Multiple Eargasms: The Hood Internet — Mixtape Volume Six

Every now and then I make a music dis­cov­ery that makes me feel incred­i­bly uncool for not hav­ing already known about it. Today was one of those days.

Although I’ve seen the com­bi­na­tion of three words that is “The Hood Inter­net” before, I had no idea it was a musi­cal act until a few hours ago. They’re a Chicago-based duo who pro­duce insanely good mashups and remixes of pop­u­lar songs old and new, fus­ing hip-hop with indie, main­stream, and the unexpected.

They release these gems in the form of Mixtapes–big, awe­some com­pi­la­tions of famil­iar songs remixed with tight beats, melodic hooks, synth under­tones and some­times a hip retro vibe. It’s really quite unlike any­thing I’ve ever heard before. Each track flows so seam­lessly into the next that you might find your­self won­der­ing how you’re already com­pletely jam­ming to the next song, which may or may not be a song you don’t even like!

If The Hood Inter­net can make me enjoy Quad City DJs’ “The Train”–a song I’ve loathed since my fresh­man year of high school–then I feel 100% con­fi­dent rec­om­mend­ing them to you. Hell, I’m not uncon­vinced The Hood Inter­net aren’t some kind of musi­cal sorcerers.

Mix­tape Vol­ume Six

Here’s The Hood Internet’s lat­est release, on which you’ll find a delec­table assort­ment of flash­backs like Whit­ney Houston’s “How Will I Know?”, Enigma’s “Return to Inno­cence,” Snoop Dogg’s “What’s My Name?”, and Snap!‘s “The Power” along­side mod­ern hits from the likes of Kid Sis­ter, Whiz Khal­ifa, Tyga and many others:

Tracklist:

More stuff and things!