An idea to make the American Gangster Remix Projects more exciting!

[PeterVankmen]

Like Teknik said let's not all just throw sh1t at the wall, so everyone can respond with the same "It's cool, it's aight" lukewarm responses.

At the same time it's gonna get boring hearing dozens of average to good diffent versions of Blue Magic.

So let's make some rules:


Spilt up the American gangster to trax into the 3 sections, The Genesis, The Rise and The Demise.

You must do 5 songs with soul samples, 5 songs using samples from either SWV, H-Town, Jodeci or Boyz to Men, and you must make 5 songs using video game music!


If u guys can come up with better stipulations post them, but let's make this remix album something different then we tried before!

[DJ TEKNIK]

Hmmm I think your on to something..

[PeterVankmen]

Hmmm I think your on to something..

And my lil 3 suggestions don't have to be the final say if others can agree on somethin else, but let's start with this.


*hint*

currently sampling the motown philly horns to use on roc boys

[Big Jo]

i could see that as maybe a side joint... but i think this is a rare opportunity for producers... and they should be given complete freedom...

[PeterVankmen]

i could see that as maybe a side joint... but i think this is a rare opportunity for producers... and they should be given complete freedom...



Obviously u can do whatever you want with the acapellas.

But I thought in addition to whatever u were working on we can have some type of structure, just like the sample flip contest, where it's not just about judging a "beat" because all of u have skill. But if we make it more finite, and judge the best boyz to men beat, or video game sample beat, then it becomes very interesting.

[Big Jo]

Obviously u can do whatever you want with the acapellas.
But I thought in addition to whatever u were working on we can have some type of structure, just like the sample flip contest, where it's not just about judging a "beat" because all of u have skill. But if we make it more finite, and judge the best boyz to men beat, or video game sample beat, then it becomes very interesting.

true!

[PeterVankmen]

true!

He dropped the TBA acapelles too, and I remember there was a grey album, done over the beatles beats, purple album done over prince beats....

To me beat makin is more exciting to take off the wall sh1t and making it into a beat.

Anything and Hard knock life were pure genius.

[Choc City]

I think you are on to something too however I would make it a little more conservative..

The SOHH AG remix album should most definitely have a theme. Maybe all songs should use a sample from the godfather trilogy score. Or all should have a sample from the Scarface OST

[Big Jo]

He dropped the TBA acapelles too, and I remember there was a grey album, done over the beatles beats, purple album done over prince beats....
To me beat makin is more exciting to take off the wall sh1t and making it into a beat.
Anything and Hard knock life were pure genius.

c/s 100%

[PeterVankmen]

I think you are on to something too however I would make it a little more conservative..

The SOHH AG remix album should most definitely have a theme. Maybe all songs should use a sample from the godfather trilogy score. Or all should have a sample from the Scarface OST


Do we have to make it a part of the official SOHH AG remix album projects or can we just have it as a seperate thing to do all together? I'm not tryna change the game on all of those who have worked so hard already.

[DJ TEKNIK]

I think you are on to something too however I would make it a little more conservative..

The SOHH AG remix album should most definitely have a theme. Maybe all songs should use a sample from the godfather trilogy score. Or all should have a sample from the Scarface OST


Or samples from all kind of gangsta movies..

[PeterVankmen]

Or samples from all kind of gangsta movies..



I went to the bathroom and was thinking the same thing. carlitos way, menance II society soundtrack (that straight up meance!), boyz-n-the hood (how to survive in south central), the godfather, good fellas, ALL of those soundtrax!

if others agree lets start upping some of those albums!

[DJ TEKNIK]

I went to the bathroom and was thinking the same thing. carlitos way, menance II society soundtrack (that straight up meance!), boyz-n-the hood (how to survive in south central), the godfather, good fellas, ALL of those soundtrax!
if others agree lets start upping some of those albums!

:laugh:

Thinking of a remix while sh1tting..

[Choc City]

better than thinking of sh!tting while remixing.

[DJ TEKNIK]

better than thinking of sh!tting while remixing.


:laugh:

[ThaGovernor]

yea ag wit godfather/scarface theme..co sign to the fullest..sign me up 4 that one... i want 2 do fallen or american dreamin for that we do jump that off..**** if we did that we should keep that on the hush 4 real until its done..be4 someone runs off wit that one..**** might be me if no ones interested

[Choc City]

can we get a sign up thread for this?

