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KEN BLOCK’s FORD F-150 RAPTORTRAX

@itsthatsmith — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:19:48 +0000

Monster Energy athlete Ken Block takes you for a personal walk-around of his Ford F-150 RaptorTRAX and explains just what makes it the coolest backcountry snowcat ever.

Cars | How To Drive Ford Model-T

@itsthatsmith — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 05:08:06 +0000

Ford Model T: How to Drive the Car That Got the World Moving

A couple of weeks ago Xcar posted a teaser review of the Ford Model T, a look at what the British duo would have been doing if they’d been doing their thing for 100 years. Now we have their complete, 12-minute take on the what might be, as they say, “arguably the most important car of the 20th century.”

Thankfully, instead of just a review, Xcar spends about half the time giving us a tour of history, from Ford’s early days working for the Edison Illuminating Company to his racing days and founding of several car companies that either died or became other car companies after he left, like Cadillac. They also line up the pieces and the sales realities that led to Ford implementing – not creating, mind you – assembly-line production of the Tin Lizzie.

And then they get into how crazy it is to drive, like how a driver needs two of the three pedals, the handbrake lever and a steering column stalk to get into high gear. Enjoy the video above on a 100-year-old car that is “unbelievably comfortable,” “mildly terrifying” and ready to do just about anything.

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Infographic | History of the Remix via EveryInstrumental

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:44:30 +0000

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when asked what brands like Coca-Coa, L’Oréal, Ford, and Ray-Ban have in common with today’s popular culture? EveryInstrumental breaks it down for you plainly… The Remix

Remixes didn’t always exist in this form, and the term “remix” itself wasn’t as ubiquitous. Thanks to the research of the team at EveryInstrumental.com, they’ve broken down the many facets of the “remix” and how they have evolved with our “History of the Remix” infographic.

The prevalence of remixes has exploded over the past 30 years. There were only 79 officially released remixes in 1980. By 2010, that number jumped to more than 30,000 released remixes! Remixed releases went from being a sliver of available music in 1980 (0.1%) to an entire FIFTH of all music released in 2010 (20%).
The remix actually began as we know it today in Jamaica in the 1960s, where studio geniuses such as “Scratch” Perry and King Tubby stripped the instrumentals from tracks to create new versions of a record. As time went on, Americans in the 70s started to play around with original records during the Disco era to create dance versions of tracks. These two aforementioned sounds collided in New York to create hip-hop. The 80s saw a rise in remixes in pop, as well as the beginnings of “sampling” records, seen in electronic and hip-hop music. The 90s saw the rise of the remix as it is more commonly known: new instrumentals, new verses, sometimes both on a song to create something entirely different than the original record. The 2000s saw the rise of the freestyle, as well as chopped & screwed music. Near the end of the aughts and the beginning of the 2010s, we end up where we are today, with the resurgence in electronic dance music thriving off of remixes to get shows hyped up.

We utilized the twitter following of our sister site DJServicePack.com as well as currently published rankings to determine the GREATEST remix of all-time. Without a doubt, the majority of the love was for Craig Mack’s “Flava In Ya Ear” remix featuring Busta Rhymes, Diddy, LL Cool J, The Notorious B.I.G. & Rampage. The 90s and early 2000s are strong on the ranking, with ATCQ’s “Scenario” remix and Talib Kweli’s “Get By” grabbing the next two spots. Biggie’s “One More Chance” is at #4, followed by the most recent entries, The Game’s epic “One Blood” remix featuring most of the music industry, and Jermaine Dupri’s all-American “Welcome To Atlanta” remix. MOP’s “Ante Up” remix rounds out our list.

Brands couldn’t let such a cultural paradigm shift go to waste at this point, now could they? Large companies such as Starbucks, Ford, Sprite, and more worked “Remix” into various marketing and ad campaigns, with the “Sprite Remix” soda line being the most noteworthy.

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HatTip: Matt Tompkins