Spin all 93 Tracks in DJ Hero

by Christopher Kirkman · Published October 7, 2009 · Updated

I’ll preface this by saying, I’m not sold on DJ Hero. It’s a music game requiring yet another proprietary peripheral about a section of the industry that isn’t so much about making music as it is modifying it. That’s not to say I’m discounting the talents of DJs around the world, but any real DJ will tell you that the art is in the improvisation of mixing and tweaking existing tracks to do their whim. A concept that is completely lost in a game that relies heavily on following a set path of button pressing and pattern matching.

Now, I’m sure I said something similar about Guitar Hero when it first came out, and I’ll be the first to admit, I LOVE the GH and Rock Band games enough to the point that I’m writing this with a real 6-string just a few inches away that I’ve been learning to play for the past few years.

So for all those who ARE excited to play air-turntable, here’s all 93 mixes to come with the title:

2Pac – “All Eyez On Me” vs. The Aranbee Pop Orchestra – “Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)”
50 Cent – “Disco Inferno” vs. David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
50 Cent – “Disco Inferno” vs. InDeep – “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life”
Afrika Bambaataa – “Zulu Nation Throwdown” vs. Freedom Express – “Get Down”
Beastie Boys – “Here’s A Little Somethin’ For Ya” vs. DJ Shadow – “The Number Song (2009 Version)” (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
Beastie Boys – “Intergalactic” vs. Blondie – “Rapture”
Beastie Boys – “Lee Majors Come Again” vs. Daft Punk – “Da Funk” (Produced and mixed by Cut Chemist)
Beck – “Where It’s At” vs. DJ Shadow – “Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)”
Bell Biv DeVoe – “Poison” Beat Juggle
Bell Biv DeVoe – “Poison” vs. Beastie Boys – “Intergalactic” (Produced and mixed by DJ AM)
Bell Biv DeVoe – “Poison” vs. Cameo – “Word Up!”
Benny Benassi – “Satisfaction” vs. Tiësto – “Elements Of Life”
Billy Squier – “The Big Beat” vs. N.E.R.D. – “Lapdance” (DJ-Guitar mix)
Black Eyed Peas – “Boom Boom Pow” vs. Benny Benassi – “Satisfaction”
Bobby “Blue” Bland – “Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City” vs. 2Pac – “How Do You Want It”
Bobby “Blue” Bland – “Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City” vs. Connie Price & The Keystones – “Fuzz And Them”
Boogie Down Productions – “Jack Of Spades” vs. David Bowie – “Let’s Dance” (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers – “Bustin’ Loose” vs. The Zombies – “Time Of The Season” (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers – “Bustin’ Loose” vs. Young MC – “Bust A Move”
Common – “Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)” vs. Masta Ace – “Jeep A** Gutter (Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir RMX)” (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
Cypress Hill – “Insane In The Brain” vs. Classics IV – “Spooky”
Cypress Hill – “Insane In The Brain” vs. David Axelrod – “The Edge”
Daft Punk – “Around The World” vs. Young MC – “Bust A Move”
Daft Punk – “Da Funk” vs. N.A.S.A. – “Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip”
Daft Punk – “Megamix 1”
Daft Punk – “Megamix 2”
Daft Punk – “Robot Rock” vs. Hashim – “Al Naafyish (The Soul)” (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
Daft Punk – “Robot Rock” vs. Queen – “We Will Rock You”
Daft Punk – “Short Circuit” vs. Boogie Down Productions – “Jack Of Spades”
Daft Punk – “Technologic” vs. Gary Numan – “Cars”
Daft Punk – “Television Rules the Nation” vs. No Doubt – “Hella Good”
David Axelrod – “The Edge” vs. Eric B. & Rakim – “Eric B. Is President”
Dizzee Rascal – “Fix Up, Look Sharp” vs. DJ Shadow – “Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)”
Dizzee Rascal – “Fix Up, Look Sharp” vs. Justice – “Genesis”
DJ Shadow – “Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)” vs. D-Code – “Annie’s Horn”
Eminem – “My Name Is” vs. Beck – “Loser”
Fedde Le Grand – “Put Your Hands Up For Detroit” vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn – “I Can’t Stop (David Penn Remix)”
Foo Fighters – “Monkey Wrench” vs. Beastie Boys – “Sabotage” (DJ-Guitar mix)
Foreigner – “Juke Box Hero” vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs – “DJ Hero” (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
Foreigner – “Juke Box Hero” vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs – “DJ Hero” (DJ-Guitar mix, produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
Gang Starr – “Just To Get A Rep” vs. Mobb Deep – “Shook Ones, Pt 2” (Produced and mixed by J. Period)
Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.” vs. Blondie – “Atomic”
Grandmaster Flash’s – “Boom” vs. “Tap” (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool, DJ Demo – “Here Comes My DJ” vs. Gary Numan – “Cars” (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
