Friday, November 5, 2010

Vinyl Reanimators Remix Compilation



I zipped up all my favorite Vinyl Reanimators remixes into a single collection. Very cool mid-90s sample-based production. The verses themselves are almost all mid-to-late 90s new york favorites, so you'll probably recognize at least a few of them. The cool thing about these tracks is how divergent they are from the originals.
The original Rakim song had a beat that had all the boisterous pizazz and overwrought drama of a DMX song and as a consequence, Rakim's laid-back, jazzy flow always sounded out-of-place and forced on the track. This was a shame because the verses were among the best he'd written since going solo. But The Vinyl Reanimators fixed him up with a smooth beat that matches his flow much more convincingly than the original ever did.
The Fast Life remix is another example of Vinyl Reanimators upgrading a formerly corny song that happened to have quality verses, though I still prefer the Salaam Remi remix overall.
The Jeru track might actually be my favorite. The drum pattern is radically different from the original, it actually sounds like more of Jeru's stressed syllables land on drum hits than they do on the original. They use the same spaced-out sample as Pete Rock's Raekwon/Masta Killa track from 2008 to great effect, they also incorporate a sound effect at the end of every bar in the first verse that almost sounds like a faulty engine trying to turn over. This, coupled with the erratic drum pattern, gives the remix a chaotic and urgent feel that is in stark contrast to the smooth and relaxed mood of Premier's original beat.
These are imaginative, inventive remixes that any fan of 90s new york shit should check out.

Artifacts Art of Facts (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
AZ Doe or Die Vinyl Reanimators Remix
Brand Nubian Keep Bubblin' (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Brothas under Madness aka BUMS Take A Look Around (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
De La Soul f. Common The Bizness (1996 Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Ghostfaced Killah Daytona 500 (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Group Therapy East Coast-West Coast Killas Vinyl Reanimators Remix
Jeru the Damaja Ya Playin' Yaself (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Jungle Brothers How ya want it Vinyl Reanimators Remix
Kool G Rap Fast Life (Vinyl Reanimators remix)
KRS One Step into a World (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
L The Head Toucha Too Complex
Mic Geronimo Unstoppable Vinyl Reanimators Remix 1997
Mobb Deep Drop A Gem On Em (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Nas Affirmative Action Vinyl Reanimators Remix 1997
Nas Feat. R. Kelly Nas Will Rock [Street Dreams (Remix) (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)]
O.C. Born to Live Vinyl Reanimators Remix
Rakim Guess who's back (Vinyl Reanimators Remix #1)
Rakim Guess who's back (Vinyls Reanimators Remix #2)
Redman Whateva Man Vinyl Reanimators Remix
Tha Alkaholiks Hip Hop Drunkies (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
A Tribe called Quest Stressed out (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

4 comments:

  1. this needs to be back on the internet...

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  2. can you upload this again?peace

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  3. Please could you send me a link to this zip file ? Thanks alot

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  4. Yeah Im here in 2020 looking for a good DL of this!

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