| The Grey Album | ||||
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| Remix album (bootleg) by | ||||
| Released | February 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 30 May – 14 October 1968 (The Beatles' sessions), July – October 2003 (Jay-Z's sessions) | |||
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| Length | 44:36 | |||
| Producer | Danger Mouse | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Promotional artwork by Justin Hampton. This was not used for the actual cover, but appeared on the Danger Mouse website. | ||||
The Grey Album is a mashup album by Danger Mouse, released in 2004.[1][2][3][4] It mixes an a cappella version of rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album with samples from the Beatles' self-titled ninth album, commonly known as "The White Album". The Grey Album gained notoriety when the Beatles' record label EMI attempted to halt its distribution despite approval of the project from Jay-Z and the two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.[5]
- ^ Grey Album Producer Danger Mouse Explains How He Did It
- ^ Cease and desist letter from EMI #1
- ^ 'Grey Tuesday, online cultural activism and the mash–up of music and politics' Archived 31 August 2005 at the Wayback Machine by Sam Howard-Spink, First Monday, volume 9, number 10 (October 2004)
- ^ '‘99 Problems’ but Danger Mouse Ain’t One: The Creative and Legal Difficulties of Brian Burton, ‘Author’ of The Grey Album'
- ^ York, Jillian C. (24 April 2014). "The fight to protect digital rights is an uphill battle, but not a silent one". Guardian News and Media Limited. The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2015.