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Is He The Greatest DJ? Idris Elba Rocks Out Rinse.fm [AUDIO]

The Urban Daily — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:38:47 +0000

Long before “The Wire” and “LUTHER” Idris Elba was an underground DJ back in the U.K. Even though he’s now one of the hottest stars in Hollywood, his love for the wheels of steel hasn’t taken a back seat to his thriving acting career. In a recent trip back home, Elba reunited with his DJ buddies, The Clairvoyants, for a wicked set of soulful, dark wave techno on Rinse.fm. Sounds like Big Driis hasn’t lost his touch on the turntables.

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You can catch The Clairvoyants on Rinse.fm Saturday evenings starting at 8P.M. EST

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Does Lil Wayne Have A Future As A Celebrity DJ? [VIDEO]

Hello Beautiful — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:10:36 +0000

Alicia Keys, Kanye West joined the celebrity DJ club in 2011, and now it looks like Lil Wayne wants to be down. He made his DJ debut on New Year’s Eve at Dream Night Club in Miami, and Weezy’s not bad, but he just gets distracted and starts rapping.

Check out Lil Wayne in action behind the turntables in this video.

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Kanye West Debuts As A DJ, Plays His New Music

Sha'Linda Jeanine — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:05:51 +0000

Kanye West was recently spotted behind the turntables, getting it in as the DJ and spinning some of his new music. This happened at a Christmas party in London, and according to Rap-Up.com, Yeezy played music from the forthcoming G.O.O.D. Music compilation and from his next solo (and untitled) album.

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G.O.O.D. Music representer and British singer Mr. Hudson was also in the building. Read more about Kanye West’s DJ debut here.

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Alicia Keys Talks About Her DJ Skills [VIDEO]

The Urban Daily — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:56:48 +0000

In addition to being an accomplished singer, writer, musician and producer, Alicia Keys is a budding DJ known as Mrs. DJ AK 47. See her in action here, and watch Alicia Keys talk about her DJ alter ego and her music selection in the video below.

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Did Bottle Service Turn DJs Into Human iPods? [ORIGINAL]

The Urban Daily — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:16:49 +0000

Philly’s Qool DJ Marv has spent over a decade spinning in some of the hottest nightclubs in the world. In this exclusive to TheUrbandaily he shares why he thinks the extravagance of bottle service has hurt nightlife and the art of DJing.

I have a strong opinion about bottle service and what it all stands for. Bottle service was the end of the model of the DJ as storyteller/ crowd motivator…person with the P.O.V. When it emerged it was the beginning of the end of that free spirited night life culture in Manhattan. You had parties where you heard different music, classic hip-hop and funk, all kinds. But the bottle service thing funneled it all into top 40, mash-ups and main stream rap. Before bottle service if you were presentable you could walk into a room. In the small bars and lounges you had the funky people, their whole point wasn’t to be inebriated from an entire bottle of vodka. You were there to be social, dance maybe have a couple of drinks, maybe one. Not to finish this entire bottle of vodka because you paid $250 for it. These are the middle-class, working people who just wanted to work off whatever they needed to work off with some music and some people. Bottle service says you can’t come in no more.

All you have left is the people who used to be at the bar at those cool spots who felt like they were cool because they were [in the mix]. You had a corporate gig and you’re in this bar with a guy with dreadlocks dancing and you’re thinking “wow, I’m somewhere cool.” Those people drove the economies of those bars and venues. Those people that were glad to be there because it wasn’t work. They weren’t around “Biff” and “Wellington”, it was “Ahmad” and “Jose”.You had the mix of funky people and the people that drove the bar and it was all good.

Then you had the geniuses that decided they were going to interpret the cabaret laws like “They can’t dance? Let’s charge them to sit.” It’s great for the capitalist but not for those paying a $200 entry fee.

What’s left? The people who think they can buy their cool, credit card cool. But they’re not cool. They’re using their credit card to express their coolness. They start looking around and nobody here has flavor. Because everybody here is like me, they all PAID for it. “Hey DJ, play something we know.” A DJ in that scene [becomes] a human jukebox to people getting as drunk as they can possibly get. That kind of energy needs that kind of music and I’m not any of that.

This place called Lotus opened up on 14th St and I got recommended to play there once by a guy that played there regularly on the weekend. And the manager comes to me during the middle of my set and he says “hey, you gotta pick it up. You gotta get it going.” I look around and see people dancing, etc. Then he says:

“Did so-and-so recommend you for this gig?

“Yes”

“Well play like so-and-so…”

They paid a lot at the time because they were charging people $200 plus to walk in the door. But I didn’t know how to be a robot, a human iPod. I didn’t know how to detach my whole point of view so that I could play street rap to 90% Caucasians scared to go to the streets. They’re looking at me like I should be their enabler, and it was weird.

I couldn’t play act it, I couldn’t suffer through it. My ex-wife was disappointed that Lotus gig didn’t work out, I was too. I didn’t know if I’d made some mistake. But I knew that wasn’t the place to be. It ended up being a mutual decision. They said I was too mellow and I said “Thank you! I’m out of here.”

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Wade Banner Joins The Fleet DJs

Wade Banner — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:01:01 +0000

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Wade Banner — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:21:58 +0000

SPINDEPENDENCE DAY

DVS — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:59:38 +0000

IT'S SPINDEPENCE DAY ON K97.5! THIS 4TH OF JULY SUNDAY K97.5 WILL BE MIXIN IT UP ALL DAY LONG WITH SOME OF THE TRIANGLE'S HOTTEST DJS. DJ ASSASSIN, BRO RAB, K-NYCE, KOOL SHEED, SAL BOOGIE & DVS WILL ALL BE SPINNING FROM 12PM TIL MIDNIGHT FOR SPINDEPENDENCE DAY ON K97.5... Read more..

DJ Khaled Still Winning

DVS — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:14:49 +0000

Via: Allhiphop Khaled is still winning with the #1 single going gold. DJ Khaled’s latest anthem “All I Do Is Win” has officially been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The popular single has moved over 500,000 copies since the album of Victory was released in March, on We The Best Music/E1 Music. For full... Read more..