’s “Runaway” instrumental.
(No streaming audio available)404 plays - Will Smith’s “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” theme over J Dilla’s beat for “Find A Way” by A Tribe Called Quest.
(No streaming audio available)840 plays - Lady Gaga’s “Love Game” vocal over the instrumental to Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep”
(No streaming audio available)630 plays - Katy Perry’s “E.T.” vocal over the instrumental to Chris Brown’s “Deuces”
(No streaming audio available)477 plays - People seem reluctant to reblog this one. I wonder if it’s the picture I put on it, haha. C’mon, give it a chance.
(No streaming audio available)739 plays - I was kinda fuckin’ around when I made this mash, but I ended up liking it a lot. It grows on ya, I think. Listen to it, like, three times.
(No streaming audio available)423 plays - Sweet Dreams That I Used To Know [Gotye & Kimbra/ Beyonce]
(No streaming audio available)295083 plays - wanderlustswede: cdxblog: This just made my night! My mind is BLOWN. Gotye & Kimbra’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” over the instrumental to Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams” WOW. JUST. WOW. I had serious beginner’s luck with tumblr. This mashup was one of my first posts, and it quickly racked up over 40,000 notes, and nearly 300,000 plays on my SoundCloud. Nothing else I’ve ever posted has even approached this level of popularity (Well, except that “Eleanor Rigby E.T.” thing. That kinda blew up, too). Still, I post new mixes all the time. They get a modest handful of reblogs, sometimes. I’d love some new followers, on both SoundCloud and tumblr. Hit me up!
(No streaming audio available)295083 plays - Uh Oh, 2 Bad [Michael Jackson/ Lumidee]
(No streaming audio available)275 plays - Uh Oh, 2 Bad [Michael Jackson/ Lumidee]
(No streaming audio available)275 plays - My latest mashup. Work in progress…
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- 3 tracks (09:33)Dancehall remixes of "2 Reasons" by Trey Songz featuring T.I.
- by NastyNasty
- by ESTA.
