I do quite a lot of hip-hop/rap mixing since thats what I dj at the club I work at.. I mix house/trance for fun.

Rap mixing is pretty fun. Its mostly all trick mixing. Beat matching is involved though

Rap is usuall 100bpm/93/85/ and lower.

If you wanna trying mixing some rap

Use Beyonce - Naughty girl and Little John get low there exactly 100BPM if not there only 1-3% apart on the pitch slider.

Match em up listening to the snares
viola your beatmatching rap lol

i do mix rock from time to time (into my house/breaks set though, not to a rock set or anything like that),
i guess you can even call that stuff grunge instead of rock, cause i tend to use stuff like nirvana, offspring & metalica.

anyways, i mostly just use them as dj tools more then as tracks by their own right.

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Originally posted by Psy-T i do mix rock from time to time (into my house/breaks set though, not to a rock set or anything like that), i guess you can even call that stuff grunge instead of rock, cause i tend to use stuff like nirvana, offspring & metalica. anyways, i mostly just use them as dj tools more then as tracks by their own right.

how exactly do u mix rock into ur edm sets...i would really love to hear some ideas

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Originally posted by bent Does anyone know of any hip-hop DJ's who actually mix records? I've basically just been listening to the guys at the local club (not very effective since I'm usually too trashed to take real good notice) to use as'someone to copy/learn of'.. I had a quick listen to DJ Green Lantern and some other dudes sets, but they just seem to just hurt the efx or scratch over the top of the mix then start the new song from scratch ..

the only hip hop dj i have ever heard who actually threw down mixes between each song that he played was this no name dj in tijuana, mexico. he had got to be the best hip hop dj i have ever heard. i've been to some big name clubs in the us.. including some of the nicest clubs in las vegas, but never heard anyone who knew his records as well as the unknown tijuana dj. i experiment with hip hop too sometimes. i like it because the records are dirt cheap so you can buy two to three records for the same price as a trance record. plus.. who couldn't resist a track from dr. dre?

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Originally posted by toxa how exactly do u mix rock into ur edm sets...i would really love to hear some ideas

go check out Adam Freeland's Essential Mix, he plays with Nirvana and RATM tracks in it...

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Nah dude don't have any webspace sorry but apart from rectangle who are some other DJs who tend to mix 'west coast' style?

Also, what are your guys thoughts on 'funkymixs' and the like .. their basically remixes of the tracks, but with intro's, outro's and mini-outro's in the middle where you can mix out of .. the DJ's at the club I go to use them, do any of you guys use them? What's the general outlook on them in regards to making it too easy or 'cheating'?

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Originally posted by Inertia go check out Adam Freeland's Essential Mix, he plays with Nirvana and RATM tracks in it...

Fucking incredible mix. However, the Nirvana tracks were his remixes. About the rock, a lot of rock is right around 130, and has the standard snares on 2 & 4 break, which makes it pretty easy. I Have some RATM that I mix in every once in a while. A lot of Radiohead would probably work pretty well.

Just beatmatching 4/4 beats can get boring after a while........then I discovered techno

Woah just listened to the first 15min of DJ Rectangle's Vinyl Kombat mixtape, and listened to the bit with "California Love" (Only song widespread enough for me to know lol) and its crazzzy... does he mix like that live? I mean it sounds like he must have like 4 tt's goin ..

Also anyone know the "you wanna battle, you must be crazy" vocal, wat song is that from?

And anyone know any famous 'commercial' hip hop DJ's that spin mainly more well-known hip hop like lil jon, 50c, eminem, ying yang twins etc?

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Originally posted by bent JM-8: Nah dude don't have any webspace sorry but apart from rectangle who are some other DJs who tend to mix 'west coast' style? Also, what are your guys thoughts on 'funkymixs' and the like .. their basically remixes of the tracks, but with intro's, outro's and mini-outro's in the middle where you can mix out of .. the DJ's at the club I go to use them, do any of you guys use them? What's the general outlook on them in regards to making it too easy or 'cheating'?

Well, if you can find some webspace, let me know.

I don't really like Funkymix stuff - they intros and outros are nice, except they go a little bit overboard on all the samples and shit that they add in. Since I use use CDJs now, I can edit/loop stuff to make my own breaks to mix out of - however if you are using vinyl, check out the Strictly Hits stuff (lethal weapon, top secret, mix factor, etc.). www.thesourceformusic.com has everything for sale there.

and I wouldn't consider using that stuff cheating, as long as you are just using it to be more creative, but don't depend on them for all your mixes.

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Originally posted by bent Woah just listened to the first 15min of DJ Rectangle's Vinyl Kombat mixtape, and listened to the bit with "California Love" (Only song widespread enough for me to know lol) and its crazzzy... does he mix like that live? I mean it sounds like he must have like 4 tt's goin .. Also anyone know the "you wanna battle, you must be crazy" vocal, wat song is that from? And anyone know any famous 'commercial' hip hop DJ's that spin mainly more well-known hip hop like lil jon, 50c, eminem, ying yang twins etc?

No, all Rectangle's stuff is multitracked (it would be physically impossible otherwise), but it still sounds badass. I mean his a DMC champion turntablist.

One other thing I can think to check out is some US radio stations - try 106.1 KMEL or Wild 94.9, both in California. I think they both have online streams and their mixshows are on all the time, especially overnight fri and sat.

"you wanna battle, you must be crazy" - no idea where that is from but you will find it on a lot of scratch records.

I heard DJ Z-Trip a few times, this guy provides the perfect blend between rap and rock. I checked out a few of his livesets (even though a lil outdated), the guy does some creative stuff.

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