I finally recorded a new promo DJ set. It’s about time too. A lot of people have wanted me to send them demos, etc and I didn’t want to give them my super old promo set from before.

So here it is. Enjoy. As always you can download this and play it at your next big party. 78 minutes of bangers that span all genres.
Freaks & Geeks (right-click to download)

1. Oh! (A-Trak Remix) - Boys Noize
2. I Wonder (DJ Phinesse RMX) - Kanye West
3. Township Funk - DJ Mujava
4. Knee Deep Theme - Emynd
5. Rock the Boat (Counts of Bounce Remix) - Aaliyah
6. Mature Macho Machine (Solid Groove RMX) - Radioclit
7. Ready Or Not Bmore - Goldrocc
8. Don Gon Do It (Million $ Mano remix) - The Rapture
9. Can’t Go For That - No Can Do (Helix RMX) - Hall & Oates
10. WTF (Nadastrom on Drugs Remix) - Tittsworth
11. Get Money Kids (EMYND BuildUpBreakdown Remix) - Pase Rock
12. You So Hawt - James Nasty
13. Gloria (Murge RMX) - Van Morrison
14. The Chase - DJ Rob 3
15. Shook - DJ Fashen
16. Embrace The Martian f/ Kid Cudi (Round Table Knights Remix) - Crookers
17. Blow Your Head (Original Mix) - Diplo
18. Flip Fantasia - Cobra Krames
19. Collossus - Thomas Bangalter
20. Would I Lie To You (Bassilleuro Remix) - Charles & Eddie
21. Reckoner (Diplo RMX) - Radiohead
22. Pussy - Original Mix - Nadastrom
23. Id Engager (Mad Decent Remix) - of Montreal
24. Never Be Alone (Scottie B, Samir, King Tutt Remix) - Simian Mobile Disco
25. Let’s Go Ravers - Rob Threezy
26. Hangin’ On - Emynd - Emynd & Bo Bliz
27. Do Bad Thingz - DJ Tiga
28. Green Light (Diplo Mad Decent Remix) - John Legend
29. The Book Is On The Table - Furacao 2000
30. Everybody Handz Up - DJ Sega
31. Bigger Than Hip Hop (Flufftronix Ghettohouse RMX) - Dead Prez
32. Freaks & Geeks TV Dialogue -
33. Pull My Strings - KILL THE NOISE
34. Hoes Get Down - High Powered Boys
35. Bounce f/ N.O.R.E. (A-Trak Remix) - MSTRKRFT
36. Work Me - Sammy Bananas
37. Excelarator’s Pjanoo (Final) - Excel vs. Eric Prydz
38. Put Your Drinks Up f/ David S - DJ Mad
39. Finally (Bart B-More RMX) - Ce Ce Peniston
40. Love In This Club (MSTRKRFT Remix) - Usher
41. Now That We Found Love (Knish’s What It Do Mix) - Heavy D & Friends
42. Kids (Soulwax Remix) - MGMT

Anyway, I really like the song used in the commercial. I was very surprised to find out that’s the song is actually off an older Cornershop album called When I Was Born For The 7th Time. Here’s the track “Candyman:”

Cornershop - Candyman (right-click to download)

[Yes, I smudged my little brother's name out of the screen shot. I can gua-ran-tee that Christmas would be an even tense-er time if I were to: (a) accidentally set-in-motion the next episode of "To Catch a Predator" or (b) involve my brother in a RIAA internet piracy class action lawsuit.]

The fact that lil’bro likes the Pilooski remix makes me feel good, as lil’bro usually listens to the mind-numbing stylings of a guy named Dave Matthews who owns his own band. Apparently Dave Matthews “owns” this band. I will also have you know that this band is mostly compromised of black people. C’mon, “Dave” stop the exploitation of black musicians.

Obviously, now you can see why I would much rather get lil’bro hip to the stylings of Frankie Valli and Pilooski. Two bad-ass musicians that are white like Dave, but they differ in some important ways:

• get way more ass then Mr. Dave Matthews
• even their biggest fans choose to pronounce the artist’s full name, unlike DMB fans who often refer to him as “Dave” as if they are personal friends with Mr. Matthews
• they can dance, unlike Mr. Matthews who prefers a weird shoeless leg convulsion
• most importantly neither Frankie Valli nor Pilooski has ever gone on world tours asserting they own a group of talented black musicians

Below you will find the track as well as a YouTube video made for the remix.

I’ve had this song for about a year now, however all this would have never been possible if it wasn’t for the BaioWulf dropping knowledge on me about this amazing remix.

Frankie Valli - Beggin (Pilooski Re-Edit) < - Right-mouse-click to download.

Anyway, like I was saying, I liked ‘Swagga Like Us.’ I thought ‘hey, that’s cool Kanye figured out who M.I.A. is’ but these happy feelings don’t last long…. anybody remember that song ‘Stronger?!’ You might not be aware that in ‘Stronger’ Kanye in fact sampled some underground French house music dudes. I think their name was Daft…. uhm… Dunkz or something-OH YEAH! Punk! Daft Punk! That’s what they were called. Moving on….

