By TMA | June 2, 2008 - 9:15 am - Posted in Exclusive, The JD Files
Hate him or Love him, Jermaine Dupri has never been shy about speaking his mind… We recently sat down with JD “The Boss” to discuss the State Of The Music Business. This interview will be broken up into a 5 part series that will air over this week. Today is Part 1 of 5 - Death Of The DJ. Tune in tomorrow when JD states that “Money Fucked Up The (Hip Hop) Game!”
Death Of The DJ
Bonus Message To The TMA Bloggers
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Are these on YouTube?? Damnit TMA!! You know us viewers who work in Financial Markets (me and Bean) can’t view that shit from work! The other videos yall usually post… we can see. Oh well… something to watch after work.
Hey JD,
as an upcoming producer i got two points to make….
1. your crazy if you think people aint like what you do for this many years and all them artists you’ve worked with…Aw man we got love for So So Def and the shit you do. (and that So So Def shirt.)
2. Damn right the dj is dead you cant take your music to nobody to get it played you gotta send it to the internet and then watch it get a buzz on its own and then dj’s pick it up like they up on the “new Shit.” Its happened to me in my town and its annoying.
Anyway dont stop whatcha doin JD, music needs you. And tell youtube to cut a check cuz them blogs is funny too.
All DJ’s aren’t in it for what JD says. There definitely are a lot that are but not all. Part of the issue is the DJ seeing people getting long bread and wants to get his/her paper as well. One thing I can’t stand is some one who calls his/her self a DJ but can’t mix to say his/her life. Also can’t get down with DJ’s that leak whole projects w/o an artist’s permission.
But I love a great mixtape! And got no issue with drops, 1 verse from a song, etc. etc. A good mixtape will definitely get people checking for an artist that aren’t necessarily up on YouTube. Mixtapes are a great way to keep an established artist’s name out there too.
JD, I’m just glad you stopped using that GAP Band sample/drums. j/k
I concur to an extent. If you are a DJ, then you want to be an artist or producer or something else. ( I believe JD spoke on that before) So they arent focused on perfecting their craft or helping to break new artist (without under table payment). They trying to get JD type money. To an extent its working, look at DJ Khaled with his annoying bassless voice!
Not really on subject…but what happened to DJ’s REALLY DJ’ing a party. I dont even think they carry turntable’s anymore. I hate going to the club hearing the same shyt they playing on the radio or no REAL mixing.
***MSG TO JD***
JD, you are confusing at times, but hey most geniuses are, so keep doing what you’re doing!
Sidenote: I posted in another thread…..Heard on SSD Radio that Dondria’s single will be aval in 16 days on iTUNEs….did I miss something (like what the single is, radio play, a performance???????)
Also whats going on (update)with Brotha and Maestro (from that showcase)?
JD know this off the back that I got mad love and respect for you dawg…..but I have to disagree with what you are saying about the DJ being dead. I am a dj here in Buenos Aires….mind you I am from the CHI originally ….and I have been down here for about 5 years now doing my thing. I think it is still the job of the DJ to get the tracks out there. I play on the radio here….and on my own online radio station and when I play new joints, I always get people asking me when is it coming out down here….mind you sometimes it doesnt…..depending on the artist, because here is a different market, but I think it depends on the DJ´s you talking to. Without naming no names, yes there are DJ´s out there who are trying to produce and be artists as well, and those are the ones who are passing you the cds . But for the rest of us who do parties, clubs, and radio, it aint all about that. For me its about playing the dope shit to get people out on the dance floor. To get people to tune in, to get people into the stores…..that is the job of the DJ. I think now with everything being so cross pollinated, now the lines are getting blurred as to what everyones jobs are. Also with the lack of great material in the market place now, the accessiblity of music , and the now not so underground mixtape circuit…..yeah it would seem that DJ´s job is not relevant. But dont get it twisted, with us spinning ya´ll shit in the clubs, in the underground parties, on the radio, doing what we do, giving you that extra promotion, I think it would be harder to get to certain parts of the public. Like for me, a lot of cats down here love hip hop, but there are somethings that just dont trickle down here. And with me, being from the states and knowing what is going on in hip hop and where to find certain things I bring that to them, and I have exposed them to artists who they might have not been able to check out, if I hadnt played that on the radio, or at the club, or at the underground party that I spin at. So dont diss the dj for trying to get his thing on too, just know that it is the nature of this changing business. And stop trying to squeeze us out man….ya´ll need us!!
