A loja de departamentos norte-americana Target chamou dois Roots – Black Thought e ?uestlove – pra recriar o clássico “Groove is in the Heart” do Deee-lite pra sua mais nova campanha publicitária. E a dupla chamou Charli XCX pra assumir os vocais. A versão é bem correta – até demais -, mas a música é boa demais pra passar despercebida.

Muito antes de lançar uma das pedras fundamentais da década do mashup (o Grey Album, de 2003), Brian Burton já escorregava suas mãos por vinis e, aos poucos, fundia beats de outras músicas em seu caldeirão hip hop. Duas mixtapes de 1999 mostram que, apesar de seu completo domínio da cena hip hop em sua discotagem (que dá o tom dos dois sets), ele não se segurava em colocar alguns estranhos – como Blondie, R.E.M., Scritti Pollitti, Phil Collins e, é claro, os Beatles – para chacoalhar com o groove. Coisa fina.

Dangermouse – Promo Vol. 1 (1999)

Nas – “It Ain’t Hard To Tell”
Old Dirty Bastard feat. Method Man and Masta Killa – “Drunken Master”
Bumpy Knuckles (Freddie Foxx) – “A Part Of My Life”
Mobb Deep – “Young Dimes”
Inspectah Deck – “Rec Room (w/ Demastas “Feel No Guilt” beat)”
Big L – “Ebonics”
Nas – “Blaze a 50”
Common – “Like They Used To Say”
Apphyliation – “Dry Tears”
Black Eyed Peas – “One Way (Karma Remix)”
Show & AG – “Spit”
Sway and King Tech feat. The RZA, Xzibit, Kool G Rap, Eminem – “The Anthem”
Dangerous Interlude – “REM (w/ break beat)”
Big L – “Devil’s Son”
Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonite (w/ Pharcyde’s “Ya Mama”)”
Mos Def feat. Black Thought – “Resperation (remix)”
Loot Pack Feat. Quasimoto – “Untitled”
Gang Starr – “Militia (Pete Rock remix)”
Mobb Deep – “Quiet Storm (w/ Code of the Streets beat)”
The Pharcyde – “Pain”
Mathematik Feat. Bahamadia – “Following Goals (Frankenstein Remix)”
Edie Brickell – “What I Am (w/ DJ Premier beat)”
Ghostface Killah – “Mighty Healthy”
Slick Rick – “I Own America”
Slick Rick – “Mona Lisa”
Michael Jackson – “I Can’t Help It (w/ Cool Breeze beat)”

Dangermouse – Promo Vol. 2 (1999)

“Intro”
Mobb Deep – “Shook Ones pt. II (DM Mix)”
Mobb Deep – “Last Supper”
Afu Ra – “Defect”
Screwball – “Hostyle”
O.G.C. – “Bounce to the Ounce”
Nas – “Belly Button Window”
Hall & Oates – “Maneater (DM Mix)”
Sadat X & Grand Puba – “Lump Lump (DM Mix)”
Akinyele – “Take a Lick”
Slum Village – “Look of Love (DM Mix)”
Saukrates Feat. Choclair – “Body Language”
Phife Dawg – “Bend Ova (DM Mix)”
Souls of Mischief – “We Intersect”
D.I.T.C. – “Way of Life”
The Beatles – “A Day in the Life (DM Mix)”
Jemini the Gifted One – “Return of the Funk Soul Sensation”
Wu-Tang Clan – “Cream (DM Mix)”
Dr. OOP – “Deep Impact”
Sale & Moodswing Feat. The Arsonists – “3 Guys in a Bar”
Mos Def – “Speed Law”
Mobb Deep – “Everybody Hates Me”
Tash – “Bermuda Triangle (DM Mix)”
Slum Village – “Players”
Casual – “I Gotta Get Down”
Scritti Politti Feat. Mos Def – “Tinseltown to Boogiedown”
Eric B. and Rakim – “I Know You Got Soul (DM Mix)”
Suzanne Vega – “Tom’s Diner (DM Mix)”
Blondie – “Call Me (DM’s Jungle Mix)”