You’ve kinda gotta be living under a rock not to know who Jeremy Lin is. In case you do happen to be living under a rock, Lin is a point guard for the New York Knicks who happened to make his way off the bench during one game and ended up setting the world on fire. If you’re living under a rock, that probably means you haven’t heard Lin’s tribute song by my homie Mega Ran that’s been showcased everywhere from SportsCenter to USA Today. Since Ran did the original song over an industry beat, he asked me to put together a remix; since being a Knick fan for better or worse (usually worse) is in my DNA, I was happy to do it. Hopefully Lin and the Knicks will hear my remix and give me some tickets!
Song:A Prayer for the Wayfarer; The Cathedral | Composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Noriko Matsueda, Yasunori Mitsuda
Before the “Great Computer Crash of 2011″ (long story), I was working on a tribute album for the Bad Dudes, where I’d create remixes for every song and theme their albums were based on. Then the “Crash” happened and I didn’t get much farther than this this track, inspired by CHRONOTORIOUS. Orchestral music isn’t really my normal style (save for my Journey to Remlia collab many moons ago), but I tried!
Hey all, I just wanted to put the word out that my new instrumental EP, Road to Recovery is now available! RtR tells the story of a bad car accident I was in this past June, and my subsequent road to recovery (get it?). It’s 5 tracks for $5 so the price is right, if I do say so myself…and BTW, if any emcee cop the EP and wanna bless some of the beetz, be sure to let me know.
Song: Vs Africa, Team Theme | Composer: Kazuo Sawa
This track was my contribution to OCR’s Super Dodge Ball project, which was a LONG time in the making. What started out as KyleJCrb making a tongue-in-cheek remark on Twitter, became me hopping on this project and an eventual collab with talented peeps in LuIzA, Urbanizm‘s Mr. Jones & Khakolak Boy, and the legendary Random (aka Mega Ran). Everyone involved had a blast putting the song together; I hope people think this song and the album were worth the wait.
I know I’ve been real quiet here lately (a fact that no one hates more than me), but I wanted to share the fact that my new EP, Road to Recovery is dropping on November 1, 2011 – the seven-year anniversary of Urbanizm Music‘s launch. I hope you’ll be willing to support it when it comes out; at $5 (or more if you’re feeling generous), it’ll definitely be easy on the wallet.
And in other news, I should have some other non-RtR tracks dropping soon, so stay tuned!
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Vocals: Justin Bieber (featuring Ludacris) | Album: My World 2.0
I must admit, I don’t know too much about Justin Bieber’s music; honestly I don’t think I’ve heard the original Baby in its entirety. The little I did hear of it sparked my interest so I wanted to try remixing it, as it’s something I hadn’t done before and something people probably wouldn’t have expected from me. The most common response to this mix has been from people who dug it but despised the original, so I guess that a good thing…isn’t it?
When I realized how popular my Not Afraid remix had gotten, I figured I’d follow it up the same way Eminem did: with Love the Way You Lie. Similar to Not Afraid, this remix came about as an experiment to see how an Eminem acapella would sound over one of my own tracks; in this case, Sincerity from my Sonic Adventure EP. I’m really proud of the outcome and I hope all the fans of the Not Afraid remix enjoy it.
Hey guys, I wanted to bring attention to a cool little project. My friend and labelmate Khakolak Boy is attempting to raise funds to release his debut album The Future, and he’s looking for some help. I produced a song for the album, and I know this album is something everybody would love, so if you’re willing and able, please consider donating; even so much as a dollar will help. There are a couple of cool things about this campaign too:
-Depending on how much you donate, you can get stuff like CDs or even executive producer credit!
-If we’re not lucky enough to reach our $3000 goal, you don’t lose the money you’ve donated. It’s totally risk-free!
I’ll even sweeten the deal: if anyone donates at least $5 to this project, contact me with your name/email address and I’ll give you a free download of Sonic Adventure (Special Edition). If you feel like donating, just click the link on this widget below or go directly to http://kck.st/f3jNxu. Thanks in advance!
Vocals: Sha Stimuli | Album: Unsung Vol. 1: The Garden of Eden
This was one of those remixes I had so much fun with, due to the fact that I’m such a huge Sha Stimuli fan. I shot Sha an email hoping against hope that he’d send me an acapella to work with, and sure enough, he sent me one of a verse he did over a Kanye West instrumental. I really hope Sha enjoyed this remix as much as I enjoyed making it.
Song: Take the Snow Train | Composer: Fumie Kumatani, Naofumi Hataya, Tomoko Sasaki
Merry Christmas, everybody! I decided (with some encouragement from JM) to get into the holiday spirit by joining The Speed Gamers‘ Obligatory Ice Level Day, in which arrangers tackle songs from snow/ice levels in video games. I picked Take the Snow Train from NiGHTS into Dreams… I tried to give it a “Christmassy” feel; hopefully I made NiGHTS fans and holiday music fans proud.
