This was a fun remix. The tempo changes up in the middle of the song so I got to use the global tempo change feature in Logic. Something i would probably never use for myself. My favorite line in the song was at the end, "....you don't want me smiling at your cameras." There isn't a version B yet because I wanna finish all the remixes before I go back and do few more variations.
NY ELECTRIC ::: 032a
A Jimi flip. If I looked harder I probably cold have found a better Hendrix break but I just used what I had. NY Piss Hiss Bleed Dolby Homey. I am def going to go back over this one. I know I could have come a little harder than this. Not a lot of change ups and I didn't freak the chorus at all.
EASY ::: 033a ::: 033b
This my favorite song on Aesop's Bazooka album. I like the chorus. You learn more when your mouth peice retreats. I can grab these kind of lyrics but lines like, "Upside down, I pick wigs for beetles," totally lose me. If anyone out there is an Aesop expert... I would love to be enlightened. Since I liked this cut so much I remixed it twice. I think I liked Version B better. I think it was a better chop. My kicks could have been better.
NO JUMPER CABLES ::: 034a
"Eyes spiraling back when he hit the mat, woke, first words, Oh it's like that?" Someone please enlighten me. What am I missing here? Burn train buffers. They only came to buff the name stuck to the train and that is a textbook page up in flames for my seeds. Corporate suits are erasing the real hip hop? That's what I am getting. Stop erasing my graf. Let me know if I am way off.
LIMELIGHTERS ::: 035a ::: 035b
"Pain cave uno, smoking a broke blue note." See... I was lost right on the first line of the track. Version A was the original beat and Version B is the beat after I mapped it to the remix and added a few elements to the beat. You can hear it is slowed down and I added a snare that had more of a clap sound. I like Camp Lo. This as a good collab. Chiba's line at the end was my favorite line mostly because of his flow. Right after he says "design'em" he says Aesop. I must have heard that line about 30 times before I realized what he was saying. Slap that Orangatang....
SUPER FLUKE ::: 036a ::: 036b ::: 036c
Three versions. I like B the best out of the three. But I still think I need to go back and try to do a better remix. Version A was an older beat I had and I thought it would go with this accapella but it didn't. I think the sample in version B came from an Illmuzik flip week or a Hip Hop Production contest kit.
COOK ::: 037a ::: 037b
Lyrically this was my favorite track. I understood everything he was talking about. I don't know which version I liked better. I think the chops for both of them came out dope but B could have had some EQ and Dynamic work done. The kick and snare are weak as hell. But I got lost in the break and stopped paying attention to the quality of the audio. I think A had the better arrangement but I liked the bop in version B. And I think Aesop's flow went over B better because you could focus on what he was saying since the beat wasn't screaming.
FREEZE ::: 038a ::: 038b ::: 038c
You didn't have to be listening too hard to tell that the chop in version A came from the same break I used in Cook It Up. Guess I just really liked that sound set. Version B was a beat I made on an airplane. It was actually a faster pace than what you hear but had to be slowed down to match Aesop's flow. And you didn't have to be listening too hard to tell version C was using the same sound set of version B. I think I ended up liking version C but it needs some mastering and engineering.
FAMOUS ::: 039a ::: 039b
I remixed this like 6 different ways. But I have only bounced two versions down. They sound similar but as soon as I get done arranging the other versions I will post them. I liked the message in this cong so I just kept trying to find the right beat but after auditioning like 5 different beats I couldn't get the sound I wanted. Maybe the others will sound a little better than these.
BABIES ::: 040a ::: 040b
I most def need to go back and redo these two beats. UGHH dot com had a big Shug Street Champ contest and I was gonna enter but to get an edge on the comp I wanted to chop Primo's original version and come up with a slightly different break. But... brag-rap is not my favorite kind of stuff to rap so I had a hard time writing a song about being the next Street Champ. I ended up missing the deadline. A cat named Breed Winna won the comp. I will try to come with an original chop instead of using my Primo contest chops. Stay tuned.
I got three different versions of this track but I really need to polish them up before I post them. Subscribe to my myspace page or my blog and and you will get a notice as to when I finish these.
11-35 ::: 042a ::: 042b
This was some dope back and forth. Version B was way better than A. Synths from scratch instead of some poorly selected and chopped breaks. But I got my MPC 2500 the other day so I think I can come with some better chops for these Aesop remixes.
MESSENGER ::: 043a
Still in progress... I got 2 versions but I might scrap them both and start over.
MARS ::: 044a
I think I do a better job with synths when I take my time but chopping soul samples is fun as hell. This arrangement was pretty simple but I think it came out pretty good. I ended up leaving the ending orginal because I could not get the tempo down.
KING MEZ SHIT ::: 045a ::: 045b
To round out this volume to end it on an even 45, this is my boy King Mez ripping one of my older beats. Smooth flow. Nice vocal layering. I can't take no credit for that. That was all him and his camp. I just volunteered the beat. Visit his myspace page to hear more of his work. version B is the instrumental after I ran some plug'ins over it to pump the kick and snare a little.
Aesop announced in his blog that Def Jux is releasing more accapellas so as soon as those drop I'll be all over those too. I had to stop to try and meet some deadlines for my other projects so as soon as I get some time, I'll get back at this.
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