Blues Brothers vs Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Beastie Boys
A Pytski mashup from 2008. Famous rappers like Snoop Dogg and Kanye West throw up a party on the Blues Brothers record.
Jake and Elwood set the stage, and hip-hop’s finest take turns stepping up to the mic. It’s less gangsta than the originals, more fun than almost anything, and proof that beneath the bravado of rap and the showmanship of soul, everyone is just trying to get the crowd on their feet.
“Everybody Needs Somebody To Love” is a song that demands a crowd. In the 1980 film, it’s a call-and-response revival that turns an entire audience into one enormous voice. Put hip-hop’s biggest names in that crowd — Snoop, Kanye, 50 Cent, the Beastie Boys — and suddenly the Revival has a very different guest list. The bravado of hip-hop lands surprisingly naturally on top of the soulful stomp of the Blues Brothers’ groove. Everybody does need somebody, as it turns out. Even rappers.
Ingredients
This mashup / mix is a blend of these tunes:
Blues Brothers
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
“Joliet” Jake Blues (John Belushi) / Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd).
Year: 1980 (original: 1964 – Solomon Burke)
Genre: Rhythm & blues / soul
About Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Originally written and recorded by Solomon Burke in 1964. A soul anthem later covered by the Rolling Stones, Wilson Pickett, and many others. The version most people know came from the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as “Joliet” Jake and Elwood Blues. Their version is pure gospel-soul spectacle: church organ, handclaps, call-and-response, and a crowd that simply cannot help itself. The song became so associated with the Blues Brothers that many forgot it was never originally theirs.
‘the others’
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Eminem, Beastie Boys
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg – The Next Episode / 50 Cent – Candy Shop / Kanye West – Gold Digger / Beastie Boys – Body Movin.
Year: 2000 / 2005 / 2005 / 1998
Genre: Hiphop / rap
About the rappers
Pytski’s mashup layers in some of hip-hop’s biggest names from the late 1990s and 2000s. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s “The Next Episode” brings smooth West Coast G-funk cool. 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop” adds mid-2000s hip-hop swagger at its commercial peak. Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” (built on a Ray Charles sample) fits naturally in the soul-to-rap lineage. The Beastie Boys’ “Body Movin’” throws in a shot of New York irreverence. Together they form an unlikely posse tour through a decade and a half of hip-hop’s finest.
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