Jay-Z & Santogold - Brooklyn Go Hard (prod. by Kanye West) 320 kbps / 9.2 MB

If you haven’t noticed, I’m doing my best to lay on a robust amount of sarcasm. Here’s my beef: Kanye samples Daft Punk & M.I.A. which is cool for like 2 seconds because I think maybe this will help broaden people’s terribly narrow taste in music, and, shit-who knows?! maybe this will set off a chain reaction of culture affluence so powerful that MTV goes back to showing music videos!

Unfortunately it doesn’t, and I find myself aggravated at all these drunk people singing along to the hook, without a clue in the world where it originated from. So, my beef isn’t with Kanye by any means. Shit, at least “Brooklyn Go Hard” has Santogold in the song. My beef is that nobody listens to music anymore to appreciate it, people listen to music so they can memorize the lyrics/dance associated with that song and have another vessel for “fitting in.”

I’m not trying to be one of those uber-elitist hipster snobs, because I hate them just as much as the “narrow-taste” people. Shit, maybe people will get really into Santogold. Maybe they’ll listen to such songs as “L.E.S. Artistes” and “Shove It” (the source sample of the song in this blog post) and maybe, just maybe, they’ll listen to the lyrics; and, start to re-evaluate the criteria being used to find their favorite songs ?!? Godspeed Hipsters and Conformists! Get out there, be different!

P.S. Just in case I didn’t properly convey my opinion on the song itself: I thoroughly enjoyed it. Jay & Santi’s respective flows are ripe, sitting effortlessly on-top of Kanye’s pristine production.

P.P.S. I didn’t account for the fact that maybe Kanye himself could balance this whole equation by continuing to sample really good music that’s only a year or so old. MGMT anyone!?

P.P.P.S. In case anybody was wondering, that’s my photoshop craftsmanship. SKILLLZZZZZ

I saw them live last year, and this San Fran show sounds like a shining example of their live performance. Except I kind of cringe when “D.A.N.C.E.” first gets intro’d…. the screams sound like a Jonas Brothers concert or some shit. However, this is quickly redeemed when they play the MSTRKRFT remix - which in my opinion has never gotten old. Also, at the beginning of “Let There Be Light” they drop a sample of the remix of they did for Scenario Rock “Skitzo Dancer” which is another oldie but a goodie.

Here’s the teaser:

Here are a couple shitty photos I took with my iPhone when I saw them: 

The “A Cross The Universe” package will include a CD of their live performance, a DVD featuring a 1 hour documentary of their various exploits on tour, and a 50 page booklet of fan-submitted photos. I will most-definitely be purchasing this the day it comes out… I was gonna ask Santa for it, but I can’t wait that long. 

Amazon Link (confirming the release date)

Here’s some downloads for you vultures:

 Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Justice - DVNO (LA Riots RMX)

Scenario Rock - Skitzo Dancer (Justice RMX)

3 6 Mafia - Lolli Lolli (Morsy RMX)

Rick James - Superfreaked (Rob Threezy RMX)

DJ Murge - Baltimore Monster Mash

Ludachrist - Ghost Busta Rhymes

AC/DC - Hell’s Bells

Bobby Brown - On Our Own

Bone - Mo Murda

Deltron 3030 - Madness

DJ Ayres - Mr. Kirk’s Nightmare

Blue Oyster Cult - Don’t Fear the Reaper

The Doors - Ghost Song

Eels - Friendly Ghost

Geto Boys - Mind Playin Tricks On Me

Gravediggaz - 1-800 Suicide

Heartsrevolution - Switchblade (LA Riots RMX)

Justice - Stress

MC Hammer - Adams Groove

Mobb Deep - Survival of the Fittest

Scratch D & Ice-T - Nightmare 2002

Outkast - Dracula’s Wedding

Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Rusko RMX)

Royce da 5′9″ - Scary Movies

Rockwell - Somebody’s Watching Me

Gnarls Barkely - St. Elsewhere

Michael Jackson - Thriller (Bird Peterson RMX)

Tittsworth - WTF (Nadastrom RMX)

If it wasn’t already evident by this cool looking polar bear I yanked from their site, the music is ON-point. Think of Cut Copy, but add some 80’s flavoring and a shitload of top quality synthesizer work. Seriously-awesome-synths. Preview their tracks and soon enough they even got Weezy sayin “motherfucker, it’s iiiiiillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.” These two are my favorites.

Weird Tapes - Glorious

Weird Tapes - My Babe Walk

The funny thing is, I’m pretty sure I got this pressing w/ the single & Justice remix before it even hit the street…. it only makes sense I get around to sharing it 3 months later. Man, that just made me realize it was summer then, and now it is not. FUCK!