DJ Hero 2 comes out October 19 and, at an exclusive sneak leak listening party inside Hollywood's My Studio Thursday night, we got to chat with super DJ A-Trak (Fools Gold, Kanye West, etc) who contributes two tracks on the game.

Before he was go-to guy for rap stars and a re-mix master, Trak was a big scratch champ, so we wondered if his cuts (a raucous version of Justice's ubiquitous “D.A.N.C.E.” and a mash-up of Naughty By Nature 's “O.P.P.” and Jackson 5's “ABC”) would be turntable toughies. They were somewhat challenging for us, but then our brief tenure as a “DJ” consisted of playing whole unmashed songs and fading in between (the horror!). Today's laptop poppers shouldn't have too much trouble, though.

“I kept in mind that people had to be able to perform these songs,” he told us. Still, he knows people expect “shock and awe” from him and he promises he didn't fall short. “There's a lot going on– a lot of samples, scratch solos… I just kind of exaggerated what I already do and what an acclaimed DJ would know how to do.”

As with Guitar Hero and its faux axe, being dexterous on the toy turntables doesn't equal being dope on the real thing. A good DJ is about rhythmic timing, intuitive beat matching and of course reading the crowd, but playing the game will hone reflexes and studying the stellar line-up of spinners and their uniquely mashed selections (over and over and over) can surely be educational.

The roster is impressive too. Along with A-Trak, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Shadow, RZA, Diplo, Tiesto and Z-Trip all contribute this time out. For those of us with slow hands, 2 also has the super-easy party mode of Guitar Hero and more mic capability for aspiring MCs and singers. In fact, if the trailer below is any indication, Activision is –smartly– marketing to aspiring vocalists nearly as much as steel wheelers. A lot of young girls wanna-be Gaga after all, and this clip just may sell more units because of it.

The first installment of the game did well, but some changes were obviously made, most notably soundtrack-wise. DJ1 was heavy on mash-ups of dance classics, and 2's got 'em too, along with more contemporary and electronic faves. See the masher-master and individual track lists below. If these sounds don't make for a floor-burning party-popping soundtrack, we don't know what does.

Mixes:

Produced and Mixed by A-Trak:

• Justice, “D.A.N.C.E.” Remix

• Naughty By Nature, “O.P.P.” mixed with Jackson 5, “ABC”

Produced and Mixed by Diplo:

• Kanye West, “Heartless” mixed with DJ Shadow, “Midnight In A Perfect World”

• Major Lazer feat. VYBZ Kartel, “Pon De Floor” mixed with Harold Faltermeyer, “Axel F”

Produced and Mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff:

• Busta Rhymes, “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See” mixed with M|A|R|R|S, “Pump Up The Volume”

Produced and Mixed by DJ Qbert:

• DJ Qbert, “Super Battle Breaks” Remix

• Newcleus, “Jam On It” (DJ Qbert vocals) Remix

Produced and Mixed by DJ Shadow:

• Kanye West, “Love Lockdown” mixed with Metallica, “The Day That Never Comes”

• Young Jeezy ft. Kanye West, “Put On” mixed with DJ Shadow feat. Q-Tip and Lateef The Truth Speaker, “Enuff (DJ Fresh Remix)”

Produced and Mixed by Tiësto:

• Adamski, “Killer” Remix

• Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance” Remix

Produced and Mixed by Z-Trip:

• Afrika Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force, “Planet Rock” mixed with The Crystal Method, “Busy Child (Still Busy After All These Years Remix)”

• Missy Elliott, “Get Ur Freak On” mixed with Dillinja and Skibadee, “Twist 'Em Out”

Produced and Mixed by RZA:

• Damian Marley, “Welcome to Jamrock” mixed with Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven”

• LL Cool J, “I Can't Live Without My Radio” mixed with Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee, “The Message”

Produced and Mixed by The Scratch Perverts:

• The Chemical Brothers ft. Q-Tip, “Galvanize” Remix

• The Prodigy, “Omen” mixed with Orbital, “The Box”

Songs:

• 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman, “California Love Remix”

• 50 Cent, “In Da Club”

• Adamski, “Killer”

• Afrika Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force, “Planet Rock”

• Armand Van Helden, “I Want Your Soul”

• A-Trak, “Say Whoa”

• B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars, “Nothin' on You”

• Basement Jaxx, “Where's Your Head At”

• BlakRoc feat. Pharoahe Monch & RZA, “Dollaz & Sense”

• Busta Rhymes, “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See”

• Calvin Harris, “I'm Not Alone”

• Chamillionaire, “Ridin'”

