For my latest mixtape, "110%", I decided to remix Wale's first major label single "Chillin" f/ Lady Gaga. For the remix, I wanted to go with something more organic to make it different than the 808- & synth-heavy original. To keep it DC, I sampled a break from go-go band Trouble Funk's "Let's Get Small", which Boogie Down Productions used on their classic "Criminal Minded". From there, I layered 2 other breaks that BDP used in that song (Isaac Hayes' "Breakthrough" and Syl Johnson's "Different Strokes") and added some more samples and loops to accompany certain lines that Wale raps. The result is an uptempo, mega-mix style remix, suitable for the clubs, the jeeps, the streets, bar mitzvahs, weddings and ipods. 110%!

Download the track at skratchbastid.com , and check out the mix in late June.