You know how much we love mixtapes. This one is pretty much a gold standard. Mick Boogie got the folks from Swedish indie pop trio Peter, Bjorn & John's record label to give him the master stems from all the tracks on their '09 album Living Thing and set out to remake the album in his own image...
Here's the thing, though: He didn't just take the original tracks and pair them up with old rapper verses a la the overrated Southerngold. He recruited a team of talented underground producers to completely destroy and reconstruct the songs Frankenstein style, tweaking and rearranging them from their stripped down, legally obtained components. Then he had about 40 of the hottest rappers working today (Black Milk, Rhymefest, Big Pooh, Naledge, Wale, Talib Kweli, 88 Keys, Mickey Factz, Evidence, etc.) spit hot fire, Dylan style.
I own Living Thing, and I don't love it. This ain't Living Thing.
Mick Boogie + Peter, Bjorn & John - Re-living Thing
A brief history of PB&J's hip-hop relevancy: Kanye introduced them to the consciousness in 2007 by covering their whistle-along classic "Young Folks." Then, like the good offspring they are, Drake and Wale sampled a pair of the band's other songs on mixtapes of their own.
I own Living Thing, and I don't love it. This ain't Living Thing.
Mick Boogie + Peter, Bjorn & John - Re-living Thing
A brief history of PB&J's hip-hop relevancy: Kanye introduced them to the consciousness in 2007 by covering their whistle-along classic "Young Folks." Then, like the good offspring they are, Drake and Wale sampled a pair of the band's other songs on mixtapes of their own.
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