29
July
2007
I suck. I know. It’s been way over due for a new mix to get posted. Apologies. Between a day job, getting bronchitis, and having actual paid gigs (!), I just hadn’t gotten around to finding some free time to spend to throw down a mix for you all.
Anyhow, here’s a nice hour long mix to start to make up to everyone. Enjoy!
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Musiq Soulchild - Buddy
Mario Winans - Don’t Want To Know
Nick Cannon - My Wife
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Pras - Ghetto Superstar (X-Mix)
T Pain - I’m Sprung
Too $hort - Blow The Whistle
Jay-Z - I Just Wanna Love U (Remix Mafia Party Break)
Daddy Yankee - Impacto
DMX - Party Up
Cypress Hill - I Could Just Kill A Man
2Pac - All About You
DJ Felli Fell - Buck In Here
Tony Sunshine - Oh My God
Far-East Movement - Satisfaction
Down - Lean Like A Cholo
Ne-Yo - Because of You
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (2nd Nature Remix)
T Pain vs Hall & Oats - 80’s Bartender (Victor Menegaux)
Indeep vs Earth Wind and Fire - A Brazillian DJ Saved Me (DJ 2nd Nature)
DJ Khaled - We Takin’ Over
Ying Yang Twins ft Wyclef Jean - Dangerous (Blackline Mix)
Modjo vs Justin Timberlake - I Love A Sexy Lady’s Back (Architect Davey B)
Justin Timberlake - Sexy Back
Rihanna - Please Don’t Stop the Music
Afro-Rican - Give It All You Got
2 Live Crew - Hoochie Mama
Ann Lee - Two Times
Human League - Fascination
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
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25
June
2007
Junior Mafia - Get Money
Lil Kim - Lighters Up
Ludacris - Runaway Love
Arrested Development - Everyday People
Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!
Fugees - Take It Easy
Killer Mike - ADIDAS
Big Pun - Still Not A Player
Ne-Yo - Sexy Love
Janet Jackson - Enjoy
Method Man ft Mary J Blige - All I Need
Pharcyde - Runnin’
Shabba Ranks - Slow And Sexy
2 Pac ft Ashanti - Pac’s Life
Beyonce ft Shakira - Beautiful Life
Maroon 5 vs Young Gunz - Can’t Stop Nothing Lasts Forever
De La Soul - All Good
P Diddy ft Nicole Scherzinger - Come To Me
Jiggy - Stop 97
Big Tymers - Oh Yeah
Gwen Stefani - Now That You Got It
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Post my thoughts later… 
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This mix is pretty damn overdue, my apologies for that. I’d been ridiculously busy at work for awhile, and when my project finally got out the door, I thought I’d be jumping immediately on the decks. Instead I found myself just needing a week or two of doing absolutely nothing (it was everything I imagined it could be….) to decompress.
Had my chance to relax and now I’m back on the decks and hopefully back on schedule again to drop a mix a week again.
Hope you enjoy this… listening back through it again, it’s one of my favorite mixes I think I’ve *ever* recorded. Like all my mixes, it’s all just impromptu and a live set (i.e. press record and cross fingers), but for whatever reason I think it all just comes across pretty clean–and it’s pretty representative of me as a DJ now. The musical choices are all fairly upbeat, represent a decently broad range of genres and provide a nice spectrum of beats and melodies. Can’t quite place it fully, but to me the mix is just very…. me. Been at this now for 3 years approximately, and looking at this mix and comparing to stuff I have from way back when, I think I’ve come quite a long way.. 
Anyhow, enough self back patting. Enjoy, hope you like it as much as I enjoyed the time on the decks recording it.
