Remixes / Reworks
A collection from 2007.
As implied from the 'Reworks' of the title, these are far from conventional dance remixes, but rather newly imagined pieces of music featuring hip-hop vocal performances. Where remixes usually lack any musical architecture beyond the scaffolding of the dance beat, these pieces attempt to create coherent musical forms via tonal (indeed, bi-tonal in Night and Day) means.
Sure Shot features vocal samples from the Beastie Boys 'Sure Shot', from the album Ill Communication (Capitol Records, 1994). © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group. Written by Jeremy Steig, Wendell T Fite, Mario Caldato, Michael Louis Diamond, Adam Keefe Horovitz, Adam Nathaniel Yauch.
Night And Day features vocals from Missy Elliott '4 My People' from the album Miss E... So Addictive, (Elektra Records, 2001). © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group. Written by Melissa Elliott, Timothy Mosley, Eve Jeffers, Nisan Stewart, Craig Brockman, Dante Nolan.
Hot Boy features vocal samples from Missy Elliott 'Hot Boyz' from the album Da Real World, (Atlantic Records/ATG, 1999). © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group. Written by Timothy Mosley, Melissa Elliott.
Curve Ball features vocal samples from the Beastie Boys 'The Negotiation Limerick File' from the album Hello Nasty (Capitol Records, 1998). © Brooklyn Dust Music and PolyGram International Music Publishing, Inc. Written by Adam Horovitz, Adam Nathaniel Yauch, Mario Caldato Jr., Michael Louis Diamond.