Keep It Real
30s preview
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 80/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:24
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Story
- Loudness
- -8.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.3 dB
- ISRC
- QM4TW1759623
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Keep It Real is a club-tempo story track in A major (11B) at 125 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). A 2017 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of CRi's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 88% of CRi's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 77% of CRi's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Keep It Real in?
Keep It Real by CRi is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Keep It Real?
Keep It Real runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Keep It Real?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Keep It Real good for peak time?
With energy 80 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 125 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-133 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 80/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 125 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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