I shot extraordinary party DJ, Music Director, Producer, and DJ for Common, DJ Dummy…ok, ok, ok and my artist, a few weeks ago. Here are a few of the images. I can’t wait until it gets warmer, so we can go on location and hopefully get more creative shots!
Loving the Forever Roc Raida t-shirt picture, RIP Raida you are thoroughly missed.
Also check him out live every morning 7-9 AM, at the Breakfast Club. He starts your day off right…no more angry mornings!
There’s a secret location in Brooklyn. Well, not exactly a secret, but an undisclosed cathedral caged door that opens into a divinely lit dancing sanctuary. Finding this treasure is far from hard, but to add to its ambiance there’s no sign on the door, so I tell you, it’s called Deity.
On the border of Downtown Brooklyn and Cobble Hill, this 2 story gem is worth the trip because it holds the sounds of some of the best DJs in the world. This weekend in particular, DJ Dummy rocks the Underground; I really can’t wait!
Dummy truly understands how to communicate ‘have a good time’ to any crowd. And have a good time I will! No pretentious clubs, two-stepping & profiling to choppy DJ transitions, but instead just really dancing and vibing out; remembering what good Hip-Hop and music in general sounds like. It’s a perfect way to warm up on a cold night, no fuss. It’s an experience that leaves a smile on your face.
Come out and experience a DJ Dummy party. Saturday. Deity. Brooklyn. Don’t say i didn’t tell you…
Uh oh, someone is posting the Album of the Week late…and that someone is me!
This week’s choice is not quite the norm for me, but not all of my picks are based on love or popularity…but more because I’m actually listening to it. I had this fiendish desire to have a Hip-Hop pick this week, since I’ve had some complaints that I don’t have enough (i guess my Black card is getting revoked). Nothing really moved me though, and this week more than others, I desperately needed something that would move me figuratively and literally.
If you read Style Diary, Week 4, you’ll know that I’ve been lazy, so much so that I called it the Week of Sloth. So I did the unthinkable and went with some House music for my choice. As for as ‘Dance” genre, I like more drum and bass or some sort of electro-pop/rock/ or hip-hop fusion (DJ Shadow almost won, but I wanted something i haven’t heard); House isn’t normally my cup of tea, but I can deal with it in doses. The right dose is apparently, Strictly Rhythms Volume 2 Mixed by Mr V, which is a compilation album of popular House singles and remixes. It’s the perfect way not to get lyrics stuck in my head, focus, and get moving. The album puts me in a rhythmic trace that allows me to not only focus consistently and get some work done, but also has me dancing and working out. So kudos to House music.
The rhythm of the songs have been the impetus to keeping me productive, La Mezcia, Carnival 93 and Get Up are my top choices off the album… I might need to make Get Up my alarm in the mornings! Give them a listen and see if an overwhelming energy doesn’t take over your body!
Since I didn’t find a Hip-Hop pick, I thought it would be appropriate to post this new remix of Drake’s Money to Blow, by A-trak that came out this week…it’s kind of a compromise (not exactly a compromise, original Blow record is weak, and definitely needed a dose of some energy) between what I wanted this week and what I ended up picking. Although this one, doesn’t make me productive…it makes me want to be at the club wasted at 2am jumping up and down…that’ll be this weekend! ha!
Hmmm….I wonder how that 24-hour champagne diet would work out?
A-Trak x Drake x Birdman, “Loonies to Blow”
I’m not going to write reviews on every album of the week, partly because i’m on vacation, plus that was my job in in 2005. Mos Def’s The Ecstatic (one of the best albums of the year) is this week’s pick because I was in a ‘real’ hip-hop mood, plus I can not stop sing-humming that part of Auditorium…”badada bada da ba dada, badada bada da ba dada, su su sido bopidy sido bopidy sido bopidy, keep on rockin it…”
Check the album, you’ll rock your head!
Apparently the turntable staple of the DJing industry, Technics, is halting production of Technics 1200s and Technics 1210s in early 2010, due to lack of sales. I’m sure Serato can be accredited to the lack of sales, it is a genius invention…but oh technology; electronic evolution. As one thing develops, then the former ceases to extincts…sad cycle.
For more info read here.
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