life is a beach, i'm just playin' in the sand

my favorite time to dig into new music is when i have a long drive ahead of me. luckily for me, i recently received a variety of new jams and was on my way out of town for the weekend for a little drive through the midwest.

girl talk | all day

 mood: ready to go out and rage? your hanging in a grungy college basement drinking cheap beer out of solo cups, lots of dancing and singing involved. do you appreciate music of the past blended with music of today? listening to girl talk makes me feel like i'm at perry's stage at lollapalooza. beautiful chaos. when i listen to it in my car, it's like a dance party and gregg gillis is my own personal dj.
gregg gillis never disappoints; in my opinion, every girl talk album gets progressively better (night ripper, feed the animals, all day) and the latest album dropping november 15th was no exception. complete musical bliss, mashing up to 6 songs at once. so for my road trip i was very excited for some of gregg’s musical genius, since girl talk is some of my favorite music to drive and jam to. 

here are some of my favorite mashup's on this album, track by track

oh no:

ice cream paint job - dorrough + strawberry letter 23 - the brothers johnson

let it out:

twerk -project pat + mr. blue sky - electric light orchestra  

mr. big stuff - jean knight + pretty girls - wale ft. gucci mane

that's right:

in your eyes - peter gabriel + break u down -slim ft. red cafe + hot spot -foxy brown + closer - nine inch nails

jump on stage:

shimmy shimmy ya - ol' dirty bastard + creep - radiohead

lovegame - lady gaga + hey ladies - beastie boys + lust for life - iggy pop

this is the remix:

gangsta luv - snoop dogg ft. the dream + the jump off - lil kim ft. mr cheeks +i want you back -the jackson 5

get low - lil jon and the eastside boys ft. ying yang twins + sunday bloody sunday - u2 + cecilia - simon and garfunkel 

on and on:

i want it all - birdman ft kevin rudolf & lil wayne + bizarre love triangle - new order

wetter - twista ft. erika shevon + with or without you - u2 + television rules the nation - daft punk

get it get it:

windowlicker - aphex twin + pretty boy swag - soulja boy

bang - rye rye ft. m.i.a. + just can't get enough - depeche mode

gossip folks - missy elliott ft. ludacris +. digital love - daft punk

down for the count:

layla -derek and the dominos + haterz everywhere - b.o.b. ft. rich boy + give it all you got - afro rican

can't get you out of my head - kylie minogue + bust a move - young mc

make me wanna:

wake up - arcade fire + money to blow - birdman ft drake & lil wayne + pony - ginuwine

steady shock:

alright - supergrass +  1st of tha month - bone thugs n harmony
black and yellow - wiz khalifa + paint it black - the rolling stones

every day:

 i just want to write this track off as my favorite. the first time i listened to it i was beyond excited to hear imagine as the closing song, i thought it was a perfect ending and all the songs mashed throughout the song were great as well.

*check out this website that shows all the mashups track by track, it's amazing and it showed me how many  songs were really in each mashup that i would have never realized.
girl talk - all day

 

arron dean | mpls

mood: mellow. a long drive into a midwestern sky or curled up in a warm sweater on a colorful fall day. the kind of music that will make you feel what he is feeling. the kind of music that will make you look back fondly on your past and better yet, look forward to the future.

i’m so happy to have stumbled upon this extremely talented artist, hailing from south africa. arron dean started following me on twitter, since a lot of my twitter rambling has to do with music. usually when random artists follow me, i don’t take much action, but for some reason, i decided to check him out and i’m so thankful i did. being a big fan or artists like sufjan stevens, bon iver and iron & wine, i instantly found a lot of similarities in arron dean’s music.

talking music with people is one of my absolute favorite things to do, so i had no problem reaching out to arron dean to find out a little more about him. he was extremely responsive and seems like a genuinely awesome guy. arron dean’s album mpls focuses on the midwest, which hits close to home for me. messaging back and forth with him (as well as doing a little reading about him), led me to find out that he traveled to the midwest as kind of a healing process and fell in love with the area. love, loss, hurt and forgiveness, with no hint of bitterness are the themes that tie this album together. i enjoyed hearing his journey, his challenges and moving forward with his life.

“somewhere close to 3 am, i’m in the same seat, while you’re drinking across the street. there’s nothing wrong with picking scabs, to open wounds, it’s the only way we know, what we lose” -unannounced.

jams from this album i would suggest starting with include: sleep without me, minneapolis, unannounced, i think i’ll be alright

i already find myself belting out lyrics to arron dean’s when i listen to his music. as soon as i started listening to him, i was captivated by his beautifully relatable lyrics and amazing voice. 

kid cudi | man on the moon vol II: the legend of mr. rager

mood: sitting around a dim room with your closest friends, empty bottles, thick atmosphere. laid back, calm, relaxed. let scott mescudi take you to a peaceful place, his peaceful state of mind... like you're floating on the moon with the man himself, whether or not you're taking off into the true cudi mentality.

i was itchin’ to get back in the cudi zone, awaiting the drop of his follow up album to man on the moon. i know this review is a little overdue but that’s okay, i like to make sure i’ve fully gotten into an album before i jump the gun on a review. 

my faithful college roommate of three years, ms. amanda berrios, introduced me to cudi and i’ve never looked back. i somehow knew i wouldn’t be disappointed by his second album, scott mescudi, is one of a kind. his style was something i quickly fell in love with; funky, smart, don’t-give-a-fuck attitude. i was excited to listen to this to come back to his mix of dark and mysterious with other tracks peppered with an all star lineup of artists featured throughout the album. 

favorite songs so far: revofev, marijuana, erase me (ft. kanye west), mr. rager, mojo so dope

i'd also like to note the comical discovery that the song marijuana is 4 minutes and 20 seconds long... naturally it's not a mistake, make sure to listen until the end of the track. you're a funny one, scotty. 

also, if you haven't heard kid cudi's song, the prayer, off of his mix tape, you should check it out. it's a great jam with band of horses the funeral, in the background, that's my kind of music. it's been around for a while but if you missed it-- here ya go.

kid cudi - they prayer 

in case you've been living under a rock, the beatles are now available on itunes. there is a complete box set version available for purchase or separate tracks and albums. this is the first time i think my mom had an urge to buy anything on itunes, it was a precious moment, jamming to the best of the beatles with my mom. if your music library is lacking some beatles, jump on it, now there are no excuses.