Tips on Mixing Hip-Hop songs?

bigmixxx, post: 4094 wrote: I’m from the south moved to the west; Yes, Gucci, Jeezy, Waka, Yo Gotti (oh my goodness, some yo Gotti will get them off the wall)…
I feel you there sir. When Gucci was REALLY hot, of course ‘I think I love her…’ was the peak of the party

Thats whats up! I still play I think I love her, thats my song lol. Recently, on some nights, i get a lot of requests for Rick Ross from guys and girls.

bigmixxx, post: 4099 wrote: See what I’m saying:

Those Hard Songs ( Example, Take some Ballin (Jeezy and Lil Wayne), Loop that a couple of times, blend in some Grove street instrumental by dropping the bass out of the Ballin, cut the beat with ‘I got a whole lotta money…’ from the song let it play… Floor will get buck wild; Same blend style with bust that head with some Ace hood – Hustle hard remix…and if you keep hitting them, hit ’em with Some Kinfolk Thugs – Dump Truck’) That 70 or 140 BPM range. As long as it has plenty of Bottom, you keep the girls on the floor and the dudes are happy….

…then just Echo it out with some Mystikal – Here I go. (<– Please don't slip on this track! it's so hot it does not matter if it does not blend…). That is about 12 minutes of just DAMN….Now if you doin it.

cool thing about that Those HARD songs when your floor gets jumping: the proverbial mix is gone when you are hitting with those heaters…and the crowd is chanting with your music. As long as the crowd is moving….

My next gig I will try that for sure. I havent heard that Kinfolk Thugs track yet, but I will check it out tonight.When hustle hard remix came out,i was i beat mtaching it Jim Jones Gretzky.Now I just go off the crowds engergy.I need to re download here i go , which I deleted it because I was playing man right chea. Yea Grove street party gets the crowd hype, and that Tyga Lap Dance gets all the ladies on the floor too.

DJ EENGENIOUS, post: 4138 wrote: Thing is, I’m somewhat of a hip-hop purist myself lol .
Huge fan of 2pac, Biggie, Snoop Dogg – basically 90s hip hop. Favorite artists today are Jay-Z, Kanye, Eminem, and Lupe – so there’s only so ghetto I’m willing to go

Dj EENGENIOUS, what does ghetto have to do with music? Your favorite artist you mentioned, some came from the ghetto, which I dont understand that comment. Music is universal, wether it is house,pop, r&b , etc.

When mixing hip hop, i tend to loop a whole bunch, making the track mix friendly. But i always keep in mind, that if there’s a track i really want to play but it just ‘doesn’t fit’ then i put it aside, cuz chances are theres gna be a later tune i can easily mix it into. Just like all genres, study your library. KNOW where ‘everything’ is. Have your tunes pre-prepped if you need to…i.e. cues, cues to loops.buildups.outros..etc… Here’s a hiphop demo i put together, notice i jumped to certain spots in the song to make it ‘mixable’, or i looped certain lyrics.. =]
http://soundcloud.com/djgadabout/hip-hop-demo-dj-gadabout

DJ EENGENIOUS, post: 4180 wrote: I agree, but sometimes I just can’t bring myself to play songs like “make it rain” by travis porter

I completely agree, but if your crowd wants it, you GOTTA play it. I Absolutely LOVE 90’s hip-hop (Mc Lyte, Audio 2, KRS-1, Lords of the Underground) but if folks want the Boom bottom, you GOTTA play it…

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