We were exited to see Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk appearing in a nationwide ad campaign for Microsoft. While we at Neu Black are Macs, we found this ad to be a new direction for the tech giant and are happy to see them reaching out to groundbreaking artists like Girl Talk, thus inspiring a new generation of creatives. This move also shows support for a medium which is highly controversial in the music community. Way to take a stand Microsoft. Damn the man!

Be sure to check out our interview with Gregg Gillis.

Be sure to check out the new Featured Artist – Girl Talk, a full interview complete with album review and lots of tracks for your listening pleasure.

We’ve had quite a bit of fun the last few weeks trying to dissect Girl Talk’s “Night Ripper.” Girl Talk is to mash ups what Nine Inch Nails was to industrial, an amazing standout in a genre that we mostly consider to be “sorta okay.”

This album makes us want to dance like a mouseketeer that got into the liquor cabinet compared to the normal mash up routine of simply combining two songs to essentially remix both. Girl Talk (aka Greg Gillis) never seems to use any set of tracks for longer than 16 bars, turning bits of completely disparate artists (George Benson, Jay-Z, Los Lonely Boys, 3-6 Mafia, and Chicago to name a few on this track) to something completely new and special.

Night Ripper is available through Girl Talk’s label- Illegal Art. Due to the obvious legal problems this record is bound to face as it gains popularity, we’d suggest getting it sooner rather than later. If the Danger Mouse’s “Gray Album was any indication, this record is bound to stir up legal issues with the music industry as it continues to explode across the underground club scene.