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Vice Releases ‘Bright Lights’ Featuring Estelle
Vice performing at Maya Day and Nightclub in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Shutterbug Photography)
Vice has teamed up with Grammy-winning singer Estelle on a new single titled, “Bright Lights.” The 124 BPM track, which was released through Ultra Records, combines Vice’s house production with Estelle’s soulful voice.
Stream “Bright Lights” below and download it on DJcity.
Related: Vice Reflects on His Career
Watch Mr Switch Perform at BPM 2015
DJWORX has uploaded a video of DMC World DJ Champion Mr Switch performing at the recent BPM event in Birmingham, England. Switch’s performance took place at Rane’s booth.
Aside from winning the 2014 DMC World DJ Championship, the British turntablist is also a three-time DMC Battle for World Supremacy Champion.
Watch his impressive 14-minute routine above.
Related: Mr Switch’s Winning DMC World Final Performance
Meet the Producer Who Left N.W.A Weeks Before ‘Straight Outta Compton’
Arabian Prince in the late 1980s.
Kim Lezan, better known as Arabian Prince, was a pioneer of west coast hip-hop and one of the founding members of N.W.A. The Los Angeles rapper/DJ/producer recently spoke with VICE’s EDM network thump about his involvement in the group and current projects.
Here’s five things we learned from the interview.
1. He met Dr. Dre through the local scene.
Arabian Prince: “Me and Dr. Dre met just hanging in the scene. There was a small circle of DJs on the West Coast in the 80s. Dre was with the Wrecking Crew, I was with Bobby Jimmy and the Critters at the time, and we just clicked. We lived in the same area, South Central, Compton. We would go to Skateland in Compton, go to the beach, chase women.”
2. He produced N.W.A’s first single, “Panic Zone.”
thump: “Arabian Prince was a founding member of N.W.A and a major creative force before the group underwent their sharp turn from street-savvy electro funk into the hardcore gangsta rap icons they’re known for being. He wrote and produced their first single ‘Panic Zone,’ while also rapping and producing on their first two albums, but you won’t see him in the new hit movie Straight Outta Compton.”
3. He says he left N.W.A for the same reasons that Dre and Cube did.
Arabian Prince: “I was making records as Arabian Prince and banking, but now that I was in a group that was selling millions of records, I was making less? How are we supposed to be hardcore gangsters, yet we getting screwed out of our own cash? People say I’m stupid for leaving N.W.A. so early, but eventually Dre and Cube left for the same reasons. I was just first.”
4. He wasn’t asked to be in the Straight Outta Compton movie.
Arabian Prince: “If the reason we are not in this movie is because [Eazy E’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright] has some kind of vengeance against us, man that’s f#cked up. She wasn’t even there to see any of that. I know she’s the executive producer and she has rights over most everybody. Probably Dre and Cube’s hands were tied, but no one has reached out to me, so I don’t know. In the end, the people that know the real history, the truth will come out.”
5. He’s currently working on an EDM album.
Arabian Prince: “I am working on an EDM album with some big names as we speak, some top-secret sh#t. I Love electronic music and I really respect the guys who are doing it now. Respect goes to Flying Lotus, I have met him a few times, he’s real cool. You know, some people say that gangsta rap killed electro funk, but I think it just evolved into pop and EDM. A lot of the beats we were doing back in the day are resurrecting, it’s just the artists that are different.”
Related: Watch the Theatrical Trailer for the N.W.A ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Movie
Boi Jeanius Featured in Scratch Academy’s ‘Routine Royale’
Scratch DJ Academy has released a Routine Royale episode featuring Chicago’s Boi Jeanius.
In addition to being the 2015 Redbull Thre3style Midwest Regional Champion, Jeanius is an instructor at Scratch DJ Academy, Chicago. He was also named 2010 Best Mid-West DJ by Latin Mixx.
Watch Boi Jeanius show off his skills in the video above.
Related: Watch Boi Jeanius’ Redbull Thre3style U.S. Finals Routine
Styles Davis’ Summer Mix, ‘One Hundred Fifteen Degrees’
DJcity’s National Director Styles Davis has dropped a new summer mix titled, One Hundred Fifteen Degrees.
The San Fernando Valley native is a 14-year-veteran and frequently spins at Los Angeles lounges Elevate and Salvage.
Earlier this year, Styles appeared on Power 106’s world famous Jump Off Mix show.
Check out his 27-minute mix below.
Tracklist:
2. Major Lazer ft. Nyla – Light it Up
3. Mr. Vegas – Go Thru Di Gate (Gas Pedal Riddim)
4. Kranium ft. Ty Dolla $ign – Nobody Has To Know – Major Lazer & KickRaux Remix
5. Major Lazer – Bookshelf Riddim
6. Fuse ODG – Letter To Tina
7. Gyptian – All On Me
8. Deewun ft. Marcy Chin – Mek It Bunx Up
9. CRVFTSMEN & Ape Drums – Fire
10. Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe – El Dia De My Suerte – DJ 7resh Moombahton Remix
11. Nicky Jam ft. Enrique Iglesias – El Perdon – Gregor Salto Remix
12. Major Lazer – Watch Out Fi Ska – Mungo’s HI FI Remix
13. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly – Serg Moombahton Remix
14. Patoranking ft. Wande Coal – My Woman, My Everything
Watch Just Blaze Make a Beat on the Fly
Mass Appeal has released another episode of Rhythm Roulette. The latest episode features renowned hip-hop producer Just Blaze, who has produced for the likes of Jay Z, Eminem, and Kanye West.
Rhythm Roulette invites producers to show off their skills by participating in a challenge. The producer selects three random records while blind-folded in a record store, and in turn, makes a beat by sampling them.
This time, Just Blaze visits Generation Records in Manhattan, New York. Watch to see what records he picks and how he uses his production expertise to lay down a beat.
Related: Mannie Fresh Makes Beat Out of Three Random Records
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