Motown Remixed

[Emerald City]

``Motown Remixed'' is Motown Reborn: the Hottest Producers/Remixers in the World Revisit Classic Motown on Landmark Album That Brings New Grooves to a New
Generation.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2005--"The Sound Of Young America" is young once again. "Motown Remixed" (Motown/UMe), set for release on May 24, 2005, re-grooves 15 of the greatest songs of Motown for a new generation. On this album, which features more than a dozen of the world's top producers/remixers, you'll hear Motown classics like you've never heard them before.

These producers and remixers were given unprecedented access to the Motown vaults, to put
their spin on classics from the most famous record label in popular music. They (respectfully) funk up, turn inside out and chill out best-loved Motown songs, from "I Want You Back" to "My World Is Empty Without You," from "Let's Get It On" to "Mary Jane." Classic Motown's most significant foray ever into DJ, dance and club culture, the project also includes the release of three
vinyl mega-singles, which in total will include 10 of the album's 15 tracks, with several of them in exclusive extended versions: "Volume 1," "Volume 2"and "Volume 3" will all be released on May 10th. Additionally, Motown/UMe will issue a "Motown Unmixed" CD compilation, featuring original versions of songs from the album on May 24, the same day as the "Remixed" album.

Among the events surrounding this album is a Motown Remixed Tour, featuring DJ Smash, who will bring these remixes as well as a display of DJ skills utilizing the Motown catalog to 10 cities in May and June (Black Music Month): New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Detroit; Miami; Atlanta; San Francisco; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; and a city TBA.

[Emerald City]

Motown Remixed stars producers/remixers and the songs:


"The Randy Watson Experience": AKA Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (The Roots, Common, Nikka Costa, Joss Stone) and James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Roots, Anthony Hamilton), for **Gladys Knight & The Pips' "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

DJ Green Lantern (Eminem, Nas, Tupac, and has his own new album coming soon), for **Rick James' "Mary Jane"

Salaam Remi (Ludacris, Amy Winehouse, Fugees, Nas, Jamiroquai), **for the Jackson 5's "ABC"

DJ Z-Trip (Jurassic 5, Chuck D, Rush, and has his own new album "Uneasylistening Vol. 1"), **for the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back"

DJ Jazzy Jeff (Will Smith, Jill Scott, Kenny Lattimore, KRS-1), **for The Temptations' "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"

DJ Spinna (Guru, De La Soul, Mary J. Blige), **for Eddie Kendricks' "Keep On Truckin'"

Hank Shocklee as Futureshock Entertainment (Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Peter Gabriel), **for the Undisputed Truth's "Smiling Faces Sometimes"

Easy Mo Bee (Alicia Keys, Notorious B.I.G., Miles Davis), **for The Temptations' "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"

Mocean Worker AKA Adam Dorn (Tenacious D, Charlie Parker Remix, 4 solo albums), **for Rare Earth's "I Just Want To Celebrate"

Hotsnax AKA Full Phatt (Ashanti, Nelly, Outkast, Christina Milian,Bob Marley), **for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles' "The Tears Of A Clown"

King Britt (Digable Planets, Macy Gray, Tori Amos, Destiny's Child, several solo albums), **for Edwin Starr's "War"

DJ Smash (Roy Ayers, Chico Hamilton, Cassandra Wilson), **for Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"

Da Producers, including Paul Simpson (Serious Intention, Spinners, Jacksons), **for Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On"

Rafe Gomez and David Baron as "The Groove Boutique" (the nationally syndicated cool jazz mix show of the same name), **for Smokey Robinson's "Quiet Storm"

Tranzition (everyANYTHING), for **The Supremes' "My World Is Empty Without You"

[Emerald City]

Track List:

1."I Want You Back"/JACKSON 5
"Z-TRIP REMIX"

2."I Heard It Through The Grapevine"/GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS
"THE RANDY WATSON EXPERIENCE SYMPATHY FOR THE GRAPES MIX "

3."Let's Get It On"/MARVIN GAYE
"DA PRODUCERS MPG GROOVE MIX"

4."Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"/STEVIE WONDER
"DJ SMASH ESSENTIAL FUNK REMIX"

5."ABC"/JACKSON 5
"SALAAM REMI CRUNK-A-DELIC PARTY MIX"

6."I Just Want To Celebrate"/RARE EARTH
"MOCEAN WORKER REMIX "

7."Papa Was A Rolling Stone"/THE TEMPTATIONS
"DJ JAZZY JEFF & PETE KUZMA SOLEFULL MIX "

8."Quiet Storm"/SMOKEY ROBINSON
"GROOVE BOUTIQUE REMIX," featuring guest soloist ROY AYERS

9."My World Is Empty Without You" THE SUPREMES
"TRANZITION REMIX"

10."Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"/THE TEMPTATIONS
"EASY MO BEE REMIX"

