Beat Match City

Made with Logic Pro at 113 bpm For a hiphop song that probably got blasted a lot in clubs ~2000, You Owe Me is quiet. Speaks to how production has changed in the past 20-30 years; everything gets cranked up a couple orders of magnitude these days ( After Hours is a good example). So in the video, that's why you see the volume way up on one and a little lower on the other. A little behind the scenes: it was a bit of a challenge finding a track that sounded like a perfect beatmatch with You Owe Me. There's some shuffling and variation in the drums, so I was looking for something simpler and more straightforward to pair with it. Took a few tries, but as you can see below, After Hours fit the bill (yellow bars mark the beats): From mix #76 ft. Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill Key- and bpm-compatible playlist

Made with Logic Pro at 86 bpm Separating the man from the music, Your Body's Callin' is one of the great r&b singles of the 90s. Sampled in Biggie's Unbelievable , and a simple drumbeat you can beatmatch with just about anything. I liked how this bounced along with Cheap Thrills - almost felt like one song when they played together. From mix #75 ft. Harry Styles' As It Was and a-ha's Take On Me Key- and bpm-compatible playlist

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 .

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)

tempo: 124 bpm the DJ's take: In terms of energy and key/note progression, I feel like this one could go well with Ne-Yo's Let's Go , Bingo Players' Cry Just A Little , Flo Rida's I Cry , and maybe the Day N Nite - Crookers Remix . Fast and danceable, with a buzzy, hypnotic bass. Definitely worth a spin in a poolside dance mix. download or stream 4th of July (Fireworks): amazon dj cheat sheet playlist

1. Stay - The Kid Laroi ft. Justin Bieber 2. dj mix/mashup: Watch Your Bad Habits (ft. Rihanna, Disclosure, Ed Sheeran, Swedish House Mafia and Jax Jones) 3. dj mix: #63 ft. Justin Bieber's Peaches 4. DJ mix/mashup: roxanne loves cheap thrills (ft. Harry Styles' As It Was x a-ha's Take On Me) 5. Circles - Post Malone 6. Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush 7. Good Feeling - Flo Rida 8. 24K Magic - Bruno Mars 9. Fancy - Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX 10. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas Any thoughts on what should be in the Top 10? Let us know on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .

tempo: 101 bpm the DJ's take: Nice little aesthetic for the video - feels like it could be playing in the background of a bar on a karaoke night, and the letters getting typed out on the bottom remind me of the end of every Doogie Howser episode where he's writing in his journal . As for the music, that intro could sound interesting with Lil Mosey's Blueberry Faygo . The beats are almost like two peas in a pod; a no-brainer combo for a mix or mashup. download or stream I Like You (A Happier Song): amazon dj cheat sheet playlist