Jaydiohead - Jay-Z x Radiohead by Max Tannone
Jaydiohead - The Encore by Max Tannone
I don't remember exactly when I first heard Jaydiohead, I only remember that I wasn't instantly a fan after the first listen. Nor the second listen for that matter. Everyone knows I'm a huge Jay-Z fan, but I knew nothing about Radiohead, and honestly I didn't care to know much more about them. It wasn't until I heard Karma Police later and began to become more familiar with their music that I became a fan of Radiohead. Once I became a fan of both artists, Jaydiohead was like when I saw Super Friends for the first time as a 7 year old.
Orgasm and a half.
I love the fact that Max Tannone took this project seriously and went through the rigorous task of making sure both Jay and Thome York's vocals matched each track perfectly, as if they were in the studio together making each song. To me, that's what separates this from the thousands of bullshit "mashups" that people put on the internet using FruityLoops and other low budget bullshit editing software. Okay, enough of my babble, here's the interesting stuff.
Jaydiohead is the mashup project of the music of Jay-Z and Radiohead that was mixed and produced by New York producer Max Tannone, formerly known as Minty Fresh Beats. Tannone premiered the album Jaydiohead on his Myspace page on December 30, 2008,[1] which was officially released to download January 1, 2009. The first album was followed up by the July 12, 2009 release of Jaydiohead: The Encore, which featured five new mixes. The album Jaydiohead has been called an internet sensation.
Production
Tannone began work on Jaydiohead about a year prior to the album's completion, beginning with the tracks "Wrong Prayer" and "Ignorant Swan".[4] The remainder of the tracks, which incorporate Jay-Z's a capella releases and samples from Radiohead songs,[5][6] were mixed and produced beginning in August 2008.[7] Over the course of six weeks, Tannone had completed the album from his laptop.[2] In an interview with The Daily Beast writer Touré, he explains that producing a song is a lengthy process that could take several weeks to complete.[2]Using Jay-Z's a cappella songs as the master tempo, he searched through Radiohead songs that he believed would compliment Jay's lyrics. He also states that cohesion between the songs was one of the most difficult tasks in mixing.[2] But by splitting up Radiohead songs into smaller pieces, he was able to layer Jay-Z's vocal tracks on top of them, sometimes placing additional melodies, adding drums or percussive instrumentation, or other effects into the track.[4] Due to copyright infringement issues, similar to the release of most mashups, the songs were offered free of charge from the official website,[6][8] and no legal action has been taken against Tannone.[3]Jaydiohead was also bootlegged on vinyl.[9]
In addition, a video called "Ignorant Swan Medley" was made, and featured several clips from songs on the album.[10]
Style
The distinct sound of Jay-Z's vocal tracks with Radiohead's samples by Tannone have been described as fluid,[6] uniting the sounds of two legendary artists[11] and complementing one with the other.[12] This fusion of the two artists has been described as not sounding forced,[5]coming from artists with music that is considered to be polar opposites of each other.[13] The songs' cohesion gives the impression that the two distinctly different genres have not been merged together, but could pass as an original release by either one of the original artists.[6][14]Aside from Radiohead and Jay-Z samples being alternative rock and hip hop, respectively, the music has been described as funky.
My personal favorites are "No Karma", "Dirt Off Your Android", and "Song and Cry".
There you have it folks, our first of hopefully many additions to "Music Mondays". Hope you enjoyed it.
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