Fresh off the presses, Illegal Art has JUST – and I mean, JUST released Girl Talk’s new mixtape, All Day. For those of you who don’t know who Girl Talk (aka Gregg Gillis) is… get with the program. He’s widely known for his sick mixes – one of the most popular being his famous “Biggie v. Elton John – Juicy/Tiny Dancer” blend on his Night Ripper album.
Aaaaaand that is what a Girl Talk album boils down to … THE SAMPLES! Night Ripper used about 250 samples from 167 artists. He regularly averages around 300 samples for his albums, and dividing that up between 15 songs (an average) that’s 20 samples per song – in 4 minutes. That’s 5 samples per minute. That’s a lot of fucking music.
Gillis scored a RAVE award from WIRED magazine…
…picked up #4 in Time magazine’s top albums…
..while in same year breaking into the Top 25 in Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Albums (2008)…
…all while being a hardcore PC’er.
If you haven’t heard him yet, seriously download his music. Hell..it’s free. Yep. Fo FREEEEE! He’s one of the few artists that WILLINGLY gives his music away, and on a pretty regular basis. He occasionally a-la-Radiohead asks people to pay what they feel like, but sets no pricing for his albums.
All Day marks the fifth official album release for Girl Talk, all released on Illegal Art.
Check him out on his MySpace (still killing the game, here) or follow Illegal Art on Twitter to stay up to date with him and other artists.
Also, check him out on his gigantic-fuckload-of-shows-tour (which returns to the states in December) that continues well into next year.
[The closest he gets to Orlando is Atlanta on Jan 19th, in case you were curious.]
Download All Day by clicking the image below…
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