Chart Topper Challenge

9 banners were lifted as the national finals began and by the end of the night Swagger Crew were the first to watch their banner fall.

On the bright side… behold the return of “Master Mix Stories!”

Blueprint Cru
This features the Ting Ting’s “That’s Not My Name”. This is a fun song that is popular especially in the dance community and we knew we did a good job when Nathalie from the crew stopped us at dinner during the taping and gave us props for the mix.

Blueprint Cru Master Mix of “That’s Not My Name” by The Ting Tings

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Jungle Boogie
“How Low” by Ludacris is one of our favorite songs out now and gives you so many parts to include in a master mix. When we first met with Jungle Boogie a couple weeks ago they had phrases that they wanted us to include in their mixes to buck and juke to. One of them was “Get Some” and we thought it would be a good way to start the mix. The other thing about doing a mix for this crew is to try to integrate the animal themes and this time we went for the big cat theme. We figured that animal definitely gets low so it worked. They wanted to have a section to african dance to so we included a tribal section at the end to really give them a big finish.

Jungle Boogie Master Mix of “How Low” by Ludacris

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Royal Flush
We saw Jay Sean perform “Down” at this years Power 106 FM holiday concert called “Cali Christmas” and he really surprised us. Not only does he have a great voice, but he can beatbox too! Also, he says “blokes” – cause he’s British, which is charming. Also it makes him sound really smart. Also surprising was this week’s performance by Royal Flush. After a tepid review from the judges last week, they really brought it up a level this week.

Royal Flush Master Mix of “Down” by Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne

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Saltare
While walking up to the studio entrance this week, sixxxHole saw someone walking to the stage alongside him with a sign that read “Mansplits all day”. Turns out, after Billy from Saltare’s stunning mansplits (in the immortal words of JC Chasez) in their regional episode, he’s caused enough buzz on the web to earn him an official mansplits fan page on facebook. Better yet was the reveal that the person carrying the sign was Billy’s sister! Anyway, no man splits this week, but Saltare still killed it to a crazy mix of Pibull’s “Hotel Room Service” which wasn’t their original mix but this song worked really well for them and surprisingly lends itself to what they do. Although at the last minute, MTV standards and practices informed us that the word “gushy” wasn’t acceptable for air. Not sure why, but nonetheless, we had to change the words to “that nasty, that nasty stuff” instead.

Saltare Master Mix of “Hotel Room Service” by Pitbull

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Static Noyze
This was a really fun one to make because while we like the original version of”Whatcha Say” by Jason DeRulo, we got to really dive into our more theatrical side with a nice piano breakdown in the middle. They were so happy with it that they stopped us before the show to thank us. No shablams this week, unfortunately, but they more than made up for it with a really pretty piece that told a whole story in just 55 seconds.

Static Noyze Master Mix of “Whatcha Say” by Jason Derulo

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Swagger Crew
We were excited to do this mix this week. It reminded us of working with the guys from Red Zone, when we did the J.Lo mix for the AMA’s. We actually got to hear the original version of the beat with the Dream singing what would become Rihanna’s part. Always fun seeing the process come together. Shout out to Tricky, Urbo, Kuk, Wuepper and everyone else over at Red Zone.

Swagger Crew Master Mix of “Hard” by Rihanna feat. Jeezy

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Poreotix
You never know quite what you’re going to get with Poreotix. Since they were performing to “Day N Night” by Kid Cudi this week, we decided to go with a sleepytime theme, complete with the sounds of alarm clocks, snoring and, of course a woodland owl. Well, we’re not sure it’s a “woodland” owl, but it is definitely an owl of some sort – you’d have to consult with an ornithologist to get confirmation on that. Anyway – they were dope.

Poreotix Master Mix of “Day ‘n’ Nite” by Kid Cudi

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Hype 5-0
This was not the song that we did a mix for them originally but turned out to be a good fit. “Imma Be” by BEP is a dope song but has a tempo change in the middle which made it a little more challenging than the other mixes this week. When we found out that the end of the routine would include some crew members diving in the ocean, we were excited to put in some “island feel” at the end. You might not catch it at first but upon second or third listening you will notice the ukuleles and lap steel with cocoanut percussion to give them a distinct ending.

Hype 5-0 Master Mix of “Imma Be” by Black Eyed Peas

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Heavy Impact
As soon as we heard that this crew got “Say Ahhh” by Trey Songz Featuring Fabolous we knew it was going to be a good routine. We were happy to get in some of Fabo’s verse which was hard when the mixes this week could only be :55 sec long. This mix got some extra sexy D78 treatment and the guys did not disappoint with their dance. Small blocks forever!

Heavy Impact Master Mix of “Say Ahh” by Trey Songz feat. Fabolous

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Battle Mix
The Battle Mixes are usually a pretty tough nut to crack but Ke$ha’s “TikTok” ended up being a good fit for the crews to battle it out to. This was not the original song slated for the battle and after doing several mixes of this battle with a whole different song, we switched gears because of the popularity of this club anthem. Considering the episode is labeled the “Chart Topper Challenge” it seemed more fitting than the Lil Jon song originally selected. We really enjoyed one of the first versions we did of this mix where she goes “Wake up in the Morning feelin’ like” then gets interrupted by “Round One”.

Battle Mix of “Tik Tok” by Ke$sha

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