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?

Download:  The 16th Of June: A Tupac Shakur Celebration

 
Alongside Mick Boogie, Terry Urban has made a name for himself as a tastemaker within the hip hop game.

He’s been involved in a number of influential mixtape projects including Viva La Hova and a recent J Dilla tribute.  He’s also helped bring attention to numerous emerging artists through collaboration projects.

Today Terry Urban released The 16th Of June: A Tupac Shakur Celebration to honor the hip hop legend’s birthday, as well as raise awareness around tonight’s memorial concert in Atlanta.  Although he died at 25, Tupac Amaru Shakur would have turned 39 years old today.

The concert is sure to sell out, as it’s hosted by Mike Epps and features performances from Bun B, Rick Ross, Too Short, Pill, and Roscoe Dash. If you’re in Atlanta, I need to see footage of Rick Ross setting the crowd on fire with “BMF” and “MC Hammer.” #BAWSE!

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What’s Your Favorite Tupac Song?

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