hip-hop - mashup (black vs white - positive fist fight - both sides win - birthed a grey twin)

so I spent some of my life in a bubble (POP!) & thus have missed certain experiences, things of interest, etc., etc., (i was a late bloomer) (thanks to a buddy who told me about this,..) but in 2004 an interesting piece of music was created by Danger Mouse (most notably from Gnarls Barkley fame). He bravely took The Beatles 1968 masterpiece The White Album & mashed it with an a cappella version of Jay-Z's equally brilliant 2003 effort, The Black Album. The end result being 2004's The Grey Album. You simply must sit down & experience this for yourself. If you don't listen to at least a little hip-hop in your life, well you should. (& if you don't listen to The Beatles in your life, well you probably shouldn't be reading this blog, or you have probably never understood it.) but I digress,..(concerning hip-hop -)....It's poetry (which is good) & beats (which are also good). But this is just such a fantastic example of what's possible with music. Cliche' time: Music is the universal language, it transcends. This is your culture people, don't let it pass you by. Sit down, down load, insert over-sized headphones as close as possible to your sensory receptors, or brain, & think it through. (it's not that big a'deal people, work with me)

(got bored & figured I would make up some artwork for the album - psych!)

oh, & here are just a few tracks to wet your beak with - (i stole that last line from, hhmm, I think it was actually Godfather 2)