Mob Deep x Mount Eminest
| Song | Shook Ones Pt. II | The Mandalorian Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Mob Deep | Mount Eminest |
| Year | 1995 | 2022 |
| BPM | 94 | 80 |
| Part | Acapella | Instrumental |
Final Cut
While the Mandalorian Theme remix track is originally 80 BPM and Shook Ones Pt. II is 94 BPM, I met them both near the middle at 86. I used Magix Acid Studio 11 to tempo match and arrange them. The Mandalorian track had to loop almost 2.5 times to fit the acapella. It took me roughly 25 minutes to choreograph the entire mashup. The acapella volume was increased by roughly 2 dB. I would personally consider it a stretch to mix tracks that are 14 BPM apart; however, this one seems to work well!
With a bit more time, love and care, I’d like to revisit this mashup. I spotted some great opportunities to loop the beat at certain points, so it’s not constantly changing. I think it would give the track more of that traditional 90’s hiphop stability. I love the instrumental offbeat breakdown of the piano solo! I’d also attempt to finesse that breakdown in key points of the track.
As fans of Shook Ones can probably tell, I started the acapella one beat too late and let it play out the entire mix as-is. It was done by accident when orienting the audio files together. I immediately noticed it and decided to hear it out before correcting it. I liked it so much, I decided to leave it that way! I chose to go with it mainly to give this mix more appeal. While the infamous 28-year-old acapella is still enjoyable, I believe this unusual twist gives fans some delightful and worthwhile intrigue to make you listen twice! Ironically, I have yet to hear this track with the acapella starting on the right beat.
Fun Fact: From 1996 to 1999 I was a mix mashing record scratching hip-hop DJ, infatuated with rap and hip-hop music. In 1990, Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet’s success with music critics and consumers was highly contributory to hip-hop’s mainstream emergence that year. The genre became a bestselling music style by the mid 90s and the top selling music genre in 1999 with 81 million CDs sold.
Acapella obtained from the Internet Archive:
Instrumental obtained from eMusic:
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