The Roots
Rising Down (Ft. Mos Def and Styles P)
Leave it to Deep Dish halve Sharam Tayebi, the man who made Eddie Murphy-as-singer cool again with his club-tastic 2006 re-imagining of the comedian's 80's hit "Party All The Time", to emerge triumphant in doing something as bonkers as melding classic country, dub and hip hop 2.0.On "She Came Along" (from his new Get Wild LP), Sharam starts off by throwing some restless beat tinkerings under the somber C&W sway of Patsy Cline's "Strange", creating a surprisingly addictive mashing of genres that would have ultimately been fine on it's own. Alas, we're in for even more of a treat, as he then goes and busts the record's appeal out of the stratosphere by stripping in current sensation Kid Cudi. - Mixtape Maestro