For the first part of my post I wanted to do something relating to what we did in class, but for this part I want to showcase something related to electronic music not covered in class.
I've been listening to Ratatat for quite sometime, and recently I downloaded an album titled "Remixes Volume 1." The Ratatat remixes are quite different from their traditional music; they take hip-hop vocals and write new instrumental tracks to accompany them. "Remixes Volume 1" contains a wide variety of hip-hop tracks, ranging from more well known song's such as Missy Elliot's "Hot" to several lesser known Ghostface Killah ones.
One of my personal favorites is the remix of Kanye West's "Get Em' High" (which also includes lyrics from Talib Kweli and Common). The track in its original form on The College Dropout is one of the best ones on the album, and the laid back feel of the jazzy chords elevates it to a whole new level. Other standouts on the album include "Hot" and the remix of Dizzee Rascal's "Fix Up."
While the remix albums are quite different from typical Ratatat, they are a good find for fans of both standard hip-hop looking for a new perspective as well as fans of traditional electronic music looking for a new genre.
The album is available for free download here.
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