My friends are throwing me a house party for my birthday this weekend, and we need tunes. There should be about 50 people in a relatively small space, and we want a good mix of current hip-hop, danceable music, throwbacks from the 1996-2004 era (Nelly, Ja Rule etc) and electronic/house/dance. NO DUBSTEP. Throw your suggestions this way.
Eric Krasno (guitarist--Soulive) put out a really great mix tape that's always worked well at parties. It's a combination of everything from Jay Z to James Brown all melded together really well. You can stream it first to check it out and then download it from here.
Ratatat & Girl Talk should have you covered, to be honest. Maybe some MSTRKRFT remixes. Otherwise, current hip hop: Childish Gambino - EP Frank Ocean - nostalgia, ULTRA. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne Wiz Khalifa - Kush & OJ Kendrick Lamar - Overly Dedicated & Section.80 Dancier stuff: Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds Daft Punk - Homework & Discovery M.I.A. - Kala & Piracy Funds Terrorism Outkast - Stankonia For a more throwback crowd: Kanye West - The College Dropout & Late Registration The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die Nelly - Country Grammar Jay-Z - The Black Album Dr. Dre - 2001 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II & III Sugar Ray - Floored
Hip-Hop/R&B Songs: Home Alone (an absolute MUST)- R. Kelly & Keith Murray Pimpin' Life- Big Black Lincoln Watch Out Now- The Beatnuts Let's Get High- Dr. Dre Lose Yourself- Eminem No Diggity- Blackstreet Return of the Mack- Mark Morrison Lap Dance- N.E.R.D Vivrant Thing- Q-Tip When the Last Time- The Clipse Gravel Pit- Wu-Tang Clan Musicology- Prince Y.O.U.- Method Man & Redman Lowrider- Cypress Hill Can I Get a...- Jay-Z feat. Ja-Rule Get it on Tonight- Montell Jordan House/Dance songs (nothing techno speed, under 140 bpm)- Spread Love- Fight Club Lola's Theme- Shapeshifters U.K Battle Flag- Lo Fidelity All-Stars Able to Love- Benny Benassi Little "L"- Jamiroquai How Did you Know- Mynt Hard- Africanism Which Way you're Going- Robbie Rivera I Want You- Paris Avenue Just a Little More Love (Wally Lopez mix) - David Guetta At the End- Iio Dark Beat - Oscar G. & Ralph Falcon Hear my Name- Armand Van Helden Fired Up- Funky Green Dogs If I think up more I'll add.
Uggh. No offense, but I'm getting tired of Girl Talk being the go to playlist for every party. The rest of your selections are awesome and many of the same have found its way onto mine, but Girl Talk just seems lazy to me. Look into some of the remixes Aviici has put out recently. He just did a remix of Coldplay's new single thats just perfect party music. And to be honest, if you want girls to be pleased, toss on the new Guetta album. We did last weekend and people kept raving about the party soundtrack.
Yeah, I'm not a huge huge fan myself - I think most of his mixes are kind of mediocre. Girls seem to like it, though. I tried not to go too music snob with the list. A little more underground: Kno does a great remix of Jay-Z's Black Album, called The White Albulum. There's also, of course, The Grey Album by Dangermouse. Almost forgot Big Boi - Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty. Not technically an OutKast album, but just as good. Also: Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury. You can't go wrong with the fucking Neptunes on the beats.