• Chic, “Good Times”

• Chic, “Le Freak”

• Clinton Sparks, DJ Class, & Jermaine Dupri, “Favorite DJ”

• Daft Punk, “Human After All”

• Damian Marley, “Welcome to Jamrock”

• David Guetta & Chris Willis, “Love Is Gone”

• David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi, “Memories”

• David Guetta vs. The Egg, “Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)”

• Deadmau5, “Ghosts N Stuff”

• Deadmau5 & Kaskade, “I Remember”

• Deee-Lite, “Groove Is in the Heart”

• Dillinja and Skibadee, “Twist 'em Out”

• Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden, “Bonkers”

• DJ Qbert, “Super Battle Breaks”

• DJ Shadow, “Midnight in a Perfect World”

• DJ Shadow feat. Q-Tip and Lateef the Truth Speaker, “Enuff (DJ Fresh Remix)”

• Donna Summer, “Bad Girls”

• Edwin Starr, “War”

• Eminem, “Not Afraid”

• Estelle feat. Kanye West, “American Boy”

• Flo Rida, “Low”

• Flo Rida feat. Will.I.Am, “In the Ayer”

• Gorillaz feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack, “Stylo”

• Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee, “The Message”

• Harold Faltermeyer, “Axel F”

• House of Pain, “Jump Around”

• Iyaz, “Replay”

• Janet Jackson, “Nasty”

• Justice, “D.A.N.C.E.”

• Justice, “Waters of Nazareth”

• Kanye West, “Heartless”

• Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”

• Kaskade & Deadmau5, “Move for Me”

• Kelis, “Acapella (David Guetta Extended Mix)”

• Kool & The Gang, “Jungle Boogie”

• Lady Gaga, “Lovegame”

• Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”

• Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis, “Just Dance”

• Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz feat. Ying Yang Twins, “Get Low”

• Lil' Wayne, “Go DJ”

• Lil' Wayne feat. Static Major, “Lollipop”

• LL Cool J, “I Can't Live Without My Radio”

• M.I.A., “Galang”

• M|A|R|R|S, “Pump up the Volume”

• Major Lazer feat. VYBZ Kartel, “Pon De Floor”

• Malcolm McLaren, “Buffalo Gals”

• Metallica, “The Day That Never Comes”

• Missy Elliott, “Get Ur Freak On”

• MSTRKRFT feat. N.O.R.E., “Bounce”

• Nas feat. Keri Hilson, “Hero”

• Naughty By Nature, “O.P.P.”

• Nelly, “Hot in Herre”

• New Boyz, “You're a Jerk”

• New Order, “Blue Monday”

• Newcleus, “Jam on It”

• Nightcrawlers, “Push the Feeling On (MK Mix 95)”

• Orbital, “The Box”

• Pirate Soundsystem, “Bashy Bashy”

• Pitbull, “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)”

• Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes, “Don't Cha”

• Rihanna, “Pon De Replay”

• Rihanna, “Rude Boy”

• Robin S, “Show Me Love (Stonebridge Radio Edit)”

• Salt N Pepa, “Push It”

• Sam Cooke, “Chain Gang”

• Sam Sparro, “B&G” a/k/a “Black & Gold”

• Sean Paul, “Infiltrate”

• Sean Paul, “Get Busy”

• Snoop Dogg, “Who Am I (What's My Name)?”

• Snow, “Informer”

• Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”

• Sparfunk & D-Code, “Apocalypse”

• Stevie Wonder, “Superstition”

• Talib Kweli, “Get By”

• The Chemical Brothers, “Leave Home”

• The Chemical Brothers feat. Q-Tip, “Galvanize”

• The Crystal Method, “Busy Child (Still Busy After All These Years Remix)”

• The Jackson 5, “ABC”

• The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Mase & Diddy, “Mo' Money, Mo' Problems”

• The Prodigy, “Omen”

• The Prodigy, “Firestarter”

• Tiësto, “Speed Rail”

• Tiësto & Sneaky Sound System, “I Will Be Here”

• Tiësto vs Diplo, “Come On”

• Tiga, “You Gonna Want Me”

• Timbaland feat. Drake, “Say Something”

• Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E., “The Way I Are”

• Tweet feat. Missy Elliott, “Oops (Oh My)”

• Walter Murphy, “A Fifth Of Beethoven”

• Warren G feat. Nate Dogg, “Regulate”

• Wayne Smith, “Under Mi Sleng Teng”

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix )”

• Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West, “Put On”

Advertising disclosure: We may receive compensation for some of the links in our stories. Thank you for supporting LA Weekly and our advertisers.