Songs For Your Day

I really love mashups with rap music. As hard as I’ve tried to like Jay-Z’s original albums, for example, I find myself listening way more frequently to his music when it’s combined with The Beatles (mixed by Danger Mouse), Radiohead (mixed by Max Tannone), or Linkin Park (mixed by Linkin Park). Max Tannone’s mashups of Mos Def and Talib Kweli with old-school reggae are absolutely celebrational. Years back I used to put a Jimi Hendrix/Snoop Dogg mashup on nearly every CD mix I burned. My current obsession is Wugazi.

In 2011, producers Cecil Otter and Swiss Andy, of whom I know absolutely nothing else, released a thirteen track mashup of the post-hardcore punk band Fugazi with the absolute legends of rap Wu-Tang Clan, called 13 Chambers. I’ve never listened to Fugazi on their own, and I’ve only dabbled in Wu-Tang, though I like what I’ve heard. So I’m not really able to speak to Wugazi from the perspective of how the songs are different from either band’s originals, but I can speak to the infectious energy of Wugazi.

And that’s it. I have nothing more to say, no more perspective to offer. You gotta listen, though. Maybe it’s not your thing, but who knew it would be mine, right? I’ll post the whole 13 Chambers Youtube video, but if you don’t want to sit through the entire thing, at least listen to track 1: “Sleep Rules Everything Around Me,” track 3: “Another Chessboxin’ Argument,” and track 6: “Shame on Blue.” Goddamn stunning stuff.