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29
May
2007
UD - Turn It Up
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
Kriss Kross - Jump
Paperboy - Ditty
PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
Candyman - Knocking The Boots
Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up
MC Breed - Ain’t No Future In Yo’ Frontin’
New Edition - If It Isn’t Love
hello people, its been a while. a friend of bakasan and i made a little mix himself and wanted me to post it up for him. give it a listen. it consists of some old school joints.
dj retrospekt
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11
May
2007
Dido - White Flag (Rock-It! Fuel Mix)
Jurassic 5 ft Dave Matthews Band - Work It Out
Headnodic ft Procussions - The Drive
All Natural - Writer’s Block
Del Tha FUnkee Homosapien - Thank Youse
DJ Format - Now You
Jurassic 5 - Jurass Finish First
Ugly Duckling - Turn It Up
Young Black Teenagers - Tap The Bottle
112 - Peaches and Cream
Wreckx N Effect - Rump Shaker
JD ft Snoop - We Just Wanna Party Wit You
Musiq - Musiqforthenight
Lumidee ft Tony Sunshine - She’s Like The Wind
Cassie - Long Way 2 Go
Mase - Feels So Good
Down - Leak Like A Cholo
Will Smith - Gettin Jiggy With It
Danity Kane - Touching My Body
Gwen Stefani - Holla Back Girl
Ne-Yo - Because of You (Kanye Remix)
Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
Nelly Futardo - Say It Right
Beatles vs Missy Elliott - Obla Di Obla Da
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
Kelly Clarkson vs Blur - Since Song #2 Been Gone (DJ Steve1der)
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I should make it a policy to stop mixing when I’m dead tired. This mix was nearly 4 hours of sheer comedy gold. Feeling bad for cutting my mix short last time, I decided to throw down an hour long mix for ya’ll. Too bad I didn’t find out until the very end that I’d plugged my recording gear into the headphone jack of my laptop and not the microphone input. Strike 1. Correct the wire and determined, I decided to try again. An hour later, guess what, I’d managed to hit the wrong button on my recording software and I have a nice hour long file of dead silence. Strike 2. At this point it’s 1:30 AM and I debate whether to give it another try. Figured what the hell… and the result is this mix… not quite an hour… was exhausted. Sue me.
So this mix is all about style and defining a signature sound as a DJ. I’m all over the map musically as a bit of an experiment. The mix runs from breakbeats to old school hip hop to mainstream R&B to rock to adult contemporary to funky jazz.
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I’d gotten into a conversation with someone recently about what defined a DJ’s “style”. We went back and forth a bit on what constitutes style and what distinguishes one DJ from another (beside just sheer technical ability which is difficult for the laymen to measure anyhow). It basically boiled down to what they played, the way they mix from song to song, and the overall energy they have behind the decks.
At the very end of the conversation, my friend (lives and DJs in Washington DC) said I had a very “West Coast” sound. Probing what that meant, by his count the crux of the West Coast DJ sound was a set that pulls deep from the crates–nothing is really off limits. The mix goes from track to track very quickly, any given song is only playing for a bit more than a minute, probably not more than two. The technical skills are demonstrated throughout in each individual mix. And there’s a healthy, healthy love for the use of old school hip hop side by side with newer material.
After hearing this, I guess it fits my overall “sound”. As somewhat of a joke though, this mix is me trying to be as West Coast as possible. Whatever that means. It’s got its rough patches since I was purposely trying to go all over the place genre wise , but ah well. (Jeremy, tell me if I slipped and got a little too East Coast).
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By request I’m going to start making my posts in a slightly better bitrate than I’d been posting as.
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8
May
2007
Hahaha, since I’d been busy and neglected posting mixes for a couple weeks there, I had planned to make it up to you all by posting an extra long, hour long mix.. mid way through as I was about to go into a dance hall / reggae mini-set, my cat (Chip) managed to flip the switch to my powerstrip….and thus, ending the set early. 
Oh well, maybe next time. Enjoy!
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Swizz Beats - It’s Me Snitches
Baby - What Happened To That Boy
2Pac - Pac’s Life
Far*East Movement - Boomshake
NORE vs Punjabi MC - Punjabi Mi Canto (DJ Starski)
Busta Rhymes - I Love My Bitch
Diddy ft Nicole Scherzinger - Come To Me
Bubba Sparxxx vs Paperboy - The Ditty Butt (DJ Spryte)
Paper Boy - Ditty
Diddy - Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down
Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours
Yo Yo ft Ice Cube - Bonnie & Clyde Theme
Next vs Color Me Badd - Color Me Too Close (Kevin Scott)
Souls of Mischief - 93 til Infinity
Biggie vs Amy Winehouse - Biggie Winehouse (DJ Riz)
Too $hort - Keep Bouncing
John Farruggio - Iko Iko Reggae
Beenie Man - King of the Dancehall
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1
May
2007
Bit over due, but work has been brutal. I’m averaging 80-90 hour work weeks right now and probably will be for several more weeks. Going to do the best that I can to keep mixing–both to keep this site fresh with updates and because without SOME kind of diversion, I’d probably go insane.
