Every superstar DJ out there should take note.
Earlier this week, Activision revealed the complete set list for their upcoming title DJ Hero. The list is comprised of a whopping 93 songs in total, with each entry typically a mash-up of two disparate musical genres.
Hip-hop fans will definitely be pleased, with several tracks each by Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, and the Beastie Boys in the mix. But there's a little something for everyone, with Gwen Stefani, Daft Punk, Foreigner, Queen, The Jackson 5, and Rihanna also figuring prominently. For the full set list, see the press release below.
DJ Hero ships for Wii on October 27.
ACTIVISION UNVEILS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DJ HERO™ MUSIC SET LIST
Featuring 93 Exclusive Mixes Spanning Hip Hop, Rock, Pop, R&B, Dance and More, Set List Delivers Original Music Only Available in DJ Hero
Santa Monica, CA - October 6, 2009 - Hailed in the press as one of the most fun, innovative and highly-anticipated games of the year, Activision Publishing Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today dropped the needle on DJ Hero’s™ full set list featuring 93 exclusive mixes from the biggest stars in hip hop, R&B, rock, pop and dance and created by some of the greatest DJs of all time. On October 27th, living room legends and budding superstar DJs alike will start the party off right with an unprecedented array of talent DJs including DJ AM, Cut Chemist, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Jazzy Jeff, J. Period, DJ Shadow and DJ Z-Trip spinning tracks from JAY-Z to Eminem; Daft Punk to Black Eyed Peas; Rihanna to The Killers; Kid Cudi to Gwen Stefani; and Marvin Gaye to Beastie Boys.
Tapping a massive cultural phenomenon and bringing the most popular music of almost every genre to the masses in an all-new, interactive way, media are already taking notice:
"House parties will never be the same" - Best Social/Casual/Puzzle Game - Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2009
"DJ Hero is going to do what Guitar Hero did for guitars." - San Jose Mercury News
"A reminder of why the music genre became so popular in the first place" - IGN.
The complete DJ Hero 93 mix, on-disc set list will include:
• 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)
Expanding upon the revolutionary easy to pick up/challenging to master gameplay mechanics developed and refined in Guitar Hero®, DJ Hero delivers an all-new interactive music experience that allows players to start the party and not only experience, but to hear music in an all-new way. With over 100 individual songs, highlighted in 93 unique never-before-released mixes that blend genres of music, including hip-hop, pop, rock and dance, DJ Hero delivers the most diverse and international collection of music ever assembled in a music game by incorporating anthems from legendary artists. Created exclusively for DJ Hero, the turntable controller immerses fans into the DJ culture and a sea of music as they utilize and master various DJ techniques including scratching, crossfading and sampling, while leaving room for creative expression with a variety of effects and player chosen samples and scratches, transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party.
The DJ Hero Renegade Edition featuring JAY-Z and Eminem includes a copy of the game, a premium Renegade turntable controller, hardshell turntable carrying case that converts to a performance-ready DJ stand, and an exclusive JAY-Z and EMINEM 2-CD pack featuring "best of" and new, unreleased material.
DJ Hero is being developed by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems and the Wii™ system from Nintendo. The game is rated "T" (Teen - Mild Suggestive Themes, Lyrics) by the ESRB. For more information about DJ Hero, please visit djhero.com, facebook.com/djhero and twitter.com/djhero. To pre-order DJ Hero, check out djhero.com/preorder.