Peace and Blessing
Nos Vemos
I AGREE WIT U 100% THAT THE DJS IS DEAD AND MY REASONS 4 SAYIN THAT R…DJS IS FOLLOWERS AND THATS Y THEY ALL ON THE SAME LEVEL CUZ THEY PLAYING WIT THE NEXT 1 PLAYING AND SCARED 2 TRY OUT NEW SONGS OR EVEN SONGS FROM NEW ARTIST… 2ND REASON IS THESE DJS WANNA B LOOKED @ AS THE DAMN ARTIST NOW AND THAT MAKES IT HARD 4 A RAP NIGGA WHEN THE DJ TRYNA SHINE AND LOOK LIKE U SO NOW HE ON SOME IM NOT PLAYING THIS AND THAT OR ON SOME BEATS PER MIN SHIT…PLAY WHAT THE PEOPLE WANNA HEAR U DUMB ASS NIGGAS AND IF U HEAR SOMETHING U LIKE PLAY THAT SHIT …DJS READING THIS WOULDNT U FEEL GOOD KNOWING THAT UR THE REASON A SONG IS POPPIN? GET OFF EACHOTHERS DICKS AND SET URSELVES APART FROM THE NEXT 1 ………
AND NOW MR. DUPRI …I BEEN KNEW U THOUGHT NO1 LIKES U CUZ HOW U MOVE …I CAN TELL UR SCARED 2 TAKE CHANCES 2 CUZ U WANNA KEEP PROVING PEOPLE WRONG THATS NOT TRYNA GIVE U UR PROPS …BUT THATS HURTING U IN A WAY CUZ IT SEEM LIKE U ONLY GO HARD 4 ESTABLISHED ARTIST AND B NERVOUS WHEN IT COMES 2 A NEW 1 …GIVE THESE NEW NIGGAS THE SAME ENERGY WHEN/IF U GET IN THERE WIT THEM CUZ MARIAH,USHER,JANET THEY GETTING OLD OR IN LOVE MAN ….
THE DJ IS DEAD….BUT SO R NEW ARTIST BCUZ OF THE DJ AND BCUZ OF EXECS SCARED 2 GO HARD 4 THEM…
Ok Jermaine I’m Gonna have to check your ass.
Niggas are going to have haters and everyone are not gonna like things you do but you are a true inspiration. It seems like you are the only one in this game that fucks with new artist and actually make them a success. It may seem like don’t nobody like you because all the bad things people have to say about you but check this out. The people that really matters are buying your albums, buying your books, coming on this site, etc… You are still on top of your game cause you give the people what they want not what they need. SoSo Def has been around forever and yall still doing your thang. Every time someone says some hateful shit about you it’s out of envy. You do a lot of boasting but so do Diddy! Everybody loves the underdog. I met you once in the Chi, and I told you that one day I’m gonna work for SOSODEF and you had that look on your face like why. Because you are more about the artistry of music then about yourself.
Keep doing your thang! The people that matters the most are the ones that make your bank account grow.
Yo J.D. um feeling u on this tip and you right D.J’S are not focused as they were in the past, everybody trying to come up but going about it the wrong way. It use to be one helps the other come up (the M.C. goes to the D.J., the D.J. plays the record and the M.C. gets notoriety, the D.J. also gets known because they are playing the hottest records and he continues to perfect his skills on the one and two’s. Now days u got 1. C.D. turntables that take away from the real art of D.J.’s cuttin and scratchin, 2. Local deejays who are more interested in selling their own mix tapes than helping a brotha out. and 3. No clubs in the hood due to ignorant people trying to shoot the place up before a substantial gain can be accomplished for the M.C.’s in the hood. Can you feel me? The times have changed, and with it went the blueprint for real HIP HOP, the DEEJAYS, THE B-BOYS, & THE M.C.’s. All we got left are the matriarchs of hip hop so the sad conclusion is D.J.’s are a part of hip hop (I ain’t talking about those disco deejays either) and unless we get back the moral
lease on hip hop it will continue to become more industry and mainstream.
Shaz
A true Hip Hop Head
All the lurkers come out in the JD posts..
I’ll have to view this later on… work no like youtube!
^^ Cosign Bean.
Honestly,…
I’m glad you have a medium, somewhere that lets YOU say exactly what you feel is a problem to the industry, or your take. I am also dually glad you recognize, why people definately in the culture of hiphop don’t like you. yes, in the industry and business of rap music. people get all up in arms over your return in the marketplace. good for you, but honestly at the end of the day,…your returns posted in the marketplace since the beginning of your career. perpetuated the main reasoning, you feel this way, of not being liked, by material or as a single sole drawing figure. plus, dually at the same time you perpetuated a sales envelope in an industry that ostracized the true evolved skillset in the industry, and the culture most importatantly. every project you have ever released has been one of reknowned culture stealing. you, jermaine dupri, jd[that ain’t even your nickname originally. we can cite the real jd, RIP, who had his production stolen by your now gurl friend as evidence as well. then had his whole draw interrupted by you, too. this is someone who actually upgraded the use of sampling, and sonic medium. yet is uncited because of things you did in the marketplace] jermaine duri, you are exactly, one of the chief and prime culture stealers in rap history from the late eighties. i can cite your group, SXL, sylk tymes leather, all the way to your bastardized supposed sonic upgrades to bdp instrumentals placed as remixes to rap beats/rnb as well. every offering you ever gave the rap industry, and dually the culture of hiphop has been one of such heinous nature to the original precepts that were taken into context with this culture. as early as the graf revolution when art houses stole graf from the early graf artist. thus providing the first studied and documented evidence of how to wrench a culture from the hiphop culture through business. your continued degradative practicecs helped to usher in a whole order of cannon fodder artist, and oppurtunists. those oppurtunists, weren’t and didn’t subscribe. plus, effectively tricknologized a whole generation into buying and being subjected to the degradation of skills. that degradation of skills, lead to the degradation of commerce in the entire music industry, ultimately.
