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Mick Boogie & Terry Urban Present: Viva La Hova: Remastered

Mike Boyd — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:32:53 +0000

Download Viva La Hova: Remasterd

Two years ago, Mick Boogie and Terry Urban set the music world on fire with an unprecedented mash-up (although they hate that word) of musical icons Jay-Z and Chris Martin/Coldplay… Viva Ha Hova. The project featured production from Mick, Terry, 9th Wonder, Cookin’ Soul, The Kickdrums, nVMe, 6th Sense and others.

Viva La Hova went on to garner hundreds of thousands of downloads, and receive acclaim around the world. Jay-Z himself told Mick he liked the project… and Coldplay even linked to it on their official website.

As the weather gets colder and summertime fades away, it seemed like a perfect time to re-release a project that can only be described as “ambient cold weather music.”

“Terry and I were planning on re-releasing it in December anyways, just because everywhere we go, people ask us about it,” said Mick Boogie. “After Jay-Z and Coldplay announced their big New Years Eve plans, including performing together integrating their songs… and about a million people emailed us… we decided to just drop the re-release now. Why wait?”

Featuring two new bonus songs not contained on the original Viva La Hova release, this project also finds the original mixes re-mastered, non-sequenced, and without the signature “dj drops” over the songs.

“Everyone always told us they treated this project as an album, and not a mixtape,” said Terry Urban. “This being the playlist generation, we wanted to offer the songs in an album, non-mixed format so people can use the songs however they see fit.”

- MickBoogie.com

Thoughts on the project?

DJ Jazzy Jeff + Mick Boogie: Summertime The Mixtape (DOWNLOAD)

Mike Boyd — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:58:14 +0000

Download: Summertime The Mixtape

49 songs… expertly mixed, cut and transitioned by two of America’s most popular DJ’s. The songs cover any and everything ‘summer’ related. From songs about summer to songs that just feel like the sunshine season, this multi-genre mix will be sure to make your already great summer even better!

Wow, this is a gift. Shout out to Mick Boogie, DJ Jazzy Jeff, MTVTN, and UNDRCRWN!

Track-Listing:

1. Summertime Intro
2. Kool & The Gang: Summer Madness (Live Version)
3. Kool & The Gang: Summer Madness
4. Quincy Jones: Summer In The City
5. Ahmad: Back In The Day
6. Ice Cube: It Was A Good Day
7. Roy Ayers f/ Mary J Blige: Everybody Loves The Sunshine
8. Pharcyde: Passin’ Me By (Ffej Remix)
9. Jay-Z f/ Babyface: Sunshine
10. Ramsey Lewis: Sun Goddess
11. A Tribe Called Quest: Find A Way (Ffej String Edit)
12: Bush Babies f/ Mos Def: The Love Song
13. Jodeci: Get On Up
14. The Commodores: High On Sunshine
15. J Dilla f/ Dwele : Think Twice
16. Erick Sermon f/ Marvin Gaye: Music (Mick’s Marvapella Edit)
17. Bernard Wright: Who Do You Love
18. LL Cool J: Loungin’
19. A Tribe Called Quest: Hot Sex
20. Main Source: Live At The BBQ
21. Nuyorican Soul: Nautilus
22. Pharcyde & Sublime: Summertime
23. Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff: Summertime Remix
24. Michael Jackson: I Can’t Help It
25. De La Soul: Breakdawn
26. Musiq: Just Friends
27. Carl Thomas: Summer Rain
28. Faze-O: Riding High
29. Dionne Warwick: Walk On By
30. Skee-Lo: I Wish
31. Black Moon: Who Got The Props
32. Frankie Beverly and Maze: Before I Let Go
33. Nu Shooz: I Can’t Wait
34. Montell Jordan: This Is How We Do It
35: The Roots f/ George Benson: Breezin’
36: Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff: Time To Chill
37. Biggie: Can’t You See
38. James Brown: The Payback
39. En Vogue: My Lovin’
40. Bobby McFerrin: Sunshine Of My Life
41. Fifth Dimension: Let The Sun Shine In
42. Mos Def: Sunshine
43. Nine: Whatcha Want
44. Otis Redding: Sittin’ On The Dock
45. 2Pac: I Get Around (Mick’s String Edit)
46. Zapp: Computer Love (Terry’s Mirage On The Water Mix)
47. Seals And Croft: Summer Breeze
48. Jay-Z: Dear Summer
49. Weldon Irvine: Morning Sunrise

DID THEY MISS ANYTHING?

