- The Fray - Heartless (Kanye West Cover)
- Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
- The Police - Message in a Bottle
- 2Pac - Dear Mama
- Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue
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Kanye West’s latest album was a real change of pace for him, veering more towards moody pop than hip-hop. Recently, I did a mashup of his “Love Lockdown” with Radiohead’s “Reckoner”.
When I heard The Fray performing this beautiful cover of Kanye’s “Heartless” on BBC’s Radio 1, it really seemed to capture the song’s melancholy feeling. The Police’s “Message in a Bottle” also fit the mood, and for the beat I used a sloooowwwed down “Boom Boom Pow”, the Black Eyed Peas’ inescapable hit.
Kanye based his original “Heartless” on a sample by the Alan Parsons Project, “Ammonia Avenue”, so I grabbed that sample, and also added a little bit of 2Pac’s “Dear Mama”, where he talks about being “heartless”.
And here’s the video for it:
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:16 am
Educational AND entertaining! Thank you!
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:58 pm
DMAN MAN!!! U killed it!! Nice mix…nicer flow! You know we’ll be playing it on our station
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Sting + Auto Tune= Sick. Then add a little Fray on that Auto Tune, fridiculous. Good stuff man.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Good work again. But still not so disco-dance-fast-enough.
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
the four month gap in new stuff was well work it.. you never disappoint. keep up the great work!
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
this is goood
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:12 am
Bravo! Yet again, you harmonize a wide range of songs into one aurally salacious piece of bastard pop. Keep it up, the world’s listening.
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:45 am
Once again, you are amazing!
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:31 am
I do like this song, but i recomend that you throw in “Fire Burning” by Sean Kingston, or a some Pitbull. that would be a sweet mashup!
May 21st, 2009 at 11:21 pm
You’re a Genuis!
It’s amazing!