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The Download

By Andy Vihstadt

Published on October 25, 2007

Before anyone had a chance to coin the term mashup, the Illegal Art imprint was making a name for itself with Deconstructing Beck, an underground LP made up entirely of uncleared Beck samples. Since then, the recording label has bolstered the legitimate careers of DJ acts such as Girl Talk and Legion of Doom while keeping its disregard for copyright legislation intact. Download the Illegal Art Sampler '07, a free EP that features artists such as Realistic and Oh Astro as well as "Voice Mail," a smorgasbord of Sugar Hill Gang tracks blended together by famed turntablist Steinski (of Double Dee & Steinski). Being bad feels pretty good, doesn't it?

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