October 28, 200817 yr Hey guys, make sure you get the official release that was posted on the blog this morning. An unfinished copy leaked last night and people started spreading the links after it was taken off, so best bet is to just DL it again off of http://www.vivalahova.com/ to make sure you got the right one. What If We Cry and The Reverse Fix are awesome :cool:
October 29, 200817 yr Fav track so far is science is ignorant, but the thing that really bugs me is chipmunk voices when vocals are sped up, an unfortunatley quite a few tracks have that issue, be it sped up jigga or sped up chris martin :(
October 29, 200817 yr I like it more than I thought I would! "The Reverse Fix" is cool, I agree with you alvin.ping! "Life of Clocks" is quite nice as well.
October 29, 200817 yr I feel it is more a Jay-Z album than a Coldplay one. The best song was "Science is ignorant" but I feel it didn't have as much chris martin as I hoped.
October 29, 200817 yr Coldplay/Jay-Z bootleg album Good afternoon. It may not quite be the cup of tea of the EMI and Roc-A-Fella music lawyers, but we're rather enjoying the new Viva La Hova bootleg album which has popped up on the internet this week, featuring tracks made from Jay-Z rhymes and Coldplay tunes. Click here if you'd like to check out this impressive work of sonic alchemy. Anchorman http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=182
October 29, 200817 yr Let Down The ideas and intentions underlying VivaLaHova are plausible because Jay and Coldplay are some of the biggest names in music right now and because history has shown Jay-z mash ups to be worth while but unfortunately for Mick Boogie and Terry Urban its only the finished product that counts and their product is definitely a disappointment. At first, I was very excited when I read that someone would mash jay with coldplay because his mash ups with the beatles and linkin park were very good. I would say that the linkin park mash up was the best for a few reasons. One, the original songs used from both artists were hardly changed. Two, both artists sang on every track. Three, I feel that the tracks were evenly divided between Jay and Linkin Park. Fourth, Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park actually produced the mash up (called Collision Course), not some DJ. Fifth and I believe most importantly for fans, Linkin Park and Jay-z could actually come together and perform the songs live [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiiHIQB6nz0]YouTube - Jigga What/Faint(Live)[/ame] I know I would sure like to see the musical talents of Coldplay and Jay come together for a mini-concert but they can't play the stuff on this album live. Looking at VivaLaHova, we see an album created by two random DJs (probably just looking to get their reputation up by putting "the commissioner" and "Terry urban" at the beginning of every track. I hate that stuff.), we hear songs that are vocally dominated by Jay and we hear traces of Coldplay songs that have been put through a meat grinder and glued back together. We don't hear Chris singing at all...instead we hear a digital version of Chris which I don't understand because chris's voice is damn near irreplaceable. Maybe I'm wrong about it all but with as high a reputation as both Jay and Coldplay have, I believe this album is an injustice to both. These DJs just ruined Coldplay's songs and through some Jay-z lyrics on the top like a sloppy pizza pie. I feel that as a true coldplay fan, this album is a C+. This album is more for people who like hip-hop or the club scene. Oh yea, Collision Course went to #1 on the Billboard 200 and if you think VivaLaHova will do the same or even come close then I would have to call into question your thinking.
October 30, 200817 yr I've downloaded and listened to most of it, tho I have forwarded some tracks on without listening to the whole track, cos I'm just not particularly impressed. I don't I'll bother giving this album a second listen. I don't really get the Jay-Z appeal - all his stuff sounds a bit same-y to me. There's too much of him on this so-called mash up, not enough Coldplay - they've just used the classics riffs and small snippets in the background, and the Coldplay lyrics don't even sound like Chris singing. Have they got someone else to cover those bits.? Can stand all the name drops at the beginning of each track either. All in all - I give it 2/10 and that's me being generous :)
October 30, 200817 yr Hey guys, make sure you get the official release that was posted on the blog this morning. An unfinished copy leaked last night and people started spreading the links after it was taken off, so best bet is to just DL it again off of http://www.vivalahova.com/ to make sure you got the right one. What If We Cry and The Reverse Fix are awesome :cool: Whats the difference between?I mean I like this noise inside. s funny... :).. but.. Is it the official release with that high noise at the beginning of every track which says ´oh mix it up hahahaa... terry uuurban..´??(..if you know what i mean) or is that the unfinished copy..? And why is this version http://allhiphop.com/stories/multimedia__music/archive/2008/10/27/20628422.aspx 27 seconds longer than the one from the download!?
