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Originally Posted by axion
its kinda shortsighted to hate on a genre because a couple weak albums/tracks ect that have been put out.
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i take it you're not too familliar with my style of djing? ;)
Anyway, I have nothing against creative and *good* blends, but the whole "mash-up" craze, like any other over-exposed fad, has resulted in some of the crappiest stuff I've heard.
People start either dropping tracks or creating remix/blends for the sake of being cheeky rather than actaully playing good music... And the simple fact that these mashups are being produced and released on record - especially given the quality of some of these tunes - is almost insulting.
Also, I am definitely a bit of an old-schooler who believes these things should be done the old-fashioned way: with turntables and records. But moreso, I maintain the old-school philosphy that what people like z-trip or P or hollertronix are doing isn't so much this "new" mash-up thing, but going back to the roots of hiphop where the DJ was there to create a vibe off good tunes regardless of their genre - not create this wink-wink "look at how cheesy I can make my set by including crappy music/blends" style that the whole mash-up scene has become...
And for the record, I don't consider the Grey Album a mash-up - for it's time, it was a very creative experiment in production. Also, there are definitely some produced blends that I think are great, I'd just rather not here an entire set of that stuff...