The last hip-hop and Beatles mash-up that turned heads was the release of Danger Mouse's Grey Album (2004) that paired the Beatles White Album (1968) with Jay-Z's Black Album (2003).
Since then Danger Mouse has blown-up as a producer working with the likes of MF Doom on Danger Doom's the Mouse and the Mask (2005) that saw guest appearances by Talib Kweli, Ghostface Killah, and Cee-Lo Green (from Goodie Mob). Danger Mouse's work with Cee-Lo seemed to spark after the collab because the two quickly paired up for two albums that completely took over the world under the Gnarls Barkley moniker. Basically the Grey Album lit the fire underneath Danger Mouse's potential, and from then on his talent has made him one of the best producers knockin' out tracks right now.
Thankfully Tom Caruana's Wu-Tang vs. Beatles - Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers (2010) delivers as much as Danger Mouse did with this solid mash-up between arguably the best groups in hip-hop and rock 'n roll. The production level is leaps and bounds over the Grey Album since Caruana made the decision to include Beatles instrumental covers for the majority of his tunes, in addition he doesn't box himself into to using one album by each artist and instead uses the vast range of group/solo work that both artists have created to his advantage. Although the Grey Album may seem more authentic to the Beatles and it's best tunes may shine a lil' bit brighter than Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers, this should not be any reason to slack Caruana's slick mash-up.
Grey Album Highlights:
"Encore",
"What More Can I Say" and
"Justify My Thug".
On the whole, Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers focuses on the Wu much more than being faithful to actual Beatles tunes and because of this Caruana creates incredibly produced tracks and great skits throughout the album mashing Beatles-age clips and Wu shaolin shout-outs that make this album feel more of a cohesive and effective grouping than the Grey Album.
We have not heard much from Tom Caruana's solo work.. but believe that we will be watching closely. Get this!
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Highlights:
"Forget Me Not", "Criminology", "Mighty Healthy" and "Uzi (Pinki Ring)"
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