Grey Album
The Grey album by DJ DangerMouse has been making the headlines lately from Wired News to Boston Globe. The album uses Jay-Z’s Black Album recorded over new beats and production made using the Beatles White Album as the sole source material. Some have hailed it an innovative hip-hop triumph.
Danger Mouse insists he can explain and prove that all the music on the Grey Album can be traced back to the White Album and its musical content via sampling. Every kick, snare, and chord is taken from the Beatles White Album and is in their original recording somewhere.
EMI sent cease and desist letters to Danger Mouse and the handful of stores that were selling the album, demanding that the album be destroyed. They also sent one to Waxy.org threatening to sue if he did not remove the high quality mp3 files of the album on his site.
On February 24 (to be known as Grey Tuesday), Downhill Battle is looking to get as many websites as to host the Grey Album for 24 hours as civil disobedience against EMI’s actions.
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[…] According to their Sound Advice blog, the album has been bootlegged on ebay. This will certainly hit the headlines, the same way Black Album did back in 2004. […]
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