A great philosopher once said, “You spin me right round, baby right round like a record, baby right round.” A Girl Talk record does just that, it spins me. We here at Fresh Scouts first shed light on Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk) back in April of 2009, when we featured his album Feed the Animals. Since then we have been slapping each other in the face with glow sticks while we thrash out to the musical connect-the-dots of a Girl Talk album.
If you have a short attention span and you don’t fear mixing Jay-Z and Flock of Seagulls together, well…this is SO going to be your thing. Girl Talk is back at it again with his winning formula of digital sampling and mashups. His newest creation, All Day, is jammed packed with hip hops finest and pop music gems. Imagine sitting at a red light and four cars pull up around you with windows down blaring their music. Buckle yourself in for 71 minutes of seamless sampling.
Can it get any better? Uh, fo sho. Get your greedy little paws on All Day for FREE! Yeah, that’s the price that speaks a universal language. Mosey on over to Illegal Art to get the whole album for $0.00. Thanks be to Girl Talk and to all of the samples. And yes, thanks be to glow sticks.
Check out this artsy fan created video for “Oh No”
As a kid, if someone brought up “girl talk” in a conversation, I’d immediately teleport back to my youth–to thoughts of sleepovers and pillow fights and lovely young ladies chatting about how cute I am. Okay, so I still have those thoughts as an adult, but now Girl Talk has taken on so much more thanks to creative musical juggernaut Gregg Gillis.
I am going to share something personal with you. I struggle at times with my attention span. I often spin through the radio dial listening to songs one verse at a time before switching to something else. While working on a project if a light shines across my desk I drift off and
Girl Talk’s Feed the Animals is perfect if you are in the mood for over 300 songs mashed up in a giant musical blender. You like your Jay-Z sprinkled with some Sinead O’Connor? Enjoy a little Avril Lavigne accompanied by a side of the Wu-Tang Clan? Have a hankerin’ for a Radiohead-Michael Jackson-Roy Orbison-Justin Timberlake-Megadeth-AC/DC-Kelly Clarkson-flavored Musical smoothie? Then Feed the Animals. It’s really okay.
If you are a person that gets grossed out at the thought of mixing your peas with your mashed potatoes, I feel your pain. However, if you’re looking to get pumped for a night out on the town or want a party mix at your next shindig you can’t go wrong with the mad genius of Girl Talk. Hip-Hop serves as a backbone through all of the tracks, which means the naughty words flow like an eternal spring. With that in mind I would discourage breaking the album out at your next church lock-in. But that depends on the awesomeness of the church.
Feed the Animals is the forth album from Girl Talk, so there is plenty to check out when you find yourself wanting more. Go forth and rock this album. Cruise around town with your windows down, all the while blowing out your factory speakers.
More of a visual person? Check out a video collage of Girl Talk’s “In Step.”
If you want to party like a rock star, check out the album below…if you can handle it. You probably can’t handle it though.
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