your thoughts on ”MASH UPS”

[catchdubs]

As for it being in some way race related that???s just you Americans putting your favourite hang-up on another mildly related topic. When coldcut played 'One blood - Reid, Junior' over 'Street beats vol.2 - Truper' or 'Bridge is over - BDP' over 'Into the 90's - Photek' were they thinking about the juxtaposing irony of the racial mix they were creating. Or maybe, hey these 2 records sound fresh together.

i dont think ayres was referring to the "irony of the racial mix", rather that, for some, the "mash-up" concept makes rap music palatable where it was not before. ie, people who didn't/couldn't respect jay-z as an artist/lyricist until he was paired up with the beatles - not the intent so much as the reaction.

 

[keithvanhorn]

I also associate mash-up with one of the songs being white music, like putting Rhinestone Cowboy over Africa Bambatta or Britney Speats over The Clipse or whatever.

i don't think anyone can fault djs for trying (and often succeeding) in "mashing up" white music and hip hop. however, i think race comes into play when promoters use "mashup" as a way to give their party a white identity. you don't see black promoters advertising mashup djs even though, as alieniverson said, hip hop djs have been doing this for years.

i am on dozens of email lists for black and white promoters. it seems as though "mashup" has taken the place of a lot of parties that used to be centered around house music. while many of these "mashup" djs are probably just playing hip-hop related sets, it serves the promoter better to say mashup, because that signals to the reader that this is a white party.

 

[recordbinladen]

white party

AWESOME!!!

 

[Funky_Mimizu]

a lot of you have obviously not gone to a party and danced with girls in a while.....