Today we continue the Tricky Choruses series with some classic hip-hop party starters.

Bring Em Out – T.I.
1st & 2nd Choruses – 4 bars
3rd & 4th Chorus – 8 bars

Pump It Up – Joe Budden
1st Chorus – 6 bars
2nd Chorus – 12 bars (6 + 6)
3rd Chorus – 6 bars
4th Chorus – 12 bars

Magic Stick – 50 Cent ft. Lil Kim
All Choruses – 6 bars

Get Low – Lil Jon
All Chorus – 12 bars

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Since we started our Tricky Counts series we’ve gotten a few requests for counts of particular songs.  We’ve included those as well as a couple other current hits that we’re sure you’re all playing.

Love The Way You Lie – Eminem Ft. Rihanna
Intro Chorus – 9 bars
2nd & 3rd Chorus – 12 bars (8+4)

Hello, Good Morning – Diddy
Intro Chorus – 24 bars
2nd Chorus – 28 bars (24+4)
3rd Chorus – 12 bars

OMG – Usher
Intro Chorus – 24 bars
2nd Chorus – 24 bars
3rd Chorus – 40 bars

Dj Got Us Fallin In Love – Usher
1st & 2nd Chorus – 16 bars
3rd Chorus – 28 bars

I Like It – Enrique Iglesias
1st Chorus – 12 bars (8+4)
2nd Chorus – 8 bars
3rd Chorus – 24 bars (16+8)

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Continuing our tricky counts series, today we’re highlighting songs with 10 bar choruses.  To mix these songs correctly you have to hold off mixing your next 8 bar intro for 2 bars into the chorus.  These are some examples.  See if you can mix them correctly

Drake – Over (10 bar chorus)
Drake – Forever (10 bars chorus)
Jay-Z – Empire State of Mind (10 bars chrous)
Pras ft. Mya & ODB – Ghetto Superstar (10 bars chorus)

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Last week we started our tricky choruses series with a tutorial on counting beats and bars as a way to get us all on the same page.  Hopefully that tutorial will help as a reference throughout this series.  Today we’re highlighting 3 reggae tracks that can be tricky to mix out of because they have choruses that are shorter or longer than normal.  This is the breakdown.

Rich Girl  – Gwen Stefani & Eve: 4 extra beats in the chorus
Who Aam I (Zim Zimma) – Beenie Man: 6 bar chorus
Action – Terror Fabulous: 12 bar chorus broken up into 4 bars + 8 bars

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