Smash and Crunch Tonight

Tonight at the Liar's Club (1665 W. Fullerton) Drop the Lime is slated for the next of the 'I <3 Smash and Crunch' parties here in Chicago. DTL and his alias Curses! are known for heavy bass, grime, and rave influences. With that in mind, I thought I would hook everybody up with some tracks that represent some of these styles.

First up is one direct from the man himself, here's the Dexplicit remix of Curses! "What I Need:"

WhatINeed_DexplicitRemix_.mp3

Next is one from 4/4 Beats which has a nice bassline and a house meets grime feel:

Katodo.mp3

Then is one from the UK's underground hip-hop scene, Danfer 1nze "Better Days:"

BetterDays.mp3

Finally we have one from 2-Step legend, DJ Q, from his Dirty Dubz EP:

GirlVIP.mp3

Enjoy, and I hope to see you out tonight...

-Champ

Kriss Kross

Set the wayback machine to 1992 and you will most likely hear a handful of songs set on infinite repeat on the airwaves. Sir-Mix-A-Lot, TLC, Boys II Men all come to mind, but it was also the year that Chris Kelly (the Mac Daddy) and Chris Smith (the Daddy Mac), collectively know as Kriss Kross, blew up with their hit "Jump."

Since the banger hungry hoardes of 2007/2008 seem to have an insatiable appitite for reworkings of '90s gems, I figured that posting up a few of the better remixes of Jump I've heard so far might get some bodies moving out there...

First up is the 4x4 refix posted up at PalmsOut a little while ago. It has the ever-popular wobbly bass combined with the essential 2-Step shuffle to back it up.

KrisKross-Jump_4x4Refix_.mp3

Next is the DLid Customised version. This remix has a crunchy bassline and choppy, distorted house sound.

Jump_CustomisedbyD-L-i-d_.mp3

And finally, for the heads out there, here is the original 1992 version, just in case you like the original recipe better.

KrisKross-Jump_1992_.mp3


-Champ