It's mashup time again with the usual gang of mixmasters once again for 2010. They're up to the minute, as Cee-Lo's instant classic "F--k You" is already part of the proceedings thanks to Voicedude, who mashes up the Jackson 5 "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" with that song. (Gotta point out that this particular Christmas song seems to get a lot of mashup love and that it's starting to border on cliché.) Voicedude also offers "Christmas Fire," in which Billy Squier's holiday tune seamlessly meets Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire." Dj BC brings us "8-Bit Hip-Hop Christmas," featuring video game music versions of "Let It Snow" over a rap that isn't familiar to me but is holiday-themed. Smash-up Derby finds a non-Jacksons version of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" to lay over the White Stripes on "Seven Nation Santa." Mojochronic stops in twice with his "Motown Christmas" and this season's winner, "Rudolph (You Don't Have To Put On the Red Light)," the latter featuring the Police and the former liberally raiding the Motown Christmas library to mash one familiar hit on top of another. "Swing the Boot" by Martinn drags everything from Elvis to Mike Oldfield to Jona Lewie on top of the Greenhill Dixieland Jazz Band for what sounds like something that could be the overture to a Broadway musical. Divide & Kreate brings Clarence Carter together with Donna Summer for a great "I Feel Santa," using the backing track from "I Feel Love." DJ Flack's "Insane in the Winter Wonderland" brings Cypress Hill together with Rosemary Clooney and the Mexicali Brass Band, and DJ McFly mashes Jay-Z with Peanuts (does Charlie Brown really have "99 Problems?") for "If You Jinglin'." There's two versions of this and three versions of "Forget You Santa" on the full download, but of course you may pick and choose among what you like; it's free after all (the creators recommend a charitable contribution be made to a non-profit for the needy as a token of appreciation). Once again, this isn't just technical artistry; as in the past, this is a fairly listenable collection, not to mention a danceable one.
Santastic V: Snow, Man!, various artists (dj BC)
It's mashup time again with the usual gang of mixmasters once again for 2010. They're up to the minute, as Cee-Lo's instant classic "F--k You" is already part of the proceedings thanks to Voicedude, who mashes up the Jackson 5 "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" with that song. (Gotta point out that this particular Christmas song seems to get a lot of mashup love and that it's starting to border on cliché.) Voicedude also offers "Christmas Fire," in which Billy Squier's holiday tune seamlessly meets Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire." Dj BC brings us "8-Bit Hip-Hop Christmas," featuring video game music versions of "Let It Snow" over a rap that isn't familiar to me but is holiday-themed. Smash-up Derby finds a non-Jacksons version of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" to lay over the White Stripes on "Seven Nation Santa." Mojochronic stops in twice with his "Motown Christmas" and this season's winner, "Rudolph (You Don't Have To Put On the Red Light)," the latter featuring the Police and the former liberally raiding the Motown Christmas library to mash one familiar hit on top of another. "Swing the Boot" by Martinn drags everything from Elvis to Mike Oldfield to Jona Lewie on top of the Greenhill Dixieland Jazz Band for what sounds like something that could be the overture to a Broadway musical. Divide & Kreate brings Clarence Carter together with Donna Summer for a great "I Feel Santa," using the backing track from "I Feel Love." DJ Flack's "Insane in the Winter Wonderland" brings Cypress Hill together with Rosemary Clooney and the Mexicali Brass Band, and DJ McFly mashes Jay-Z with Peanuts (does Charlie Brown really have "99 Problems?") for "If You Jinglin'." There's two versions of this and three versions of "Forget You Santa" on the full download, but of course you may pick and choose among what you like; it's free after all (the creators recommend a charitable contribution be made to a non-profit for the needy as a token of appreciation). Once again, this isn't just technical artistry; as in the past, this is a fairly listenable collection, not to mention a danceable one.
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