RiP: A remix Manifesto (Full Version)

This might seem off topic but with artists doing dub plates on a hip hop or R&B beat this really comes across to us as well.  As a DJ I see something like this as an eye opener.  More people are taking music that is not conventionally theirs and they make it theirs.

Seeing as how this is 101Vibez we keep it 101% Caribbean/West Indian .Major Lazers made a song that “featured” Vybz Kartel called Pon di floor.  DJ Jamie C created a mashup that would appeal to the American crowd.  Now the beat/riddim that this is on is from neither artists.  My boy, DJ Clint Daniels, came to my crib spinning the original track with Diplo and Afrojack called How I Like It.  You can say that their add-on was unnecessary.  If you understand that Clint Daniels is an Electronica DJ and I am a Hip Hop Reggae DJ you can see that it reaches different crowds in their different context.

Now going to an entirely different culture we have Sergio Mendes that created Magalenha which Busy Signal voiced over it to create Up In Her Belly.  A search on any site that has user uploaded videos you can find several techno, dance, trance, and other remixes of that song.  At one point i was working on that sample to make a mashup.  You have to realistically see how far your music will reach to see that you may never be organically part of that culture as a mashup from that country that brings the two countries together.

Shouts to DJVibe
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Usher Major Lazers Mashup

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