Apparently this mash up came out last December on an album called Best of Bangers R Mashed , released by the UK label (surprise) Bangers R Mashed.  I just heard this song the other day for the first time (call me late to the party), and  I can’t stop listening to it and staring at my itunes like I’m crazy.   A Marvin Gaye classic over  one of my favorite [Bob Marley and the] Wailers riddims, really?  You know you have to listen to this.  It might sound cheesy in writing, and maybe it is, but I’m feeling this right now.  It’s kinda like trying two of your favorite foods together for the first time and realizing you’ve been missing something all along.  I don’t know what foods those are, but you get the metaphor.

Becomes sometimes, it never hurts to remember how good Manu Chao’s music is. He’s one of the architects of dropping global hot shit and this jam above, “Desaparecido” has always been one of my favorite cuts. The oddball video below of Manu’s tribute to Mr. Tuff Gong himself, Bob Marley, isn’t bad either.

Thanks to the homie Gabriel Teodros for hooking up this link through the facebook a couple months ago.  I should have posted it sooner.

The Messengers

Acclaimed DJ/Producer, J.Period, and rising Somali-born MC, K’NAAN, are pleased to announce a unique and powerful remix project, paying tribute to the lasting legacy of these musical giants. Weaving afro-beat, reggae, ska, folk music and rock into this genre-bending musical experience, The Messengers stretches the boundaries of hip hop—and the mixtape genre itself. Remixing the classic work of Fela, Marley and Dylan, The Messengers captures the timelessness of their sounds and the continued urgency of their messages. The result, as fans have come to expect from J.Period, is like no mixtape you’ve ever heard.