Mix This Album With Gorillaz first album
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By GoS/T
For anyone who already has Deltron 3030 and the Gorillaz self-titled debut album, or anyone who is getting this album for the first time and willing to buy the Gorillaz album to do it, I made a pretty awesome mixed album of the two. Since Del the Funkee Homosapien, Dan the Automater, and Damon Albarn are all involved in both, they fit together perfectly to create an entirely new album of their own. I started the mix with "The Assman Speaks'' from 3030, then "5/4" from the Gorillaz, then "Things You Can Do" (3030), then "Tomorrow Comes Today" (Gorillaz), then "Time Keeps On Slipping" (3030), then the song "3030", then "Clint Eastwood, then "Virus" (3030), then "Man Research" (Gorillaz), then "Battle Song" and "Meet Cleofis" both from 3030, then "19-2000". I can't remember the few after that, it's been a long time, but I do remember that I ended the disc with "M1A1" from the Gorillaz and then "State of the Union" from 3030. You can put in really any of the Deltron songs for the last few songs of the disc more to your own liking, because there are a whole lot of songs from Deltron 3030 that can fit well that are all great songs and fairly upbeat, which works well after 19-2000. Then you can bring it back down again before the ending with "Gravity" from the Gorillaz before M1A1, or maybe "Mastermind" from 3030. Up to you. But I'm telling you, it's great put together this way. If you had never heard either album before, you literally would not be able to tell that the songs were from two separate artists on two different albums (most of my friends didn't realize it either), they blend together so seamlessly, especially in the first third of the disc, which just sets up the rest really well. For example, at the end of "Things You Can Do", there is a quick sample of someone beat-boxing, and right as that cuts out "Tomorrow Comes Today" comes on, with that great beat at the beginning. And even though the two songs are on different albums, you would think it was intentional. And after that, comes "Time Keeps On Slipping", which Damon Albarn sings the chorus on, and plays that weird harmonica-sounding instrument on, as he does on the song before, and later on "Clint Eastwood". It's been a while since I listened to it, I'm definitely going to pop it in on my ride to work tomorrow now that this has got me thinking about it again, but when I first made this mix years ago I spent a long time matching the beats, tempos, song keys, themes, etc between the songs, so there are many little things in the music that make the album seem very coherent and give it a nice flow. For anyone who actually listens to full albums still rather than an ipod set on shuffle, put this ablum together like I've laid out and listen to it from start to finish, you won't be sorry, I promise. It has been ever since my favourite hip-hop album of all time. Seriously. It beats out 36 Chambers, or Ready To Die, or the Slim Shady LP, anything. And if you're here reading this, you probably go for music a little more experimental and arty than the average hip-hop, so I'd be willing to bet you'd feel the same way.
