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The Beatles white album + Jay Z's black album acapella's =
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| Matthew D |
DJ Danger Mouse - The grey album.
DJ Danger Mouse's recent Grey Album, which remixes Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles White Album, has been hailed as a innovative hip-hop triumph. Despite that and the fact that only 3,000 copies of the album are in circulation, EMI sent cease and desist letters yesterday to Danger Mouse and the handful of stores that were selling the album, demanding that the album be destroyed.
"EMI isn't looking for compensation, they're trying to ban a work of art," said Downhill Battle's Rebecca Laurie.
"Special interests, including the major labels, have turned copyright law into a weapon," said Downhill Battle co-founder Holmes Wilson. "If Danger Mouse had requested permission and offered to pay royalties, EMI still would have said no and the public would never have been able to enjoy this critically acclaimed work. Artists are being forced to break the law to innovate."
The Grey Album has been widely shared on file sharing networks such as Kazaa and Soulseek, and has garnered critical acclaim in Rolling Stone (which called it "the ultimate remix record" and "an ingenious hip-hop record that sounds oddly ahead of its time"), the Boston Globe (which called it the "most creatively captivating" album of the year), and other major news outlets.
I'm not a big fan of hiphop , but after reading about this album in Rolling stone I had to check it out and its INCREDIBLE! |
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| albertoR |
| are u matthew dekay or just some poser? |
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| MindShifter |
| quote: | Originally posted by albertoR
are u matthew dekay or just some poser? |
One would think that in the time that you read the post, his handle and respond you woulda glanced at his sig, wherein the answer to your question lies:rolleyes: |
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| JayD |
Yea man, love to see innovative stuff like this. Wicked.
JaY |
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| Mr.Mystery |
No no no.
Never mess with the Beatles. |
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| TwoPlow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
No no no.
Never mess with the Beatles. |
That was my first thought. Still sounds interesting though. I'll probably look into it. |
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| Kinde |
| Yeah, some really good stuff on this album... and I'm not a big hip-hop fan either. It just works surprisingly well, you gotta give props to Dj Danger Mouse for what he has done... |
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| Kinde |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
No no no. Never mess with the Beatles. |
So, have you actually heard it? If not, try downloading tracks like 'What More Can I Say' and '99 Problems'. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kinde
So, have you actually heard it? If not, try downloading tracks like 'What More Can I Say' and '99 Problems'. |
No, and I don't intend to either. |
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| Matthew D |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kinde
Yeah, some really good stuff on this album... and I'm not a big hip-hop fan either. It just works surprisingly well, you gotta give props to Dj Danger Mouse for what he has done... |
yeah I was pleasantly surprised too. |
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| Matthew D |
| quote: | Originally posted by MindShifter
One would think that in the time that you read the post, his handle and respond you woulda glanced at his sig, wherein the answer to your question lies:rolleyes: |
I'm glad someone thought to look there |
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| Kinde |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
No, and I don't intend to either. |
Good to hear you know what you are talking about then... :rolleyes: you can step off your soap box now... |
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