Most of us carry records in our bag in order to switch with another dj in the middle of a set, what is your favorite transition record and why?

Mine is Be Faithful, always works and I don't have to worry about mixing it in.

So far I've not had to change set ups with someone whilst using Serato, but it'd probably be something like Beenie Man - Dude.

yeah party break by the holla boyz

we gonna start this shit off right!

most of you have seen my transition with either N.O.R.E. - Nothin or the Goodies break with Fatman sccop a million times. So I guess those always stay in the bag. Those be the favorites.

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Lol.

dead prez jay z

I carry Outkasts" I like the Way You Move" Lil John and Eastside Boys "Get Low" and Rob Base " It takes two". Almost covers any BPM to mix into besides a crunk set

watch out now - beatnuts is a good one to

"Back that ass up" - Juvinile

in the air tonight - phil collins. usually clears the floor before the next dj comes on to keep my ego boosted

ATCQ ft The Leaders of The New School....Scenario

Apache "Gangsta Bitch"

Lol @ Sniffles.

The bad mind manouvre. I tell people I haven't played a tune when I really have so the crowd looks at them funny for copying me. Lol.

Method man Feat M.J.B...Your all I need.

Thugs and Hipsters love it...Not to mention the ladies identify...Jeahhh

At the top O the food chain.

Speaking of which, does anyone have an extra VINYL copy of Be Faithful they can give or sell me??? Mine is so messed up I can't even use it anymore.

I usually don't have a need to use vinyl cause I'm usually playing solo. But I have Sean Paul's Temperature in my case.

I used to carry more in case something went wrong but at the club they have cd's all ready to go, so I put a mix cd in there just in case.

Steve, I got 6 brand new copies of Be Faithful. Let me know when you wanna come by and grab one. It's a must-have transition record.

Noice, OJ with the save!!, and who the fuck has 6 copies of Be Faithful??? damn!!!

OJ just like to be prepared? LMAO
He's got 6 copies of eberything.

Nah... I found a stack at turntable lab and bought thm cause I know I've already gone through 2 copies. I have had that record in my bag since it came out.

That's my alltime favorite transition record... second in line is "hands up in da club" that I have 3 copies of along with the one in my bag that has some cue burn.

Nothing like "Beewwwwwwwww... GET YO DAMN HANDS UP!!!" to get a crowd hyped.

Hit me up after Christmas. I'm in Portland right now. Flying to Boise in a minute. We'll call it a birthday present.

agreed, I forgot about the buko record, that's one I prefer to keep at home since I only have once copy, I wasn't thinking like OJ back when I bought it, actually I bought it waay before I even had serato.

word!

I also carry Fatman Scoop and DJ Kool - It Takes Two, and some other AV8 that I never use, I think it's a Ludacris - Southern Hospitality break.

I agree with these -

Hollaboyz - Show Me Love
Crooklyn Clan - Be Faithful
DJ Kool/Fatman Scoop - It Takes 2 Remix
Usher - Yeah (My remix)
Kanye - Gold Digger (2nd Nature Remix)
2pac - California Love


I personally use this one more than anything -

MIMS - This Is Why I'm Hot (DJ Godfather Remix)

www.trackitdown.net (Preview it in the player on the right).

agreed, I forgot about the buko record, that's one I prefer to keep at home since I only have once copy, I wasn't thinking like OJ back when I bought it, actually I bought it waay before I even had serato.

I've only had Serato for a little over a year. I've had that Buko Breaks record forever too. I saw that I was using it a lot so I picked up a few re-releases a while back. I think I got lucky on that one.

Damn no-edit function!!! Screwed up the quote above.

that's cold Sniffles, haha

aight im kinda new what is a transition record. i think i know but... can someone please just explain it and not low blow me (no homo) with mean comments.....

he explains what he means there...

what are you fuckin stupid, jk dude

its just when you have 2 djs and you have to switch out lap tops, you just throw a record on, or it could be a song that starts out at one bpm and then smoothly goes to another bpm.

then what makes it a "transition record"? so is it just any song cuz alot of songs change bpms?

