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Looking for some suggestions: Songs in the 113-125 bpm range

joerockets 8:25 AM - 9 November, 2006
Just looking for some songs to freshen up my set. I play a predominantly Top 40/radio hip-hop set to a really diverse crowd so the obvious is in there (Promiscuous, Sexy Back).

So far I have things like:

Poison - BBD
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
Spring Love - Stevie B
Don't Cha - Tori Alamaze
We Be Burnin' - Sean Paul
Move Your Body - Nina Sky
Jook Gal - Elephant Man
Get Down Hit The Floor - Twista feat Pitbull
Shake - Pitbull
Smack That - Akon w/Eminem
Culo - Pitbull
Toma - Pitbull
Ay Chico - Pitbull
Don't Stop Till Ya Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Beat It - Michael Jackson
Bust a Move - Young MC
Wild Thing - Tone Loc
Livin on a Prayer - Bon Jovi

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

-JR
djskeetz 8:36 AM - 9 November, 2006
into the groove and lucky stars by madonna?
joerockets 8:47 AM - 9 November, 2006
good ones. I usually play Holiday and Material girl but I've never rolled those out.
DJ Nevoc 9:09 AM - 9 November, 2006
Hey bro how about, Deja Vu, Shake, Public Afair, Freek-a-leek, Yeah, Lean Back, Bossy, Promiscuous, We Run This, Axel F, <-- Ultimix all in BPM from 120-130+
Monk-A 10:58 AM - 9 November, 2006
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into the groove and lucky stars by madonna?


Great songs...

You should also try and track down - Mustapha Dance by The Clash, it's a dubbed out instrumental of "Rock the Casbah", so people recognise the tune but it's f*nky as 7 day old sh*t.

Also try and getthe Organised COnfusion album a lot of the joints ont here are quite uptempo. And also for that speed set, and great as building a genre bridge tracks are the early De La Soul tracks such as Me Myself and Eye, Say no go, Roller Skating jam named Saturday etc... etc...

Also Ugly Duckling Just a little Samba is int he 100's as well...
boabmatic 11:03 AM - 9 November, 2006
will smith - miami/getting jiggy wit it
sir mix alot - baby got back
gorillaz - feel good inc
djskeetz 11:24 AM - 9 November, 2006
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Get Down Hit The Floor - Twista feat Pitbull
Shake - Pitbull
Culo - Pitbull
Toma - Pitbull
Ay Chico - Pitbull

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

-JR


joe, how do those songs work out for you? what kind of crowd do you spin for?
AMF 3:18 PM - 9 November, 2006
Rob Base it takes 2
Ciara - 1,2 step
MJ - Billie Jean
PCD - Don't cha
Akon & Eminem - Shake that
Lady Sovereign - Hate me or love me
Sean Paul - we be burnin'
BEP - Humps


that's all I can think of off the top of my head....
gmobley 4:55 PM - 9 November, 2006
Good idea on the thread, I never feel like I have enough newer stuff in this range, off the top of my head:

Sean Paul - Tempature
Ciara - Get Up
Missy - Lose Control
Missy - Gossip Folks
Field Mob - So What
LL Cool J - Control Myself
Sammie - Feelin' It
Christina Ag - Ain't No Other Man
Fergie - Fergalicious
Ridin High - 8 Ball & MJG
Stay Fly - Three 6 Mafia
Nelly Furtado - Maneater
Osiris 5:04 PM - 9 November, 2006
Any oldschool electro-hiphop is usually in or around this range--

-Afrika Bambaataa (Planet Rock)
-Cybotron (Clear)
-Egyptian Lover (Freak-a-holic)
-Pretty Tony (Will We Ever Learn)
-Hashim (Al Naafiysh)
-Twilight 22 (Eletric Kingdom)
-Planet Patrol (Play At Your Own Risk)
-George Kranz (Din Daa Daa)
-Nucleus (Jam On It)
-Freestyle (The Party Has Just Begun)
-Herbie Hancock (Rockit)
-Time Zone (Wildstyle)

Don't know how well they would fit your sets but since you play for "diverse" crowd, I thought I'd throw some of em out there. Especially since a lot of songs today are using these old electro beats nowadays.

Also, any old freestyle music is usually in or around this range--

-Lisa Lisa (Let The Beat Hit Em, I Wonder If I Take You Home)
-Exposé (Point Of No Return, Come Go With Me, Exposed To Love)
-Shannon (Let The Music Play)
-The Cover Girls (Show Me)
-Trinere (They're Playing Our Song)
-Joyce Sims (All And All)
-Debbie Deb (Lookout Weekend, When I Hear Music)
-Orbit & Carol Hall (The Beat Goes On)
-Nocera (Summertime Summertime)
-Company B (Fascinated)
-Nice & Wild (Diamond Girl)

Again just tryin to give you more things you might be able to throw into a set and still keep people entertained and movin'.
Monk-A 5:12 PM - 9 November, 2006
great selection Osiris.
eder 8:15 PM - 9 November, 2006
jump on it
brass monkey
drop- fatman scoop
I pitch vibrate by petey pablo up to like 114 or 115 everytime I play it
djzoo 10:04 PM - 9 November, 2006
rodney o & joe cooley, mc shy d, chubb rock - no need to name songs.
joerockets 2:48 AM - 10 November, 2006
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Get Down Hit The Floor - Twista feat Pitbull
Shake - Pitbull
Culo - Pitbull
Toma - Pitbull
Ay Chico - Pitbull

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

-JR


joe, how do those songs work out for you? what kind of crowd do you spin for?


These songs work good. My main audience on Thursdays are mainly young college kids of from every cultural background. Ay Chico is really good
djskeetz 10:53 AM - 10 November, 2006
nice man, nice. keep rocking man.
typerel 4:33 PM - 10 November, 2006
Some classics I like to throw at this BPM...

The Jets - Crush on you
Jermaine Stewart - We don't have to take our clothes off
New Edition - Cool it now
Monk-A 5:01 PM - 10 November, 2006
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Some classics I like to throw at this BPM...

The Jets - Crush on you
Jermaine Stewart - We don't have to take our clothes off
New Edition - Cool it now


great tunes...

Crush on you is what Alan Brakes used for Most Wanted(?)