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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Watch Scram Jones’ Routine for Hot 97’s ‘5 Minutes of Funk’

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Scram Jones, a veteran DJ, producer, and rapper from New York, stopped by Hot 97 to perform a routine on Funkmaster Flex’s new “5 Minutes of Funk” segment.

Similar to Flex’s “Freestyle” series for rappers, “5 Minutes of Funk” gives DJs the opportunity to show off their skills. Previous guests include Statik Selektah and DJ Fatfingaz.

Scram began his scratch-heavy set with throwbacks, including a tone play of Kraftwerk’s “Trans-Europe Express.” Then, after dropping newer hip-hop tracks, Scram finished with a political statement, using DJ Primetyme’s edit of YG and Nipsey Hussle’s “FDT Part 2.”

Watch the video above.

Related: Watch DJ Premier and Miguel’s ‘2 Lovin U’ Video

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

DJ Zo Scratches With KidCutUp’s ‘Podcast Battle Breaks’

DJ Zo

Fresh off the heels of touring with Dumbfoundead, DJ Zo a.k.a. Zomanno has returned with a scratch video featuring KidCutUp‘s “Podcast Battle Breaks.” Watch it above and download CutUp’s scratch tool exclusively on DJcity.

Related: Mister Remix and Rockwell Scratch With KidCutUp’s ‘Podcast Battle Breaks’

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Watch DJ Premier and Miguel’s ‘2 Lovin U’ Video

DJ Premier and Miguel have shared a video for their new “2 Lovin U” collaboration. The visual shows Miguel singing as Premier scratches in the background.

“2 Loving U” is the duo’s original take on “Damned,” a bonus track that appeared on the deluxe version of the singer’s 2015 album, Wildheart.

Watch the video above and download the new single on DJcity.

Related: Watch DJ Premier’s Interview With The Breakfast Club

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Power 106’s Disko Drew Drops DJcity Podcast Mix

Disko Drew

Disko Drew, a co-host and mixer on Los Angeles’ Power 106, has served up an eclectic mix for the DJcity Podcast. His set features a variety of styles, including R&B, hip-hop, rock, and nu disco. Drew can also be heard mixing on SiriusXM’s Globalization channel every Friday.

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@power_106's @diskodrew has served up an eclectic mix for the #DJcityPodcast. (link in bio)

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Tracklist:

1. Candice Pillay – Lady Fox
2. Travis Garland – One Dance vs Turn Me On Mashup
3. The Internet – Something’s Missing
4. Calvin Harris ft. Frank Ocean & Migos – Slide
5. Lenno – Good Thing (Re-Edit)
6. Lily Allen – Smile (Version Revisited) – Mark Ronson Remix
7. Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse – Valerie
8. The Smiths – This Charming Man
9. The 1975 – Somebody Else
10. The Chainsmokers vs M83 vs Rihanna – Midnight Diamonds In Paris
11. N.E.R.D – Run To The Sun
12. Montell Jordan – Get It On Tonight
13. Missy Elliott ft. JAY Z – One Minute Man Remix
14. Destiny’s Child – Independent Women
15. Freeway ft. JAY Z & Beanie Sigel – What We Do
16. Ja Rule ft. Lil’ Mo – Put It On Me Remix

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Related: Boston’s DJ Hectik Drops DJcity Podcast Mix

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Monday, March 13, 2017

69Beats Shares Advice on How to Create a Thre3style Routine

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69Beats performs at the Red Bull Thre3style World Final in Santiago, Chile on Dec. 16, 2016. (Alfred Jürgen Westermeyer/Red Bull)

69Beats, the 2016 Red Bull Thre3style Poland Champion, has shared some advice on how to create a Thre3style routine. The 28-year-old DJ has been inspired to help beginner DJs as the submission process for this year’s competition approaches.

In a lengthy message posted to Facebook and YouTube, 69Beats broke down his “Fire Story” sequence, which he performed at last year’s world finals. The sequence is based on “storytelling,” a technique in which a DJ strings together multiple “word plays” to tell a story.

“Storytelling is nothing new in [the] DJ world,” 69Beats wrote. “There are many, many sets with many different approaches to storytelling. For me storytelling was a natural ‘level-up’ from just simple word play.”

He continued: “While preparing for Thre3style 2016 I wanted to take [it] a little further for myself so instead of just mixing tracks with the same phrases I started collecting tracks that had the same theme and doing bigger combos of them. And while [I was] collecting ‘fire’ themed songs I started to see that some of them [were] actualy [sic] creating a sequence of events and decided to make a full routine based on that.”

69Beats also wanted the routine to be versatile as possible. “The whole sequence is flavoured with as many different techniques as possible – scratching, juggling, tone playing/pitch playing, fingerdrumming [sic], cue point drumming etc.”

Watch his sequence and read his breakdown below.

Related: 69Beats Featured in DJcityTV’s ‘Tone Play’ Series

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Monday, March 13, 2017

Marian Hill’s ‘Down’ Receives Club Edit From KidCutUp

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KidCutUp

If you pay attention to TV commercials, you’ve probably heard Marian Hill’s infectious single, “Down.” The track is featured prominently in Apple’s “Stroll” ad for the iPhone 7 and AirPods.

While the song contains portions with trap-style drums, there are parts of it that only have vocals. To make it playable in the club, DJcity’s KidCutUp has put together an edit that extends the drums throughout the entire track.

Preview it below and grab it exclusively on DJcity.

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Related: KidCutUp Drops DJcity Podcast Mix

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