J-B Weld Award

This Audible Heisman goes to the best mash-up of the year.  A quality mash-up is hard to accomplish.  You have to take the best qualities of each song and somehow flow them together.  The first mash-up I heard that really made me take notice of this style of mixing music was the album 'From Blue Eyes To Bedstuy'.  It was a combo of Frank Sinatra and Notorious B.I.G.  This was before the massive explosion of free music on the internet, so sadly, I do not own this album and haven't been able to find it.  The mash-up that really put the art of mashing in the national spectrum was 'The Grey Album'.  It mixed The Beatles 'White Album' with Jay-Z's 'Black Album'.  DJ Danger Mouse was the masher in this case and then went on to co-found Gnarls Barkley with Cee-Lo.  Speaking of, the J-B Weld Award goes to... 



DJ O-Face- 'Jay Bells'


I couldn't find a video of any song off the album, so I'm just going to post the two songs of my favorite track separately.  Also, you can go here to grab the whole album.

Jay-Z- 'Izzo'



Sleigh Bells- 'Riot Rhythm'





Solid songs individually, dynamite together.  Also, 'Izzo' was Kanye's first hit as a producer, so there's always a soft spot there.  For those of you that know hip hop/rap, especially mash-ups, you probably have some beef with me right now.  How can there be a mash-up award and it not go to Girl Talk.  Simmer down, there is a valid reason.  Girl Talk is not eligible for the Audible Heismans for two reasons:
1. He got caught with performance enhancing drugs.  It turns out he was injecting himself with more than the legal limit of awesome.  The playing field is not even. 
2. He's already in the Audible Heisman Hall of Fame. 
The fact of the matter is that Girl Talk is on another level when it comes to mash-ups.  Most people will take two songs and put them together.  Girl Talk is not content with two.  His mash-up mixtapes usually contain a mix of 100-200 songs spanning several genres.  My favorite album of his is 'Night Ripper'.  You can also grab his most recent album 'All Day'.  Keep your eyes peeled for the Epilepsy Award.