mixtape maestro (2.0)

Remember back when Amerie’s “1 Thing” was EVERYBODY’S favorite joint and how the teaming of that clattering drum loop, stabbing horn funk and Amerie’s piercing belt seemed to signal this exciting new turn for R&B. Well, while most producers/ remixers opted on trying to one-up it’s manic sound for the dancefloor, one cat, Siik, took the opposite route, transforming “1 Thing” into this buttery smooth concoction that seemed to just melt out the speakers, coming thisclose to bettering the original (pick it up here).

One of Siik’s more recent mash-up triumphs is this re-working of Kanye West’s ’07 party-starter “Good Life”. Like the Amerie joint, Silk aligns “Good Life” with another chilled-out groove (in this case, the instrumental from The Temprees’“Girl I Love You”, also referenced on Alicia Keys “Teenage Love Affair”) and the results are equally satisfactory. The summer season might still be a long ways off, but this is one that definitely should be saved for that next BBQ cookout.

DL: “Good Life (Siik Remix)” (alt)

Below, snatch up Siik’s remix of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”:

“Single Ladies (Siik Remix)” (alt)