Not much to this post beyond some pretty fun and easy Flash games by the Bell Brothers.
Record Tripping
It’s a strange mashup of deejaying, Alice in Wonderland, and puzzles.  But it’s a good way to spend 5 or 10 minutes of your day.  It’s hard to explain what actually goes on, beyond the fact that your mouse (a scroll wheel is required to play) allows you to scratch what sounds like an audio recording of Through the Looking Glass or something

Dope track and a dope idea.  We’ve promoted this same type of thing before, but try and give credit where it’s due.  This is a dope international e-collaboration with “8 people with 5 instruments from 4 Continents speaking 3 languages for 1 song.”   The emcee below, Dumbfoudead, is decent.
Check it out below, or head over to YouTube to check the lyrics as well.

 
I jacked some of the credits from the YouTube sidebar just to help hype these artists.  Check ‘em out.
Emcee: Dumbfoundead http://www.youtube.com/dumbfoundead …

I know this is a bit of a dated post, being that the earthquake happened some time ago, but I thought I would take the opportunity to highlight some of the work being done, hype up some fundraising opportunities, and talk about the tight connection between hip hop and Haiti.
I’m sure most of you have heard about Yele Haiti, the charity started by Wyclef Jean.  He is probably one of the most prominent hip hop artists with direct Haiti ties, but certainly not the least.  And yes, there has been …

Following up on my previous mash-up post, here’s something that’s also really out there but has way more production value.  Tom Caruna presents Wu-Tang vs. The Beatles – Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers.
This one came to me courtesy of a post over at Metafilter, and I gotta say big-ups to them.
And as one commenter said
Holy shit, are you kidding? The Beatles mashed up with the Wu? PUT IT IN MY EARS.
posted by Tiresias at 11:36 PM on January 17
Sounds about right.  This is a decent album, as far as mashups …

If you’re like me, you may feel that Talib and Mos have never stood a chance.  Their solo stuff so far has just not been able to live up to the astounding collaboration record they released as Black Star.  Sure there are standout tracks every once in a while, and Mos’ Black on Both Sides is fantastic.  But somehow, I can never shake the feeling that Black Star was close to the perfect record.
By that I mean one of those records you just don’t ever want to change tracks on.  …

Funky DL, a emcee who usually makes reasonable choices, has done something completely unexpected.  He has put together a new, free album called Funky DL samples Back to Frank.  In case that name doesn’t ring a bell, I just want to say two words: Amy Winehouse.
That’s right, Funky DL has put together a promo album using the music of Amy Winehouse.
For your free download go straight to: www.funkydl.com/b2f.zip
It’s not the worst thing I’ve heard, and I guess it’s a novel idea.  Funky DL has always had a penchant for a …

You know that we here at 4080 are pretty big fans of TED Talks.  Not only are they good for dropping some knowledge on you, sometimes they come up with great entertainment too.
Check out the video below to see Herbie Hancock give a solid performance.