I enjoy Wale and I am very excited for his debut album. Additionally he’s also releasing a mixtape, “Back to the Feature,” that is supposed to be out by tomorrow from what I’ve read online. Unfortunately his big debut single, Chillin, leaves much to be desired. You would think that by having the one of the hottest and most talked about acts out right now, Lady GaGa, featured in the song would make the song explode, but it’s not really not getting that much attention.
Then today I came across a SIIIIIIIIICK remix of the song created by Skratch Bastid. The intro of the song begins with “We take the song and make it better.” Couldn’t be more true:
Gone is the lame “na na na na” from the original version and all the other aspects that make it sound like such a standard 2009 hip-hop song. Here is the remixer’s take on it:
For my latest mixtape, “110%”, I decided to remix Wale’s first major label single “Chillin” f/ Lady Gaga. For the remix, I wanted to go with something more organic to make it different than the 808- & synth-heavy original. To keep it DC, I sampled a break from go-go band Trouble Funk’s “Let’s Get Small”, which Boogie Down Productions used on their classic “Criminal Minded”. From there, I layered 2 other breaks that BDP used in that song (Isaac Hayes’ “Breakthrough” and Syl Johnson’s “Different Strokes”) and added some more samples and loops to accompany certain lines that Wale raps. The result is an uptempo, mega-mix style remix, suitable for the clubs, the jeeps, the streets, bar mitzvahs, weddings and ipods. 110%!
You can download this remix for free over at DJ Skratch Bastid’s website.
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