Girl Talk is some laptop DJ who mashes 2gether 'partie songs' for mainstream bros at frat parties to drink Keystone like and say 'Holy Effing Shit! This Roxx Yall I'm ready 2 partie.' Apparently he used to have 'alt cred' but I don't even rlly know any more. He recently released the album ALL DAY 4 free via his website, and I never even downloaded it even though it was free just bc I have sorta evolved beyond 'getting excited abt remixes/mashups/using the hypemachine to find crappy mp3s'.

It seems like for some reason, Pitchfork is really going out of their way 2 'praise' this Girl Talk album when it was ultimately some sort of 'mixtape' thingy. They gave it some sort of '8.2' rating, which is a small 1.8 points behind Kanye West's perfect 10.0.

They claim that God created Gregg Gillis 2 become a laptop DJ:

Gillis has figured out exactly what he was put on this earth to do-- transform five decades of pop music into seamless mixes, and then, live, turn those mixes into a sweaty, tribal celebration of pop music itself.

Nvr knew that p4k 'believed in God' but I guess that is chill/necessary 2 have a values system.

Here is some excerpt where they say he is better/more unique than any other mashup artist that u could find on hype machine:

If there are still holdouts, the arguments against Girl Talk are getting slimmer. Despite the sheer number of party DJs and bedroom mashup artists, All Day further proves nobody does it better than Gillis. Some have questioned his legitimacy as a DJ, suggesting an artlessness to his disregard for cratedigging, but almost as if baiting those detractors, Gillis goes even more mainstream with his source material on All Day.

Feels like they traveled back in time in some sort of 'time machine' and wrote this as a 'progressive music journalist from the year 2k2' or something:

It's fitting that Gillis released All Day for free online, so that everyone could have it at the same time: He wants nothing more than to recapture the thrill of a true communal pop experience.

I think this statement is supposed to say that 'indie is dead' and 'Kanye West deserved the 10.0 cuz we don't care abt music genres/labels any more':

When Girl Talk broke through in 2006 with Night Ripper, the album was often credited for reflecting the new listening habits afforded by the Internet, where long-held grudges were dropped, and pop, indie rock, classic AOR, and mainstream rap were on equal playing fields.

8.2
Didn't listen to the album, but feel like it probs deserved like a 6.7 probably. But it probably really deserved like a 4.2. I guess this means that Pitchfork is not 'washing its hands' of Greg Gillis yet, and he will potentially be playing Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago this summer.

'You'll always be a mainstreamer, Gregg.'
'I'll always be a mainstreamer, me.' -u looking in the mirror at urself

Does Girl Talk 'know how 2 get the partie started'?
Do 'mashups' excite u any more, or do u want more out of mp3s/albums?
Will Girl Talk ever 'recapture the magic' of 2k6? Does it even matter if he has evolved as a DJ/producer/mix tape maker?
Do u think other DJs h8 Girl Talk?
Does any1 who is a DJ know if Girl Talk has 'legit skills' or is he just some sort of college bar DJ bro?

Girl Talk

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Girl Talk is a laptop DJ who got big in the bloghouse era but really just produces generic, well-branded mix tapes.

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