11."Smiling Faces Sometimes"/UNDISPUTED TRUTH
"FUTURESHOCK ENTERTAINMENT MAIN INGREDIENT MIX"

12."The Tears Of A Clown"/SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES
"HOTSNAX REMIX"

13."Keep On Truckin'"/EDDIE KENDRICKS
"DJ SPINNA REMIX"

14."War"/EDWIN STARR
"KING BRITT MIX"

Bonus Cut
15. "Mary Jane"/RICK JAMES
"DJ GREEN LANTERN EVIL GENIUS MIX"


For the producers/remixers of "Motown Remixed," revisiting songs that have inspired them was a dream come true. For Old School Motown fans, "Motown Remixed" is a resurrection. For fans of current hip-hop, R&B and Pop, "Motown Remixed" is a revelation. So
hear it again for the first time - Released May 24th

[Emerald City]

Sounds interesting :sweetassugar:

[Motorcity]

It sure does :oohyeah:

[Diamond Girl]

I have found two full tracks from ThugLifeArmy:

I Want You Back Z-Trip Remix
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Let's Get It On Da Producers MPG Groove Mix
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[Diamond Girl]

Here is a portion of the article that was included :letmecheckthisout:

Motown With A Hip-Hop Twist Drops May 24th
5/17/2005 10:36:20 PM by Robert


Back before hip-hop and rap turned women into ho’s and biatch’s. Back before grandmothers are only 30 years old and when kids could run the streets without to much fear of getting capped; there was Motown. It was a turbulent time but music filled the air waves and the hearts of many of us with thoughtful soul sounds.



The memories of block parties and a friendly game of craps and a lil drink of Night Train or Thunder Bird in Kool-Aid; are things a lot of you are probably saying ‘What?’ to. But believe me it was a time to be had and the memory of that time is unforgettable.



Cleopatra Jones and Super Fly were the ‘super hero’s’. A night of clubbin’ ended in your dark ‘crib’ with some Marvin Gaye or Barry White on the stereo and maybe a ‘joint’ or two.



‘Mothers Day’ came once a month; and ‘gangsta’ was a Cadillac Eldorado with 3 inch 'Port a Walls', spinners (wire basket wheels), a padded top with a diamond shaped rear window and ‘rabbit ear’ antennas.



Playing spades or chess on the stoop, just chilling and listening to Motown sounds; you knew that at least all was right in your world.



Converse All Stars where the ‘gym’ shoe and at Easter you would get a new pair of Bally’s to match your suit.



This is the Motown era I remember and this album brings all those memories back. Granted Motown has a deeper history than the era I have described, but this is the Motown I remember and the era of my life that this album invokes.



On May 24th all these memories will come back with a hip-hop beat. Motown Remixed will be released and this much anticipated drop will surely educate some of the younger people on what love and respect is.



Back to the day when your woman was someone that you respected and did not care to show love for. Back to when you better not let your grandmother or one of her friends hear you talking like they do now about any woman. The memories this album brings, along with the updated beats is something that we all need.



The track by Marvin Gaye ‘ Let’s Get It On’ brings back memories of the man in the ‘sparkle’ cap and blue jean shirt pleading to his lover. The memories in these tracks are so amazing and the new beats fit so well to ‘update’ these Motown classics.



Not only Marvin Gaye but Smokie Robinson, The Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips’, Eddie Kendricks, Undisputed Truth, Edwin Starr, Diana Ross & The Supremes, all classic Motown. And don’t over look Rick James, Rare Earth, the Jackson 5 and the Motown genius himself Stevie Wonder grace this ‘memory packed’ album set to today’s beats.



Remixed by some of the best producers that have brought many of today’s hip-hop and rap artists to star status.



Hopefully this is just the start of an on going updating of Motown’s catalog. This project is totally impressive.



If you need a lil proof here are 2 tracks for you to listen to, and hopefully if you are old enough you will also be blessed with memories of that time. And if you are not old enough to have memories, let these ‘new’ remixed versions of these songs introduce you to one of the most exciting times in music history, the Motown era.



Want to know what the producers think of being part of the history making event? Check out what they have to say here:



The EPK features King Britt, ?uestlove, Z-Trip, Jazzy Jeff, DJ Green Lantern and others talking about the project from their perspective as DJs/remixers.

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The album drops May 24th. If you don’t buy it for yourself then get it for your mom and pop’s. This is history in the making and it was excellently done.

[Diamond Girl]

Here is a snippet of the entire CD :hype:


Motown Remixed

Everything sounds GREAT!

[Emerald City]

Official site; www.motownremixed.com/

Hey ((Jazzy)) I'm about to check out those two songs you got there, I haven't heard them yet :myjam:

[Motown Honey]

So far I'm interest :ilovemusic: