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Texas’ Edgar J Drops DJcity Podcast Mix
Austin, Texas’ Edgar J has put down a love-themed set for the DJcity Podcast. Recorded in one take, his mix features R&B, soul, and tropical-influenced tracks. Edgar currently holds residencies in Austin (Container Bar, Hangar Lounge, The Market) and Bolivia (Forum and Dragonfly).
Tracklist:
1. Barry White – Love Making Music
2. Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
3. Keith Sweat – Twisted
4. Bruno Mars – Versace On The Floor
5. Tory Lanez – LUV – Snakehips Remix
6. Next – Too Close – Mayeda Remix
7. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Is This Love – Exlau Remix
8. DJ Snake ft. R. Kelly – Let Me Love You – R. Kelly Remix
9. George Michael – Careless Whisper – DJ Amor & DJ O’Neill Sax Remix
10. Selena – Amor Prohibido – DJ Kue Remix
11. The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love
12. Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything
Scratch Combo of the Month: Feb. 2017
School of Scratch‘s Emma Short-E has shared her Scratch Combo of the Month for February. Post a video of yourself performing it with hashtag #DJcitySoS and we might share it.
2017 Grammy Winners
The Chainsmokers (photo credit: Grammys)
The 59th annual Grammy Awards went down in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Below are the winners of the categories most relevant to DJs. Check the full list on the Grammys’ website.
GENERAL
Best New Artist:
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
WINNER: Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
Album Of The Year:
WINNER: 25 – Adele
Lemonade – Beyonce
Purpose – Justin Bieber
Views – Drake
A Sailor’s Guide To Earth – Sturgill Simpson
Record Of The Year:
WINNER: Hello – Adele
Formation – Beyonce
7 Years – Lukas Graham
Work – Rihanna ft. Drake
Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots
Song Of The Year:
Formation – Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyonce)
WINNER: Hello – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
7 Years – Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)
POP
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Closer – The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey
7 Years – Lukas Graham
Work – Rihanna ft. Drake
Cheap Thrills – Sia ft. Sean Paul
WINNER: Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots
Best Pop Vocal Album:
WINNER: 25 – Adele
Purpose – Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande
Confident – Demi Lovato
This Is Acting – Sia
Best Pop Solo Performance:
WINNER: Hello – Adele
Hold Up – Beyonce
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber
Piece By Piece (Idol Version) – Kelly Clarkson
Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande
RAP
Best Rap Performance:
WINNER: No Problem – Chance the Rapper ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
Panda – Desiigner
Pop Style – Drake ft. The Throne
All The Way Up – Fat Joe & Remy Ma ft. French Montana & Infared
That Part – ScHoolboy Q ft. Kanye West
Best Rap/Sung Performance:
Freedom – Beyonce ft. Kendrick Lamar
WINNER: Hotline Bling – Drake
Broccoli – D.R.A.M. ft. Lil Yachty
Ultralight Beam – Kanye West ft. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin, & The-Dream
Famous – Kanye West ft. Rihanna
Best Rap Song:
All The Way Up – Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma ft. French Montana & Infared)
Famous – Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West ft. Rihanna)
WINNER: Hotline Bling – Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)
No Problem – Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
Ultralight Beam – Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico Donnie Trumpet Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West ft. Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin, & The-Dream)
Best Rap Album:
WINNER: Coloring Book – Chance The Rapper
And the Anonymous Nobody – De La Soul
Major Key – DJ Khaled
Views – Drake
Blank Face LP – ScHoolboy Q
The Life of Pablo – Kanye West
R&B
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
WINNER: Lemonade – Beyonce
Ology – Gallant
We Are King – KING
Malibu – Anderson .Paak
Anti – Rihanna
Best R&B Performance:
Turnin’ Me Up – BJ The Chicago Kid
Permission – Ro James
I Do – Musiq Soulchild
Needed Me – Rihanna
WINNER: Cranes in the Sky – Solange
Best Traditional R&B Performance:
The Three Of Me – William Bell
Woman’s World – BJ The Chicago Kid
Sleeping With The One I Love – Fantasia
WINNER: Angel – Lalah Hathaway
Can’t Wait – Jill Scott
Best R&B Song:
Come and See Me – J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor ft. Drake)
Exchange – Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
Kiss It Better – Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna)
WINNER: Lake By the Ocean – Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Luv – Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)
Best R&B Album:
In My Mind – BJ The Chicago Kid
WINNER: Lalah Hathaway Live – Lalah Hathaway
Velvet Portraits – Terrace Martin
Healing Season – Mint Condition
Smoove Jones – Mya
DANCE/ELECTRONIC
Best Dance Recording:
Tearing Me Up – Bob Moses
WINNER: Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers ft. Daya
Never Be Like You – Flume ft. Kai
Rinse & Repeat – Riton ft. Kah-Lo
Drinkee – Sofi Tukker
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
WINNER: Skin – Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine – Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch – Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future – Underworld
Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII – Louie Vega
REGGAE
Best Reggae Album:
Sly & Robbie Presents…Reggae For Her – Devin Di Dakta & J.L
Rose Petals – J Boog
WINNER: Ziggy Marley – Ziggy Marley
Everlasting – Raging Fyah
Falling Into Place – Rebelution
Soja: Live in Virginia – Soja
