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