25
April
2007
Work has been absolutely brutal the past few days. Hell, the other night/morning, I got home from the office at 4AM to an apartment of very angry, hungry pets…
So I’ve not had a chance to hop on the decks for a few days–apologies for that, I swear I’ll have something over the weekend for you all though. I’m thinking a new wave or all Depeche Mode mix..
Till then, keep listening! 
bakasan 
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18
April
2007
Cyndi Lauper vs. Diddy - Last Time
BEP vs. Salt n Peppa - Push My Humps (DJ Briguy)
Missy Elliot vs. salt n Peppa vs. MC Hammer - Can’t Push Gossip Folk
Gwen Stefani vs. MC Hammer - Can’t Crash This
Missy Elliot vs. Outfield - I’m Hot With Your Love
Fergie vs. Madonna - Glamorous Holiday
Ying Yang Twins vs. Kool And The Gang - Kool And The Yang
Nelly Furtado vs. Eurhythmics - Say It Sweet
Belinda Carlisle vs. Nelly Furtado vs. Gwen Stefani - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Eminem vs. BEP vs. Shania Twain - Superman’s Humps Don’t Impress Me Much
Hello people. DJ Retrospekt bringing you a short little mashup mix of my own. I’m venturing away from the typical cheese I usually post on here to give you this one. Retrofit consists of a bunch of 80’s songs mashed up with recent hits. A little bit of my cheesiness can still be found in some of the goofy mashes such as Kool And The Yang and Superman’s Humps Don’t Impress Me Much. The last track isn’t really 80s (although a sample of Tone Loc’s Wild Thing can be slightly heard), but I thought I’d add it since I thought it was funny. Anyway, hope you like it. I apologize for any slight stutters or skips you may hear…I really need a new laptop =(.
Watch out for when Kool And The Yang pops in though, my hand spazzed out on the gain just as I was mixing it in so it comes in sort of loud. I try to lower it as quickly as I can.
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14
April
2007
Robin Thicke vs Notorious BIG - Lost Without U (DJ JD Remix)
Lil Rob - Summer Nights (Mad Method Mix)
Rihanna ft Jay Z - Umbrella
Fort Minor - Where’d You Go
Game ft Kanye West - Wouldn’t Get Far
Ne-Yo - Sexy Love
Dru Hill - How Deep Is Your Love
Gwen Stefani - Don’t Get It Twisted
Lloyd Banks ft Lil Wayne - You
Deep Side - Let’s Make Love
Akon ft Sean Paul - I Wanna Love You (Sean Paul Remix)
Cassie - Me & U
Red 1 - No Fuss No Fight
T-Pain - I’m Sprung
Rihanna ft Elephant Man - Pon De Replay
Wayne Wonder - Gonna Love Me
Various Artists - Keep Bouncin Party Break
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Thoughts
Saturday night at home after a some what crazy Friday night out w/ co-workers. Got bored so I hopped on the decks to throw down a quick set. The sound quality is a little bit iffy at times, I think I might need to replace a cable in my set up. Before you even ask, the mix title is after a couple shows that were on the TV in the background–couldn’t think of anything else.. 
Mix ranges from an opening, more laid back vibe and eventually shifts over to prime time and dance hall beats.
Once again if you want a higher quality version of any mix on the site, hit me up and I’ll get ya hooked up–assuming I don’t think you’re the spawn of satan or similar.
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12
April
2007
- Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music
- Buffy - Give Me A Reason
- Lil Suzy - Take Me In Your Arms
- Angelina - Tide Is High (Remix)
- Ann Lee - Two Times
- Maximillion - Fat Boy
- Amber - This Is Your Night
- Buffy - To Find You
- Corina - Summertime, Summertime
- Fun Factory - Close To You
Alrighty fans, I have decided to post up this mix I made when I was buzzed off Vouvray wine a few months ago. The beginning is a little rough around the edges, but hey, I was partially drunk. The middle however, I think I managed to pull off some nice mixes (although the levels could have been better as pointed out by bakasan). My favorite block is from Take Me In Your Arms through Fat Boy. Also, please excuse the occasional skipping from my crappy laptop.
I love this mix for the song selection, and it was fun to make. I just randomly picked songs as I was mixing. Ann Lee was one of my favorite songs back in the day, and Fat Boy is just one of those funny goofy songs that I liked doing stupid dances to. A lot of these tracks were from my youth (late elementary through early high school). They put me in a happy, dancy mood and bring back lots of memories. I hope you enjoy groovin to it as much as I do.
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11
April
2007
Lil Wayne - Stuntin Like My Daddy
MIMS - This Is Why I’m Hot
DJ UNK - Walk It Out
Rob G - Reppin My Block
Rasheeda - Got That Good
T.I. - Top Back
Lil John - Snap Ya Fingers (Funkymix)
Young Bloodz - Presidential
Frankie J - That Girl
Yung Joc - It’s Goin Down
Chris Brown - Gimme That
J-Kwon - Tipsy (Funkymix)
DJ Rekka - Come To Gang Star
Timbaland feat Nelly Futado & Justin Timberlake - Give It To Me
Michael Jackson vs. Journey - Journey With Jean
Michael Jackson vs. Justin Timberlake - Sexy Jack
DJ John Farruggio - Sexy Nu Lick
DJ AL G - Sweet P
DJ Rekka - Heaven On Earth
What’s up ya’ll. DJ retrospekt here bringin you a mix from a friend of ours by the name of dj e-rik. He’s servin up some of that durteh souf style with this mix and ending with a few mashes. Check it out.
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6
April
2007
Redman - Put It Down
Too $hort - Blow The Whistle
Christina Millian - Say I
Digital Underground - Humpty Dance (Ultimix)
Shaggy - Shut Up And Dance
Baby Bash - Na Na
Ne-Yo - Because of You
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Maroon Five - Makes Me Wonder
Nelly - Say It Right
Jay-Z ft Beyonce Knowles - Hollywood
Chris Brown - Poppin’
Ciara - Promise
Kelis - Lil Star
Jessica Simpson - Public Affair
Akon - Don’t Matter
Diddy ft Christina Aguilera - Tell Me (DFA Club Mix)
Herve - See Me
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Thoughts
I originally wasn’t going to do a mix last night but I ended up having a ridiculously stressful end to my workday, so after a nap and a bite to eat I decided to hop onto the decks to release some stress. If I’m on the decks I might as well turn on the recorder and see if something post-able came out of my session. The mix is solidly executed in general but my song selection was a bit more haphazard than I would normally like. I started off just grabbing records and tracks and seeing where I ended up–by mid way I figured out the next topic I could bring up for an accompanying blog post.
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If DJing were a sport, in many ways it’d be like running. Depending on the individual or the venue, a DJ may be the only “competitor”, the soul source of music to keep a crowd dancing for an entire night–maybe even 5, 6 hours straight. Other times however, the DJ is but one of several that will be performing that night. The DJs will each take their turn to throw down a set and add their own touch on the night. Excluding situations where multiple DJs are djing simultaneously, you’re generally talking about one dj at a time for a single dance floor–the DJ is no longer running as an individual but he or she is now in a relay race and control of the turntables and mixer is effectively the baton.
I used to do a little bit of track back in high school, including trying my hand at the 4×100. I never excelled at the event and eventually decided I was a cross country runner anyhow. Even in my short stint as a relayer though, I quickly learned that the passing of the baton between runners was critical in the success of the team. Handling a dance floor amongst several DJs isn’t much different–there’s actually a lot that goes on during a DJ switch.
Do the DJs play the same kind of music? Do the two types of music that they play mesh at all? If I’m playing 1970s Swedish disco hits and the guy after me wants to throw down his collection of rare 1990s German death metal we might have a slight problem as cultures collide. Do the DJs intend to share needles (turntable needles, not hypodermic )? Assuming we sort out gear issues and we sort out that we have musical tastes that can work somehow… we still now have to actually reach our hand out and pass that baton over to the next dj.
