The ILLEGAL Beatles Hip Hop Album That Went Platinum
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Today we’re breaking down one of the greatest mashup albums of all time: The Grey Album by Danger Mouse, which mixed The White Album by The Beatles with The Black Album by Jay-Z.
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SOURCES
https://archive.org/details/DjDangerMouse-TheGreyAlbum – stream the album here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbO2xqwvmG8
https://parkerhiggins.net/2013/12/what-did-jay-z-and-paul-mccartney-think-of-the-grey-album/
#thebeatles #jayz #mashup
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:40 Camp Digs
01:20 2000s Week
02:08 The White Album
03:23 The Black Album
03:50 The Grey Album
08:56 The Magic of 2004
12:34 More Production
13:19 Stories from You!
@globaltempo
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
All well and good but you missed a huge point that Danger Mouse made with this record. He challenged the whole music industry by registering the album on Creative Commons license. It's COPYLEFT, not Copyright, so he granted by default the right to anybody to download, copy or make a derivative piece from it. This was huge and you shouldn't miss out on that aspect.
@KellySmunt303
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
I feel like Jay z didn't really pop in England like he did in America. He kinda seen as a corny pop artist in England.
@mark4262
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Red and Blue into Purple is a reference to the Greatest Compilation Albums of All time = The Beatles two Double Albums 1962-1966 & 1967-1970..wow what a reference..l am in my 60's and l get it ❤ as stated the most sampled group in history..look it up 🎉
@mark4262
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
I was there when the internet started..l am now 61 from Australia..l have an original downloaded version somewhere of The Grey Album..yes l am a Beatles Fan. ❤
@mark4262
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
In fact THE BEATLES ARE THE MOST SAMPLED GROUP IN MUSIC HISTORY ..LOOK IT UP ❤
@Prellium
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
As a Beatles fan I downloaded the Grey Album way back in the day so I could be outraged at how they ruined my Beatles. But then I loved it, a great way of mixing the old with the new in the same way 1980s mixmasters were sliding in 1960s and 1970s soul and RnB songs to new hip hop and rap.
@TyroneEpps
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Excellent
@blocSonic
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Better than the original Jay-Z album by a mile. However, it couldn't "go platinum" since it couldn't be sold.
@raphaelwoods8241
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
I bought this at Amoeba in Hollywood
@jamesnorwood2717
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
The grey album is the only CD I still own. It's been in my car player for more than three years. Every road trip I take its on repeat
@tiomono27
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Purple Purple Purple Purple Purple Purple Purple
PLEASE
@MikeTaffet
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
“Moment of Clarity” absolutely slaps
@chuckyk6533
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
I was all about The Purple Album!! 🔥
@smartenuphumans
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Interesting – Ill check it out
@lowenbad
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
I’ll never forget “Grey Tuesday”. I still have a vinyl copy of that album in my collection… and I actually got kicked off eBay back then for selling bootleg copies of The Grey Album on CD. 😄
@winordiemcfly4961
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
This mash up also lead to the jayz and linkin park
@DorianRodring
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Doesn’t sound that good. The vibe of the rapping was not matching the vibe of the Beatles songs. It’s interesting but kinda ruins the spirit of each respective album. I think people just get excited about this as a novelty and mistake that as good stuff.
@rockyturen8419
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
11:52 Thats my bday and still remember that CONTROV. ❤❤
@rockyturen8419
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
9:54 TIME.FLIES ❤❤
@omarpenn7395
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
I remember having this album on bootleg back in the day
@paulanderson9650
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
there was a dude in my platoon for basic training in the marines who told me to give it a listen when basic was over. Changed my life and help pivot my listening into hip-hop and diving down rabbit holes of sampling, which led me to everything from Sly and the fam to Steely Dan. Made my dad sit and listen to it on a road trip cause I was raised on The Beatles. He said it wasnt quite his style, but he understood it.
So, Frankie, wherever you are, a million thanks.
@dreamcyclevancouver
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Dope
@marvinjones5000
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
the Grey Album 💿 was amazing ….feeling nostalgic…
@cmvrs888
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Danger Mouse is a Legend. Broken Bells go hard
@2112solas
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Everything is free ,but if You become a patron ,other shit is available. Also ,terrible mash-up.
@tsloth1390
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
A bit disgruntled that you didn’t mention Rome by Danger Mouse and Danielle Lupi when listing his accolades (other than the brief mention of the Norah jones collab). That said, it’s worth its own episode. It’s a masterpiece
@IstanaAnginWorldwide
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Jay Z is lame
@bertrach
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
I prefer "Dark Side of the Wu"
@Grandmaster__Gee
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
The f?
unofficial remixes are trash.
@DanielleKingdjdinosaur
August 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm
it made understand just how far a good mashup could go.
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