Comments on: More writers declare mash-ups mainstream http://www.beatmixed.com/2004/12/23/more-writers-declare-mash-ups-mainstream/ Matt Hite, DJ / remixer Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: anon http://www.beatmixed.com/2004/12/23/more-writers-declare-mash-ups-mainstream/#comment-270 anon Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:54:41 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/?p=261#comment-270 "Though remixers have had access to those tracks for years, this year, Jay-Z had the foresight - one of many reasons he's the perfect choice to be president of Def Jam Recordings - to release an unprecedented a capella version of his "Black Album" raps so mash-up makers wouldn't have to go to Kazaa or Grokster to get them." Ugh. Such naivety betrays the guy's ability to research. Assuming that acapellas just magically "appear" on P2P, as if they can be perfectly synthesised from any existing track... “Though remixers have had access to those tracks for years, this year, Jay-Z had the foresight - one of many reasons he’s the perfect choice to be president of Def Jam Recordings - to release an unprecedented a capella version of his “Black Album” raps so mash-up makers wouldn’t have to go to Kazaa or Grokster to get them.”

Ugh. Such naivety betrays the guy’s ability to research. Assuming that acapellas just magically “appear” on P2P, as if they can be perfectly synthesised from any existing track…

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