Beat Match City

Made with Logic Pro at 86 bpm Kill Bill - SZA Best I Ever Had - Drake Come Back to Me - Janet Jackson Bad Habit - Steve Lacy Karma - Lloyd Banks ft. Avant Is this a medley or a mashup? Or maybe neither; who knows. Best I Ever Had and Come Back to Me are sped up a bit (closer to 80 bpm), but no vocals, so they aren't getting the chipmunk treatment. On a side note, I never listened to Bad Habit all the way through until recently, and had no idea there was some beat-boxing at the end. So of course we threw that in for posterity. Key- and bpm-compatible playlists: 85 to 90 bpm 80 to 85 bpm

Made with Logic Pro at 66.5 bpm Most of my 'mashups' consist of throwing together a couple songs off one of our playlists , or looping a lightly edited transition off one of my mixes . But this time, I went deeper and made something a little more proper. Pieces of five songs in about 2.5 minutes, and the end result was encouraging. Maybe we'll do some more like this in the future. Here's the list of tracks - watch the video and see if you can pick out where they're used: Any Time, Any Place - Janet Jackson Freek'n You - Jodeci You Right - The Weeknd, Doja Cat Say My Name - Destiny's Child pov - Ariana Grande Follow the playlist on djcheatsheet.com

Made with Logic Pro X at 67.7 bpm 23:34 of pop and r& music Check out some more mixes here . Playlist is here . Tracklist (start times in parentheses): 1. Say My Name - Destiny's Child 2. Birthday - Disclosure, Kehlani & Syd (2:37) 3. You Right - Doja Cat ft. The Weeknd (4:34) 4. Any Time, Any Place - Janet Jackson (6:42) 5. Psycho - Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign (10:29) 6. pov - Ariana Grande (13:47) 7. Give Me A Try - Sizzla (16:37) 8. Boyfriend #2 - Pleasure P (19:56)

Speed: 105-106 bpm The DJ's Take: Song #10 in our edition 57 mix (27:10): Best part of this track: healthy chunks of vocal-free instrumental to cut out and play with. I used one piece to create a smoother transition between If and Charli XCX & Rita Ora's Doing It in Logic Pro X : It's basically rock infused with hiphop / r&b; a genre-bending classic that was all over MTV and pop radio in my early teen years. Solid choice for a 90s set. Some other key- and bpm-compatible music: Intergalactic - Beastie Boys Jump Around - House of Pain Hot In Herre - Nelly Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang Changes - 2Pac Dákiti - Bad Bunny, Jhay Cortez I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy, Faith Evans Watch Me Do - Meghan Trainor I Wish (My Taylor Swift) - The Knocks & Matthew Koma Feel Right - Mark Ronson ft. Mystikal Peaches N Cream - Snoop Dogg Trouble - Iggy Azalea ft. Jennifer Hudson Let'...

Made with Logic Pro X at 108 bpm 29:40 of pop, rap and funk/disco Check out some more mixes here . Playlist is here . Tracklist (start times in parentheses): 1. The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & The Range 2. Changes - 2Pac ft. Talent (3:08) 3. I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy, Faith Evans (5:30) 4. Dákiti - Bad Bunny, Jhay Cortez (7:21) 5. Rapture - Blondie (10:01) 6. Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang (13:17) 7. Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang (20:06) 8. Hot In Herre - Nelly (22:28) 9. Intergalactic - Beastie Boys (24:32) 10. If - Janet Jackson (27:10) 11. Doing It - Charli XCX ft. Rita Ora (28:11)

tempo: 78 bpm the dj's take: Song #6 in  chapter 42  (15:48): Never heard of this one until that Plies track from awhile back . I dig the original a little more. Emerges almost seamlessly from Drake's Best I Ever Had in this mix, and sets the stage nicely for P.M. Dawn . Some other key-compatible music ~80 bpm: No Other Love - John Legend ft. Estelle Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day Hello - Adele Best I Ever Had - Drake Comin Out Strong - Future ft. The Weeknd Love & War - Yellow Claw Don't Mind - Kent Jones Happy - Pharrell Daydreamin' - Lupe Fiasco I Can Transform Ya - Chris Brown download or stream Come Back to Me: amazon

Made with Logic Pro X at 82 bpm 19.16667 minutes of r&b/soul, pop, rap and rock Check out some more mixes here . Tracklist (start times in parentheses): 1. Hello - Adele 2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day (3:30) 3. No Other Love - John Legend ft. Estelle (5:51) 4. Daydreamin' - Lupe Fiasco ft. Jill Scott (8:47) 5. Best I Ever Had - Drake (12:05) 6. Come Back to Me - Janet Jackson (15:48) 7. I'd Die Without You - P.M. Dawn (17:53)

Speed: 88 bpm The DJ's Take: A true throwback - this could've fit right in on The Velvet Rope . Is it a hit? Not sure; R&B doesn't seem to resonate with the people anymore. That said, Janet Jackson's fan base is obviously huge, and they should appreciate this smooth, vintage single. If you're staying key-compatible, try mixing tracks like Out of the Woods - Taylor Swift , One More Chance - Notorious BIG , No Games - Serani , and Real Love - Mary J. Blige . Download the song: Amazon: No Sleeep