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GNARLS BARKLEY MASHES UP BIGGIE: Internet sensation Gnotorious B.I.G. mixes Biggie vocals with Gnarles tracks.
*A group calling itself Sound Advice has come forward with a new mash-up album that blends the tracks of Gnarls Barkley with the vocals of late rapper Notorious B.I.G. The result? An 11-track album entitled “The Gnotorious Gnarls Barkley.”
With such songs as “The Last Nasty Boy,” “Smiley Faces Hypnotize” and “Who’s Dead Wrong,” the collection – already an Internet hit – has been repeatedly taken down from MySpace.com for the past several weeks due to copyright violations. However, Sound Advice – K. Ross and Elsewhere – have made the tracks available on their Web site www.gnotorious.com.
“It all kind of started off as a joke,” Elsewhere tells Vibe.com. “We did a couple tracks and they sounded kind of hot, so we ran with it.”
Gnarls Barkley member Danger Mouse is certainly no stranger to the mash-up phenomenon, as his infamous 2004 “Grey Album” mashed lyrics from Jay-Z’s “Black Album” and tracks from the Beatles’ “White Album.” The CD ran into several cease and desist orders from the Fab Four camp because Danger Mouse never sought their permission to use the music.
“The cat that obviously made his name off of it, we’re kind of getting him back in a funny way,” Elsewhere tells Vibe.com of Danger Mouse, who formed Gnarls Barkley with former Goodie Mob member Cee-Lo. “Hopefully, if by some chance he did hear it, I think he would get a kick out of it.”
Sample some of the tracks yourself, courtesy of the Gnotorious Web site:
1. The Gnotorious B.I.G.
2. The Last Nasty Boy
3. Smiley Faces Hypnotize
4. Who's Dead Wrong
5. Can I Get With Ya Crazy Butt
6. Necromancing Things
7. Gimmie the Online Loot
8. 10 Fung Shui Commandments
9. Gone, Biggie, Gone
10. Just a Party and Bull****
11. Victory Coming
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