Missy Elliott graces the remix of Jack Ü’s remix of “Take Ü There.”

Beyonce’s bonus track from the deluxe edition of her self-titled album gets a new remix from French Montana and Detail. Here’s a live set-rip of Diplo and Skrillex’s Jack U remix as well.

Ty Dolla $ign’s Diplo produced jam from his 2015 LP, Free TC, gets a video. Buhloone Mind State?

Ty premieres this new Diplo produced track with the L.A. Leakers.

Diplo closed out September’s “hip-hop month” on his BBC Radio 1 series, Diplo & Friends, with a special hip-hop mix, and the tracklist is pretty amazing.

Tracklist:
Madvillain – All Caps
J Dilla – Body Movin’ Ft. J. Rocc And Karriem Riggins
Big L – Put It On
The Fugees – Fu-Gee-La
East Flatbush Project
Notorious BIG – Unbelievable
NAS – Nas Is Like
Crooklyn Dodgers – Crooklyn
A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation
2Pac – Do For Love
Tone -E – Golden Ghostwriter (Jurassic 5 vs. RJD2)
Group Home – Supa Star
D.I.T.C. – Day One
Street Smartz – Metal Thangz ft. OC
Royce Da 5’9” – Boom
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf – My World Premiere
Group Home – East NY Theory
Mental Giants – AK’s Groove
Kool G. Rap – Fast Life
Cage – Radiohead
The High & Mighty – B-Boy Document
Rascalz – Soul Oligation
Sacred Hoop – Bathtub Gin
D.I.T.C – Internationally Known
Mood – Karma
Jigmastas – Beyond Real
Group Home – Livin Proof
Royal Flush – World Wide
Mary J Blige ft. Biggie – Real Love (Remix)
Bigg Premiere – Everybody Bounce
EPMD – Crossover
Ice Cube – Check Yourself
Cypress Hill – Hand On The Pump
Method Man & Redman – Da Rockwilder
Chill Rob G – Court Is Now In Session
Digable Planets – Where I’m From
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y)
Souls of Mischief – 93 ’til Infinity
EPMD – You Gots 2 Chill
Handsome Boy Modeling School Feat. DJ Shadow & DJ Quest – Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)
Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump
De La Soul – Ghetto Thang
Freestyle Fellowship – Hot Potato
Wu Tang Clan – Sucker MC’s
Pimp C feat. Lil Keke – Knocking Doors Down (Dave Luxe Old Schoolish Fix)
Ahmad – Back in the day
De La Soul & teenage nightclub – fallin”
Camp Lo – Luchini AKA This Is It
Missy Elliot – Sock It 2 Me (Kaytranada Remix)
Public Enemy – Shut Em Down (Pete Rock remix)
AZ – Sugar Hill
Mos Def – Travelin Man (Scenic Route Remix)
Andre 3000 – Prototype
DJ Shadow – Six Days
Tyler, The Creator – She (feat. Frank Ocean)
De La Soul & MF DOOM – Rock Co
Leikeli47 – Heard Em Say
Makonnen ft. Drake – Tuesday
Mr. Carmack – Rappers Rapping Rap
Quasimoto – Astronaut
Camp Lo – Swing (Featuring Ish Butterfly)
J Dilla – Won’t Do

This is how Breaking Bad should have ended. Directed by Victor D. Ponten.

Chris Brown reunites with the “Look At Me Now” producer for the title track to his new album, X.

Get to know Riff Raff with the full stream of Neon Icon, which hits Tuesday on Diplo’s Mad Decent imprint.

Jody Highroller switches things up on this Diplo produced rock track from his upcoming Neon Icon release.

Roots drummer / frontman Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson will executive produce a new television series for VH1 & Palladia called “Soundclash”. Hosted by Diplo, the show will feature performances from three musical acts on one stage, ranging from established A-listers to rising up and comers. The first episode, airing July 23rd, will feature a jam session with Lil Wayne, Fallout Boy, and London Grammar, while the second will join Ed Sheeran, Sia, and Grouplove, on July 30th. The groups are expected to perform a series of covers, hits, and collaborations.

The Major Lazer frontman speaks with the world’s greatest music interviewer, Nardwuar. Doo! Doo!

Eagle-eyed readers caught a glimpse of this cut last week in our preview of Diplo’s Revolution EP. Today, the EP is in stores, and here’s the cut in full.

Tracklist
1. Biggie Bounce (feat. Angger Dimas & Travis Porter)
2. Revolution (feat. Faustix & Imanos and Kai)
3. Crown (feat. Boaz van de Beatz, Mike Posner & RiFF RAFF)
4. Rock Steady (feat. Action Bronson, RiFF RAFF, Mr MFN eXquire & Nicky Da B)
5. Revolution (feat. Faustix & Imanos and Kai) [Boaz van de Beatz Remix]
6. Biggie Bounce (feat. Angger Dimas & Travis Porter) [TWRK Remix]

Revolution is Diplo’s follow up to the meme-defining Express Yourself EP. Teaming up with an all new cast of friends including Mike Posner, RiFF RAFF, Travis Porter, Action Bronson and many more , Diplo has produced one of the most cutting edge dance EP’s in recent memory. “Biggie Bounce” continues where “Express Yourself” left off, creating a new NOLA bounce anthem with Travis Porter restating his claim to the king of twerk. Diplo aims for the clouds with “Revolution,” allowing Kai’s vocal delivery to soar above the stadium trap instrumental. “Crown” lets loose one of the hardest drops of Diplo’s career only to have him pull it back in with Mike Posner’s light hearted vocals. The EP is rounded out with “Rock Steady”, an homage to old school hip hop featuring verses from Action Bronson, Mr MFN esquire and Mad Decent’s own RiFF RAFF. Each track on the Revolution EP highlights a different aspect of Diplo’s production style and displays why he’s one of the most sought after producers in the world.

