Against all odds, mash-ups are still popular--mostly because, yes, white people really like hearing their favorite rap lines placed over their favorite indie rock anthems. Enter the Chicago-based duo The Hood Internet, which specializes in mash-ups that do just that. The duo's been around since '07 now, and their popularity's never really been higher. Credit their constantly updated blog, which offers up free mash-up after free mash-up on a weekly basis for that. Also: OK, they're pretty good at it, too. Far as I'm concerned, theirs was the best of the many "Ice Cream Paint Job" remixes that started popping up last fall.
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