Soundsystem: Born Ready to Die / Lana Del Rey x Notorious B.I.G.

For the anniversary of Biggie Smalls’ death on March 9th, NYC mixtape DJ Terry Urban releases this mashup of buzzband queen Lana Del Rey and the deceased hip-hop giant.

Urban calls this a “perfect marriage”. But is it? Does this stand up to the Wugazi mashup? Is it better or worse? Is it a depraved and arbitrary gimmick; are we experiencing mashup fatigue/burnout yet? Or is this a creative, fun and bumping collection of mixes?

Stream part of the album below and download the album in full HERE.

–@teemunny

In honor of Biggie’s passing 15 years ago on March 9, 1997… I wanted to do a special project. Mick Boogie and I honored the anniversary of his passing with a special project called Unbelievable, which was hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs and exceded 500k downloads online. But to pay tribute this time, I wanted to do something different.  Merge music styles.  Bridge audiences together in new ways. So I proudly present to you along with the homies from Dope Couture… Lana Del Rey and Notorious Big… Born Ready To Die. The music from Lana’s Born To Die… remixed and resampled. The lyrics from Biggie’s Ready To Die… still timeless after all these years. It’s a perfect marriage… dark and mysterious… soulful and gritty. Lana told Vogue Magazine that Biggie was one of her biggest musical influences… and now… he is her musical collaborator. I present to you… Born Ready To Die.