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Two weeks ago (it feels a lot longer!) Adriana from Bootie called out the laziness of non-genre clashed mashups of Lil Nas X's Montero (Call Me By Your Name) in a tweet. This caused a storm, not just some drama but also a flurry of Montero mashups that weren't pop vs pop. Myself I did two mashups - both Beatles - in response, and now the Crumplbangers crew organised by iWillBattle have assembled the response mashups into a compilation called Mashtero - focusing on mostly the genre-clash ones and excluding ones that were earlier or unrelated or putting them into the bonus tracks. This was a real struggle in part because of the mode Montero is in, Phyrgian, WTF? And the key change on the choruses, which seemed to flummox a lot of people, but thanks to advice from Vixoriadrift, ToTom and others, we got there in the end I think. Unless you REALLY like Montero, Mashstero at 28 tracks might be more Lil Nas X than you can take, but there are some really good tracks here. Hopefully Montero's 15 minutes aren't up just yet...but proud to be on this compilation. I rarely get asked to be on compilations or albums, actually *cough*. I've not listened to every one, but the album is very diverse from pop, rock, punk, techno and heavy metal bangers to plunderphonic / crumpl tracks and jazz, country, funk and soul. Something for everyone! The ones I have I can really recommend Adriana's Cure one, ToTom's excellent one with George Michael's Faith, iWillBattle's Iron Maiden mashup which is a bonus track, pomDeter's Slayer one which in 'Will it Mash' style both myself and ToTom gave some advice on via Twitch. And I like GaraGara's dub one which as well as being a rarity in the mashup world, a reggae mashup that's not Bob Marley or Sean Paul, that acapella weirdness blends surprisingly well with dub and dancehall. EDIT: listening now, it holds up surprisingly well as an album....I'd add GladiLord's Kill Switch Engage to that list. And loving the Shirley Bassey ending by departure.(It is nice confirmation that I was on the right track to try and hide the nastiness in the bass of the acapella with heavy guitars, I did try those Slayer and Iron Maiden tracks when I did my first Montero mashup, I even tried Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - but me and heavy metal timings are not on talking terms. I don't like mashups that speed up or slow down unless it's seamless - which is quite hard, and pomDeter has managed that here. Nas Tripper was the closest I got to that idea.). You can download the compilation here. Tracklist: 1. Adriana A - Montero Cats (Lil Nas X vs The Cure)2. oki - Call Me Comfortably Numb (Lil Nas X vs Pink Floyd)3. Instamatic - You Never Give Me My Montero (Lil Nas X vs The Beatles)4. Instamatic - Nas Tripper (Lil Nas X vs The Beatles)5. GladiLord - Reset Me (Lil Nas X vs Killswitch Engage)6. Vixoria Drift - Montero (Lil Nas X vs Three Days Grace)7. ah! - Holiday In Montero (Lil Nas X vs Dead Kennedys)8. Dunproofin - Foo Bars (Lil Nas X vs Foo Fighters)9. duuzu - BJÖNTERO (Lil Nas X vs Bjork)10. Lewis Wake - MONTERO (Lil Nas X vs Taking Back Sunday)11. pomDeter - Raining Montero (Lil Nas X vs Slayer)12. Devon Ireland - Will You Still Call Me By Your Name Tomorrow (Lil Nas vs Amy Winehouse)13. Devon Ireland - The Call (Lil Nas X vs Backstreet Boys)14. ToToM - George (Lil Nas X vs George Michael)15. Rudec - Around Montero (Lil Nas X vs Red Hot Chili Peppers)16. Rudec - Freestyler Montero (Lil Nas X vs Bomfunk MCs)17. GaraGara - Montero Dub (Lil Nas X vs Scientist vs Dub Specialist)18. departure - NUMBERS Call Me (Lil Nas X vs Neil Cicierega)19. piecesofeight - Intermission in Montero (Lil Nas X vs Stan Kenton)20. Richest Llama - JOHNTERO (Lil Nas X vs Johnny Cash)21. iamjstncrdble - Banjero (Lil Nas X vs Ronnie McCoury)22. iamjstncrdble - Call Me By Your Fancy Name (Reba McEntire vs Lil Nas X)23. iWillBattle - Hit The Road Montero (Ray Charles vs Lil Nas X) BONUS TRACKS 1. Lewis Wake - VOODOO MONTERO (Lil Nas X vs The Prodigy & Pendulum)2. William Maranci - A Thousand Monteros (Vanessa Carlton vs Lil Nas X)3. iWillBattle - Call Me By Midnight (Iron Maiden vs Lil Nas X)4. Grave Danger - Can I Get A Montero (Lil Nas X vs Jay-Z ft. Amil)5. departure - FOREVTERO (Lil Nas X vs Kanye West)

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Mashstero – Lil Nas X Montero Mashes

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