Blog is a Mix Tape Vox 2007-01-27T14:04:55Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c10e0f6f1fd3b4/tags/bonus+beats/ rumor has it, a blogger once lived here. Bonus Beats: Walk It Out tag:vox.com,2007-01-27:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d4141627d7685e 2007-01-27T10:55:17Z 2007-01-27T14:04:55Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Walk It Out (A-Trak Remix)

It's almost 3am on Saturday morning and it occurs to me that some of you not down with the dirty South, might like to Walk It Out Gay Club Banger stee-lo A-Trak uses a Gossip sample here. Listen till the end if you can't figure it out. You know...

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]]> Bonus Beats: Riot & Riotous tag:vox.com,2007-01-26:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d09e50266dbe2b 2007-01-26T00:55:37Z 2007-01-26T14:19:59Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Shuffering And Shmiling Peanut Butter Jelly Hustler

Melissa dropped some Fela a few days ago and, it should be known, how much I enjoyed Red Hot + Riot Unrelated, Lynne asks to Walk It Out with me at SXSW (of course we will!) and gave a silly song playlist which reminded me of the only time I've b...

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]]> Bonus Beats: Summertime, Summertime tag:vox.com,2007-01-19:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d414142395685e 2007-01-19T06:19:26Z 2007-03-09T17:06:10Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Summertime

So, Anna called and asked, "Who sings that song 'take me take me to the water/ summertime, summertime'" and I couldn't remember. She reminded me that it was an 80s song but the original had been supplanted by this re-imagining on a Mos Def mixtape...

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]]> Bonus Beats: Think Twice tag:vox.com,2007-01-12:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d09e4ca032be2b 2007-01-12T06:25:03Z 2007-01-12T20:07:27Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Think Twice (Featuring Roy Hargrove) Think Twice

Melissa posted Carl Craig's re-imagining of Donald Byrd's "Think Twice" which is my favorite Donald Byrd track off my favorite Donald Byrd album, Stepping Into Tomorrow. Byrd is working with the Mizells at this point in his career (which is also d...

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]]> Bonus Beats: The Makeover tag:vox.com,2006-12-31:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400cd9707f0684cd5 2006-12-31T01:59:35Z 2006-12-31T17:21:03Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A Bed of Roses (featuring 4Hero) Brother Sister Keep On Movin'

As Melissa noted earlier today, we're all about this Mark De Clive-Lowe remix of Watley's Midnight Lounge. The rest of The Makeover is pretty great as well. It features remixes and re-imaginings of some Watley classics and some of her favorite son...

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]]> Bonus Beats: You Don't Know My Name tag:vox.com,2006-12-29:asset-6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400d09e4976a4be2b 2006-12-29T07:34:57Z 2006-12-29T14:33:44Z Jason http://negroplease.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

You Don't Know My Name (Nasty Remix! w_ D.Luv) You Don't Know My Name (Reggae Remix)

So, yesterday we hit Melissa with a counter-measure to "You Don't Know My Name" by Alicia Keys. Today, let's look at some remixes. I'm not sure how I feel about this one: It's passable but doesn't really do much with the original beat except fl...

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