Maine rapper and producer Spose has delivered a mashup of The Black Album, the landmark retirement album by Jay-Z, against a soundscape of Smashing Pumpkins songs dubbed Marcy Projects And The Infinite Sadness. 

Though the name is a play on The Pumpkins’ 1995 record Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, mash-up uses career-spanning material.

It’s a homage to Danger Mouse’ beloved 2004 project The Grey Album, which mashed up The Black Album with The Beatles 1968 LP, The White Album.

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OK SO INSTAGRAM WONT LET ME POST AUDIO CLIP BUT In June 2020 I was very stressed and couldn’t focus on making my own music. So, for fun, I started making a mash up album of my favorite band The Smashing Pumpkins and my favorite rapper Jay-Z. I really enjoyed the challenge and solving the puzzle of which songs, and which parts of songs, would go together well, etc. And so, before I give you all my new music, I present to you ‘Marcy Projects and the Infinite Sadness,’ my love letter to two of my favorite things on Earth. Download or stream at spjayz.com Artwork by Steve Gendron @crookedstreetart LINK IS IN MY BIO TOO

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Check out Marcy Projects and the Infinite Sadness:

  1. ‘Interlude / Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’
  2. ‘Change Clothes / I Am One’
  3. ‘Public Service Announcement / Cherub Rock’
  4. ‘Allure / Tonight, Tonight’
  5. ‘Threat / Mayonaise’
  6. ‘Encore / X.Y.U.’
  7. ‘Moment of Clarity / Today’
  8. ’99 Problems / Porcelina of the Vast Oceans’
  9. ‘What More Can I Say / Hummer’
  10. ‘Justify My Thug / Ava Adore’
  11. ‘Lucifer / The Aeroplane Flies High’
  12. ‘Dirt Off Your Shoulder / Eye’
  13. ‘December 4th / Heavy Metal Machine’
  14. ‘My First Song / Marquis In Spades’

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