This Month in America

Earlier this month Barack Obama won the US Presidency. At Grant Park in Chicago hundreds of thousands of people celebrated in unity as he gave his victory speach. It was an incredible experience, but I didn’t realize ’til the next day, when I saw this AP video essy, just how incredible: [youtube aKgwDbUJ-5U] That was Tuesday, November 4, ’08. Three…

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Election Season Wrap Up

Lets begin with a brand new political bounce-step track from DJ Flack, the title of which sums up part of our longing for change right now: Mashit Exclusive MP3 Download DJ Flack “Ready for Peace” -> [audio:https://archive.mashit.com/audio/Ready-for-Peace.mp3] Now for the recap. We began blogging about this historic election back in Feb. when Snoop Dogg was on Larry King discussing the…

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Rainbow Video on Joystyxx Radio

This Monday, Nov. 17 we’re having a very special guest on the Joystyxx Radio show to perform a live on-air set. (Update: this weeks show will be preempted by a basketball game. We’ll welcome our regularly scheduled special guest on the show Monday, Dec 1.) Rainbow Video makes bangin’ electo-club mashups and performs them live with his laptop/MIDI controllers. I…

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Taste, Wot Iz It?

I’ve had many conversations with friends about what we call “yeahrhh rock.” You know, the stuff that was sparked by the love-child of Eddie Vedder‘s and James Hetfield‘s vocal stylings? I was reminded of these conversations after reading a hilarious article in Wired magazine about the music website Pandora. The question is weather Pandora can actually help someone with their…

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DJ Elected

Last time I was touring around Europe DJ Elected invited me to play at one of his Harlem Jungle parties in Amsterdam. I can’t remember exactly how we made contact, but I hadn’t been aware of his music before that. Since that time I’ve become a big fan. He’s been producing and releasing some serious tunes on his Sirkus Recordings…

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M.I.A. Sparks the Boyz to Talk Politics

I’m noticing an emerging theme; M.I.A. has been inspiring some hip-hop activism on her remixes. I’m glad to see her and Jay Z (!) taking the lead by talking about leadership. Jay seems to realize that his piece of the bling-pie will be eaten by someone much more wealthy than him if he doesn’t speak up and push for change.…

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DJ C “Mas Hits” Album (Free Download)

Over the past year, DJ C has produced and released a whole slew of mashups and remixes, many of which have been available as part of our Free Tunes series. For this release, we present those mashups all together as a free download album entitled “Mas Hits.” “Album of the year” – Boom Blokk: Bonn, Germany You can preview and download all…

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Spreading the Virus With “Paper Planes”

Wayne pointed out this post on Vibe’s blog about the abundance of M.I.A. “Paper Planes” remixes floating around. I had already collected a bunch over the past year, but recently they’ve been popping up like mushrooms on shit after a rain storm. Many of them seem to be legit/official (or semi-official) versions featuring prominent rappers like 50 Cent, Jim Jones,…

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DJ Flack to Rock the Good Life

Our boy DJ Flack has been organizing a set of 2/dub/bass-step slammers for to rock the house at The Good Life in Boston on Wed: In the past year and a half, there’s been a small explosion of club nights in Boston devoted to bass-centric genres first spawned in the clubs of London: bassline, 2-step, and (most famously) dub step”…

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Ouch! “The System”

This track is so good it hurts: Music Video: Terry Lynn “The System” [youtube I9PAuzjcxGM&eurl] More info @ kingstonlogic.com and phreemusic.com MP3 Download: Terry Lynn “The System” -> [audio:https://archive.mashit.com/audio/System.mp3] This one’s pretty dope too: Music Video: Terry Lynn “Kingstonlogic” [youtube tMJGIrtLq7s]