Viva La Hova - Jay-Z vs. Coldplay Mashup Mixtape - RIDICULOUS!!!
This is by far the best Mashup album since Danger Mouse's The Grey Album combining Jay-Z's Black Album and The Beatles The White Album. Viva La Hova is a little different in that it combines Coldplay tracks/samples and Jigga's lyrics from multiple albums. I actually like that concept because it gives them more flexibility in picking the right song combinations. Shit is hot!
A lot of people hate on Coldplay since most of their songs and albums are very poppy-rock (I think I just made that up) but I've always liked them. It's good music to just chill out to or put on in the background if you need to relax. They even have a few decent uptempo type tracks that are cool even though they get played a bazillion times a day on the radio. Granted they were the subject of one of the best jokes from 40 Year Old Virgin when they were doing the whole "You know how I know you're gay" thing but whatever. Good music is good music.
I IMPLORE you to download this album immediately. You will not be disappointed. Below are the links I have found so far. You can also check the Viva La Hova official website for other download links if you have any problems with these. It looks like they are updating them fairly regularly due to the popularity of it so far. Holla!
DOWNLOAD 1
DOWNLOAD 2
DOWNLOAD 3
DOWNLOAD 4
REVIEWS:
The Source
HypeTrak
AllHipHop.com
Finally, here are a few clips of the tracks on YouTube so you can get a taste of what's inside:
Shameless Plug Alert: My boy Anonimus did a "remix" track using Coldplay's Clocks almost 2 years ago now and I think the beat sounds a little better than the one they did above in the "Life of Clocks". This video is posted to the right but I figured I would throw it in this post too since it's relevant and you might have missed it. You decide which one you like better. I'm leaning towards Nom but I'm biased...
