I have an EP of remixes out next today through Sweat Music and LegitMix. Trap Rave 3.0 is the third volume of rap songs repurposed and finessed for the club (or, at least, a different club). I’ve been running these joints in clubs for months to a good reception and I think you should go buy them. But I’ve got some concerns.1) THE NAME IS HORRIBLE—I’m aware how played out “Trap Rave” sounds in 2013. The first Trap Rave came out in 2011, when moombahton was still kind of cool and a lot of different DJ’s were putting out free EP’s where they remixed their genre of choice. I flipped Flocka, Juicy J, Trouble and 2 Chainz, among others. There isn’t much “trap” or “rave” on 3.0 (and very little moombahton), but the first two volumes got some buzz. Consistency is an important part of marketing!2) THESE SONGS ARE KIND OF OLD—If I was really on my shit, there’d be a “Shabba” remix instead of “Work” and a “Ratchet In My Benz” remix instead of “My Cabana”, etc. I originally wanted Trap Rave 3.0 to come out right after my Chobani and Adderall mix, but I started feeling a way about how different all the tracks were. I wasn’t really playing the EDM-flavored shit that I was when I made Trap Rave 2.0, and I didn’t know how the deeper “My Cabana” and “From the Bottom” flips would go over. I wanted to make an entire EP that sounded like the “Work” remix. But after a few months of studio futility I said fuck it and decided to put it out as is. I still hear that same damn dubstep remix of “Hard In The Paint” every weekend, I think it’ll be OK.3) IT’S BORING—I’ve been sitting on these remixes for months and they’ve all gone through a bunch of rounds of revisions and mixdowns. I can’t tell if I’m tired of the tracks or if they’re actually boring. They’re supposed to be a little repetative, but how redundant is too redundant? Do I want semantic satiation or nah?4) RAP REMIXES ARE CORNY—The bane of my existence is remixes of songs I already like. Every time I’m drunk and trying to enjoy myself I hear the beginning of some track I really like, then it drops into a fucking remix by some teenager from Ohio. Goal #1 of Trap Rave 3.0 was to not piss off rap fans and I think I did OK, but I’m aware that this make me a hypocrit.5) NOBODY LIKES IT (OR ME)—I come from a family of neurotic, critical Jews and I have a deep-seated need for approval and affirmation. Not only do I worry about whether people like what I put out, I worry about whether people like me. I have issues! Buy Trap Rave 3.0 so I can afford to go back to therapy.