4/5 Stars

Girl Talk, aka Greg Gillis, is a DJ, which means his credibility as an artist is immediately called into question. Putting it simply, he mixes several songs together. However, his individual and innate instincts to mix and remix these very specific samples of music into entirely new and cohesive tracks is undeniably impressive, and All Day, his latest album, is an illustration of this skill. All Day has an expansive feel, as though creating an overview of the American pop music scene, while creating a danceable club mash-up of popular culture and Top 40 hits, featuring no less than Lady Gaga, Dr. Dre, The Jackson 5, Ke$ha and John Lennon.

Like in his previous albums, Girl Talk’s aim is to explore what music can be while pushing the legal and artistic boundaries placed on corporate popular culture. All Day kicks off with Ludacris’ “Move, Bitch,” backed with the instrumentals of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and complemented with Jay Z’s “New York State of Mind.” Not sure what this would sound like? Be assured it is fully awesome, and those who haven’t experienced Girl Talk before should run and download this very different and very free album as soon as they possibly can.

Oddly enough, the trouble with Girl Talk’s latest may be sheer repetition. This may be his most “complete” album to date, but unless you are dancing and/or rolling on ecstasy, you might get a bit tired of the somewhat cycling beats. Yes, there are roughly more than 400 tracks featured within the 1.1-hour running time, but the mixing of beats eventually becomes somewhat tired, and we pine for a distinct commentary (which “Every Day,” the final track, thankfully provides, if not a moment too late). But perhaps this is hardly a problem for Girl Talk’s intended audiences: music enthusiasts and those dance-aholics who just want a good beat to bump and grind to.

If Girl Talk isn’t an artist, he certainly exhibits more artistic merit than the pop stars who created the original tracks. Those who can appreciate a good beat and multiple genres (like Lil’ Wayne meets Simon and Garfunkle, or MOP’s “Ante Up” backed by the beat to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the U.S.A.”) will be able to appreciate what All Day has to offer. Better still, the album is free and can be downloaded as a whole or in separate tracks on the mash-up minister’s website, illegal-art.net/allday.

Best tracks: “Oh No,” “Jump on Stage,” “Every Day”