Mashuptown.com: Two For Tuesday: Sub-Urban Stylings

A kid from the Bronx, New York and a kid from Brooklyn, New York meet in a simple little construction job by Brat,this week's spotlight producer in PQ's Two For Tuesday. In "Big Shot Pimpin'," Brat fuses Billy Joel's (born in the Bronx) Big Shot with Jay-Z's (born in Brooklyn) Big Pimpin' to create a relatively well packaged urban mash-up. The ingredients compliment each other well here and Mr. Brat does a good job in letting the individual parts create their own space within the mash-up. With about 1/3 of the mash remaining, however, the mash does lose some of its drive, tonal center and connection between acapella and instrumental. Much of that, though, is attributed to the Billy Joel ad lib section which at times seems to create a bit of a dissonance with the background harmony. All in all, this Four-Star (out of five) mash-up is worth listening and enjoying.