Gwen Stefani – “Hollaback Girl” vs. Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.”
Gwen Stefani – “Hollaback Girl” vs. InDeep “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life” (Produced and mixed by DJ AM)
Gwen Stefani – “Hollaback Girl” vs. Rick James – “Give It To Me”
Herbie Hancock – “Rockit” Beat Juggle
Herbie Hancock – “Rockit” vs. N.E.R.D. – “Lapdance” (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
InDeep – “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life” vs. Cameo – “Word Up!”
Jackson 5 – “I Want You Back” vs. Gang Starr – “Just To Get A Rep” (Produced and mixed by DJ Yoda)
Jackson 5 – “I Want You Back” vs. Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life” (DJ-Guitar mix)
Jackson 5 – “I Want You Back” vs. Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life”
JAY-Z feat. Pharrell – “Change Clothes” vs. 2Pac – “All Eyez on Me”
JAY-Z – “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” vs. Eminem – “My Name Is”
JAY-Z – “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” vs. Jackson 5 – “I Want You Back”
JAY-Z – “Excuse Me Miss” vs. Rick James – “Give It To Me”
Jean Knight – “Mr. Big Stuff” vs. Masta Ace – “Born To Roll”
Jurassic 5 – “Jayou” vs. Billy Squier – “The Big Beat”
Jurassic 5 – “Jayou” vs. Herbie Hancock – “Rockit”
Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite” vs. Black Eyed Peas – “Boom Boom Pow”
Kool Moe Dee – “How Ya Like Me Now” vs. Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman – “I Like To Move It”
Little Richard – “Tutti Frutti” vs. Shlomo – “Beats” (Produced and mixed by DJ Yoda)
M.I.A. – “Paper Planes” vs. Eric B. & Rakim – “Eric B. Is President” (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
M.I.A. – “Paper Planes” vs. Wale – “Lookin’ At Me”
Marvin Gaye – “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” vs. David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
Marvin Gaye – “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” vs. Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.”
Motörhead – “Ace Of Spades” vs. Noisia – “Groundhog” (DJ-Guitar mix)
N.A.S.A. – “Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip” vs. Isaac Hayes – “Theme From Shaft”
Noisia – “Groundhog” Beat Juggle (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
Paul van Dyk – “Nothing But You” vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn – “I Can’t Stop (David Penn Remix)”
Public Enemy – “Shut ‘Em Down” vs. Beck – “Where It’s At”
Public Enemy ft. Zakk Wylde – “Bring The Noise 20XX” vs. Justice – “Genesis” (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
Public Enemy featuring Zakk Wylde – “Bring The Noise 20XX” (DJ-Guitar mix)
Q-Tip – “Good Thang” vs. Billy Squier – “The Big Beat” (Produced and mixed by J. Period)
Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” vs. Beastie Boys – “Brass Monkey” (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” vs. Daft Punk – “Da Funk”
Rihanna – “Disturbia” vs. Kid Sister – “Control”
Rihanna – “Disturbia” vs. The Killers – “Somebody Told Me” (DJ-Guitar mix)
Rihanna – “Disturbia” vs. The Trammps – “Disco Inferno”
Shlomo – “Beats” vs. Billy Squier – “The Big Beat”
Street Sweeper Social Club – “Fight! Smash! Win!” vs. Beastie Boys – “Intergalactic” (DJ-Guitar mix)
Tears For Fears – “Shout” vs. DJ Shadow – “Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)”
Tears For Fears – “Shout” vs. Eric B. & Rakim – “Eric B. Is President” (Produced and mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
Tears For Fears – “Shout” vs. Eric Prydz – “Pjanoo”
The Aranbee Pop Orchestra – “Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)” vs. LL Cool J – “Rock The Bells” (Produced and mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
The Scratch Perverts Beats and Pieces (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
The Killers – “Somebody Told Me” vs. Eric Prydz – “Pjanoo”
Vanilla Ice – “Ice Ice Baby” vs. MC Hammer – “U Can’t Touch This”
Vanilla Ice – “Ice Ice Baby” vs. Paula Abdul – “Straight Up”
Wale – “Lookin’ At Me” vs. Black Eyed Peas ft. Tippa Irie – “Hey Mama”
Weezer – “Beverly Hills” vs. Evidence, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, Rakaa & 88 Keys – “Fresh Rhymes And Videotape” (DJ-Guitar mix)
Wild Cherry – “Play That Funky Music” vs. Gang Starr – “Just To Get A Rep” (DJ-Guitar mix)

A few of these do actually catch my eye. I happen to like Daft Punk, and I’ve been known to sing along with the Beastie Boys, even Rihanna (but don’t tell my wife). Still, I don’t expect to drop a grand on my own mixer and turntable setup anytime soon.

DJ Hero: developed by FreeStyleGames, published by Activision for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS2 and Wii is slated for release October 27, 2009