Fresh off a performance at Minnesota's Soundset Music Festival in May -- Milwaukee's own DJ and producer Kid Cut Up -- a member of the No Request Sound DJ crew -- launches a new mash-up.
And it's one that takes me -- and likely will take you -- back.
Ice Cube's 1993 track "It Was A Good Day" and Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1992 chart hit "Under The Bridge" collide in Cut Up's "A Good Day Under the Bridge."
The video -- by Alphabang Productions, a company that has worked with Rick Ross, John Legend, Signif, KingHellBastard, Prophetic, Melissa Czarnik and others -- also mashes the videos of those songs.
You can see the video here, and download the track here.
Cut Up has been the sole DJ for the B-Boy/B-Girl battle at Rhymesayers' Soundset festival, where he also made a guest appearance at DJ Z-trip's afterparty.
You can hear a selection of Kid Cut Up remixes and other works at clubsodanoice.blogspot.com.
Cut Up plays at Hi-Hat Garage every Thursday at 8 p.m. with Steve Marxx.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
