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| Pitchfork |
 This could be Internet-accelerated nostalgia talking, but A-Trak's first Dirty South Dance mix keeps sounding better the further 2007 disappears into the rearview. Bringing Southern bounce back to its bass roots by mashing it up with European electro-house? Somehow A-Trak made it work, mostly through sheer force of mixing skills and some surprisingly compatible beat selections. Going back to it now to hear "Walk It Out" or "Hustlin'" over the hyperactive snarl and throb of post-Ed Banger club music transcends its genre-stunt origins, creating a snapshot of club rap's tentative late-2000s forays into a thugged-out hip-house revival.A sequel might have less to worry about as far as justifying its concept, but more on its shoulders when it comes to living up to a great predecessor. Dirty South Dance 2 gets a bit more focused in the process: Unlike the anything-goes, geographically-shaky definition of "Dirty South" displayed on the first mix, DSD2 leans heavily on the current front line of Southern hitmakers, the post-Soulja Boy/Gucci contingent sharing time with vets like Young Jeezy and Birdman. (And Consequence, who's from Queens, but OK.) That grounds it a bit deeper in a specific regional tradition-- nobody's rapping in French on this one-- but still lets a host of stylistically distinct backing tracks shift momentum and mood. When it clicks, it brings new dimensions out of both tracks in the mix. The singsong cadence of Roscoe Dash's "All the Way Turnt Up" sounds even more Pixy Stix giddy when it's fitted to the hiccup of Claude Von Stroke's "Vocal Chords". Laying Dorrough's "Ice Cream Paint Job" over The Ones' cartoon-80s electro track "Blast" turns a 20-mile-an-hour boulevard cruise into a high-speed trip around the Nurburgring, but it heightens the original vocal's cockiness. And say what you will about Soulja Boy as an MC, but it makes a lot of sense to transplant his simplistic dance-rap into a subtle-as-a-pile-driver house track like the Martin Brothers' "Dum"....full text |
| Audioporncentral |
| A-Trak has a new mixtape out as he sayz - As you probably know this is a sequel to the first Dirty South Dance CD that came out in 2007. For the die-hard collectors I’m teaming up with Obey again to make a deluxe pack that includes a poster, t-shirt and physical CD in sexy digipak format. Stay tuned for the exact release date, it’ll be in about 3 weeks. - go and download the full thing for free here is our random pick to make you move random, cos the full thing kixxx asss, go and get it!...full text |
| Weareblahblahblah |
| A-Trak is back with another mixtape and it's PURE class, download and share....This is the second in the Dirty South Dance series with the first being released in 2007 and it smashes his recent Fabriclive CD. Also watch out for Carte Blanche - Do! Do! Do!, has a strong Duck Sauce feel. Thanks to Fools Gold for this. Track List 01. Intro 02. Trizzy Turnt Up 03. How Low Can U Bake 04. We Don't Want No Goblins 05. She Got a Dum Donk 06. Whatever You Shoot 07. Ice Cream On Blast 08. Carte Blanche ft. Kid Sister: Do! Do! Do! 09. Twerk That Driver 10. Vampires Going Ham 11. Loonies To Blow 12. Make The Trap Wile Out 13. O Let's Overdo It 14. Donnis: Gone (DJ Craze remix) 15. Ain't I A Joker...full text |
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