It’s no coincidence that Major Lazer’s Free The Universe and Snoop Dogg’s Lion’s Major Lazer produced reggae record, Reincarnated, are being released within a week of one another. At the helm of both of these projects is Diplo, the forward thinking, genre-defying producer who moonlights as one of the country’s top paid DJ’s, while making strange combinations like Afrojack, Chris Brown, and Busta Rhymes work (“Look At Me Now”). So naturally, with Diplo magically making square pegs fit into round holes, there’s obviously hopes that audiences will intersect, much like the sound of a Major Lazer show.

But as a whole, Free The Universe and Reincarnated couldn’t be more different from one another. Sure, both are rooted in reggae, but each select different sub-genres for their core sound. Major Lazer’s album is a non-stop, fun party record, while Snoop’s is better for a night home on the couch, with a remote and a box of big blunts.

Many parts of Free The Universe have already gained anthemic status (despite 2011′s “Original Don” being curiously missing), such as the dubstep powered, Johnny Osbourne freaking “Jah No Partial” (w/ Flux Pavilion), the moombah-bomb “Watch Out For This (Bumaye)” (w/ Busy Signal, The Flexican, FS Green), or the already classic “Get Free” (w/ Amber of Dirty Projectors). Free The Universe successfully builds on top of this blueprint, with raucous party starters like “Jet Blue Jet” (feat. Leftside, GTA, Razz, & Biggy) or “Wind Up”, which finds Elephant Man and Opal naturally settling into the more electronically driven Major Lazer sound. Things are balanced out with more laid back selections like the catchy “Jessica” (feat. Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend) or “Keep Cool” w/ Shaggy and Winter Gordon.

The only track that doesn’t seem to fit in with the rest of the record is Wyclef’s “Reach For The Stars”, sounding much more like something on one of Jean’s lesser popular albums, than that of the genre-bending Major Lazer sound. Other than that, the album plays solidly throughout, almost like a electronic / dancehall tinged equivalent of a Gorillaz LP, with multiple surprises about. It’s almost best to listen to this album without looking at the tracklist first, and let those guest appearances bring a smile to your face when they happen. (Cue: “Bubble Butt”).

While this album is proof that Diplo is a producer with a finely tuned ear, with the ability to bring the best out in his collaborators, things don’t fare quite as well on Snoop’s Reincarnated. The prospect of Snoop making a full album about weed is not that far of a stretch, but going full on Rastafarian might be a tougher bud for some to smoke. Naturally, these two records’ close release window has Free The Universe setting the stage for Reincarnated, but the Major Lazer LP steals the show like an overzealous opening DJ. The other way to look at it though, is that if Free The Universe is the party, Reincarnated is the after-party.

As stated at the beginning of this album, Snoop’s motivation for his transformation…er, reincarnation… into Snoop Lion is to move beyond the negativity and violence and to… promote world peace? Take it how you will, but Snoop’s turned over a new leaf since “Murder Was The Case”, as songs like “Lighters Up” and “No Guns Allowed” call for a cease fire, in the wake of endless gang violence, whether here, or off in some far away land. These tracks take a mellower pace than the dancehall bangers found on Free The Universe, yet this lack of variety seems to make everything run together. “Here Comes The King” and “So Long” seem like honest efforts at making some peace loving reggae music, but the end result seems like it will be met with a collective “ho-hum” from his usual audience.

There are a few tracks that do disrupt the album’s monotony with varying results. “Fruit Juice” is by far the album’s most original track; a dancehall duet with Mr. Vegas, as the two profess their love for “Sweet sap, knees berry, cantaloupe, soup sop /Pineapple, mango [their] taste buds tangle”. On the flipside of that coin, the EDM-infused “Get Away”, doesn’t fare as well, and can be added to a stack of similar songs that today’s rappers will look back on one day and ask “What we’re we thinking?” Finally, the closing crossover cut, “Ashtrays & Heartbreaks” (feat. Miley Cyrus) isn’t as bad as it sounds on paper (and has nothing to do with her father’s “Akey Breaky Heart”), and shows potential for Miley’s own reincarnation, however you might feel about it.

The release of Free The Universe and Reincarnated back-to-back was a smart marketing move, and will undoubtedly inspire fans to check for both releases, despite how wildly different they might be. Major Lazer’s entry will easily find it’s way onto many year-end lists, yet Snoop’s Vice produced Reincarnated documentary may prove far more compelling than the album itself.

Fourth volume of Major Lazer’s appetizer EP series, designed to hold us over until the release of Free The Universe, which hits next Tuesday.

LAZER STRIKES BACK Vol. 4
1. Major Lazer – Jah No Partial feat. Flux Pavilion (Run DMT Remix)
2. Major Lazer feat. Chronixx – Where I Come From (Get Free Rhythm)
3. Bunji Garlin – Differentology (Major Lazer Remix)
4. No Doubt – Push & Shove (Dismantle vs. Major Lazer Remix)
5. Snoop Lion – No Guns Allowed (Shelco Garcia x Teenwolf x Diplo Remix)