Side To Side - Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj

tempo: 79-80 bpm

bpm range: 75 bpm to 80 bpm, 80 bpm to 85 bpm

the DJ's take: Beat kind of sounds like Welcome To Jamrock in a different key with little hints of Skrillex. Given the artists and the reggae vibe, I think this has some summer pop potential. Worth a spot in the new music playlist.

Some key-compatible tracks between 75 and 80 bpm:

Headlines - Drake
Heavy - Linkin Park ft. Kiiara
A-YO - Lady Gaga
Down in the DM - Yo Gotti
LA Confidential - Tory Lanez
Blast Ya - Borgore ft. Barrington Levy
Collard Greens - SchoolBoy Q ft. Kendrick Lamar
Spaceships - Area21 Tell Your Friends - The Weeknd

And from 80 to 85 bpm

Sure Thing - Miguel
Golden - Travie McCoy ft. Sia Talk That Talk - Rihanna
No Sleep - Wiz Khalifa
Halo - Beyoncé
Flex (Ooh Ooh Ooh) - Rich Homie Quan

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dj mix/mashup: do you think of me [mariah carey] x always forever [bryson tiller]

Links: Made with Logic Pro at 72 bpm Fun little instrumental blend of Bryson Tiller's Always Forever , which we used in mix 66 , and Mariah Carey's Do You Think of Me , which ended up on the cutting room floor. As you can see up top, I broke out the scalpel and did some slicing to make the beats match up better. Final verdict: Worth it. Follow the playlist on djcheatsheet.com

DJ mix: session 76 ft. Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill

Made with Logic Pro at 113 bpm 17:50 of 80s and pop music (with a little hiphop) Check out some more mixes here . This episode was made using this playlist . Tracklist (start times in parentheses): 1. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 2. Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush (2:35) 3. Rock Steady - The Whispers (4:34) 4. Because of You - Ne-Yo (6:56) 5. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Hall & Oates (10:05) 6. You Owe Me - Nas ft. Ginuwine (12:21) 7. After Hours - The Weeknd (14:54) 8. Down Hill - Drake (15:11)

DJ mix/mashup: no can do because of you (ft. Hall & Oates and Ne-Yo)

Made with Logic Pro at 113 bpm A quick clip from the last mix , and one of my favorite transitions in it. Kind of alluring, mysterious; maybe we can make a more fully realized remix/mashup someday. If you're wondering what the image is in the background at the start of the video, those are quahogs and a channeled whelk I dug out of the sand in low tide on a recent beach trip. Pretty solid haul, and good eating for sure. Although I probably should've kept them separate - apparently whelks like to eat the clams .

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