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A Falling Star

May 23rd, 2006 by Daniel

This song appears on the Internet credited to DJ Rankin and “DJ Ranking.” While it sounds much like a typical DJ Rankin mix, its authenticity hasn’t been confirmed.

The main song in A Falling Star is actually the 2004 track Alive by Starsplash, which has been sped up with acapella rapping and scratching mixed in. The rap vocal is by Public Enemy’s Chuck D. The phrase “Here we go again” is from the song Bring the Noise and the “Only if I had one more…” rap is from the song Hazy Shade of Criminal. It is possible that Rankin was inspired by Dairymilk Warrior’s 2001 jungle track One More, which also uses the “Only if I had one more…” sample.

The most distinctive feature of this track is the extended scratch sequence. The scratching is fairly advanced, and Rankin has never been known as a scratch DJ, so it’s safe to assume that he did not perform the scratching himself. Most likely, the scratching was a recording that Rankin added on top of Alive.

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10 Responses to “A Falling Star”

  1. on 22 Aug 2006 at 5:29 pm1 Gareth Johnstone

    i think you are a brillant DJ man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. on 06 Oct 2006 at 9:23 am2 amy

    hya dj rankin loveeeeeeeee ur songs!!! wb wen cn lv ya

  3. on 19 Oct 2006 at 1:44 pm3 alex

    this is 1 ov my favourite dj rankin songs its wkd

  4. on 14 Nov 2006 at 5:11 pm4 jordan

    song is wkd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. on 17 Nov 2006 at 12:47 pm5 emma

    omg i lv u!! l,v all ur wee songs im ur biggest fan!! and ur so sxc!! call me haha xxxxxx

  6. on 04 Dec 2006 at 6:01 pm6 S h o l a.x

    I LOVE THAT TUNE SOOOOO MUCH!

    ♥ ur music!

  7. on 13 Dec 2006 at 3:35 pm7 kerry_x

    this is a ace tune n u r so tidy xxxxxxxxxxxxx

  8. on 13 Dec 2006 at 11:19 pm8 Alyx-x

    omg!! yer so so stunnin babiee!! n yer songs r eh damage:P:P make yin wif muh name in it plewz xxxx

  9. on 14 Dec 2006 at 10:23 pm9 DJ

    i’ll keep’er short, it was good but you should redo it but with more scratchin’

  10. on 13 Jan 2007 at 1:30 pm10 louise

    i love ure song i hink thy are gd gd i cya l8r

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