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New DJ Heroes Cut Chemist and J. Period Enter Fray

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by Annette Gonzalez on September 17, 2009 at 04:09 PM
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The talent list for Activision's upcoming DJ Hero is swelling by the day. The turntable-based music rhythm is receiving new mixes from esteemed sultans of scratch J.Period and Cut Chemist. The new DJs join late DJ AM, DJ Grandmaster Flash, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip, The Scratch Perverts and DJ Yoda to compile a staggering 93-mix song list.

Cut Chemist is the founding member of Jurassic 5, a Grammy award winning artist. His contribution is a mix featuring "unreleased music from one of the biggest bands in the world," according to Activision's press release. The other new DJ, J.Period, has two fresh tracks to contribute:

Q-Tip “Good Thang” vs. Billy Squier “Big Beat”
Gang Starr “Just to Get a Rep” vs. Mobb Deep “Shook Ones, Part 2"

Even though Activision has been able to score a solid track list with incredible mash-ups, it will be interesting to see if that's enough for consumers to fork over the scratch to buy the game and expensive peripheral.

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  • by Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 06:47 PM

    So excited for DJ Hero.  This game is so fun to play.

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    by Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 02:48 PM

    Sweet. I'm mostly excited about Jazzy Jeff because he has some of the purest and clean sounds out there. He still caries that mid-90's hip hop jazz influence. I'm surprised to see J.Period on the list, but in a positive way. He's got some of the best mixtapes out there!

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    by Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 02:48 PM

    I think I like saying "out there"...

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    by Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 08:34 PM

    ^ Maybe a little bit.

    But Scratch: Ultimate DJ and DJ Hero are gonna end up having a feud akin to Rock Band and Guitar Hero unless one of these two are clearly superior.

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    by Monday, October 12, 2009 at 06:00 PM

    can't wait for this game to come out. This game might actually take me away from halo3 for a while. I hope its as good as it looks. and gotta nice price(not really)$119.00 or $200.00. i think its going to be worth it

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    by Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 04:54 PM

    100-200 dollers for a game NO :(

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    by Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 01:44 PM

    Looking forward to this! Ive heard its like learning guitar hero all over again.

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    by Monday, January 18, 2010 at 04:18 PM

    Dj hero is an awesome game

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    by Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 04:07 PM

    good more music

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    by Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 11:40 AM

    I think because of this game and virtual DJ on the computer I wanna be a real DJ like Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel.

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    by Friday, January 29, 2010 at 12:42 PM

    i think im get it

  • by Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 04:16 AM

    I am a big fan of DJ Hero. The guitar hero and Rock Band ruled the market for far too long. I am no guitar player, but I have DJ in the past. Spinning that wheel makes sense to me. The game has great music and I hope they will expand the game with more tracks.

    I would love to see if they could implement 2 Player battle via split screen or online. Also, maybe just maybe a create your mix. I doubt they will do that one, but it would be nice.

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    by Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 10:23 PM

    They sure are my heroes too.

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    by Sunday, September 04, 2011 at 07:10 PM

    I was told that DJ Hero killed the hero franchise. But I'm pretty sure Activision did it to themselves by milking the series dry.