Hey Strut,

Anyone else into these cats? I was clicking around YouTube for the Ellmatic instrumentals and the Mix Takes popped up on the side bar. It's basically these cats replaying rap beats with a band. I'm really digging them for what they are and was curious if the Strut fam loved them, hated them, or thought they were alright.

I listened to the Illmatic covers and I thought it was just alright (IMHO)

Probably more fun for the people playing the songs than the person listening, especially since everything was done so straight and exact.

That being said…. I would love to hear a band cover my beats, THAT would be DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE!!!!!

These guys are killing it IMO. I loved these videos. Have you heard their other stuff? They have a bunch of Funk 45s out, and a jazz fusion album. There's a bunch of stuff on their tumblr and YouTube page...
http://willsessions.tumblr.com/
http://www.youtube.com/willsessionsdetroit

i think they are doing all right but i prefer their own stuff

did not hear the mix-takes but from what i read this sounds exactly like Breakestra - The Live Mix they did like 10 or 12 years ago...