We got a few more American Gangster remixes coming through today. Before we get started though, I’m tossing around the idea of starting up a monthly contest over here. The details haven’t been worked out yet, but I was thinking of throwing up some acapellas at the 1st of the month for producers to remix and take submissions until the end of the month. The prize hasn’t been determined yet, but I was curious to see if there would be enough people interested in participating. Let me know if you all think this is a good idea of not. Also, if anyone knows a good source for acapella albums, let me know. I’m having a had time finding some good ones. On that note, I think it’s about time to wrap up the American Gangster remixes. If we start a new contest on the 1st, then I think I’ll stop posting American Gangster remixes on the 31st of this month. Ok, well let’s get on with these next few remixes!
Round 89
This first one is called American Moonshine and is from DJ Ingwell, who comes out of South Bay, California.
I was really impressed when I saw the album cover… looks like something for a movie trailer. Production-wise, this mix is pretty hot. DJ Ingwell definitely did his thing with these mixes. I’m gonna go out and say this this remix is up there with my favorites. I wish I would have gotten a hold of this before I put my compilations together. There are very few skippers on here. The only two tracks that don’t work for me are “Roc Boys”, which samples EWF’s “September”; and “Fallin”, whcih samples Alicia Key’s “Fallin”. The “Roc Boys” remix starts off great with the classic EWF joint, but when Jay comes in the pace slows down and it doesn’t really work for me. On “Fallin”, hearing Alicia Keys sped up like that just doesn’t work at all.
Sorry to have to point out the negatives, but the rest of the album is HOT. This one’s definitely a downloader!
Round 90
This next one comes from Major Eight and is called The Frank Lucas Suite.
I gotta be honest here and say that this remix is amateurish to say the least. This would be the perfect example of when keepin’ it real goes wrong. No disrespect to Major Eight, but I gotta stay true to my opinion.
A few of the tracks have potential, but overall the project falls flat. To begin with they chose to release this mix as one big mp3 file, which is a huge turnoff from the get-go. Next the sound levels are all over the place and the sound quality is only at 128 kbps. I don’t know if this was intentional, but it can be tough on the ears when you’re wearing headphones. Finally, the acapellas don’t match up half the time and when they do match up the production style doesn’t fit Jay’s flow.
Download this one if you must, but I honestly couldn’t get through the whole thing.
Download The Frank Lucas Suite
Round 91
Last, but not least, we got an American Gangster remix project from DJ Profit. This one’s pretty good. He used some pretty familiar samples and makes this one a definite party album! No cover available, but that’s ok… you can def rock this one.
Download DJ Profit’s American Gangster
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Yo Kevin! I like that idea…
yo Kev, I for one just wanna say I don’t care who made the best American Gangster remix ALBUM…..its the individual tracks that matter. On that note, I think any vote/competition you have should be about single tracks. And don’t exclude mash-ups, either. It may not be wholly original, but hearing the No Hook verses over Can’t Tell Me Nothing is amazing. So far, my votes for “legendary, put em in the vault cuz they classics” category are Hello Brooklyn, I Know, and Pray off your first best of mix. Perhaps you could even have the fans create the next best of mix through a vote on the right? Give us your ten favorite remixes of each song, and see what happens….
Thanks for the feedback Dave… I’m starting to think this through and I think having the contest for single songs instead of a whole album will be better in the long run. It’ll give the remixers more opportunity to concentrate on that one song, plus I’m finding it’s a little difficult to track down whole album acapellas. And a top 10 mix cd chosen by the fans sounds like a great idea. All other feedback on this contest is welcome!
Kev, thought you might be interested in this. Some of the kids on the boards at Niketalk.com are giving their .02 of the first batch of A.G. mixes you compiled:
http://niketalk.yuku.com/topic/39422/t/The-Best-Of-The-American-Gangster-Remixes-Vol-1.html
Yo, good look Nonchalant!
hey kevin…. i PROMISE i’m gonna have my remix album released & sent to you by monday !
it’s officially coming out the 28th so i hope you’ll let my AG remix go up on your site. if not then i understand.
glad to hear about the remix contests. i’m down !
QueRico… don’t worry man, I haven’t forgotten about you. I can’t wait to hear your AG remix. I’m gonna post AG remixes until the end of the month and I’ll def make sure I have yours up on the 28th. Glad to hear you’re gonna participate in the contest too!