Jumping on the hipster bandwagon

No I'm not going to start wearing trucker hats or tight pants and white belts..at least not just yet.

But I'm buying intothe hype of this amazing mash up album by Girl Talk called "Night Ripper".. I'm out of the loop (like, was I ever in it?), but mash ups have been the rage in the past few years. These invlove fusing contemporary rap and other type tracks (alternative rock, classic rock, other hip-hop joints etc..) into "new songs" - these were made famous by DJ Danger Mouse who fused tracks from the Beatle's White album and Jay-Z's Black Album to make the "Grey Album". Although I have little knowledge of such exercises, I still am enamored with a mashing of Missy Elliot's "Get Your Freak On" and Joy Divison's "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

Anyway, this Girl Talk album is nothing short of amazing, constant party jams- 40 or so minutes of continuous fusing of Dem Franchise Boyz, Nas, Biggie Smalls, Ying-Yang Twins, Dre and Snnop Dogg twins etc with Elton John, George Benson, Hum, Nirvana, Boston, Stevie wonder, Weezer, Better than Ezra, Billy Squier - and this just cuts at the surface. I dare anyone to try and name all the samples used on this album, although apparently a Wikipedia contribtor has done just this. This album just rules, illegal as it may be - its even released by a label called "Illegal Art"..I'm a beleiver and happy to burn a copy for anyone who wants it (illegality breeds illegality, knowwhatI'msayin')...

Check out some samples on the proverbial myspace page of Girl Talk.