I already called Pray !!!

[ThaGovernor]

can we get a sign up thread for this?

I already called Pray !!!
co-sign wheres tek at? So choc u talking bout just ag in general or with the gangster theme? ...and i need at least a week

[Choc City]

Im saying in general for now. The theme can be determined by Tek and Aje I just wanna see it start

[eaze-productionz]

i like this idea but why it gotta always be sampled beats. DOESN'T ANYONE DO ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS ANYMORE?

[Choc City]

I do originals 90% of the time. I like the idea of the gangster sample theme but Im not so sure Id be good at it lol

[ThaGovernor]

i like this idea but why it gotta always be sampled beats. DOESN'T ANYONE DO ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS ANYMORE?
i do originals 2.. but i usssually sample/compose cuz i feel it has a fuller sound...i just feel like completely composed beats dont have the replay value..

[ThaGovernor]

I do originals 90% of the time. I like the idea of the gangster sample theme but Im not so sure Id be good at it lol
oh ok..well i want to be notified if we do the theme..otherwise im not so interested

[DJ TEKNIK]

Lets Finish AZ A.W.O.L Then we can do AG..don't worry about it fellows accappella will be here for the remix..

[DJ TEKNIK]

I went to the bathroom and was thinking the same thing. carlitos way, menance II society soundtrack (that straight up meance!), boyz-n-the hood (how to survive in south central), the godfather, good fellas, ALL of those soundtrax!
if others agree lets start upping some of those albums!


This will be the theme for the remix project..

[Big Jo]

i like this idea but why it gotta always be sampled beats. DOESN'T ANYONE DO ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS ANYMORE?

:laugh:

see thats the good thing about the internet you aint gotta pay to clear the sample...

[MACADO]

this would be cool. Im in whatever it is

[PeterVankmen]

So have the powers that be settled on what'll be? Godfahter/Scarface or any gangsta flik?

[illwittdeez]

ummm I would like you guyz to you my idea that I was gonna do ( I don't think I'm going to remix the whole album any more to much on my plate) use a lot of samples from old black films I have alot of soundtracks to upload if needed

These are the ones I have.......

Dolemite__1975_(2)
Black_Belt_Jones-1974
Black_Caesar_1973
Blacula_OST
BobbiHumphrey_DigThis
Cool_Breeze_OST
Cornbread__Earl_and_Me_1975
Curtis_Mayfield_-_Superfly___1972_
Dynamite_Brothers_1973
Foxy Brown_1974
Hell_Up_In_Harlem_O.S.T__1974_
Hells Belles (OST)
Lialeh_O.S.T_1974
Mack_OST
Mahogany_1975
Melinda_OST
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Lifeline (1977)
Shorty The Pimp ost_1973
The_Soul_of_N*gger_Charley_1973
Willie_Dynamite_1974

Damn I must have love for yall cause this is like a producer's Fort Knox or Area 51


Now I gotta think of which song I wanna remix hmmm.......

[SUNZ]

ummm I would like you guyz to you my idea that I was gonna do ( I don't think I'm going to remix the whole album any more to much on my plate) use a lot of samples from old black films I have alot of soundtracks to upload if needed

These are the ones I have.......

Dolemite__1975_(2)
Black_Belt_Jones-1974
Black_Caesar_1973
Blacula_OST
BobbiHumphrey_DigThis
Cool_Breeze_OST
Cornbread__Earl_and_Me_1975
Curtis_Mayfield_-_Superfly___1972_
Dynamite_Brothers_1973
Foxy Brown_1974
Hell_Up_In_Harlem_O.S.T__1974_
Hells Belles (OST)
Lialeh_O.S.T_1974
Mack_OST
Mahogany_1975
Melinda_OST
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Lifeline (1977)
Shorty The Pimp ost_1973
The_Soul_of_N*gger_Charley_1973
Willie_Dynamite_1974

Damn I must have love for yall cause this is like a producer's Fort Knox or Area 51


Now I gotta think of which song I wanna remix hmmm.......
up that

[ThaGovernor]

ummm I would like you guyz to you my idea that I was gonna do ( I don't think I'm going to remix the whole album any more to much on my plate) use a lot of samples from old black films I have alot of soundtracks to upload if needed

These are the ones I have.......

