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Major Lazer at Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas. (Source: Facebook)

Major Lazer has consistently dropped anthems over the years, changing pop music along the way. To celebrate their impressive career, the group has asked DJcity to make available a number of their throwbacks and unreleased instrumentals, along with a new track called “Blow That Smoke” featuring Tove Lo.

All of the tracks, except for the instrumentals, appear on the trio’s new Major Lazer Essentials compilation. The last four tracks on the album are from the group’s recent Afrobeats Mix.

Download all of the tracks below. (* indicates that the instrumental is available)

Tracklist:

1. Major Lazer ft. Tove Lo – Blow That Smoke *
2. Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO – Lean On *
3. Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MO – Cold Water *
4. Major Lazer ft. Nyla & Fuse ODG – Light It Up Remix *
5. Major Lazer ft. Travis Scott, Camila Cabello, & Quavo – Know No Better *
6. Major Lazer ft. Anitta & Pabllo Vittar – Sua Cara *
7. Major Lazer ft. Busy Signal, The Flexican, & FS Green – Watch Out For This (Bumaye) *
8. Major Lazer ft. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley – Powerful
9. Major Lazer ft. Vybz Kartel – Pon De Floor *
10. Major Lazer ft. Mr. Lex & Santigold – Hold The Line
11. Major Lazer ft. Nina Sky & Ricky Blaze – Keep It Goin’ Louder *
12. Major Lazer ft. Ariana Grande – All My Love *
13. Major Lazer & The Partysquad – Original Don – Flosstradamus Remix
14. Major Lazer ft. Amber – Get Free *
15. Major Lazer ft. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj – Run Up *
16. Major Lazer ft. Flux Pavilion – Jah No Partial *
17. Major Lazer ft. Wild Belle – Be Together
18. Major Lazer ft. Bruno Mars, Tyga, & Mystic – Bubble Butt *
19. Major Lazer ft. Leftside, GTA, Razz, & Biggy – Jet Blue Jet *
20. Major Lazer ft. Sean Paul – Come On To Me *
21. Major Lazer & MOTi ft. Ty Dolla $ign, Wizkid, & Kranium – Boom
22. Major Lazer ft. Babes Wudomo & Taranchyla – Orkant – Balance Pon It *
23. Major Lazer ft. Kizz Daniel & Kranium – Loyal *
24. Major Lazer ft. Burna Boy – All My Life *
25. Major Lazer ft. Mr Eazi, RAYE, & Jake Gosling – Tied Up *

Related: Major Lazer Enlists Burna Boy for New Single and Video, ‘All My Life’

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Lil Wayne has shared the video for his Swizz Beatz-produced hit single, “Uproar.” The track, which peaked at No. 7 on Billboard’s Hot 100, has close to 30 million streams on Spotify.

The visual shows various people taking part in Wayne’s #UproarChallenge dance. It features cameos from Swizz himself as well as comedian Shiggy, the creator of the viral dance.

“Uproar” is the lead single from Wayne’s twelfth studio album, Tha Carter V. The project debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in September.

Watch the video above and download “Uproar” on DJcity.

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Following the success of his breakout hit “Scooby Doo Pa Pa,” New York’s DJ Kass has returned with a new dembow single titled “Le Pons.” The track combines elements of Dominican dembow and baile funk, a style the DJ/rapper calls “funkbow.”

In the NSFW video, Kass lives out his dream of being famous by partying on a yacht and a hookah lounge with beautiful women.

Kass rose to fame in January when “Scooby Doo Pa Pa” went viral on social media. The track peaked at No. 9 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart in March then received the remix treatment from Pitbull in April.

Watch the video above and download “Le Pons” on DJcity.

Related: Electric Bodega Remixes DJ Kass and Pitbull’s ‘Scooby Doo Pa Pa’

Indianapolis isn’t exactly famous for its turntablism community. The Midwest city has some world-class talent, though. On this episode of DJcityTV’s Cutting Room, DJs ALEE, Billy Muff, Topspeed, Nathan Gregory, Nick Laguzza, Matsu, and Niko Flores represent for their city in a three-minute session. The video was filmed at the Deckademics DJ school.

You might remember Matsu and Muff from DJcityTV’s Bedroom Sessions series. Muff kicked off the series in 2013 and Matsu was featured on it in 2017 before becoming DJcity’s Midwest representative.

Related: Watch: Seoul, South Korea Represents on DJcityTV’s ‘Cutting Room’

On this week’s episode of Consejos y Trucos, Luis Martinez reviews Pioneer DJ’s rekordbox controller, the DDJ-1000. Watch it above.

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Spanish translation (traducción en español):

En este episodio de Consejos y Trucos, Luis Martínez revisa el controlador DDJ-1000 de Pioneer DJ para rekorbox DJ. Mira el video arriba.

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Music streaming services SoundCloud and TIDAL will be integrated into an upcoming release of Serato DJ Pro and Serato DJ Lite, the company has announced.

The streaming tracks will appear in Serato just like regular music files. Additionally, saved playlists on the streaming platforms will automatically appear in the Serato DJ library.

To make use of the integration, DJs will need a subscription to both or either of the streaming services.

SoundCloud offers its Go+ subscription for $9.99 a month, while TIDAL has two tiers of membership: Premium and HiFi at $9.99 and $19.99 a month, respectively. Both platforms also offer 30-day trials.

More details about Serato’s integration with SoundCloud and TIDAL will be announced later.

Related: Serato Releases Serato DJ Pro

Mojaxx is always looking for ways to make his sets sound different from the next DJ, and Eventide’s H9 Harmonizer effects pedal does just that.

A respected brand in the world of effects, Eventide made its name in the ’70s with studio equipment. Its gear has been used by legendary musicians likes of Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, and Eno.

Its H9 Harmonizer was designed for guitar and synth players. However, as Mo points out, there have always been DJs who look for ways to bring studio-quality effects to the booth.

Watch his review above on this week’s Tips and Tricks.

DJcity Trends is a monthly collection of tracks intended to help DJs discover new and buzzing club music. They are hand-picked by influential DJs from around the world.

View the October 2018 edition of DJcity Trends here.

October’s contributors:

Chris Styles, mixer at SiriusXM’s The Heat and D.C.’s WPGC 95.5 and 94.7 Fresh FM
First Choice, mixer at New York’s Power 105.1
Gavin Francis, Belgium representative at DJcity; recording artist at Dienstag Records
Klutch, member of Electric Bodega
Mind Motion, member of Pirate DJs crew
Play, UK director of DJcity
R-Tistic, 2014 McDonald’s Flavor Battle champion
Santarosa, Latin director at DJcity; mixer at SiriusXM’s Globalization
Scene, recording artist at Fool’s Gold
Styles Davis, national director at DJcity

Related: DJcity Trends for Sept. 2018

Steve Aoki at JEWEL Nightclub in Las Vegas on Sept. 3, 2018. (Source: Facebook)

DJcity’s Spotify playlist update for the week of Oct. 16:

Bad Bunny ft. Drake – MIA
Bria Lee ft. Fat Joe – One Shot
Kodak Black ft. Travis Scott & Offset- ZEZE
Nicky Jam & Steve Aoki – Jaleo
Quavo ft. Drake – FLIP THE SWITCH
Usher & Zaytoven ft. Gunna – Gift Shop

Stream the entire playlist below or from within Spotify.

Related: DJcity’s Spotify Playlist Update: Oct. 9