October 30, 200817 yr Is there a version out there that doesn't have that commissioner stuff at the start of each track? Just curious
October 31, 200817 yr Is there a version out there that doesn't have that commissioner stuff at the start of each track? No, I don't think so. I think it's a sort of tag.
October 31, 200817 yr at first i think it was meh, but after a few more listens i like it - what kind of surprise as jay & coldplay are my favs. :D :laugh3: i like how they sampled the "the scientist" - although they should have cut off chris, as i think he sounds like a smurf (if he's too pitched). :D in my opinion is the "reverse fix" a real nice product, because one could see what could be made out of "fix you" (which is btw one of my fav coldplay tracks).
October 31, 200817 yr The ideas and intentions underlying VivaLaHova are plausible because Jay and Coldplay are some of the biggest names in music right now and because history has shown Jay-z mash ups to be worth while but unfortunately for Mick Boogie and Terry Urban its only the finished product that counts and their product is definitely a disappointment. At first, I was very excited when I read that someone would mash jay with coldplay because his mash ups with the beatles and linkin park were very good. I would say that the linkin park mash up was the best for a few reasons. One, the original songs used from both artists were hardly changed. Two, both artists sang on every track. Three, I feel that the tracks were evenly divided between Jay and Linkin Park. Fourth, Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park actually produced the mash up (called Collision Course), not some DJ. Fifth and I believe most importantly for fans, Linkin Park and Jay-z could actually come together and perform the songs live YouTube - Jigga What/Faint(Live) I know I would sure like to see the musical talents of Coldplay and Jay come together for a mini-concert but they can't play the stuff on this album live. Looking at VivaLaHova, we see an album created by two random DJs (probably just looking to get their reputation up by putting "the commissioner" and "Terry urban" at the beginning of every track. I hate that stuff.), we hear songs that are vocally dominated by Jay and we hear traces of Coldplay songs that have been put through a meat grinder and glued back together. We don't hear Chris singing at all...instead we hear a digital version of Chris which I don't understand because chris's voice is damn near irreplaceable. Maybe I'm wrong about it all but with as high a reputation as both Jay and Coldplay have, I believe this album is an injustice to both. These DJs just ruined Coldplay's songs and through some Jay-z lyrics on the top like a sloppy pizza pie. I feel that as a true coldplay fan, this album is a C+. This album is more for people who like hip-hop or the club scene. Oh yea, Collision Course went to #1 on the Billboard 200 and if you think VivaLaHova will do the same or even come close then I would have to call into question your thinking. I agree with you totally. The mashup song Encore/Numb was the best mashup I've ever heard but this album is pretty much a joke. They even stole Lost+. I wonder whether they even got permission.
October 31, 200817 yr Jay-Z And Coldplay Make 'Sonic Alchemy' On Viva La Hova Mixtape Rapper and band approve of the mixtape released by Mick Boogie and Terry Urban. We already know Jay-Z and Coldplay dig each other's music, as evidenced by collaboration for "Lost +" on the band's upcoming Prospekt's March EP and "Beach Chair" from Jay's Kingdom Come. But what would it sound like if international-superstar pals Jay and Chris Martin made more than a two-off? That's what mixtape veterans Mick Boogie and Terry Urban wondered, so they pulled a Danger Mouse and recently locked themselves in the lab for two weeks to cook up Viva la Hova, a 19-track mash-up that lays Jay's unique flow over the atmospheric arena rock of England's finest. "What Danger Mouse did with the Grey Album was momentous, and I was sitting there one day, and I saw that Coldplay was releasing a song with Jay-Z, and I had this idea. Because any time you read about Jay-Z in a nonurban magazine, they talk about his relationship with Chris and Gwyneth [Paltrow] and how Jay is an international star rather than just a rap star," said Boogie, 30, who recently created the mash-up mixtape, The Honor Roll for VH1's "Hip-Hop Honors." "I thought it was cool they were doing a song [on the Coldplay EP], and I love 'Beach Chair,' so I thought, 'They should do a whole album together. What if we put it together? What would it sound like?' "So, Boogie and frequent collaborator Urban listened to "Lost +" when it leaked last month, got a feel for the sound of the dynamic music combo, and a project was born. "It was exactly what I thought it might be — great Jay-Z rhymes over cool Coldplay songs," said Boogie of the mixtape, which debuted online on