Word: dj
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...previously been grappling with—the suggestion that music can be design and not art. He was referring to techno and dance culture, where quality corresponds on most levels to functionality, how well a track can create physical synergy between artist and audience. Tracks are DJ tools, product rather than artwork; performances are DJ sets, ephemeral rather than everlasting moments. Both signify a global rather than a singular worldview which encapsulates millions of individuals. You don’t embody the music as much as you’re embodied within...
Toward the end of Tha League’s set, which lasted an hour, students began chanting “Busta, Busta” in anticipation of the next act. But after about 30 minutes of mixing by DJ Gamble from New York, the crowd became impatient. Some students left even before Busta Rhymes arrived...
...course being at the forefront of the evolution of hip-hop culture is nothing new for Gab. Blackalicious have garnered much critical acclaim for their interesting collaborations with other artists, especially musicians not known for fitting into the narrow hip-hop roles of DJ and MC. On Blazing Arrow, songs featured people such as slam poet and activist Saul Williams, Rage Against the Machine’s Zach De La Rocha and the legendary poet and jazz singer Gil Scott-Heron (most famous for his fiery work, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised?...
...minded releases by artists such as Aesop Rock, Sage Francis (via his Non-Prophets collaboration with Joe Beats), Soul Position (RJD2 and Blueprint) and Boston’s own Akrobatik, many of which have emphasized the classic rap duo sound (one MC rapping over melodic beats provided by one DJ) over more dramatic experimentation...
...well. When asked his opinion on the recent “mash-up” phenomenon, he said that, “It just opens up a whole new world. I mean, imagine [Nas’] Illmatic done as a rock record.” Before DJ Dangermouse released his Gray Album (a mash-up combining the Beatles’ White Album with Jay-Z’s Black Album), few people outside the underground hip-hop scene had heard of the producer, but the publicity surrounding this project has brought him legions of new fans...