In the context of this thread, transition record means what you play while switching laptops. In a broader sense, it means what you play to move between genres and/or bpm ranges...

Yeah, I used the word transition because 2 DJ's are transitioning, but a transition song can also be used the other way, anyway, stop making it more difficult than it is lol.

im sorry im really not trying too lmao.. i just hear talk about BPM transitions on the forums and i was just wondering what it was.

You new name from now on shall be


Billy18-54bpm


:P

I carry at all times these records...Use Jay-Z last night during "the switch"

Usher - Yeah
Joe Buddens - Pump It Up
Jay-Z - I Just Wanna Luv Ya
L.L. Cool J - Headsprung
112 - Dance With Me
Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice
Dr. Dre - Nothin But A G Thang
T.I. - Bring 'Em Out

I bring "Abba - Hung Up"

Billy think about DJ Felli Fel's "Get Buck In Here" and how it slows down in BPM's towards the end (around 3:25).

www.youtube.com view

That would be a Transition Record in the simple sense.

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thanks got it now

I never use records like that, that slow or speed up in BPM. If anything I'll just use a big tune from a certain range and go from there.

My favorite Transition Record is DJ Kuya's "yeah" break.

I haven't seen anybody with it. Even most of the bigger dudes I've spun haven't seen it either.

Favorite Transition if i am switching with another dj is dead air.... i talk and say I'm done for the night here's the loser the promoters brought to kill the night. Nah, i usually play solo, and if i had to switch depending on what bpm range i am in. But most DJ's that wanna play with me aint even on Serato yet which is amazing to me. Why would u wanna carry books and books of cd's

I still don't get it... I see video's on youtube of dudes trying to flip thru books of 320 cd cases... Let them be stupid.. I'll take their spot

i got a vinyl i always bring, can't remember the name right now, but its a reggae track over stand up instrumental

the phil Collins thing is hillarious. Also why would u have 6 be faithful records?

Isn't the fact that I have an extra one for S-Dub reason enough? How long have you been DJing? How many records did you wish you bought more of when you had the chance?

been djin for 14 years sir. I never wished i bought six of anything except beer.

6 copies thats pure stupidity of one record, especially that record... I know U like it but dude 6 copies, 4 the most 2 doubles and thats about it. But whatever ya vice is more power to u. Yeah i dunno why would u still be on cd's..... Thats like so 2004, pre serato. I gave up all my cd's despite me sometimes using CDJ's to spin with, I don't even carry back up cd's cuz i never have problems ( Knock on wood ).
But Cd's are dated, if u wanna use them go right ahead. But u will be left in the dust

I had one slot left in my UDG record sleeve and added Crooklyn Clans "chooze one" last night, that's another good record to start your set with.

Mentirosa (Ying Yang feat. Pitbull). This track faithfully takes me from midtempo anything to the uptempo stuff without fail. Also provides a good transition to uptempo dancehall.

Gaffle call me a doosh if I'm wrong but isnt the ying yang song called shake?...also
the real dj maestro.. I was gonna write the same exact paragraph about the 6 records and the cd players. I have a confession.( this should have been in the dj confession thread). For approximately a year I used denon 3500 cause I just needed a switch from vinyl. I have to admit I felt like a hack and a wavie. Even all my friends were calling me push and play. Thanks god rane serato came out. I threw those evil machines away and jumped right back into vinyl.

Yeah, you're right...I've got it tagged as Shake (Mentirosa). Regardless, that joint always works for me.

Well... The Real DJ Maestro and steve o. You guys must be awesome DJ's. You've never scratched a record by mistake? You've never gone looking for a record and found that it was out of print? You've never had a record warp on you? You've never seen anything on sale and thought you may need a backup copy or two? Maybe it's because at the time steve o "needed a switch from vinyl," he stopped buying records and started downloading his music to CD's.

I think it's kind of rude for you both to call me stupid for having a backup of something that I use as a professional. And I don't use CD's. I carry extra control records, extra headshells with cartridges and stylus mounted. I keep my mixer in my truck just in case the club I'm playing at doesn't have Serato or has a shit mixer. I carry regular vinyl so that I can switch with another DJ. One record that I play everytime I switch is "Be Faithful." Call me stupid. I'd prefer to call it being prepared.

