Word: dj
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...parties within the ivied walls of Harvard, the mastermind of sound is more than likely a Harvard student who also moonlights as a DJ. Student hosts used to merely hire DJs known by a friend of a friend, but now even party planners without DJ connections can tap into Harvard’s “Local 1200,” a support network of a dozen or so DJs who keep in touch via e-mail to share information on gigs and to standardize the Harvard DJ scene...
...national promotional tour is planned to excite fans and spread the word about the new movie Scratch, by director Doug Prey. Scratch gives a documentary-style history and contemporary portrait of important and innovative DJs and the now thriving DJ culture founded on their talents...
...Original Jazzy Jay, first to step up to the tables, showed the crowd why he is such a legendary figure in the history of turntablism, dropping a set of funky, old-school tracks. Jazzy Jay was a founding father of the hip hop DJ culture. Mixing in ’70s funk beats with cow bells and sound bites from a speech by President John F. Kennedy ’40, he composed sequences of impeccable timing, deep bass and infectious rhythms. His skills illustrated and made real the lyrics he scratched with: “Musical rhythms can mess...
...scratch.” Grandwizzard Theodore delivered a classic, well-rounded set, working the crowd and getting the fans to sing him “Happy Birthday.” He also treated them to a brief hip hop history lesson emphasizing the importance of the DJ as the first element of hip hop, in conjunction with the MCs, graffiti artists and break dancers...
Closing the night was DJ Babu with Dilated Peoples, the West Coast group comprised of the two MCs, Evidence and Irascience. Both joined forces to give an impressive performance, displaying the height of their freestyling skills, but made sure to keep the focus on their prized DJ Babu, also a member of the Beat Junkies. Their set felt more like a celebration and tribute to DJs (in particular Babu), which it was, than a standard hip hop concert. Pitting sides of the crowd against each other, Dilated Peoples gave everything to maintain high energy into the tail...