As we all know, there is one thing many DJs love more than music itself, and that is HATING on other DJs.  Sometimes it’s justified – for instance, if there’s a fellow DJ you always give acapellas to, but when you ask for one they have, they won’t share.  Perhaps you let a fellow DJ cover a club night for you, and then they end up politicking with the owner, and undercut you to steal the night!   In that case, by all means, you have every right to hate on that DJ.   Lately, DJ Pauly D has been a hot topic in the DJ community, with many DJs talking trash about him via Twitter, Youtube, etc.  However, the hating in this case is NOT justified.

Everyone knows the deal so I won’t spend much time recapping.  It’s very simple.  Pauly was a DJ spinning local spots.   He became a star via MTV.  Now he’s doing huge club gigs for huge money.  The last sentence really shouldn’t puzzle anyone.   He has a huge mainly female following, which is every club owners dream.  The end result is you have an inexperienced DJ who is still in the process of getting better, now spinning at spots usually reserved for the game’s elite - while also out-earning them.

My question to all the haters is this:  “What would you do if you were in his shoes?”  If you were a newer DJ and got offered big bucks to play a big club, would you turn it down?  Would you say “Ehhh, I appreciate the offer sir, but you know, there are other DJs out there who are better than me.  I’m gonna keep practicing and I’ll get back to you in about five years once I’ve finally Read more…

Last weekend I was getting ready for the club and thinking I really wanted to play some new music. Not much different than gearing up for any weekend. But I couldn’t seem to find anything new in the usual places. Plus, I wanted the “new” music I found to be stuff my crowd would like.

So I did something I’d been meaning to do for a long time. I went back into my hard drive and went through a bunch of vinyl rips from old party breaks, mostly AV8′s.I hadn’t played or heard a lot of them in 3, 4, 5 or even more years. It felt like I was discovering something completely new! But it was familiar. Which was exactly what I was looking for.

I know this isn’t rocket science. We all go back and find old gems we’ve forgotten. But maybe we should do it more often. Finding some of these old AV8′s made me miss the days of 90′s hip-hop party breaks. They were so simple and straight forward, but they were so raw!! To me it’s kind of like listening to hiphop’s heartbeat. I think my crowd thought so too. Those tracks were exactly what I needed for the weekend and they set the party off right!

These are the TOP 5 oldskool party breaks I rediscovered (in no particular order):

1) Puerto Rico 2000 (3 Cuts Mix)
2) Hands In The Air (10 Crack Commandments) – Big Will Rosario
3) Get it on Tonight – Crooklyn Clan
4) Work Dat (Culo Party Mix) – Nel Blanco
5) Roc-A-Way (Get It Up Right Now) – V Smoove & Serg the Sniper

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Dj JD