July 27, 2009
DJ Jazzy Jeff Brings the DJ Hero
Party to Life with his Turntable Skills and Likeness
DJ Jazzy Jeff, GRAMMY Award winning
hip-hop and R&B record producer, actor and world famous turntablist will ascend
to the virtual stage this fall in Activision Publishing, Inc. and Guitar Hero’s
highly anticipated video game DJ Hero. In addition to joining the distinguished
rank of playable characters that will appear in the game, including DJ Shadow,
DJ Z-Trip, Grandmaster Flash, DJ AM and others, DJ Jazzy Jeff will shake the
room and bring the party to life with his own set list featuring two exclusive
mixes hand created by the legend himself – Tears for Fears “Shout” vs. Eric B. &
Rakim “Eric B. Is President” and LL Cool J “Rock the Bells” vs. The Aranbee Pop
Symphony Orchestra “Bittersweet Symphony.”
“I am very, very excited DJ culture
is finally getting its due. To have a song in DJ Hero is a dream come true; to
be a character someone can pick up the controller and select you and play is
probably the biggest thing to happen to me in my career,” said DJ Jazzy Jeff.
“Music is so much a part of everyone’s life, DJ Hero is going to appeal to
almost everybody.”
Expanding upon the revolutionary
easy to pick up/challenging to master gameplay mechanics developed and refined
in Guitar Hero, DJ Hero delivers an all-new interactive music experience that
allows players to rule the party and not only experience, but to hear music in
an all-new way. With over 100 individual songs, highlighted in over 80 unique
never-before-released mixes that blend genres of music, including hip-hop, R&B,
pop, rock and electronica, DJ Hero delivers the most diverse and international
collection of music ever assembled in a music game by incorporating anthems from
legendary artists. Created exclusively for DJ Hero, the turntable controller
immerses fans into DJ culture and a sea of music as they utilize and master
various DJ techniques including scratching, blending, cross fading and sampling,
while leaving room for creative expression with a variety of effects and player
chosen samples and scratches, transforming a face in the crowd into the life of
the party.
Click here to see a new
DJ Jazzy Jeff video from DJ Hero.
DJ Hero is being developed by
FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360, the PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation 2 and the Wii.
The game is not yet rated by the ESRB. For more information about DJ Hero,
please visit djhero.com.
For more information on DJ Jazzy
Jeff, please visit
djjazzyjeff.com.
