For those that may have missed some (or all) of these when they first dropped, as the title says, this EP compiles 4 tracks where we either remixed or reworked some of the bigger rap songs from the past year or so.
A little over a month after its release, the long awaited Watch The Throne has been digested and debated by many and no matter where you’re opinion lies, it’s been a dominant conversation piece in hip hop. Given everyone’s familiarity, we felt it was an ideal time to rework one of its standout tracks, “Ni**as In Paris”. The melody is undeniably addictive and, in our minds, it was screaming to be flipped. So we chopped and rearranged it, switched up the tempo and added flavoring from a couple other punch-you-in-the-face-type-intense hip hop classics (”Ante Up” and “Get Your Freak On”, to be precise).
Company Flow is reuniting this weekend so we thought it’d be as good a time as any to drop the extended version of our Vital Nerve remix. First found on our “5 Boro Bass Mix” which paired some classic hip hop songs with drum-n-bass breaks, this one always seemed to stand out, so we doctored it up and made it a stand alone track.
The Bangles “Walk Like An Egyptian”
Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side”
Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”
We’re well aware that this one has all the markings of a gimmicky 2005-era “mash up”. I think we started out trying to find a tamer but still dance-friendly blend for the “Walk Like An Egyptian” acapella and somehow ended up taking it in the complete opposite direction, making it more of a mellow party break instead. Ultimately, it’s a flip of the Lou Reed more than anything, and with the ghost of A Tribe Called Quest’s “Can I Kick It” floating in the background, I hope you’ll find the result a whole lot classier than most of the “just add water” gimmickry from years back.
The term “summer anthem” is being thrown around for this DJ Khaled & Drake collabo that dropped last week.While not the track’s biggest fans there’s definitely something to it, so we decided to write it a new bassline, put it at a more dancefloor friendly tempo and make it something we could see as OUR summer anthem.
Lykke Li’s acoustic ballad “I Know Places” had a melody and title that reminded us of the classic Talking Heads track “This Must Be The Place”. So we decided to flip both for this remix.