Sleigh Bells Meet Their Match

We've posted more than once about Sleigh Bells (as has everyone else in the world). Succinct summary: we love them. They're raw, they're loud, and they don't seem to be bound my many conventions. It's blistering music that isn't like much else you'll hear these days - unless you count M.I.A. and the other artists currently trying to replicate/cultivate the Sleigh Bells sound.

Maybe that unique fire is what has caused almost every mash-up/remix attempt I've heard incorporating Sleigh Bells has fallen a little flat for me. It's a bit like using really good wine to make sangria - it may taste great, but you're losing some of the flavor of the most important ingredient. That's how I felt about the Speak! remix that Zack posted a few weeks back, and that's how I felt about the more impressive but still disappointing J.Cole remix that dropped in my inbox a week or two ago.

Sleigh Bells f. J.Cole - The Last Stretch (Dikky Mash-Up) (YSI) (filesavr)

As usual, though, The Hood Internet has laughed in the face of that challenge. Where I doubted that it could be done, ABX mixed and matched the power of Sleigh Bells with the smooth crooning of Usher's radio-friendly summer anthem "OMG". It's infectious, it's contagious, and it straight up works. Cheers to a job well done.

The Hood Internet - Oh My Kids (Sleigh Bells vs. Usher) (YSI) (filesavr)