I know some of DJs here at TA mix hip hop so im wondering if they can give me tips on mixing hip hop. I mostly mix trance and I just bought a few hh records coz i want to mix some hip hop for my bday party this coming Sunday. But I found out mixing hip hop is so damn hard. Any tips for beginner? peace.

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Im taking a stab that you do it much the same as trance, get em beatmatched and then mix em

But since hiphop has very short intro/outros, just mix for like 1 bar or 16 beats or whatever, and try to cut/add basslines fast.

From what i have heard from some friends it can sound really dope

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..Mixing what?!

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Originally posted by Jellow ..Mixing what?!

mixing "hip hop". its a famous genre in north america, especially canada. i only know a few trance luvers and most of them dont know wat trance is.

try scratch mixin

it's easy and people seemed to be awed by it

it also required less effort and such. who needs a pitch fader?? lol

i little while ago when i was in the old club space in miami i made my way into the hip hop room. the dj did the same thing almost every time....he mixed for about 4 beats then back spun the old song. i thought it sounded like crap but the people there didnt seem to mind. and hey, he worked at club space so he must be good...right?

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Ok lets get one thing straight here. By mixing hip hop, I'm guessing you wanna learn how to mix tracks that you commonly hear at clubs and local radio aka Ja Rule and such.
Hip hop beats follow a broken, staggered 4/4 structure. Instead of hittin the beats, match the high claps after every other 2 beat. Differentiating between which one is lagging or not is MUCH easier because all you need is a single bar to figure out which one is ahead.

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try scratch mixin. it's easy and people seemed to be awed by it it also required less effort and such. who needs a pitch fader?? lol

I'm gonna guess this is either really good sarcasm, or very bad ignorance. Get back to me on this so I don't offend you, or waste my own time.

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Originally posted by dJohn Ok lets get one thing straight here. By mixing hip hop, I'm guessing you wanna learn how to mix tracks that you commonly hear at clubs and local radio aka Ja Rule and such. Hip hop beats follow a broken, staggered 4/4 structure. Instead of hittin the beats, match the high claps after every other 2 beat. Differentiating between which one is lagging or not is MUCH easier because all you need is a single bar to figure out which one is ahead.

thanks for the helpful tips. Yeah im learning how to mix the ones i hear at cubs and local radio stations..no ja rule though never gon buy no ja rule's stuff (unless its some of his earlier work) aite imma go try it with your tips now.

peace

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they judge you coz u aint rap (haha)
thas alota smacks u told and thats that
in the streets they nicknamed you fag
little wanna be mc that cant seem to see that you can never be who u think u gon be..see that? guess not? coz u dont fuckin rap!!

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Originally posted by musicaddict aite imma go try it with your tips now. peace

well you got the lingo down!

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scratch mixin lol

musicaddict got it right in that when your trying to beat match only concentrate on the snares. not all hip hop will have snares on 2 and 4 but 90% of it will. most hip-hop will be between 86-96bpm with a few exceptions like i know off the top of my head hot in herre and dance with me are both 100bpm which is about as fast as most hip hop will get. the slower hip hop 86 and below isnt the type of stuff you really want to be playing at a party either with of course a few exceptions

if you really want to get into mixing hip hop you gotta rock doubles of records. for example if im doing a party i got 3 tables going, table #1 is playing the song the crowd is dancing too, then on table #2 i beatmatch the instrumental to the song and let it play in the back ground maybe throwing a scratch here and there, then on table #3 i match the full song to its instrumental thats playing on table #2, when song #1 is getting ready to end i bring up the instrumental on table #2 then since you have two copies of the same song playing (on tables 2 and 3) your free to add a couple juggles, backspins, drop out vocals whatever you think sounds good.

if you want more detail on how to do it or any other questions about djing hiphop feel free to ask there are a million and 1 different things you can do

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XxClayxX, thanks for tips. About using the 3 turntables that means I need a mixer that can hook up 3 tts right? thanks

question: I borrowed a vestax PCV275 from a friend. Can that mixer hook up 3 turntables?

peace

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people dont judge you coz u aint black
they judge you coz u aint rap (haha)
thas alota smacks u told and thats that
in the streets they nicknamed you fag
little wanna be mc that cant seem to see that you can never be who u think u gon be..see that? guess not? coz u dont fuckin rap!!

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Originally posted by musicaddict XxClayxX, thanks for tips. About using the 3 turntables that means I need a mixer that can hook up 3 tts right? thanks question: I borrowed a vestax PCV275 from a friend. Can that mixer hook up 3 turntables? peace

yes

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