The Grey Album

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The Grey Album is a controversial and influential mashup record by Danger Mouse that blends vocals from Jay-Z’s "The Black Album" with instrumentals from The Beatles’ "White Album."

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The Grey Album canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bootleg remix album ⓘ
mashup album ⓘ
associatedWithMovement culture jamming ⓘ
digital rights activism ⓘ
basedOn The Beatles' White Album ⓘ
The Black Album ⓘ
centralToEvent Grey Tuesday ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Danger Mouse ⓘ
describedAs controversial ⓘ
influential ⓘ
distributionMethod internet file sharing ⓘ
genre hip hop ⓘ
mashup ⓘ
remix ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn debates on fair use in music ⓘ
remix culture discourse ⓘ
hasTrack 99 Problems ⓘ
Allure ⓘ
Change Clothes ⓘ
December 4th ⓘ
Dirt Off Your Shoulder ⓘ
Encore ⓘ
Justify My Thug ⓘ
Lucifer ⓘ
Moment of Clarity ⓘ
Public Service Announcement ⓘ
Threat ⓘ
What More Can I Say ⓘ
influencedBy Jay-Z ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
isUnauthorized true ⓘ
isUnofficial true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus copyright controversy ⓘ
mediaType audio ⓘ
notableFor copyright and sampling debate ⓘ
influencing mashup culture ⓘ
sparking Grey Tuesday protest ⓘ
partOf mashup era of early 2000s ⓘ
producer Danger Mouse ⓘ
receivedCriticalAcclaim true ⓘ
releaseFormat digital ⓘ
releaseYear 2004 ⓘ
subjectOf legal threats from EMI ⓘ
widespread online protest ⓘ
trackCount 12 ⓘ
usesInstrumentalsFrom The Beatles ⓘ
The Beatles' White Album ⓘ
usesVocalsFrom The Black Album ⓘ

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Danger Mouse → notableWork → The Grey Album ⓘ
Brian Joseph Burton → notableWork → The Grey Album ⓘ