Lindstrøm vs. Jim Jones mashed by The Hood Internet's ABX

The Hood Internet have long since been two of my favorite bootleggers, and it kind of feels like they were finally accepted into mashup culture (if there is such a thing) around the end of 2008. After A plus D teamed up with the duo to host the first ever Bootie Chicago in late-October I was lead to believe that big things were still yet to come for ABX and DJ STV SLV. And I was right. Already this year they've taken on headlining roles in addition to a local residency of sorts at Chicago's Q101 where they're dropping new Chicagoland-based mashups every week.

Though not a Chicago-based track (clearly) ABX's "Where You Pop Champagne I Pop Too" blends one of last year's most underrated artists (Lindstrøm) with one of the world's most overrated (Jim Jones). A tag for the track reads, "if this doesn't kill autotune what will," and I'd only hope that to be true. While I like the mash, I'm tired of "Pop Champagne," tired of "Arab Money," tired of Weezy, and tired of Kanyeezy. Here's hoping for a little innovation as the year progresses.

ABX - Where You Pop Champagne I Pop Too