Speaking of remixes, here’s another dope remix album that’s been making its way around the webs.  Masterfully blended by Wick-It The Instigator, these tracks might make you think that this is an actual Big Boi and The Black Keys studio album.  But it’s not, which might make it even cooler – this is straight from the DJ’s imagination.

The Brothers of Chico Dusty (Big Boi vs. The Black Keys) by wick-it

Skratch Bastid and The Rub’s Cosmo Baker were rehearsing for their Let’s Build performance the other day, and somewhere along the way Cosmo decided to start fuckin with the beat to the new Dipset joint, “Speakin’ in Tongues.”  Skratch Bastid threw Cutty’s classic acapella over it and “instantly smoke filled the room and an airhorn sounded from the distance.”  The rest is mashup history.

Stream and/or download this magical musical mishmash below, but be mindful of where you are when you hit play.  You definitely don’t want to play this song too loud in the office, unless, of course, your boss is cool with ganja smoke and airhorns at the workplace.

(On a somewhat related sidenote, have you peeped the free hip hop hisotry mixtapes that they’ve been droppin’ over at The Rub?  If you haven’t, you really got get up on that.  For real.)

I knew as soon as I heard David Rodigan’s voice that this mixtape was going to be good.  He would never vouch for any sound system that’s less than the best, right?  Exactly.  This is musical fire.

Soulforce is from Krefeld, Germany.  They are bad (as in good), and they’ve been hard at work since 2005.  This mix, which was first heard on the Köln radio station WDR / Funkaus Europa, is a collection of their favorite songs from the last four years.  If you’re like me, by the time you hear the second track you’ll be scanning the internet for full versions of all these songs.

Soulforce – Essential Mix Vol. 1 (right click, save as).

Peep the massive tracklist after the jump

This is one of my favorite Dâm-Funk songs, “Hood Pass Intact,” mashed up with the classic Biggie track “Goin’ back to Cali.”  As far as mash ups go, this is top notch.  Download and bump it now.  If you’re at work, you should be all like ”what, bitches?  It’s Friday!”

(image courtesy of steadybloggin)

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.