\nThe Grey Album<\/i> is already legendary in terms of Internet
\nlore: a relatively unknown, immensely talented DJ fuses colors of
\ntwo well-known albums, The Beatles’
\nThe White Album<\/i> and Jay-Zs 2003 farewell album,
\nThe Black Album<\/i>. Legal action ensues. Downloads are made and
\nlike it or not,
\nThe Grey Album<\/i>, even if it is essentially illegal, has
\nalready changed the landscape of music. DJ Danger Mouse (formally
\nknown as Brian Burton) has created a novelty album that is anything
\nbut a novelty.<\/p>\n
Of course, DJ’s have been mixing albums for decades. In 1993,
\ndance-kings The KLF paired up with late country legend Tammy
\nWynette to record “Justified and Ancient.” Many college DJ’s fuse
\nso-called ‘incompatible’ artists together for the sake of novelty.
\nBut
\nThe Grey Album<\/i> created a phenomenon that will likely be
\nreplicated in years to come. Fans of copyright laws have reasonable
\nright to fear — some DJs may create a better listening experience
\nthan the original album.<\/p>\n
Put the debate aside, and
\nThe Grey Album<\/i> is an excellent generation gap tool. Any
\nclassic rock fans who refuse to acknowledge the talents Jay-Z or
\nrap in general will no doubt brave the posturing of Jay-Z to hear
\nsnippets of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in “What More Can I
\nSay.” Jay-Z fans who think classic rock is “geezer rock” will
\ndiscover some of the tightest, most-head-bobbing and flat-out weird
\nbeats The Beatles generated when the listener hears the guitar line
\nand “ohh yeah!” shout-outs in “Glass Onion” in the song,
\n“Encore.”<\/p>\n
Some experiments flounder. “Justify My Thug” and “Interlude”
\ndon’t seem to go anywhere and are the two songs where
\nThe Grey Album<\/i> sounds less like an album and more like a
\nwell-crafted publicity stunt. Still, anyone who tries to make order
\nout of “Revolution 9” deserves some credit.<\/p>\n
Time will essentially determine whether
\nThe Grey Album<\/i> will gain in artistic value. If any artist
\nbenefits (other than DJ Danger Mouse) from
\nThe Grey Album<\/i>, it would likely be Jay-Z. Despite all of the
\naccolades he has reaped from the hip-hop world, many music critics
\nremain skeptical in ranking him up with the Bruce Springsteen’s or
\nPrince’s of the world. The fact that Jay-Z’s music can sound at
\nhome, and even complement The Beatles seminal
\nWhite Album<\/i> will hopefully earn Jay-Z some respect from non
\nhip-hop critics. As for The Beatles,
\nThe Grey Album<\/i> shows that despite the fact that it is likely
\nthe most over-analyzed album in rock history, more can still be
\nlearned from it. And as for DJ Danger Mouse, the road is now
\nofficially paved for your first full-length LP of original material
\nfollowing this phenomenon. No pressure\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7052],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-38044","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-dj-danger-mouse","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38044"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}