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Amy – (Various Artists)
WINNER: Miles Ahead – (Miles Davis & Various Artists)
Straight Outta Compton – (Various Artists)
Suicide Squad (Collector’s Edition) – (Various Artists)
Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1 – (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman, composer
Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone, composer
The Revenant – Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, composers
WINNER: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams, composer
Stranger Things Volume 1 – Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers
Stranger Things Volume 2 – Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
WINNER: Can’t Stop The Feeling! – Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: Trolls
Heathens – Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from: Suicide Squad
Just Like Fire – Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from: Alice Through The Looking Glass
Purple Lamborghini – Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from: Suicide Squad
Try Everything – Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from: Zootopia
The Veil – Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from: Snowden
PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Benny Blanco
WINNER: Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
Nineteen85
Ricky Reed
Best Remixed Recording:
Cali Coast (Psionics Remix) – Josh Williams, remixer (Soul Pacific)
Heavy Star Movin’ (staRo Remix) – staRo, remixer (The Silver Lake Chorus)
Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Five (Timo Maas & James Teej Remix) – Timo Maas & James Teej, remixers (Paul McCartney & Wings)
Only (Kaskade & Lipless Remix)- Ryan Raddon, remixer (Ry X)
WINNER: Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix) – André Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses)
Wide Open (Joe Goddard Remix) – Joe Goddard, remixer (The Chemical Brothers)
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM
Best Music Video:
WINNER: Formation – Beyonce
River – Leon Bridges
Up & Up – Coldplay
Gosh – Jamie xx
Upside Down & Inside Out – OK Go
Best Music Film:
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead – Steve Aoki
WINNER: The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years – The Beatles
Lemonade – Beyonce
The Music Of Strangers – Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry – Various Artists
Related: Winners of the 2016 Grammy Awards
Colombia’s Thombs Drops DJcity Podcast Mix
Thombs, a rising DJ/producer from Bogota, Colombia, has delivered 30 minutes of moombahton, dancehall, and reggaeton for the DJcity Podcast. His selection contains six of his own productions, including one original.
Tracklist:
1. Era Istrefi – Bonbon
2. Rochelle ft. Kalibwoy – Way Up
3. Major Lazer & MOTi ft. Ty Dolla $ign, Wizkid, & Kranium – Boom
4. Sean Paul ft. Dua Lipa – No Lie
5. Nina Sky – Champion Lover – Lady Bee Remix
6. Lady Bee & Noise Cans – Bucka – Guerilla Crew Edit
7. Maluma – El Perdedor – Donner Remix
8. Farruko ft. Ky-Mani Marley – Chillax – Thombs Remix
9. DeeWunn ft. Marcy Chin – Mek It Bunx
10. Ape Drums – Bashment
11. Kid Kobra – Pachanguero
12. Ape Drums ft. Major Lazer & Busy Signal – The Way We Do This
13. Sean Paul ft. Chi Ching Ching, Chimney Records, Banx, & Ranx – Crick Neck
14. Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee – Despacito – Thombs & DJ-X Remix
15. Justin Timberlake – Can’t Stop The Feeling – Praia Del Sol & Renco Bootleg
16. Thombs ft. Jamaruk & Joseph – La Era Del Moombahton Dos
17. The Boy Next Door & Art Inc. – La Colegiala
18. DJ Fresh vs Diplo ft. Dominique Young Unique – Earthquake – Kid Kobra Remix
19. Sak Noel & Salvi ft. Sean Paul – Trumpets – Thombs Remix
20. ChildsPlay ft. Leftside – All Di Girls
21. Willy William – Te Quiero – Big Ali Remix
22. Shakira ft. Maluma – Chantaje – Thombs Remix
23. El Chevo – Tu Ta Loca – Thombs Remix
24. Rod Franco – El Buki
25. El Dusty – K Le Pasa – Alvaro Remix
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DJcity Drops New Collection of ‘Puro Pari’ Remixes
Big Syphe
DJcity has returned with a new batch of tracks for Puro Pari, a series of exclusive Latin-inspired remixes, bootlegs, and edits.
In this installment, Big Syphe, Julian R, and Nikko Calor remix some of today’s biggest singles, including number one hits from Ed Sheeran and Migos.
“Puro Pari isn’t just a movement or sound but a lifestyle,” Big Syphe says. “Mashing up cultures and genres is something I’ve always done.”
Check out the second batch of tracks below and stay tuned for more.
Ed Sheeran
Bad & Boujee – Nikko Calor & Big Syphe Puro Pari Remix
Migos & Lil Uzi Vert
Chantaje – Nikko Calor & Big Syphe Puro Pari Remix
Shakira ft. Maluma
Side To Side – Julian R & Big Syphe Puro Pari Remix
Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj
Related: DJcity Launches Latin-Inspired ‘Puro Pari’ Edit Series
The Samples Behind Kanye West’s ‘The College Dropout’
Following a look at Ghostface Killah’s Supreme Clientele earlier this week, Power 106‘s Wax Only series is back to examine Kanye West‘s debut album, The College Dropout.
Released in 2004, College Dropout has sold over four million copies worldwide. It also received 10 Grammy nominations, winning Best Rap Album.
The album featured five singles: “Slow Jamz,” which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, “Jesus Walks,” which won a Grammy for Best Rap Song, “Through the Wire,” “All Falls Down,” and “The New Workout Plan.”
Wax Only is a series that showcases samples used on classic hip-hop albums. It is hosted by Power 106’s Production Director, Vin Rican.
Watch above to see Vinny go through the samples on The College Dropout.
Related: The Samples Behind Ghostface Killah’s ‘Supreme Clientele’
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