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®
Inspire & Educate:
The Role Of The Deejay
(2012) |124 MB|





Defari ft. Noelle Scaggs - West West
Writer's Block - How We Chant
V3rb - Tiger
El Da Sensei & The Returners - Hard To Find
Live Radio - No Hooks
X Clan - Americans (Hamza 21 Break Edit)
Gavlyn - What I Do
Jay Z - So Ghetto
9th Creation - Bubble Gum (Hamza 21 Re Edit)
Lady Daisey - Soul Strut
Psycho Realm - Pow Wow
Grayskul - Us
AZ ft. Bounty Killa - Envious
Run DMC - Hit em Hard
Non Phixion - Drug Music Instrumental
Non Phixion - Drug Music
Ras Kass ft. Pharoahe Monch - C What I C
Action Bronson - Bag of Money
WC - West Coast Voodoo
Destruct & ID - What It Used To Be
Miss.She.iLL. Ft. Styliztik Jones - Tell 'Em What It Iz
Chi Ali - Roadrunner (ATCQ Puberty Mix)
Ice Cube - Steal The Show
DJ Nu-Mark ft. Ernie Hines - Our Generation (Re-Edit)
Fort Minor ft. Styles Of Beyond - Feels Like Home
Aceyalone & Rakaa Iriscience - Champions
NWA - Prelude (Hamza 21 Break Edit)
Uzoy - Now 'Til Infinity
Swollen Members - Bottom Line
Public Enemy ft. Brother Ali - Get Up Stand Up
Paul Nice - Break 1/16
Visionaries - Love (Hip Hop) (Acapella)
Reuben Howell - You Made Your Bed
Styles Of Beyond - You Lose
DJ Mane One - Outta Control
Abstract Rude ft. J Roz & Oracle - Weird Song
Madonna - Keep It Together (Bonus Beats)
Mr J Medeiros - Keep Pace
The Souljazz Orchestra - Conquering Lion
JJ Johnson - Pull Jabal Pull
JJ Johnson - Pull Jabal Pull (Hamza 21 Break Edit)
Lisa Bello - Jump Around (Acapella)
Joss Stone - Tell Bout It (Passean Edit)

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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.

...alot of DJ's would disagree..that's a fast track to getting booed off the turntables and not getting any work (especially in a club.lounge-type scenario). But hey - everyone's entitled to their opinions.




peace.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/2013 04:24PM by uptownkid.

That's why this mix was made. It didn't get that way until around 2008 or so. In around 2006 more and more deejays became lazy and only played radio hits, old and new,they stopped digging for their music. Instead they played to the crowd rather than playing for the crowd.

The difference is between a performer and service provider. A performer delivers a performance that some may hate, some may like. A service provider's job to provide exactly what a client wants. The client is the boss and determines what,when and how a job is to be done.

Every deejay who made their name, became well known and well respected, by being a performer not service provider. Performers aspire to excellent;service providers dwell in mediocrity. The choice is yours.

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...there's a difference between a "bedroom DJ" and a "performing DJ" (with actual gigs)...




peace.