Rage Against Florence and the Machine

So I know I've said a few times that I'm going to cut back on making mashups. But sometimes, when I'm in the shower, an idea comes to me that I find so funny I have to do it. So I made my busta rhymes/alphabeat mashup based solely on the fact the videos sort of looked alike but this mashup was made just because of the name. It mixes Rage Against the Machine with Florence and the Machine. Rage Against Florence and the Machine. Clever huh.

The song its self is sort of like a night with me. Seems like it could be a good idea but feels very dirty and has an unsatisfying ending. And lasts about 2 and half minutes.

Hippomothamus - Rage Against Florence and the Machine: Download [mp3]

Facebook problem

So I accidentally had my facebook page set up to only allow people from the UK to be fans (whoops) so if you tried to add me PLEASE try again. Thanks.

Become a fan.

Valentines Day mix and Facebook

Attention ladies and gentleman I am your saviour.

As you may or may not know next Sunday is valentines day and I’ve created something a little special. One of the things I’ve always hoped to do with my music is show that not all hip-hop/rap is naughty words and violent situations. I decided I would put together a little mix CD with a collection of rap tracks (and some other samples) that show the softer side, specifically the appreciation of the fairer sex. To be honest I could of just of thrown together a bunch of tracks by LL Cool J and Common but I decided to dig a little deeper into my collection (although, there is two LL songs…) (coincidently as I write this I’m also watching a 30 Rock episode which stars Mr Smith)

So for guys I’ve created a CD, injected with my patented charm, which you can give to your special lady to show much you appreciate them. For single girls I’ve created a CD which, when listened to, will hopefully refill your confidence in us and make you feel like the princesses you are. We’re not all bastards, honest.

As well as the CD you can also download the “case” for it. Essentially it’s a design that fills a piece of paper that will keep your CD safe and looking good. Its based on this guide (which you will want to use). There is 4 different versions. Two have a background, two don’t (to save ink). One of each has the guide lines for folding correctly.

If you’d like to support this please feel free to throw a little money towards the British Heart Foundation. Everyone needs a heart.

I’ll also take this opportunity to mention that I’ve set up a facebook fan page. Feel free to join.

Thanks, and happy love day.

Tracklist:

Drake - Best I Ever Had
Wale - Pretty Girls Ft. Gucci Mane And Weensey
Kano - Boys Love Girls
LL Cool J - Luv U Better
Teriyaki Boyz - Sweet Girl (feat. Dondria)
LL Cool J - Hush (feat. Aurelius)
Snoop Dogg - Beautiful (feat. Pharrell & Charlie Wilson)
Pharrell - Frontin' (feat. Jay-Z)
Outro

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Hippomothamus - Valentines Mix 2010 (Music files): Download [zip]

Hippomothamus - Valentines Mix 2010 (Printable cover) Case: Download [zip]

Hippomothamus - Valentines Mix 2010 + Case: Download [torrent]

Update 1: I forgot to add a torrent link to it

Update 2: Dont forget if you do plan on burning the CD remember to not put in the 4 second gaps some CD burning software wants to put in.

Just a little thanks

I just hopped on here to get a link to send to a friend to one my mixtapes and had a look at comments I've missed. It really is lovely to see people saying such nice things about something I've made so I just thought I'd say thanks for all the good things people have said, and taken the time to say.

Thanks.

New t-shirt designs

I forgot to blog about the new hippomothamus design at afternoontees. They come in lovely colours for guys and girls!

Yet another mash

Beastiemixes is currently hosting a little contest to mix the beastie boys with a chemical brothers song. Seeing as I owe quite a lot to the site I figured I'd enter. I mixed Beastie Boys - We Got The with Chemical Brothers - Salmon Dance. Get the download below.

Hippomothamus - We Got The Salmon Dance (Beastie Boys / Chemical Brothers mash): Download [mp3]

On a side note I'd like to let you know I have my own little hash tag on twitter going. #PutHippomothamusInDJHero as I feel I should be an unlockable character in DJ Hero My friend currently has the message scrolling across the big screen in the club he DJs at. http://www.twitvid.com/87A3B. I have no idea what the actual music video being played is, and I'm not to sure if I want to know.

Wow. I won that mega mix comp. Also, Jay-Z listens to me (maybe)

This is going to be a small 2 part blog

First I'm quite shocked and happy to say I was a runner up in acapellas4u's mega mix contest that I blogged about here. Here's what the CutUpBoys had to say about it:

Absolutely brilliant. Balances gracefully on the line between cool and fun. You're still smiling at the Spongebob kick off as you get into a consistently headnodding sequence of tracks that all flow nicely into each other whilst being interesting and never letting go of the groove. The acapellas and samples sew everything together really nicely. The production is nice and tight and tidy and the arrangement never feels rushed or boring. Great party mix.

