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I Wonder - Kanye West



tempo: 95-96 bpm

the dj's take: Song #5 in our chapter 53 mix (8:36):



This is probably the one I had the most fun with while making this. The intro is a seamless fit over Mary J. Blige's Real Love, especially with the matching pianos. Strong mashup potential there.

Then we ran back the intro over the opening to The Weeknd's Starboy. Even did a little echo effect on the word 'means'; here's a video on how we made it happen in Logic Pro X:



Some other key-compatible music:


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