Mick Boogie, Big Boi, & Rick Ross – SouthernPlayalisticMaybachMusic (Blend Tape)

Mike Boyd — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:26:19 +0000

Download – SouthernPlayalisticMaybachMusic.

Shout out to Mick Boogie for putting this dope blend tape together!

Big Boi’s Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty drops on July 6th and Rick Ross‘ Teflon Don drops on July 20th.

Thoughts on The Project?

Shawn Chrystopher – The Audition EP

Mike Boyd — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:58:43 +0000

Here’s Shawn Chrystopher’s latest project hosted by Mick Boogie and Terry Urban. Judging off the amount of quality work attached to these three guy’s names, The Audition EP should be a good listen!

Download Shawn Chrystopher – The Audition EP

Mick Boogie – Sounds From The Front Row (featuring Outasight)

Mike Boyd — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:33:10 +0000

Here’s the Fashion Week track that Outasight mentioned in our recent interview.

Download/Stream: “Sounds From The Front Row.” Grab the whole project here at via StyleCaster.com.

Mixtape Review: Survival Kit

Mike Boyd — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:39:36 +0000

Last week, Mick Boogie, NVME, and Duck Down Records teamed up to release their Survival Kit mixtape. The project pays tribute to hip hop greats, KRS-One and Buckshot.

Named after the recent Survival Skills album, the mixtape features nineteen of the game’s most talented emerging artists remaking classic records by the two hip hop legends.

Since the project is a modest ten tracks long, I suggest you find the time to give it a quick listen. I applaud the creative concept and quality of the music put forth.

I’m going to highlight a few of the standout tracks below:

Sha Stimuli, Promise, J.A.M.E.S. Watts, Fashawn – “MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know Remix”

Sha Stimuli kills the first verse of “MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know.”

“If you don’t know me by now I doubt you’ll ever know me,
I’m not on Atlantic, I ain’t signed to Sony,
I’m not even sure how many labels are left,
But I’m labeled the booth assassin while the masses have slept…
Your flow ain’t as half as tight as like the way ya’ll dress.
And my knowledge reigns supreme, no I ain’t KRS.”

I know a lot of people are going to love that line about these new rappers having better style than rapping ability, ha! Also, the comment about not knowing how many labels are left is pretty great, as it seems they’ve been having layoffs every couple of weeks!

Here’s KRS-One’s original track, which sampled Clifford Brown’s “Yesterdays.”

Torae & Skyzoo – “Talk Shit Remix”

Torae and Skyzoo put forth two of the best verses off the entire project with this track. If you’re still sleepin on these impressive Duck Down emcees, hopefully “Talk Shit Remix” will wake you up!

Here’s an excerpt from Torae’s verse:

“Killin every nigga in ciphers,
Couple dudes got more buzz, but none of ‘em nicer.
If you feel you can fuck with it, fuck it then bet your budget,
Nigga’s pen is pathetic, promise I prove it in public, youngin,
My family is OG status,
Shittin on who mattered when you was shittin in pampers.
And that’s an understatement,
What better label for the most underrated, than one that started under the pavement?
For this engagement, get your skullies on,
Timberlands, Champion hoodies, let’s get the gully on.
I’m label mates with apes, legends, and greats,
Duck Down’s what it is and ya’ll shit what it ain’t.”

Those first lines about being better than the dudes with buzz had me hooked. The following excerpt is from Skyzoo’s verse that sums up his hip hop success:

“I became the talk of the city,
Whether blogs or the building,
From the server to the staircase, and all of that within it,
I’ve been saying this forever, so all of it’s a given,
The mixtapes was free throws, chalk it up to scrimmage.”

Here’s Buckshot’s original track which samples Miles Davis’ “Bitches Brew.”

Cause, The Kid Daytona, & Chaundon – “South Bronx Remix”

I know The Kid Daytona had a great time goin in over this South Bronx anthem! Here’s an excerpt from his verse:

“I was raised up the block from the house that Ruth built,
Raised off hip hop, shouts to Kool Herc, still,
Wonder how it used to feel,
To walk through the streets, with a boom box bumpin’ BDP.”

