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Friday, September 18, 2020

New and Notable Tracks: Sept. 18

Nick Raff

Nick Raff
Nick Raff. (Source: Facebook)

Moneybagg Yo ft. City Girls & DaBaby – Said Sum Remix
The Memphis rapper calls on DaBaby and City Girls for this remix of his latest smash.

Fedde Le Grand & Ida Corr – Let Me Think About It – Sansixto Remix
Valencia-based DJ/producer gives Fedde Le Grand’s 2007 hit a tech-house update for 2020.

Buju Banton – Champion – Lincoln Baio Oh My Gawd Edit
Lincoln Baio gives this dancehall classic a modern edit with Major Lazer’s latest single.

Nick Raff – Summer Kicks
The Dutch DJ/producer drops a funky tech-house heater for DJcity Records’ latest release.

Featured on DJcity earlier this week:

– The Turtles – Happy Together – Mattia Remix

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Friday, September 18, 2020

Sotheby’s Auctions Off Notorious B.I.G.’s Crown And More Iconic Hip-Hop Memorabilia


The Notorious B.I.G.’s crown and photograph by Barron Claiborne at Sotheby’s. (Source: Instagram)

Sotheby’s, the world’s oldest and largest internationally recognized firm of fine art auctioneers, recently sold over $2 million worth of iconic items celebrating hip-hop’s five decades of cultural impact. The auction was organized by Monica Lynch, the former president of Tommy Boy Records.

The majority of items were consigned directly by artists or their estates and included: Notorious B.I.G./Barron Claiborne Crown + Photograph, DJ Ross One’s “Wall of Boom” (featuring a stack of 32 rare and vintage, and in some cases still functioning, 1980s boomboxes), the Tommy Boy DJ Headquarters Original Neon Sign, plus a lot of 22 love letters written by a high school-aged Tupac Shakur.

A portion of Sotheby’s proceeds from the auction benefitted the Queens Public Library Foundation to support their hip-hop programs and Building Beats, a non-profit community organization focused on DJing and music production programs.

Impressive to note here is that the artifacts, in many cases, sold well over their expected auction price. Biggie’s‘s crown — worn in a 1997 “King of New York” photoshoot with photographer Barron Claiborne — was sold for $595,000, which is 100% more than the estimated $300,000 auction price. Factor in the fact that Claiborne originally purchased the crown for six dollars; that’s a mind-blowing six million percent increase in worth.

The original neon sign at Tommy Boy’s headquarters exceeded nearly 200% of its expected auction value. However, the most staggering figure is that an original, sealed 12″ copy of Rammellzee vs. K-Rob “Beat Bop” (featuring artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat) exceeded pre-auction expectations by three-thousand percent. At $126,000, it has been declared, by Sotheby’s as “the most expensive hip-hop vinyl record sold at auction.”

There is no word as to when Sotheby’s will schedule another hip-hop auction. However, an unexpectedly lucrative marketplace exists for these items, of which many are likely available for auction.

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Friday, September 18, 2020

Should You Start a Live Stream?

As the event industry has more or less shut down over the last year, live streaming has become the go-to creative outlet for many DJs. In addition to keeping your skills sharp, it can also help you build or maintain your fan base.

In this episode of DJcityTV’s Share The Knowledge, DJ TLM offers some helpful tips for DJs who are interested in learning or expanding on their live streaming skills.

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

‘R.O.A.D. Podcast’: Lil Jon on the Success of ‘Turn Down For What’

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Grammy-Award winning DJ/producer Lil Jon joined the R.O.A.D. Podcast this week. The fellas spoke to the King of Crunk about his 2013 smash “Turn Down For What” with DJ Snake.

Lil Jon also shared how he produced Too $hort‘s “Blow The Whistle” and E-40‘s “Tell Me When To Go” featuring Keak Da Sneak in the same week.

Watch an excerpt above and the full interview here.

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

DJcity Mobile App 5.0.0. Update Available Now

DJcity Mobile App 5.0.0.

DJcity Mobile App 5.0.0.

The DJcity mobile app has been updated with new and improved features. In addition to a streamlined user interface and enhanced functionality, the app offers improved cohesiveness with the new DJcity website for a more consistent cross-platform user experience.

Key features and improvements:

• Added search auto-complete.
• Added search result filters.
• Added option to filter search results by exact matches only.
• Added sorting options for search results.
• Added key filters.
• Added reset filter button.
• Added genre filters.
• Added genre sorting.
• Added locale-based monthly charts.
• Added ability to change music preferences inside the mobile app.
• Minor bug fixes and stability improvements.

Watch Mojaxx’s walkthrough below and download the updated DJcity mobile app here.

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

Watch: DJ ND Shares His Personal Tazer Combo

In this episode of DJcityTV’s Made From Scratch, DJ ND shares a combo from his own personal collection. The technique combines tazers and transformers to create a technical yet rhythmic pattern.

Watch the tutorial above and grab DJ ND’s scratch tool here.

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