Good form amongst djs is to discuss how the handoff is going to work. “Hey, I’m going to play 4, 5 more songs.” “What kind of music and tempos are you going to play in your set?” “My last song of my set is going to be X, it’s a super long song w/ a long instrumental portion toward the end to work with” Communication about the hand off is critical to make it seamless to the audience out dancing and having a good time. Just putting on a random record that lasts 45 seconds and going to the next guy “yo, here, go, I’m done now” would be the equivalent of a relay racer getting 30 feet away from the next racer and just throwing the baton as hard as he can at the guy’s head.
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In my set, around the time I played the Jay-Z and Beyonce track the set up to that point had been a straight mainstream hip hop and R&B set. To illustrate how a handoff between djs might work, I decided to put myself into a hypothetical that the next DJ just came up into the booth and told me he or she wanted to do a house set and asks me if I could set them up for their set. I then use the next several songs to accomplish a couple things. I need to transition the overall tempo of the music I’m playing to match the tempo that house music carries. Secondly, I need to start playing some songs that can start to bridge between the two genres of music. The set basically goes hip hop -> r&b -> mainstream pop -> disco-y remixes of mainstream songs -> straight up house. In my hypothetical hand off, the next DJ has officially taken over once the Diddy DFA track ends.
So the next time you’re in a club and there’s just some crazy shift in music that you’re hearing there’s a real possibility you just witnessed a dj transition that just didn’t go too well or you’re seeing a DJ starting to prep the baton so they can make an orderly transition.
I’ve prattled on long enough. Hope you enjoy the mix and are digging these little sneak beaks into the mystery of the dj booth.
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2
April
2007
Various Artists - Everybody Move (Break)
Justin Timberlake vs Europe - Final Love (Break)
Nelly Furtado vs Pet Shop Boys - Westend P Girls (DJ Krayz)
Ying Yang Twinz - Dangerous
Coolio - 1234 (Sumpin New)
Gwen Stefani vs Madonna - Hollaback Holiday Girl (Untouchable Blendz)
Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
Timbaland - Give It To Me
Timbaland ft Fatman Scoop - Drop (Break)
Journey vs Michael Jackson - Journey W/ Jean (DJ Sizzahandz)
Sisqo vs Michael Jackson - Jump In A Thong With Jean (DJ Frankie P)
Petey Pablo vs Blur - Girls And Boys On Fire (DJ NASA)
Lady Sovereign - Love Me Or Hate Me (Instrumental)
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Since I’ve been asked several times now, if you know me (or even if you don’t), if you’d like to get a high bit rate version of these mixes (i.e. to burn to listen in the car, etc), please leave a comment or contact me and I’ll hook ya up. To save bandwidth and disk space though, I simply can’t leave all my mixes in high bitrate versions on the podbean servers.
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Thoughts
One of the biggest fads lately, particularly on the west coast, has been the usage of mashups in the mix. A mashup is basically taking two unlike tracks and mixing them together–using the vocals of one over the instrumentals of another. The concept isn’t new, in fact it’s been around for pretty much for as long as DJs have been around. The latest iteration of the fad however is very embracing of taking the concept cross genre–dirty south hip hop over an 80s beat, mainstream pop over punk rock, etc etc.
I originally was going to just do a set of only mashups but realized quickly as I started the mix that it would sound like shit. So I added some filler songs here and there to carry the melody and vibe better–as I’m wont to do though, I got a little distracted and ended up on a tangent I wholly did not set out to go on. It started innocently enough w/ blend using Nelly Furtado (produced by and featuring Timbaland) over a Pet Shop Boys beat. Then a Justin Timberlake track (produced by Timbaland). Then it was a Timbaland track featuring Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado. And quickly followed by a Timbaland and Fatman Scoop party break. I had to break the cycle before it spiraled out of control.. And that’s how I ended back to straight mashup after mashup to end it out…
For the programming curious (programming being the song selection a DJ may make through the course of an event or evening), this set would *probably* be best suited in a Hollywood or similar type night club toward the very end of the evening. By this point, most of the very very popular songs (i.e. “the heat”) has been spent, and you just want to keep the crowd dancing and ending their night on a high note and enjoyably dancing away.
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