Despite their age as a meme, mash-ups can still prove to be a solid re-invention of our shared musical landscape.

Sure, some of the more inane song-splices remain little more than trendy devices for 'roided-up, club-humping bros.

But then there are those musical cut-ups that are true artistry--on par with Brion Gysin, even.

Of the latest is Christopher Wallace's (a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G.'s) "Suicidal Thoughts" superimposed over Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90: II.

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