Leave it to Deep Dish halve Sharam Tayebi, the man who made Eddie Murphy-as-singer cool again with his club-tastic 2006 re-imagining of the comedian's 80's hit "Party All The Time", to emerge triumphant in doing something as bonkers as melding classic country, dub and hip hop 2.0.
On "She Came Along" (from his new Get Wild LP), Sharam starts off by throwing some restless beat tinkerings under the somber C&W sway of Patsy Cline's "Strange", creating a surprisingly addictive mashing of genres that would have ultimately been fine on it's own. Alas, we're in for even more of a treat, as he then goes and busts the record's appeal out of the stratosphere by stripping in current sensation Kid Cudi. - Mixtape Maestro
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Sep 21, 2011
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Kid Cudi rocketed to the top because his music did one thing really well: it brought hip-hop together with the "indie rock" scene -- classics included (you can't get much more classic than Bob Dylan). While not nearly as complex / well-done as J.Peri...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Jul 22, 2011
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About a year ago, there was a good patch where essentially every Friday ended up being a Kid Cudi Friday. Unfortunately, he hasn't been very prolific as of late. Fortunately, music is timeless. At least once it's digitized.Kid Cudi tore the music wor...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Oct 14, 2011
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Okay, so many of you might have seen that Childish Gambino just leaked a new track off his upcoming album. In case you missed it, you can catch it over at Pretty Much Amazing. But before you go over there, I must warn you: you're probably wasting you...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Nov 23, 2011
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Even though Kid Cudi has been busy teaming up with Dot Da Genius for a truthfully awful rock album (WZRD), he's found some time to keep up his own music. Well, sort of."Rain" comes as part of a mixtape that Cudi released not too long ago, featuring t...
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