NOTHING SAYS "I LOVE YOU" LIKE THE BASS DROP OF A SHITTY DUBSTEP TRACK

Seriously, before you get out those big yellow rubber gloves for whatever kinky shit you've got planned tonight, make sure you hit play on this mixtape. It was specifically designed by the LUV SCIENTISTS at Mad Decent (i.e., Dirty South Joe and Flufftronix) to induce sexy behavior in humans and probably some other kinds of organisms as well. Just imagine, hundreds of millions of bacteria fucking on your skin. Except that they don't really fuck, they divide. And they do that regardless of what music's playing. But just think about that. And then get it on, or something. Why? Listen to this line from the artists themselves:

"Luvstep 2 is the sound of electronic gruv glide inside lazer guided lullabies."

I don't even know that means. But you know who does? FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT. What a fucking love machine.

Dirty South Joe & Flufftronix - Luvstep 2 by flufftronix

The only Usher song I will ever endorse

It's a remix, predictably. And I would trust no one better to pull it off than MSTRKRFT.

Shake it cross the dancefloooooor

There are plenty of remixes coming from this song, ranging from Chromeo's synthy remix to some more electro stuff with the Laidback Luke remix. But Chromeo's is too saucy and doesn't keep the bpm at an acceptable level. And the Laidback Luke mix is just a little too electro, and not enough funk.

But the Lifelike remix is just right, mostly. I think the deeper more progressive beat is awesome. But I think the beatsmooshing that's going on throughout most of the beat drops is generally annoying and could have been done much much better (maybe with some lessons from Bmore club), and so it really suffers. And so I've set up plenty of loop cues on the track to try and get the good parts out without including the fancy stuff because i can put that in myself and half the time it sounds better. See if you can figure out where I put them!

Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor (Lifelike remix) by Iggy


But none of this is really the original artist's fault. When you compare the vocal smooshing in the Lifelike remix to some of Treasure Fingers' original stuff, it's apparent that this guy knows how to arrange his shit. The use of melodic sampling (that the Helenator and I like from pogo) in Lift Me is totally sweet, and the beat and vocals in It's Love are right on. This is the stuff that's stuck in my head now, and probably my roommate's too because it's on my decks every fucking night. Not that I do anything successful with those decks, but it's on there damnit!

Treasure Fingers - Lift Me (Original Remix) by valternylima

It's Love (Original Mix) - Treasure Fingers by arrhythmiamusic

SMITHING IT

Willow Smith is 9 (nine) years old. She is cooler than ALL OF US. You just wait — the hook in this will be sampled in everything, starting now. Whip your hair, bitches.