I told you this remix was fuckintastic! Filter Magazine announced today that Afghan Raiders are the winners of the Black Lips remix contest.

Congrats guys!

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One of the defining moments of this year’s SXSW was the pair of surprise collaborations between Atlanta garage rock rabble-rousers The Black Lips & Wu Tang impresario GZA. The Lips released an iTunes EP including 200 Million Thousand fave “Drop I Hold,” along with a never-before-heard version of the song featuring verses from the Genius himself, GZA. In addition, the release features an instrumental version of the track & the video for the album-version of “Drop”.

But all that is really old news, what’s new today is this Afghan Raiders remix! Sooo good!

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The Black Lips, Atlanta GA’s infamously hard-working band releaed today the Drop I Hold EP, an iTunes exclusive, for their psychedelic ode from 200 Million Thousand. The EP features the original album track, instumental & video, along with that new version that I posted last week featuring a verse from the legendary Wu-Tang member GZA,. The short-player is out today, and for its first week of availability, the EP is only $1.99. Meanwhile, the brand new video for “The Drop I Hold” can be viewed above.

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One of the defining moments of this year’s SXSW was the pair of surprise collaborations between Atlanta garage rock rabble-rousers The Black Lips & Wu Tang impresario GZA. This first took place off the beaten path at The Compound for Dickies Battle of the Bands, inspiring the unlikely pair to enter into a whole new chamber together. Soon thereafter, rumblings shot down 6th Street that the unlikely collabo might occur again at The Vice Records Showcase later that night at Emo’s. Sure enough, immediately after the band took the stage, GZA emerged to a roomful of cheers & slack jaws. The following week, the web was atwitter with reports from both events and a grainy MTV video documented a piece of the experience.

But now anyone who missed the display of hip-hop & gutter-rock allegiance has a chance to get in on the action. Indeed, the Lips are releasing an iTunes EP including 200 Million Thousand fave “Drop I Hold,” along with a never-before-heard version of the song featuring verses from the Genius himself, GZA. In addition, the release will feature an instrumental version of the track & the video for the album-version of “Drop.” All this, for a whopping $1.99 during its first week of availability, beginning next Tuesday, May 5th.

Earlier today, AOL Spinner & AOL Boombox jointly premiered the genre-defying collaboration, recorded at Werewolf Heart Studios under the watchful eye of Engineer Filip Nikolic. Hear for yourself below.

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