i love to be able to play a track through to the end. i know my records and what'll work,so that gives time for choppin. But i agree it needs to be subtle not just bangin the crossfader across for 4 beats every 16 bars! i like to use nice edits in the incoming track eg: kektex - lock had a drop early on in it where everything dropped for 4 beats and a vocal just said "LOCK" and then 4 303 notes hit really low. things like that make for lovely mixes... but like everything theres always exceptions and you need to know when these are gonna happen. sometimes a backspin and into the new track early on in the mix can pick a crowd right up and introduce an element of urgency. anyway just my thoughts...