Tuesday. "So I reached out to some of our favorite producers, from 9th Wonder to some new guys, and they each produced a song and we each produced a song, which is the first time we've ever done that for a project." Boogie also roped in artist Glen Infante to remix Coldplay's Viva album cover, with the characters from the original Eugene Delacroix painting tricked out with characters wearing fly shades, Yankees caps and neckfuls of bling. As Boogie suspected, the worlds-apart sounds do blend into a strangely compelling flow, as on producer Cookin' Soul's "Public Speeding," which melds Jay's hyped "Public Service Announcement" with the lighter-flicking Coldplay track "High Speed," speeding up Martin's vocals to a high-pitched chipmunk wheeze. Elsewhere, the unlikely combinations make for an eerie disconnect, as when Jay spits gritty rhymes about the dangers of the street hustle from "U Don't Know" accompanied by the spare instrumental hook to "In My Place." For the most part, Boogie said, he and Urban — who chose all the mash-up pairings and worked closely with the producers on the tone and energy of their mixes — tried to choose non-hit tracks to keep the focus on the music, rather than the recognizable hooks. A few exceptions include "Miss Trouble," which drops Jay's "Excuse Me Miss" over the instantly hummable piano hook from "In My Place," and "Take the Hill," which uses the guitar line from Coldplay's recent hit, "Violet Hill," as the bed for Hova's "Takeover." "It's real fall music," Boogie said of the simultaneously hard-core and melancholic tracks. "Coldplay is a very fall/wintery band, and Jay is known for dropping something every fall. And together it's darkly organic, so it makes sense for this time of the year." Boogie said he hasn't reached out to either camp — and didn't need their blessing to do the project, since he's giving it away and not profiting from its sale — but he's heard from Jay's assistant that the rap mogul thought it was "amazing," so he's happy. Coldplay weighed in the day after the mixtape debuted, writing on their blog, "It may not quite be the cup of tea of the EMI and Roc-A-Fella music lawyers, but we're rather enjoying the new Viva la Hova bootleg album which has popped up on the Internet this week. ... Check out this impressive work of sonic alchemy." "He's really artistic, and he brought Coldplay to the hip-hop world in the first place," Boogie said of Jay-Z. "And he's released the a cappellas of his albums, so he knows the deal. And they're kind of in a similar place, though their music is from two different genres. Coldplay is a rock band with a lot of soul and feeling and music that's not very busy, which makes it easily sample-able and remixable." As proud as he is of tracks like the meditative "Lost Part 2," ("Momma Loves Me" and the import mix of "Lost") and one of the album's most elegant pairings, "Hola Blanco" (the bouncing "Hola Hovito" and the ethereal "White Shadows"), Boogie said the album is probably just a onetime venture. "This is a one of one," he said. "I don't really want to do another one, because the reason this works is because it really makes sense." http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1598284/20081030/jay_z.jhtml
October 31, 200817 yr I rate it "meh" I really wish in some parts they'd take more advantage of what the song has to offer instead of just having a Coldplay tune, some beats thrown in and JayZ rapping over the top of it. And Chris' voice is high-pitched in too many tracks.
October 31, 200817 yr A few exceptions include "Miss Trouble," which drops Jay's "Excuse Me Miss" over the instantly hummable piano hook from "In My Place," lolwut
November 20, 200817 yr I think that the Viva La Hova is pretty bomb. There is a lot of great mixes here. You can't deny "Reverse Fix" or "Never Change" both are so good! and what about Lost Pt.2!? If only Jay-Z and Coldplay did a full collaboration song, not a Coldplay song with a verse of Jay-Z. Anyways a lot of people on here don't seem to be too fond of Jay-Z but hey he is at least classier than most rappers, has a flow ten times better than lil' wayne, not to mention a voice that is much nicer on the ears, and he is clever and witty as hell. Give him a chance.
November 30, 200916 yr ok i know im a little late to be finding this, but i just did soo lol Does anyone have the download for this? the links on the site don't work and i havent been able to find any more. i got a few from youtube but im missing about half and i don't think all the songs on youtube a cut in the right spots if someone could upload the whole album that would be amazing!! i really like it so far! Thanks :)
November 30, 200916 yr :thumbsup: ´Lost Part 2´ is really nice too :D agree,! 100% download it its one of the best song's ive heard from both jay z and coldplay some songs are just damn weird especially the 'chipmunk' scientist
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