Preview/download here

It earned me $250 to spend at http://www.midi-store.com. What should I buy?

Thanks to acapellas4u and the CutUpBoys
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Now for the second part. So I was listening to Zane Lowes radio show on BBC Radio 1 last week when he interviewed Jay-Z. Zane played a remix of 99 problems with Wonderwall (not mine) and asked Jay if he had heard it. He said no but said he had heard another version of it. Now although I wasn't the only one to do this remix a little bit of me would like to think it was mine he had heard. Especially since its such a popular result on google achieving not 1, but 3, results on the first page when searching "99 problems wonderwall" :)

If you haven't heard mine check it here

A little mega mix by me

So acapellas4u was hosting a contest for megamixes. I had never made a megamix and I knew it involved a couple of things I didn't know how to do so seeing as I like to push my self, every now and again, I figured I'd give it a try.

This was actually my third attempt at one and it lacked an ending up until about 2 hours before the contest was over so the start fairs slightly better than the end.

It also kind of brings back a few things I had done/attempted to do when I first got into making music.

I cant be bothered with a track list but it features a bit of Beastie Boys, Jay-z, Spongebob Squarepants, Futurama, Due South, Common and a couple other artists.

Preview/download here

Feel free to vote for my mash ups

Just a little update.

So I've added a bunch of my videos to the wonderful site Mashup-Charts so feel free to vote for my videos

Q: Who would be crazy enough to make dmx dance to Alphabeat?

A: Hippomothamus

Ever since I started playing around with putting videos to my music I wanted to remix these 2 songs, mainly due to the fact alphabeat clearly stole the video idea for fascination from busta's touch it (remix)

This was the first time using premiere pro that I actually did some things. Normally I just go in, slap the 2 vids together, and upload it. This involved some lovely cropping and some nicely timed cuts between the two videos. The remix its self is pretty poor. Especially dmx's part, how ever he makes up for it with his dancing at 4:15. It's also making use of the lovely new widescreen feature on youtube, a feature I've yet to use (mainly because I couldn't crop my other videos).

Peep it below, or watch here and get it in lovely widescreen and stuffs.



Hippomothamus - Touch it (Remix) / Fascination (Busta Rhymes / Alphabeat mash): Download [mp3]

[edit: URL for download fixed]

Got bebo?

Yes, I know its lame, but I use it ok?

Anyway if you do happen to have the aol run social network then you may just want to spruce up your page with a rather lovely hippomothamus skin (you'll need to be logged into bebo).

Whilst your at it you can also become a fan of my bebo music page (despite it being a page I cant update with music any more due to something called "copyright infringement").

My third Ting Tings remix video. (Featuring common)

Here's the third video for a track of my ting tings mixtape. The previous two can be seen here. This one features "shut up and let me go" mixed with commons "go" (if you're thinking I planned to have the go connection, then you're giving me way to much credit. Purely a mistake).



Hippomothamus - Go / Shut up and let me go (Ting Tings/Common mash) [youtube]

My new reckoner remix

So radiohead released all the separate parts that make up the song reckoner for people to remix. So I did. I only used parts from the song. No other drums and samples etc. All radiohead.

I think I delved deep into my soul and found my inner DJ Shadow for this one.

You can hear and vote for it below. I don't actually win anything, but the website radioheadremix.com ranks them by votes so if you enjoy it feel free to hit the little plus sign. Thanks.

Note: This has no connection to my rhyming in rainbows mixtape.



Hippomothamus - Reckoner (Radiohead Remix): Download [mp3]

Two new ting tings mixtape videos

Here's two video's I've slapped together for tracks off my ting tings mixtape. The first is eminem's "cleaning out my closet" mixed with The Ting Tings' "Thats not my name" and the second is the beastie boys' "ch-check it out" mixed with The Ting Tings "Great DJ".



Hippomothamus - Cleanin' Out My Closet / That's Not My Name (Ting Tings/Eminem mash) [youtube]



Hippomothamus - Ch-Check It Out / Great DJ (Ting Tings/Beastie Boys mash) [youtube]

Jay-Z - 99 problems (Oasis remix) [mp3]

Well after many request for me to release the mp3 for my 99 problems/wonderwall remix I've finally decided to do it. I'd rather of waited until the cd was finished but it seems people want it so much they'd use a crappy youtube-to-mp3 coverter to get the track and I'd rather have you listening to a high quality version, so here you go.

Jay-Z - 99 problems (Oasis remix): Download [mp3]