Linkin Park & Jay-Z - Collision Course [DVD & CD]

Mash-ups -- two songs stuck together that were never meant to be stuck together -- have their roots in the bedrooms and basements of computer-savvy music geeks who spend countless hours sticking Christina Aguilera's vocals over The Strokes' chugging backbeat or Missy Elliott's raps over George Michael, Joy Division, The Cure, and about a thousand others. MP3s were the medium of choice, white-label 12"s a distant second. It seemed like it was time to put a fork in the pranky genre when collections like The Best Bootlegs In The World Ever and Soulwax's As Heard On Radio Soulwax series exposed the mash-up to a wider audience, but then Danger Mouse came along. Read More