Dolemite__1975_(2)
Black_Belt_Jones-1974
Black_Caesar_1973
Blacula_OST
BobbiHumphrey_DigThis
Cool_Breeze_OST
Cornbread__Earl_and_Me_1975
Curtis_Mayfield_-_Superfly___1972_
Dynamite_Brothers_1973
Foxy Brown_1974
Hell_Up_In_Harlem_O.S.T__1974_
Hells Belles (OST)
Lialeh_O.S.T_1974
Mack_OST
Mahogany_1975
Melinda_OST
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Lifeline (1977)
Shorty The Pimp ost_1973
The_Soul_of_N*gger_Charley_1973
Willie_Dynamite_1974

Damn I must have love for yall cause this is like a producer's Fort Knox or Area 51


Now I gotta think of which song I wanna remix hmmm.......
feel free to share those!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!link pm or something..dont be a tease

[illwittdeez]

Now I gotta think of which song I wanna remix hmmm.......


I want another crack at blue magic or hello brooklyn


P.S. I'll try to get those up by monday

[PeterVankmen]

yea ag wit godfather/scarface theme..co sign to the fullest..sign me up 4 that one... i want 2 do fallen or american dreamin for that we do jump that off..**** if we did that we should keep that on the hush 4 real until its done..be4 someone runs off wit that one..**** might be me if no ones interested



http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1576362/20071212/jay_z.jhtml

Jay-Z's American Gangster Goes 'Godfather' With DJ Skee's Help

Skee combined Hov's a cappella tracks with 'Godfather' soundtrack.

by Shaheem Reid and Jayson Rodriguez




DJ Skee's The American Godfather (Photo: DJ Skee)


Remember the frenzy in the mixtape circuit and on the Internet when Jay-Z released an a cappella version of his 2003 "retirement" LP, The Black Album? A plethora of DJs, including




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Gnarls Barkley's Danger Mouse, had a field day taking Hov's beatless rhymes and pairing them with new original tracks or famous instrumentals by other artists.

Well, Jigga has done it again, this time with his latest release, American Gangster. The first big-name DJ to jump on it is Los Angeles' DJ Skee, who's made a name for himself in the underground by making mixtapes with the Game. Skee's new street album marries Jay's American Gangster with the biggest gangster movie of all time, "The Godfather." Yes, Skee and his producers have taken music from the film and reworked it as new soundscapes for Jay-Z's narrative lyrics. The American Godfather will be available online beginning Friday.

"It almost instantly clicked," Skee told MTV News about the idea for the mash-up. "I almost didn't want to do it because I didn't want to do something so cliché. I was like, 'Wait, I already had "The Godfather" musical score.' I listen to it because it has so many ill melodies and breakdowns and emotions. It's crazy the way it's put together. And I thought we could sample it like crazy. And I thought, still, should we do it? But everyone thought the idea was dope and I had nothing to lose, and it came out dope."

Skee had some help along the way. The DJ birthed the idea three weeks ago when Def Jam announced it would be releasing the a cappella tracks as an alternate LP, American Gangster Acappella, which dropped earlier this month. But he really only buckled down 10 days ago to get it done. Producers Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell (Dru Hill, Mos Def), THX, Ervin "EP" Pope, Rome and Tommy Gunnz manned the boards on several of the tracks, including one of the standouts, Hov's "Say Hello," which Campbell mixed with a popular waltz from "The Godfather." Skee's partner DJ Reflex also assisted in putting some of the tracks together.

"We're taking one good gangster movie and switching it with the greatest one of all time," Skee explained. "But the production is like an album. We went in real studios and did a bunch of joints, and it turned out crazy.

"I wanted to make it like a real movie," he added, referring to the project's YouTube trailer. "When you hear the intro, [there are] different skits in between, scenes from 'The Godfather' playing between the songs. I wanted to make it like a mixtape because I like mixing and DJing and doing some stuff. But this is so good, I did a couple transitions, but you can pop it in and you can play it all the way straight through. This isn't even like a mixtape. This is gonna be one of the best albums of the year."

[eboknows1234]

yeh i did that say hello remix ... i made it sound real godfatherish and soulful ... choc has got my tracks for that that would be cool if i can get that say hello joint on this piece for real..........

[eboknows1234]

quotes from the actual movie would be crucial for the remix as well ...