The Verve vs Jay-Z: Dirt Off Your Shoulder / Bittersweet Symphony

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I heard about this mashup a little while ago, thought someone was just BS'ing me. Just came across it and i'm amazed how well these two songs gel together, wanted to share :D
 
Jay Z is quite a popular choice for mashups, as he puts out a capella versions of his songs so they're particularly easy to work with. If you like this, you might want to look into The Grey Album by Danger Mouse, which mashes up Jay Z's black album with The Beatles White Album, and the Jaydiohead albums by Max Tannone which - quite obviously - mash up Jay Z and Radiohead.

There's also the stuff Jay Z did with Linkin Park, but I've not listened to that so I can't tell you about that.

Also, if you do like mash ups, I must once again heartily recommend Girl Talk and E-603.

EDIT: Gilly, which hiccup do you mean? Around the "cards" bit the proper Jay Z track skips about a bit, so it might be a nod to that, if that's the bit you mean.
 
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Not too shabby. But why stop there? I reckon there's still enough room on the track to squeeze in a bit of Dizzy Rascal, yo! :D

On a related note, am I the only person old enough to remember the time when black people were actually capable of talking and singing without shoving pseudo-gang signs in your face? Are modern black singers unable to articulate the English language unless they wave their arms about and jab their fingers at the screen? It seems a curious affliction. :confused:

Notice how the white guy manages to sing without waving his arms. Look and learn, black people. Look and learn.
 
Cards at 2:04
Break at 2:14
Breaks at 3:25

Rodney was right, I actually missed it on the 2nd listen, but on the first it stuck out like a sore thumb. Around 3:13-3:15 there's a mistake. Doesn't detract from the whole mix though.

I would imagine there are few songs at the right meter that you couldn't put that Verve track into successfully though.
 
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Evangelion said:
Notice how the white guy manages to sing without waving his arms. Look and learn, black people. Look and learn.
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Not all black people are the same, learn white person, learn!

I'm only flamebaiting...do get sick of the gang stuff myself but i'm sure many people could post a multitude of videos of white people doing gang signs as well as many black folks singing without gang signs, bit of an all-encompassing statement you posted then ;)
 
Evangelion said:
Not too shabby. But why stop there? I reckon there's still enough room on the track to squeeze in a bit of Dizzy Rascal, yo! :D

On a related note, am I the only person old enough to remember the time when black people were actually capable of talking and singing without shoving pseudo-gang signs in your face? Are modern black singers unable to articulate the English language unless they wave their arms about and jab their fingers at the screen? It seems a curious affliction. :confused:

Notice how the white guy manages to sing without waving his arms. Look and learn, black people. Look and learn.
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Thats why i like the guy from Block Party so much, If you didnt know who the band singing was or anything about them you wouldnt even know he was black.
 
It would work better if there was more of the two vocalists at the same time, but i guess only having cappella from one of them makes it harder to mix that way.

Pretty good, but there are better Jay Z mixes. As much as it pains me to say so, the Jay Z/Linkin Park Numb/Encore is pretty fantastic. Also The Grey Album by Danger Mouse was a great shout.
 
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