Mick Boogie's "Viva La Hova" mixtape is a mash-up of Jay Z and Coldplay's work
Mick Boogie's collaborations have included working with Jay-Z, Eminem and Mobb Deep
For several seasons, Boogie was official DJ for the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team.
Boogie's 2006 mixtape The Pre-Up, hosted by Eminem and The Alchemist (an early release of some tracks from Eminem Presents: the Re-Up), was cited by Rolling Stone as one of the top five hip hop mix CDs of the year.
KEYS: What made you decide to put this album together?
Mick Boogie: Well, we loved both artists and thought they had a real synergy. Since they have collaborated a little already, we just wanted to extend that into a full project.
KEYS: Judging from your website it looks like the reception has been great. Is it what you expected?
Mick Boogie: Yessir. Even better than what we thought. Career-defining!
KEYS: Has Jay Z reached out to you about the project yet? If so what has his response? How about Coldplay?
Mick Boogie: His assistant told us he thought it was amazing. And Coldplay linked to it on their website!
KEYS: Since DJ Dangermouse had done the White album mixing Jay Z and the Beatles, how much did that influence you coming into this project?
Mick Boogie: Well, he made it cool for the mainstream to like mashups. So we wanted to extend what he did in a classic form (the beatles) to something more contemporary (Coldplay).
KEYS: This album has many producers on it. How come you decided to only work on a couple of tracks instead of the whole album yourself?
Mick Boogie: Well, I'm not a fulltime producer. I did produce one track on the project. Terry produced one as well. However, we executive produced the entire thing. Sent specific producers the samples and our vision for what we want...and then had them adjust and change it as we saw fit. So you can say we were involved with the production on every track. Plus, we added the Jay vocals to each beat ourselves.
KEYS: What challenges did you face working with so many producers? How did you choose who would work on the album with you?
Mick Boogie: Just really making sure everything fit together sonically. We believe in giving new, upstart producers a chance. Obviously,we use people like The Kickdrums and 6th Sense on every project. But we found new guys like Remot, Garbs and nVMe who are incredibly dope and deserve an opportunity as well. But everything worked well cause we also make sure the people we work with are good people. If you're an asshole, no thanks. Lol.
KEYS: I know that the record labels can't be too happy with unlicensed music being mixed together. Has this presented any problems to you?
Mick Boogie: No. Because Jay sells his acapellas at Best Buy and iTunes for exactly this purpose. And all the Coldplay songs were completely remixed. If anything, this should make some people go buy their real albums.
KEYS: How long did this project take to put together?
Mick Boogie: 2 weeks! We like to work fast.
KEYS: Were there any unique challenges in putting this project together compared to other projects you've produced?
Mick Boogie: Making sure the sonic vision was there. I wanted it to be very dark, very Fall. Very moody. Almost Portishead-esque. I think we succeeded.
KEYS: Now that Dangermouse mashed up Jay Z and The Beatles, and you mashed up Jay Z and Coldplay, I'm sure other producers out there are going to try and imitate you guys. What do you have to say to those producers who might imitate the idea (especially since in Hip Hop once we see one good idea, everyone hops on and oversaturates it)?
Mick Boogie: Bring it on. We love competition. Its what keeps Hip Hop alive!
KEYS: What do you hope to achieve out of this? Are you going to work on any new projects similar to what DJ Dangermouse did with Gnarles Barkley?
Mick Boogie: I'm working on a really exciting project for Sony Music right now for this girl Adelle overseeing remixes of her album 19. Its gonna be super dope. You should Google her if you're not familar.
KEYS: What should be look out from you in the future?
Mick Boogie: Terry and I have some other stuff in the works we can't mention yet. But trust us... It'll be creative and fun. Watch our websites for more!
Also, I'm always travelling/touring. Bring me to your town! Lol...
KEYS: Thanks for the time, please let us know where we can get more information on your work and the album.
damn-puttin power in the ppl's hands thats how you do it- respect the game and put out acapella so that dudes like producers that worked on this thing can get some shine- how do you go wrong w/ coldplay n jay? that's why they sound so ill together-chris martin knows beats, and jay can hear hip hop in other genre's , so its only right, if u got the ear, to put it together but on the copyright note or whatever, that's what it's about, coldplay's linkin the shit on their site, and jay's asst.'s like oh yea- AND its a free download although the work put it is priceless- MB's right, i am convinced to go get the album(s) only ones i dont got are parachutes and this one plus the EP-of course all of jay's catalog-come on now but maaaad propseses
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but on the copyright note or whatever, that's what it's about, coldplay's linkin the shit on their site, and jay's asst.'s like oh yea- AND its a free download although the work put it is priceless- MB's right, i am convinced to go get the album(s) only ones i dont got are parachutes and this one plus the EP-of course all of jay's catalog-come on now
but maaaad propseses