Desi Beats for DJs: How South Asian Music Moves Global Crowds

Desi 101: What Exactly Is Desi Music? Let’s clear something up: Desi isn’t a genre. It’s a cultural identity. “Desi” is how South Asians across the diaspor...
Based on popularity according to DJcity members.
DJcity Digital Pool Top 50 Tracks – February 2013
1) Drake – Started From The Bottom
2) French Montana feat Nicki Minaj – Freaks
3) Just Blaze & Baauer – Higher
4) Jonn Hart feat Problem – Get It Girl
5) Will.I.Am feat Britney Spears, Diddy, Lil Wayne, Waka Flocka Flame, & Hit-Boy – Scream & Shout Remix
6) Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray – DJ Scene 2013 Remix
7) Will Sparks – Ah Yeah! – TJR Edit
8) Nicky Romero feat John Christian & Nilson – Still The Same Man
9) Rihanna feat Mikky Ekko – Stay – Uptempo Remix
10) Diplo & Swick – Keep It Gully
11) Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
12) Carly Rae Jepsen – Tonight I’m Getting Over You
13) Jump Smokers vs Blackout – Hands Up
14) French Montana vs Showtek & Justin Prime – Pop That – DJ Beatbreaker & DJ X-Mind Cannonball Bootleg
15) Knife Party – Power Glove
16) Avicii feat Negin – Three Million (Your Love Is So Amazing)
17) Arianna feat Pitbull – Sexy People (All Around The World)
18) Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit – DJ Tuck Cannonball Bootleg
19) Tyga feat Wiz Khalifa & Mally Mall – Molly
20) 2Pac – California Love – Borgeous From Cali With Love
21) YG feat Young Jeezy & Wiz Khalifa – Playin’
22) Justin Timberlake – Mirrors – NASA Hook First Intro
23) 50 Cent feat Kendrick Lamar & Kidd Kidd – We Up
24) A$AP Rocky feat Skrillex, & Birdy Nam Nam – Wild For The Night – DJ Satoru 130-70 Transition
25) Trinidad James – All Gold Everything – MAKJ Remix
26) Jim Jones feat Swizz Beatz – Green Light
27) Ghosttown DJs – My Boo – DJ Paimon & DJ Tetris Trap Remix
28) Will.I.Am feat Fatman Scoop & Britney Spears – Scream & Shout – Fatman Scoop & DJ Kazzanova Remix
29) Drake – Started From The Bottom – Wiz Khalifa Remix
30) 2 Chainz – I’m Different – Enferno Remix
31) Lumidee vs Fatman Scoop – Dance 2013 – The League UK Club Edit
32) Stafford Brothers feat Lil Wayne & Christina Milian – Hello
33) A$AP Rocky feat Skrillex & Birdy Nam Nam – Wild For The Night – Tall Boys Verse First Edit
34) Rihanna – Jump – Chris R 128-81 Transition
35) Lil Wayne feat Drake & Future – Love Me – Liam Mercier & JesseJess Remix
36) Rick Ross – Box Chevy
37) The Lonely Island feat Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar – YOLO
38) A$AP Rocky feat Rico Love – Same B#tch
39) Otto Knows – Million Voices – Tall Boys Trap Remix
40) Destiny’s Child – Nuclear
41) Drake feat Wiz Khalifa – Started From The Bottom – Wiz Khalifa Remix – DJ Primetyme Quick Hitter
42) Will.I.Am feat Britney Spears – Scream & Shout – DJ Primetyme Transition 72-130
43) Rossi feat IamSu – Like This
44) Drake – Started From The Bottom – Dexterous 128-87 Transition
45) Justin Bieber feat Drake – Right Here – Chris James Hook First Intro
46) Problem – Understand Me
47) Rihanna feat Mikky Ekko – Stay
48) Lumidee vs Fatman Scoop – Dance 2013 – The League UK 100-128 Transition
49) Snoop Dogg – What’s My Name – DJ Kue 2013 Remix
50) E-40 feat Busta Rhymes – On The Set
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