Remixing The Ying-Yang

Dec 27
2008

Remixing the Ying-Yang (sic)
Artist: Beowulf Jones, Pork Lion

For those not in the know, Rapscallionz were a progressive/absurdist Hip-hop duo straight from the heartland of America’s biblebelt, Bloomington, IN. Although shortlived, the impact left by these fine Rap stallions (see how i did that?) still rumbles through churches of the midwest to this day. Consisting of Baked regular Josh Millrod (aka Neil Bolton) and Matt Nowlin (aka Grafik Lequist, Esq.), I had the privilege of recording their debut full-length, Enforcing The Ying-Yang, over the course of a weekend amid their legendary east coast tour during the summer of 2006.

Following their demise, the Baked Beard Company pushed thru a number of ‘tribute’ tracks; an assortment of remixes, covers, and even a fully realized Pork Lion vs. Rapscallionz single (which pending a vocal overdub will hopefully/eventually find it’s way to a lathe 7″ in 2009). What follows were the first two remixes to hit the streets during the winter of 2006, made by what later was to become The Fairy Godmothers.

BEOWULF JONES>>> “National Pie Championchip (Cheeseburgewr & French Fries remix)” (sic) [128kbps]
Rather than switching up the instrumental track like conventional remixers tend to, B. Jones opted to instead sub out the vocal tracks, while leaving the instrumental fully intact. Through tireless use of the AT&T Voice Synthesis Demo and meticulous manual time aligning of the verses over the course of New Year’s Eve 2006, the track was premiered at a party of epic proportions later that night @ Joe’s Arcade.

PORK LION>>> “Buddy Bolden Interlude (blaxploitation dub)” [320kbps]
A heavily ring-modulated butchering of album’s interlude track paired against a vocal hook from an session outtake which has never seen the light of day (though is fully torn a new one on the forthcoming pork lion vs. 7″), topped off with a little dash of Sun-Ra groove.

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