Got on the decks pretty damn late last night, so I ended up cutting this mix a bit short out of fatigue and due to my home studio being outrageously hot last night. Apologies on a late and relatively rushed mix. Exhaustion can be a bitch.
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2Pac - Old School
Warren G - This DJ
Lighter Shade of Brown - Sunday Afternoon
Pharcyde - Runnin’
Nas - If I ruled the world
Notorious BIG - Hypnotize
50 Cent vs DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - Candy Shop vs Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble
Public Enemy - Give It Up
NWA - Express Yourself
Mack 10 - Nothing But the Cavi’ Hit
Mista Grimm - Indo Smoke
Ice Cube - You Can Do It
LL Cool J - Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag
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EDIT Podbean seems to be screwing up my file somehow as part of the upload and my file is playing at double speed. Have an open ticket w/ them to fix this.
EDIT 2: Podbean hasn’t gotten back to me.. so screw it, I just uploaded another copy at a higher quality bitrate than I normally post at. Sorry for all the delays and that the mix itself was a bit rushed. Will try to get back on my regular schedule of posts ASAP.
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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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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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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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22
March
2007
Felt like a mostly jiggy set with a touch of old school.
Craig Mack - Flava In Your Ear (Bad Boy Remix)
Arrested Development - People Everyday
Alkaholiks - Flute Song
Game - Let’s Ride
Bubba Sparxxx - Heat It Up
MC Shan - The Bridge
Masta Ace Incorporated - INC Ride
Janet Jackson ft Nelly - Call On Me (NRC Hip Hop Mix)
Jay Z - I Just Wanna Love You (Remix Mafia Break)
2 Pac - 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
Akon ft Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You
E-40 - U & Dat
Sean Paul - Get Busy (Selectah Mix)
112 - Peachies and Cream
2 Pac - All About You
Souls of Mischief - 93 til Infinity
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Thoughts
Since this is more of a jiggy set, going to post up my thoughts and critiques from the perspective of grading the…. jigginess of the mix.
Craig Mack > Everyday people, probably should have did the cuts on the “ohhhhhh” and “Yeeeeeeah” faster. Sounded good live at the moment, but on play back, it feels slow. The song itself is slow, so the pacing of the cuts felt fine at the time, but the effect gets mired on playback because of the song’s intrinsic tempo.
Still love that Bubba Sparxxx beat. One of the most versatile beats in my crates. First few juggles were a little mis-timed. Oops. 
Love The Bridge. Probably would have killed the floor though, going from a very southern beat and making a fairly wide diversion over to old school golden age hip hop. Mind quickly goes “quick, quick, grab a silver bullet from that same era! ” Hence the follow up over to Masta Ace after one verse of MC Shan, a 1/4 or 1/2 beat off, but was trying to quick mix it in. Another quick mix to Janet Jackson and Jay-Z to bring the crowd back into the 2000s.
I kinda dug the transition from the instrumental to vocal versions of Amerikaz Most Wanted. Followed with Akon ft Snoop. Perhaps a bit too “Snoopy”?
Akon to E-40 to Sean Paul. I feel like I’m at [insert your local top 40 hip hop joint here].
112 transition was fine from a technical perspective, but listening to it again after the back I question the song selection. Def would have lost some of the crowd. Good song w/ a vibe that fit in with where I was going, but the song takes so long to build up to it that I would have lost people. Oh, and crowd that can’t appreciate Souls of Mischief–well screw em, I already hate them.
All in all, decent mix, took a while to get warmed up and going. Recording session had started from a set of cold decks and just jumping in w/ the recorder on. First several mixes were minutely offbeat, typically a half beat or so. Probably easily missed in a loud environment, but on playback on headphones, easily picked upon if you’re looking for it. Lesson learned, warm up with a few mixes here and there before hit record.
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