Reply to Inspire & Educate: The Role Of The Deejay

I've been meaning to make party mix for awhile and after my comments spawned a discussion on Pipomixes back in July.

Moreover a famous deejay asked me recently what I rather hear at a club, a Nas classic "It Ain't Hard to Tell" or Chief Keef's "I Don't Like"? My response is neither!
In my view the role of the Deejay is not playing what the crowd wants to hear since the crowd doesn't want hear new music and are satisfied to listen to the same 500 songs over and over again. It's your job as deejay to expose them to new music that is as good or better than they are used to hearing.

Another role of deejay is to inspire the young deejays and older deejays to step their game with their track selection and/or skills. That's how it was when I was coming up. Looking over all the deejays around me at that time (mid 80's) I was inspired and educated by all that I heard and seen. Now that is not the case today. Most deejays,even the celebrity DJ's have become mediocre. They have become nothing more than an average 80's wedding DJ,playing middle of the road for music for middle of the road people.

That's not me,never have been and never will. I'm not stuck in the past nor do I allow corporations to dictate what's a good song. I still dig for my music.

With Inspire & Educate - The Role Of The Deejay, even though, it's not a live mix I tried to keep a live feel to the mix. It's raw and gritty,very unpolished.It may not be what you expect from a "Party Mix" (Psycho Realm & Public Enemy??) but it's exactly what I want to hear at a party/club.....unknown tunes,live blends,instrumentals, drum breaks and great music.


The Dynamic Hamza 21