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El-P utilizing McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” to remix Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” to create the most expensive song to legally clear of all-time. Earlier drafts surely included samples of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” and “Vogue.” This song’s existence is owed to a Twitter in-joke between El-P and XLR8R magazine, involving the Beebs and something called “UK Funky,” which has nothing to do with the dance music sub-genre. I owe someone words on Jamie Meline’s third megamixx (not sure who yet), but in the meantime, there is this, which sounds to me like what would happen if Hyperdub decide to release teenybopper music. The all-consuming influence of dubstep is there — just barely — but mostly, it’s El-P’s genius at tar and feathering tracks that makes this able to sound grimy and poppy all at the same time.
This is the sort of thing that Rusko would pay attention to if he was going to have a chance of not fucking up the Britney Spears record. Not that I would listen to it anyway. I am rockist and a reactionary and a recidivist, even if I’m not sure what the last one means. At least, this is what Coke Machine Glow tells me. If you’ll excuse me, I will now spend the rest of my 5th of July Holiday rifling through Take That records. I am a boy band purist.
Download:
MP3: Justin Bieber – “Baby” (El-P Death Mix)
4 comments
Mouse says:
July 5, 2010 at 4:38 pm (UTC -7)
“But some fools bought into it ’cause they don’t know no better
That you’re a hamburger pimp, only out for the cheddar”
Ivan says:
July 5, 2010 at 10:35 pm (UTC -7)
Love the fact that you’ve been citing Twitter on every other post lately, yet refuse to join the club! Argh!
Passion of the Weiss says:
July 5, 2010 at 11:01 pm (UTC -7)
No need. Bieber’s got it on lock. Right now, he “saw some true happiness tonight. Nothing better than sharing it with the fans! Love U Texas.”
Enkeling says:
July 6, 2010 at 5:13 am (UTC -7)
Is there a Bieber-less version of this somewhere? His presence here puts the awesome music down.