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I’m currently going through tracks, trying to decide what will and won’t be released officially on vinyl over the coming months. I’ve got a bunch of stuff in the pipeline, some of it that is definitely useful, but just not something that I really feel compelled to commit to permanence on vinyl. So, over the next few weeks and months, I will be posting a bundle of these songs that won’t be released on vinyl any time soon. The first is this Club/Party Music track I made using elements from 2 Live Crews “Back At Your Ass” Megamix from their album “Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4″. It’s really simple track, but I think that’s part of what makes it so effective. The deep bass kicks work realy well in the club and I really like the chopped melody. I’ve posted the excellent 2 Live Crew song below as well.

Emynd “Back At Your Ass”:
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2 Live Crew “Megamix” (Back At Your Ass):
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I just realized I never posted this song on this blog. It’s gotten quite a bit of shine on Discobelle and elsewhere on the internets. Just putting it up here for anyone that may have missed it and because that pic above with dudes nips is hilarious.

Flo-Rida ft T-Pain “Get Low (Emynd’s Passion Remix)”:
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Linked below was my first attempt at a remix of SRC’s perfect song “Mad Again.” I don’t think it’s quite as successful as my Bounce remix that ultimately wound up being on the official digital release, but I do like it enough to share with y’all. The idea is fairly similar in that I sampled “Automan” and there’s a Bounce breakdown near the end of the song, but aesthetically, this is quite a bit different from my Bounce remix. For one, it’s much more obviously House inspired with the four on the floor drums and the reverbed House piano that adds the melody on top of the twirling “Automan” synth. It also just feels a whole lot different in mood and uses significantly more of the acapella. The Bounce remix is hard, aggressive, and energetic, while this has a bit more of a smooth and melancholy feel. I do really like the Bounce breakdown in this, but I also think Diplo was wise to advise me to get rid of the pianos and make a full on Bounce song out of it. That being said, I think this song is interesting in its own right and would love to hear some thoughts.

South Rakkas Crew “Mad Again (Emynd’s More on the Floor Remix):
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Once again, purchase my New Orleans Bounce remix of “Mad Again” at Turntablelab right here: COP IT!

DJs, if you’re too broke or don’t want to SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT WITH YOUR $$$, hit me up on the myspace and I’ll get you an MP3.

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I never provided a link to buy my New Orleans Bounce remix of “Mad Again.” You can cop a high quality MP3 or even WAV file right here at Turntablelab. I guess that little check mark means it’s a “pick” or something. Yay!

Once you’re done buying my inauthentic imitation of Bounce music, go and cop all that REAL NOLA Bounce ish, starting with the Shake, Twerk, and Wobble compilation.

Stay tuned for a Mad Decent podcast by yours truly with a bunch of Bounce stuff. It’s going to be sick and hopefully have some special appearances and drops from some heavyweights from outta the NO.

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When I originally set out to make a Bmore club version of the Blackbyrds classic b-boy jam “Rock Creek Park,” I wasn’t really planning on making it too “hard.” I was kinda just messing around and hoping to make a useful transition record that updated the aesthetic of the OG so it wouldn’t sound terribly out of place when I played it in sets of some of the more bass and drum heavy club stuff I’ve been playing the past several years. But, when chopping the samples up into their parts, the stabbing synth lines were really energetic and forceful, so I went all out and added the cliched Lil Jon “WHAT!”s and some syncopated, menacing “HEY!”s a la Blaqstarr. I know Diplo was opening a lot of his sets with this track about 6 months ago and I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback on it from Scottie B, Blaqstarr, Sega, and big homie Dirty South Joe. It should be released on vinyl on the next Emynd & Bo Bliz EP that will be out this summer. This version is mixed and mastered by DJA but a new mixed and mastered version might appear on the vinyl.

Anyway, hope y’all like it and find it useful.

Emynd “Rock This Park”:
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The original of Kenny Dixon Jr.’s “I Should’ve Known” is without a doubt one of my favorite house songs ever. The shit is just so soulful and painful, while still grooving real hard. The drums on the OG, however, were preventing me from playing this song out, so when making the Crossfaded Bacon 2008 Mix, I thought I’d whip together a beefed up version with some more traditional house drums. I wound up adding the Rihanna vocal and the Nightcrawlers horn loop just to spicen it up a bit and keep it familiar for folks who aren’t totally into this style of shit. This is by no means a replacement for the OG of this song however. The OG is perfect. In comparison, this is just some random bullshit thrown together.

Whatever the case, I hope you find it useful and enjoy it.

Kenny Dixon Jr vs Emynd “I Should’ve Known (Emynd’s Party Break)”:
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Out now on itunes (and I think soon on Turntable Lab’s Digital Section) is my official New Orleans Bounce Remix of the amazing South Rakkas song “Mad Again.” I tried to keep this as traditionally NOLA BOUNCE as possible, rocking the Triggerman bells, the Triggerman breaks, the “WHO!” and the “Alright!” and the “Rock the Beat”/”Brown Beat” drum break. I also sampled vocals from Gotty Boi Chris, Dime Gyrl Drell, and a few others to attempt to give this an authentically N’awlins slant, ya hoird me? Anyone that knows anything about current Bounce music can tell that this ish is HEAVILY influenced by Blaza, Peacachoo, and Took who had a large part in the excellent NOLA Bounce mixtape Shake, Twerk, and Wobble (COP IT!!!). Big shouts to Mr. 604 as well.

You can listen to my remix on THE MYSPACE or on the Crossfaded Bacon 2008 Mix mixed between some more NOLA Bounce.

Shouts to Diplo and the Mad Decent army for putting the young bol on.

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Emynd’s Lunch Break Beats is a series of club-friendly blends, edits, or beats Emynd produced on his laptop (usually while sitting in his car on some random side street in Wilmington, D-ware just after eating his WaWa lunch) while on his lunch break at his 9 to 5. The whole series can be found here.

I really know very little about House music and kind’ve just assumed this Sharon S song “Wonderful” (1993/4) was a really well-known, classic House track. Apparently it’s not though because I asked a couple in-the-know folks if they had a high quality mp3 of it so I could upgrade, and these know-it-alls knew nothing. A couple folks had heard it though, so it’s not completely obscure or anything. Anyway, this is one of my favorite House songs ever and I wanted to throw some stuff on top of the more spacious parts to make this more relevant for a crowd that isn’t made up primarily of House music nerds. So, I threw Fatman Scoop on top yelling a lot and Timbaland’s brief verse from “Drop” intros the song for easy mixing.

UMD/Sharon S “Wonderful” (Emynd’s “Drop” Party Break):
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Emynd’s Lunch Break Beats is a series of club-friendly blends, edits, or beats Emynd produced on his laptop (usually while sitting in his car on some random side street in Wilmington, D-ware just after eating his WaWa lunch) while on his lunch break at his 9 to 5. The whole series can be found here.

RUN FOR COVER! Elephant Man’s classic “Die By Gun” from the Stepz Riddim on top of THE BEST PRODUCER ALIVE’s Vibe Music jam “Drifter.” I really really love this beat and thinks the Energy God fits on top nicely.

Shawty Redd “Drifter (Inst)” / Elephant Man “Die By Gun” (Emynd Blend):
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