With lines like those, Cause, The Kid Daytona, and Chaundon capture the feelings of current Bronx natives who reminiscence over the borough’s hip hop dominance.

Other tracks to check out are: Christian Rich’s “Buck Em Down Remix,” Tanya Morgan’s “Gotcha Open Remix,” and Diz Gibran and Shawn Chrystopher’s “Sound of Da Police Remix.”

Download the whole project now, and experience the tribute!

SURVIVAL KIT (Mixtape) – Presented by Mick Boogie

Mike Boyd — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:24:21 +0000

Survival Kit features a number of emerging artists showing tribute to two of hip hop’s greats, KRS-one and Buckshot. I really love the concept of this project!

Download Survival Kit.

The Canz – Can’t Hold Me Down

Mike Boyd — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:47:27 +0000

Here’s The Canz’s video for “Can’t Hold Me Down” off The Slow Rise Project presented by Mick Boogie.

Interview: Mick Boogie (11/17/09)

Mike Boyd — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:54:31 +0000

Mick Boogie is the Youngstown, Ohio native, responsible for the critically acclaimed mixtapes, Viva La Hova by Jay-z and 1988 by Adele.

Mick got his start in college radio and eventually became one of the most recognized names in the DJ world.

Part of this recognition comes from consistently co-signing quality emerging artists such as B.o.B., U-N-I, Donnis, Big Sean, and The Kid Daytona.

He oversees most projects with these artists, often creating the overall vision and building the team of emcees and producers.

HipHopAtLunch.com met up with Mick Boogie in his Brooklyn neighborhood, to hear about the process behind his projects, touch on the continued success of his Motivation clothing store, and his views on Twitter.

I agree with Mick Boogie that most of his projects would be more appropriately called conceptual albums instead of mixtapes.

His clothing store, Motivation, has a nice collection of clothes at reasonable prices, and I can see why there’s interest in a franchise movement.

The Peter, Bijorn, and John project spoken about in the interview, Re-Living Thing, is a full-album remix of the group’s latest album, Living Thing. A lot of Mick’s time and effort went into this project, as he had to organize over 30 emcees and producers for his final vision of the “conceptual album.”

When approaching the project, he listened to the original album multiple times before asking a specific producer to remix each track. After hearing what these producers created, he selected emcees that would fit each particular beat well.

“Stay This Way Remix” is a sample of what the project has to offer, and features verses from Big Pooh, Chaundon & Phil Nash.

That track, remixed by Jazzy Jeff, is really catchy and has been stuck in my head since I started writing this article. Also, that video does an incredible job of playing off the track’s childhood theme.

The other project mentioned in the interview, is Party Robot, Mick Boogie’s collaboration with Idle Warship. In case you’re unfamiliar, Idle Warship is comprised of Talib Kweli, Res, and Graph Nobel.

Here’s Talib’s favorite track off the project and one of the first songs the group worked on, “Bedroom light.”

Kweli has stated that “Bedroom Light” is for the ladies.

Mick Boogie stays busy and, in this year alone, he’s DJ’d parties for Microsoft, Nike, Kim Kardashian, Giant Magazine, Lebron James, and Jay-z at venues all over the world.

If you want to keep up with this hip hop ambassador, tune into his Sirius Shade 45 radio show every Saturday night from 8pm to 10pm.

You should also visit his blog, pay attention to updates on his Twitter:@MickBoogie, and sign up for the Mick Boogie newsletter. Unlike most newsletters, Mick keeps his interesting by giving a list of upcoming shows as well as a quick paragraph of what to expect at the big events!

What’s Going On – 9/8

Mike Boyd — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:15:22 +0000

Mick Boogie releases his much anticipated mixtape:

I know a lot of people have been waiting patiently to hear Re-Living Thing. Hit me up at @HipHopAtLunch and let me know what you think! –> More on 2DopeBoyz.com

Donnis gets yet another interview!

Donnis says that this hip hop blog game is very follow the leader. From the amount of interviews Donnis has had, I think he is correct. More on AlwaysHustle.com

Jay-z sells out Madison Square Garden in a minute!

If you haven’t heard, Jay-z is having a concert at Madison Square Garden on Friday, which will be televised live on Fuse. The show sold out in 1 minute! -> More on NahRight.com