Let me ask you something... do you spin with vinyl control records or with CD's? Do you have a backup? If you found control records for $5 each, would you buy them? Don't ASSume shit. You don't know me.

^^^ Im with you on this... I have a few copies of records of my favorite dj's...

7 to be exact.. There were only 32 made and I got lucky to have copped 7 of those 32...

There's nothing wrong with being prepared.

I also got a few records which I have 5 or 6 times. Some Gang Starr 12"'s. 2 for backspinning, two to keep them sealed ... and another two to have backups for the two backspinning ones.

hey infamous im not an awesome dj. matter of fact i suck. i just dont know why u would need six records thats all. two ok 3 fine but 6 of the same means your playin the same song way too much. but whatever i could care less what u do know that i think of it. buy 100 records of the same track if u want, more money for the dying record stores. thats a charity im down to support.

Different strokes for different folks.

true

i owned 3 copies of dirtsyles bionic booger breaks. they're all gone. i wish i wouldve bought more.

Oh noes bandoma... that makes you stupid like me. :)

Young Buck- Shorty Wanna Ride

Yes I have had major melt downs with my vinyl....... I switch it up from vinyl to cd, on the road its strictly vinyl looks more impressive, and people respect vinyl, but yes i still cut it up on my CDJ's. And yes i am a great dj, but 6 thats alot of back up, but everybody has they own vice on how they dj and how many back up they have. Its all opinions family don't get all bent out of shape.

^and yes I am a great dj^^^^
Thats some confident talk. I believe you

Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full (Coldcut 7 Minutes Of Madness Remix)! It's VERY long, the samples at the begining are cool, the bassline is awesome and Rakim rhymes are top...when they eventually come in. Can't go wrong!

I always request at least one CDJ, run that through the aux input (if the mixer is a 56 or 57, which it usually is) then drop a mix cd. That way, If whoever is going on after, or if I'm going on after, then there's more than enough time to make the switch and set up accordingly, blah blah blah. A CD case with 2 or 3 cds hardly takes up any space and has many tracks to choose from... As far as what tracks, it depends on what music came b4... maybe the crowd isn't trying to hear fat man scoop at that very moment.... but if they are, i got some party breaks, etc.

I use let Me Clear My Throat or Be Faithful.

And as said before different strokes for different folks. I would see why 6 copies of that record make sense. It's his main transition record, He does not use CD's and he DJ's a lot. Chances of him fucking up a copy are that much greater. No need to call him stupid though. I have a few joints I wish I bought more copies of. Oh well.

Super Mario Bros Theme... Funk version.. cannot think of the artist off hand... listed as Phish, but I know better.

CLASSIC!!! And everyone loves it!

or
Everything in it's right place - Radiohead - Josh Wink RMX.. long one, with a good acid edge to end the night.

DJ Kool definate good 1. Any Josh Wink production/remix gives you all the time in the world!

Sugarhillgang RD - gives loads of time too - depends who ya playin to though i suppose.

Stevie o, we all gotta be confident.... Especially when we have so many wavies and posers fucking up our craft

Only thing about be faithful is, i never let the song go past Engine Engine number 9, u know the rest... Only time i do is if i'm looking to mix in something out the ordinary, but usually my MC sings the part and i can break tempo into whatever i wanna play

^^^

Yea my limit is "What's your Zodiac sign"

Yeah i can't go to long with none of these break records, or transition AV8 records

yeah I usually let the crowd sing the "pick it up" part then throw on whatever my heart desires after that.

Its a good record to break the tempo cuz u can go into whatever u want and start a new set or whatever

+1

All DJ's have similar styles when it comes to break records, u pick ya part to mix out of.....

Dub, hit me up for that record. I'm headed to Hollywood tomorrow night. Where are you spinning at?

ahhhh, im too late! just seen this post ha ha, we'll link up soon OJ.

x2. it works perfectly.