Happy New Year Everybody!

The new year is starting out great for me…I’ve been pulled back into my old hustle of making customized mixtapes. I had so much fun with this one. This is the story:

One of my good friends L put me in touch one of her friends who was having a cruise ship wedding. When it was determined that my schedule wouldn’t allow me to go to DJ for her, she still wanted a mixtape of her and the groom’s favorite songs done by me. She arranged for the ship’s DJ to allow her to play the cd. Now I know he ain’t gonna be happy when he see them having a ball to my set and sitting during his…but…that’s not my problem.

We contracted a nice rate, she sent me her list of 50 songs. I pared that down to 34 and I produced a pretty tight mix. Matter of fact…the mix was so good I needed to share it with yall too. It has everything on it from hip-hop to soca. A little reggae, some R&B and of course some old school. This is not the final mix that I’m producing for her but it will be very similar with specialized drops and such.

I will be hyping my customized mixtapes for hire in the future so i hope you email me at djdivathemixtress@gmail.com if you have need for something special. For my friend L I made her cds for her 30th b’day with a song from each year of her birth. She gave them out a party favors on her b’day trip to Vegas! I’m also excited about this because I know my niche is small parties and weddings. There will be more info forthcoming about contracting me for that.

Enjoy the mix!

Track Listing
1. Everybody – Anthony Hamilton (The Bride and Groom’s song)
2. Before I Let Go – Frankie Beverly & Maze
3. Outstanding – Gap Band
4. You Called And Told Me – Jeff Redd
5. Let’s Get Married (Remix Run DMC) – Jagged Edge
6. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyonce
7. Get Me Bodied – Beyonce
8. Check the Ryhme – A Tribe Called Quest
9. Hypnotized – Notorious B.I.G.
10. Say Aah – Trey Songz
11. In the Club – 50 Cent
12. Baby By Me – 50 Cent Ft. Ne-Yo
13. Stay With Me – Neyo
14. Step In The Name Of Love (remix) – R. Kelly
15. Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z Ft. Alicia Keys
16. Life (Is What You Make It) – Frighty & Colonel Mite
17. No Letting Go – Wayne Wonder
18. Party Time (Diwali Riddim) – Danny English ft. Eggnog
19. Tempted to Touch – Rupee
20. Turn Me On – Kevin Lyttle
21. Groove Me – Guy
22. Poison – Bell Biv Devoe
23. Wanna Be Starting Something – Michael Jackson
24. Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
25. PYT (Pretty Young Thing) – Michael Jackson
26. Closer – Ne-Yo
27. Million Dollar Bill – Whitney Houston
28. What Happens In The Party – Rupee
29. Dollar Wine – Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
30. Carnival – Destra Ft. Machel
31. Freakum Dress – Beyonce
32. Put It In A Love Song – Alicia Keys Ft. Beyonce
32. Miss Independent – Ne-Yo
33. Do I Do – Stevie Wonder
34. Gonna Have A Funky Good Time – James Brown

It’s MARCH!!! That means it’s my birthday month! This Month I’m turning the big 3-5!

My musical lifespan includes 4 decades of music starting with the 70′s. I’m proud to be a 70′s baby LOL.

So we starting the month off with some of my disco favorites. My parents were hustle fanatics and my father was the Dominican Hustle King of 135th and Broadway! That me with my disco daddy! In the seventies and the early part of the eighties…everybody did the hustle…and if you weren’t fly with it? I’ve been told they quickly shut you down on the dance floor! I still do the hustle. My cousin C and I usually end up doing it at family functions, to the delight of our younger generation who weren’t as fortunate as we were to see it up close by Pros. I didn’t include Van McCoy’s “Do The Hustle” in the mixtape ….but I have a video to show you what it was like if you don’t know!!!

I’m gonna follow it up with the REMIX on Thursday so if you don’t hear your favorite…don’t be discouraged! I hope you all enjoy it and don’t forget to give me some birthday love this month!

Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon – Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
Native New Yorker – Odyssey (DJ Diva Theme Song)
Love To Love you – Donna Summer
Love Hangover – Diana Ross (DJ Diva Karaoke Song)
Dim All The Lights- Donna Summer (DJ Diva Karaoke Song)
Don’t Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston (DJ Diva Karaoke Song)
I Love The Nightlife – Alicia Bridges(DJ Diva Karaoke Song)
More Than A Woman – Bee Gees
I Just Want To Be Your Everything- Andy Gibb
He’s The Greatest Dancer – Sister Sledge
Boogie Nights – Earth, Wind & Fire
Second Time Around (Extended Disco Mix) – Shalamar
All I Do – Stevie Wonder
Love Is The Message – MFSB & The SalSoul Orchestra
Love’s Theme – Love Unlimited Orchestra