DJ Emir: The Greatest Mixtape and Nightclub DJ of All Time
pays Tribute to Michael Jackson The Greatest of All Time on
"Badder Than Bad Mixtape" the Mixtape
When I first learned Michael Jackson died I was in total disbelief, I wanted it to not be true. A bad rumor perhaps started on the internet by several bad jokers. Afterall these days it only takes One twitter post to start a rumor circulating around the world faster than the 28 days virus. But alas as more and more people began confirming it I became sad knowing that One of the worlds greatest entertainers and humanitarians had passed away. I also became even sadder thinking about all the suffering he had endured in the past few years. The accusations, people trying to auction off his estate belongings which he carefully collected over the course of his lifetime. His inability to go out in public without being swamped. It's no wonder he could not sleep and eventually suffered a heart attack.
Within hours music artists and DJs around the world began cranking out tribute songs and mixtape tributes dedicated to Michael Jackson. Of note the Cooking with Soul Michael Jackson Tribute, The song Better On The Other Side featuring The Game, Chris Brown, Diddy, Usher, Mario Winans, Boyz2Men and several other artists and the extremely well put together "Badder Than Bad" Michael Jackson Mixtape tribute by DJ Emir.
First I have to say I've listened to many of the mixtapes that have flooded the internet since Michael Jackson's passing. Many should have never been created. The Cooking Soul Mixtape was the First Michael Jackson Mixtape that I liked.
Out of all the mixtapes I listened to only a few were worthy MJ Tributes. One of the worthy mixtape tributes is the Cooking Soul Michael Jackson Mixtape available at www.cookinsoul.com/ or Click here to download these boys put together a fairly nice collection of remixes and blends featuring new artists meshed in with Michael Jackson hits to create new mixes of Michael's greatest hits, consequently many DJs ended up using some of these remixes to mix their own mixtapes. There were a few good remixes on the cooking soul mixtape. In particular The "Bad remix was semi hot with Ludacris lacing the track, and the Smooth Criminal remix featuring 2pac was a hot one, as was the Nas laced remix of "You Rock My World" The Eminem laced remix of "Black or White" and the "Rock With You" remix featuring Biggie smalls.
Unfortunately a few of the other remixes weren't quite up to spec on the Cooking Soul Mixtape specifically the 50 Cent remix of Remember the time which I felt was really weak. Also while I did think the "Beat It" remix featuring Kid Cudi's Day and night worked together we couldn't help but think "shouldn't Day and night be mixed with Michael Jackson "Day and Night", even if it was over the "Beat It" beat?" But hey that's why I'm a CRITIC right?
Overall there are a few great mixes to listen to on the Cooking Soul Mixtape, but damn it is a short one and after one or two listens I just wan't to skip to my favorite tracks. MTV made a big deal of this mixtape, and some of the remixes were deserving of this praise. Overall it is a good creative mixtape that is worth checking out If you haven't already.
By far my favorite mixtape tribute to Michael Jackson is the
Badder Than Bad Mixtape Tribute by DJ Emir.
DJ Emir's Tribute starts out ultra hard and never lets up. His remix of Michael Jackson's Bad is very cleanly executed, and the way he cuts up Michael Jackson's vocals over the instrumental is just top notch. As soon as I heard the first track of this mixtape I knew I was in for a real treat. Emir's mixtapes have always been entertaining from start to finish and this one was no exception. I was extremely impressed with the way Emir cut up the track on "Rock With You" "Bad" and on "Dancing Machine"
I was very impressed with the mixes in the middle section of the mixtape, especially the Reggae remixes of the Jackson 5's hit "I Wan't You Back", The Remix of "They Don't Care About Us" The Black or White Remixes and the Your Rock my world Remix over the Blame it on the Alcohol beat and over the Paper Planes beat.
I also liked the fact that Emir included songs from the early days of Hip Hop that sampled Michael Jackson Tracks in particular Tupac's "Letter to My Unborn Child" and the dope transition Emir created to get from the much slower MCLyt and Xscape song "Keep On Keeping On" into Michael Jackson's "Liberian Girl" (which both songs had sampled)
I was also feeling Emir's Remix of Method Man's P.L.O. Style over the "Bad Instrumental and how he transitioned it and kept P.L.O. Style going over "Smooth Criminal" before going into Michaels verse.
The creativity and diversity of music is superb on DJ Emir's "Badder Than Bad" mixtape. It adds a contemporary feel to Michael Jackson's music, the songs that work as party hits remain in their original format with just a little added DJ flair here and there. The songs that would probably clear a dance floor in the club were remixed well to give them a more upbeat party vibe. And while Michael's Passing was tragic Emir seems to have decided to essentially mourn Michael's passing by creating a celebration of Michael's life and music rather than mourn the loss through countless tears. I can imagine Emir would have to have been sad during some parts of making this mixtape because he really did a thorough job of representing Michael Jackson's entire life's work and put some serious work into this mixtape. The mixes flow well from the start of the mixtape til it's end at 79:54 almost an entire 80 minute mix without me feeling like I had to forward through any songs It was that good.
Badder Than Bad is the absolute best Michael Jackson Mixtape Tribute on the planet. Overall the mixtape is sensational with over 50 tracks of the best Michael Jackson songs, remixes and exclusive blends, as well as carefully selected songs that either sampled Michael Jackson to create their beats like Jay-Z's H to The I.Z.Z.O. and Nas' It Aint Hard to Tell or were used by Emir to blend in and remix Michael Jackson over more contemporary songs like he Did over Feli Fel, Sean Paul and Pitbulls "Feel It" which by the way had to be the hardest Remix of "Bad" I have ever heard. That is probably the reason Emir labeled his remix "Badder Than Bad" and consequently why Emir's mixtape tribute is also called "Badder than Bad" This is an appropriate name for Emir's "Tribute to the Greatest of All Time" since his mixtape is hard as hell.
DJ Emir's Badder than Bad Mixtape is a perfect 10 in my opinion and is probably the One Michael Jackson Mixtape everyone should have in their collection. I can't praise this mixtape enough and I highly recommend this mixtape to everyone whether young or old cause I think this mixtape will appeal to everyone
- The Hip Hop Jedi
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