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They are one of the pioneers of the mash-up or bootleg, where two or more songs are mixed together into a new track.

According to Neil Strauss in the New York Times, "... many musical observers trace the official beginnings of the British bootleg scene to The Evolution Control Committee, which in 1993 mixed a Public Enemy a cappella with music by Herb Alpert.

" These are the now-classic " Public Enemy / Whipped Cream Mixes ", with Public Enemy's inflammatory raps, " By the Time I Get To Arizona " and " Rebel Without a Pause " overdubbed onto instrumentals by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.