The Beatlez

The Beatles' effect on "urban" music isn't something I can really say I'm an expert on, but this guy seems to be:

A Skillz, "Beatles Minimix." Adam Mills (a.k.a. A Skillz) is taking over the U.K. one house party at a time, marrying his seemingly endless catalogue of influences with a riotous funky-breaks flavor. His latest effort was produced for BBC Radio 1xtra to celebrate the Beatles's influence on urban music, and despite its rather stunted seven-minute length, it still somehow manages to pack the same staggering punch of its sprawling hour-long bretheren. Almost all of the Fab Four's classics are revisited, coupled with deft hip-hop samples (see Jurassic 5's flute loop over "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" @ 0:40) and some dancefloor-friendly remixes from Skillz (see his pulsating take on "Come Together" @ 6:32, or his "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" medley @ 3:12 onward). For Beatles fans, or for anyone with a funky bone in their body, it's time to jump on the A Skillz bandwagon.