I am a sucker for a mashup, so when I saw this entry over on BoingBoing today I had to check into it.

I’m not a big fan of Rench as a band. I think it’s too gimmicky and aside from that I just don’t think they are very good but they managed to do a very interesting job with this mashup of Underground hip-hop vocals with Rench beats and tons of uncleared samples from early bluegrass, folk ballads, and blues as well as some modern bluegrass as well.

They did a really awesome job putting it together. Unlike most mashups there really isn’t any point during these 22 tracks where the mix feels forced. I never would have thought the two genres would mesh so well.

Anyhow, they’re giving it away for free so check it out here (official) or here (torrent).

Anai - On Lock
T.O.N.E-Z - On the Run