Q-Tipokratiya is a new mash-up album from Miami-based producer TenDJiz, which blends the acapellas of Q-Tip with instrumentals created from Soviet soul and jazz samples. It works rather well. CS
Q-Tipokratiya is a mash-up album by TenDJiz (Miami-based producer/sound-engineer) created by blending the acapellas of Q-Tip and instrumentals composed from Soviet Soul and Jazz samples. The title of the album is a portmanteau of the name Q-Tip and the Greek word “Kratia” (“Power”).
This video contains cuts from Soviet commercials: “Carat” mixer console (1988), “Sputnik 403″ cassette recorder (1976), “Topaz” electro-bayan (197?); Soviet movies: “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears” (1979), “Courier” (1986), “Don’t Be Sad” (1976), “Hat” (1981); music video “1nce Again” by A Tribe Called Quest (1996).
The previous mash-up album “De La Soulviet” by TenDJiz released in October 2011, has received positive reviews from critics and was featured in The Los Angeles Times, Miami New Times, etc. The next project “CommoNasm” (Common and Nas meet Soviet Soul/Jazz) will be released in June 2012.
De La Soulviet is a mashup album by TenDJiz (Miami-based producer/sound-engineer). It uses acapellas of hip-hop trio De La Soul and couples it with instrumentals created from Soviet Union soul and jazz samples.
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