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The Vibe
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Club Cred
Enhanced by
Lil Jon
Crunk meets Daft
Punk: Foghornsynth blasts, R&Bchick vocals and
Lil Jon’s punchin-the-gut yelps.
Says Jon, “My
job is to get
the party
started.”
“Drink until
your body
drops. . . . Let
your animal
out the
cage!”
Frequents Mansion in Miami,
Privé and Tao in
Vegas, and spots
in his native
Atlanta. “You
can’t make good
club music if you
don’t go to the
club,” he says.
The rapper
recommends
Patrón. “I do
a lot of shots,”
he says.
“Sometimes
I’m not paying
attention and
I drink 10.”
Pitbull
Over a synthtrumpet sample
from the Nightcrawlers’ 1990s
house hit “Push
the Feeling On,”
the Miami MC
invites freaky ladies back to the
Holiday Inn.
“I’m the
plumber
tonight, I’ll
check your
pipes.”
Pitbull’s been
clubbing since
he was 13: “I
grew up in the
hood clubs, the
European spots,
the Spanish
spots. I know
what a good
club record is.”
Try Pitbull’s
fave cocktail:
vodka and
cranberry with
a lime. “It’s like
a smoothie,”
he says.
Three 6
Mafia
The Memphis
duo ditch gangsta rap on this
blippy ode to
ass-jiggling. “We
gotta please our
pop fans,” says
Juicy “J.”
“I’m raw in da
club, fresh up
off the trap,
snatchin’ up
tail like an old
mousetrap.”
Juicy “J” and
DJ Paul hit the
disco nightly.
“Partying, going
to the bar, strip
clubs,” says
Juicy. “That’s
what Three
6 Mafia is all
about.”
A buttery
chardonnay
and poached
salmon.
Psych! How
about a giant
stack of bills
to throw at a
local stripper?
Flo Rida
Flo lifts the
super-irritating
hook from
1999’s “Blue (Da
Ba Dee),” by Italian act Eiffel 65.
Says the rapper,
“Catchy melodies are hot.”
Lame PG-13
candy metaphors: “My
lips like sugar/
My candy got
you sprung”;
“Squeeze the
sugar cane on
your mouth.”
Though he
samples a
Euro-trance hit,
the MC’s not
a big clubber.
“I do a show
almost every
night,” he says.
“That’s partying
enough.”
Stoli Razztinis
at your
bestie’s
bachelorette
party
LMFAO
The L.A. duo
of Sky Blu and
Redfoo blend
euphoric Justicestyle synths,
robo-vocals
and cornyass lyrics
about newfound love.
“You make
me feel super,
like the man
of steel/You
got me
going
stupid
picking
daffodils.”
The pair once
got busted for
table-dancing
at a Miami club.
“Too many
shots,” says Sky
Blu. “We go to
the club to get
fucked up, I’ll
tell you that.”
Twenty milligrams of
Adderall, half
a can
of Axe
body
spray
David Guetta
Perfect for
that pre-dawn
beach party in
Mykonos. Guetta
lays down a
dirty Euro-house
groove while
Kid Cudi
recalls an
epic rager.
“All the
crazy shit I
did tonight/
Those will
be the best
memories.”
This man has
been in the
club since 1984:
French-born
Guetta got his
start spinning
house and hiphop at Parisian
nightclubs when
he was 17.
Crystal MDMA
washed down
with Veuve
Clicquot rosé
on Christian
Audigier’s
yacht
“Give It All
U Got”
“Hotel Room
Service”
“Shake My”
“Sugar”
“La La La”
With Kid Cudi
“Memories”
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pez. The trend launched with the Black
Eyed Peas’ 2009 LP The E.N.D., which puts
a techno spin on hip-hop jams. “It’s the best
of both worlds,” says David Guetta, who
produced “I Gotta Feeling.” “Will.i.am and
I were jumping in the studio, screaming,
‘We made a new sound!’ ”
NICOLE FREHSÉE
w e n t y y e a r s ag o, r a ppe r s
mined James Brown and Parliament records for samples. Now
they’re snagging grooves from cheesy
Euro-disco jams – with turbo-paced beats,
trance-y synths and actual house-music
samples – that are straight outta St. Tro-