Vinyl Reanimators Remix Compilation

shakeanjake · Post by **shakeanjake** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:09 pm

Download at:
http://duffmancantbreathe.blogspot.com/ ... ation.html

I zipped up all my favorite Vinyl Reanimators remixes into a single collection. Very cool mid-90s sample-based production. The verses themselves are almost all mid-to-late 90s new york favorites, so you'll probably recognize at least a few of them. The cool thing about these tracks is how divergent they are from the originals.
The original Rakim song had a beat that had all the boisterous pizazz and overwrought drama of a DMX song and as a consequence, Rakim's laid-back, jazzy flow always sounded out-of-place and forced on the track. This was a shame because the verses were among the best he'd written since going solo. But The Vinyl Reanimators fixed him up with a smooth beat that matches his flow much more convincingly than the original ever did.
The Fast Life remix is another example of Vinyl Reanimators upgrading a formerly corny song that happened to have quality verses, though I still prefer the Salaam Remi remix overall.
The Jeru track might actually be my favorite. The drum pattern is radically different from the original, it actually sounds like more of Jeru's stressed syllables land on drum hits than they do on the original. They use the same spaced-out sample as Pete Rock's Raekwon/Masta Killa track from 2008 to great effect, they also incorporate a sound effect at the end of every bar in the first verse that almost sounds like a faulty engine trying to turn over. This, coupled with the erratic drum pattern, gives the remix a chaotic and urgent feel that is in stark contrast to the smooth and relaxed mood of Premier's original beat.
These are imaginative, inventive remixes that any fan of 90s new york shit should check out.

Artifacts Art of Facts (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
AZ Doe or Die Vinyl Reanimators Remix
Brand Nubian Keep Bubblin' (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Brothas under Madness aka BUMS Take A Look Around (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
De La Soul f. Common The Bizness (1996 Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Ghostfaced Killah Daytona 500 (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Group Therapy East Coast-West Coast Killas Vinyl Reanimators Remix
Jeru the Damaja Ya Playin' Yaself (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Jungle Brothers How ya want it Vinyl Reanimators Remix
Kool G Rap Fast Life (Vinyl Reanimators remix)
KRS One Step into a World (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
L The Head Toucha Too Complex
Mic Geronimo Unstoppable Vinyl Reanimators Remix 1997
Mobb Deep Drop A Gem On Em (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
Nas Affirmative Action Vinyl Reanimators Remix 1997
Nas Feat. R. Kelly Nas Will Rock [Street Dreams (Remix) (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)]
O.C. Born to Live Vinyl Reanimators Remix
Rakim Guess who's back (Vinyl Reanimators Remix #1)
Rakim Guess who's back (Vinyls Reanimators Remix #2)
Redman Whateva Man Vinyl Reanimators Remix
Tha Alkaholiks Hip Hop Drunkies (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
A Tribe called Quest Stressed out (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

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Thun · Post by **Thun** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:28 pm

fucking awesome

serch4beatz · Post by **serch4beatz** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:17 pm

veeery nice man.. the b.u.m.s. - take a look around remix is so mesmerizing..gotta buy the 12" !

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:02 am

Word, thanks for this. There's a VR dedicated blog and I zipped up and posted like over 100 joints by them for the TROY blog's Skypager a while back. Let me see if I can find that.
Here's the blog where all this came from so all props to them:
http://thevinylreanimators.blogspot.com/
Over 400MBs of VR joints here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ASI8VD5U
Sorry, no tracklisting, but this is so well worth the download.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 6:53 am

Been looking for these VR remixes for a minute, and they're not at the link Verge posted. They're all off of one 12''.

Anyone got these, I think I have every single other VR remix except the following:

Vinyl Reanimators Remix 12'':
Mobb Deep - It Could Happen To You (Vinyl Reanimators remix)
KRS-One - Move Ahead (Vinyl Reanimators remix)
EPMD - Never Seen Before (Vinyl Reanimators remix)
Plus Instrumentals if possible

vaporized2 · Post by **vaporized2** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 10:52 am

thanks for this comp shakeanjake, there's a load I don't have in there

here's that alkaholiks 'daaamn!' vinyl reanimators blend you asked for

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step one · Post by **step one** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:36 am

thanks for the comp man.
theres a good interview with DJ Shame out of VR here if anyone missed it first time round

http://www.dustandgrooves.com/2009/09/dj-shame.html

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:42 pm

Just wondering, can anyone confirm or deny if one/or both of the VR dude's are involved with Traffic records? ...
Gloss?

DJCommunist · Post by **DJCommunist** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:07 pm

Great thread, shakenjake and verge thank you

professorelemental · Post by **professorelemental** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:53 pm

Whoah. that is super excellent. Thanks very much indeed mate.