Since I featured 5 Alive‘s remix of the Beastie Boys‘ ‘Roots Down‘ back in July I’ve been keeping tabs on the New York remix artist. I’ve been sitting on these mashups since the end of the Summer but figured now is a good time to reintroduce his stuff.
Love his treatment of the classic Santana moment to celebrate Woodstock’s 40th anniversary.
Tracks available on myspace.
Mash-up artists would be forgiven for steering well clear of Jay-Z samples after the bar was set so high by Danger Mouse‘s seminal ‘Grey Album’. Still, this didn’t deter Max Tannone for unleashing his superb Jaydiohead remix album a few months ago.
Now he is back with his personal re-working of the Beastie Boys‘ classic ‘Check Your Head‘. This ambitious project takes the instrumental parts from the album and reworks the lyrics over them breathing new life into the classic album.
Don’t be shy, download the entire album here
Last week’s ‘All Points West’ festival was an opportunity for a bunch of artists to wish MCA a quick recovery and celebrate the music of the Beastie Boys.
Jay-Z’s, who replaced the Beasties headline slot on Friday, covered ‘No Sleep To Brooklyn’. Not one to be outdone, Chris Martin offered a reworked piano led version of ‘Fight For Your Right‘.
Once again, get well soon MCA!
TRACK:
Coldplay – Fight For Your Right To Party (live @ All Points West)
Beastie Boy Adam Yaunch (AKA MCA) has been diagnosed with cancer of the preaortic gland and lymph node. The rapper, flanked by friend and bandmate Ad-Rock, took a novel approach to breaking the news to fans by broadcasting it to the world via a youtube video and added that he expects to fully recovery. However, inevitably their tour schedule and imminent album ‘Hot Sauce Committee‘, due in September, will be delayed until he gets better.
I was lucky enough to catch the Beastie Boys in September 2007 at Brixton Academy in what was a stellar performance and I can’t wait to see them again. Here is to a speedy recovery to the man who has got more rhymes than he’s got grey hairs, “and that’s a lot because I’ve got my share“.
TRACK:
Beastie Boys – Roots Down (5 Alive Remix)
