Paul McCartney on the mythical ‘Grey Album’
In 2004, a little-known producer named Brian Burton, who would later take on the alter ego ‘Danger Mouse’, unleashed an album into the ether that was not only daring but completely illegal. Combining the ferocious rhymes of Jay-Z’s 2003 The Black Album and the mellow nostalgia of The Beatles’ 1968 The White Album was an unusual choice, but sure enough, The Grey Album was born.An audacious attempt to bring two polar genres together caused a massive collision between record labels, distributors and key industry figures, all scrambling through legal documents to put a pin in it as soon as possible. The Grey Album wasn’t just a mashup masterpiece that you could chuck on at house parties; it was the opening of Pandora’s box.
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