This Morning, Greg Gillis aka Girl Talk released his fourth album, Feed The Animals over the internet (on the Illegal Art label). This comes a little over a week after the finished completion of the album. This time, however, Gillis is using the Radiohead "Name Your Own Price" model.
With Feed The Animals, Gillis truly establishes himself as America's premier mashup artist, putting the likes of The Hood Internet and 2 Many DJs to shame. Gillis throws together hundreds of sound clips from some of the most popular pop songs of the last few years and mixes them with some certified classics (such as "ABC", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Come On Eileen", and "Wanna Be Startin' Something"). However, it would be remiss to think of Gillis' work as simply the creation of mindless pop sampling - what he does on Animals (and his other albums) is arrange numerous relatively simple pop songs into a complex avant-garde collage of fun. No other man in the industry is able to make songs you hate so much (ex: "Crank Dat Soulja Boy" or Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend") so damn enjoyable. Girl Talk is advancing the art of the sample and taking it to new heights. In the past sampling was used rather simply: take a cool break in a James Brown song and loop it and start rapping over it. Although the likes of the Beastie Boys pushed it a little farther, it must be said that Gillis is doing entirely brand new things and is the new undisputed king of the Sample.
Rating: 9/10
DOWNLOAD: Feed The Animals