i feel you being an original bboy by your press, and your inclusion in the industry as a dancer from your early years. give you a place and pedestal to be able to understand this medium in full from a cultural perspective. yet, and still, you still perpetrated these crimes upon the culture similar to rock and the degradation of their subgenre’s and collective in everything from metal to punk and even mod. similar to the large older overproducing producers in the medium, and genre of ROCK, did.
i just wish you would use this so called arena to explain the deaths, in full. to actually give a reason to save face, and rebolster your public perception and draw as an artist. give the reasoning behind the projects and what was your thinking originally when you did the projects as early as sylk tymes leather. which is simply seen as biting. regardless of the positives you can try to pr spin or pr blitzing, which has become a component of yours lately. as evidenced by your previous attempts to shadow the blame of the fall of the music industry onto apple. while also alternatively trying to champion yourself and jayz, as false prophets, to the advancement of music. while in reality hiding behind this veil, and then using your in place veil to try to deflect blame from yourself onto a larger corporation. a corporation, APPLe, which doesn’t have anything to do with, perception in the marketplace, or the marketplace of rap, what so ever. in all reality, APPle, should have been championed for creating an alternative and technological advancement into the industry.
if you would humble yourself, and explain in history. plus, subject yourself to real scrutiny. i feel maybe you could repair your overrall scope and view in the marketplace as likeable. by doing something likeable to this culture for a change, instead of something selfserving, to your pocketbook. it is now time for all the chief culture stealers in rap to come forward and admit your crimes and be absolved from it. so that the people in this culture can move forward instead of aiming our turrets in yours and other culture stealers directions. just having to cite people like you, and others is counterproductive to rewriting rap as a viable commodity. let alone the ability to sell music, without large corporate monopolistic practices. although until someone of your stature proves to be the better man, hiphop as a culture will continue to cite you in negativity. the whole purpose of hiphop was to create a positive swing on the bad. it is why battling was created, so please give us a close to the battling we do in hiphop in our crab in the barrell mentality. offer hiphop another medium, to help instead of one of degradation.
art barr
Honestly… I’m not slow by anymeans… but ^^^ I understood about 4 sentences. I wish I could have broken down those compound sentences in order to undetstand it because the person above seems generally PISSED at JD.. I also wish I could understand the references. Therefore, the above fell on deaf ears over here… Maybe I’m just not intelligent enough…. or maybe I need a dictionary… or both. But in the blogging world… can we keep it simple for us stupids. (KISS)
While Im reading replies since I CANT see the video… I have no beef with JD.
I don’t think he gets the recognition he deserves. But I’ll save my reply for when I can see the vids. How about… I wasn’t aware people hate JD. News…
[…] Jermaine also gives a bonus message to TMA bloggers. Tomorrow he is talking about how Money Fucked up the Rap Game. http://www.themostaccess.com/2008/06/02/jd-the-state-of-the-music-business/ […]
the DJ isn’t dead, he’s just evolved with the game.
i do agree about the ‘running with the baton’ part- i try not to do that- i’m focused on being a DJ, not a producer, rapper, remixer, whatever- i like rocking parties and that’s what i do. i hone that craft. but i know a lot of people who do exactly what JD says.
but with commercial radio being what it is nowadays, the DJ does not have POWER like he used to. in the days of mr. magic and similar, hip hop was not this super commercialized mega corporation that it is now. there was one hip hop radio show and what was on there was what got popular.
most DJ’s don’t LOVE everything thats out there. shit, you think i want to sit in a hot sweaty club till 2am playing lollipop, cyclone and low EVERY SINGLE NIGHT? people are sheep and slaves to the radio. if we play new hot artists nobody’s ever heard of and try to break them… guess what? nobody dances, and we lose our jobs. it’s not so black and white as its put out.
last point… with the growth of hip hop, everyone thinks they can be a rapper now. i’m nowhere near big time, and i get way too many demos from people who SUCK plain and simple. if i played even half of the tracks i get from every dumbass up and coming wannabe rapper, i’d be out of a job. then again, i would have laughed soulja boy out of the building if that insult to hip hop handed me a CD with ‘crank dat’ a year ago, so maybe i’m not quite ‘in tune.’
@ Art Barr
Who made you the authority on who “steals” the culture? It is very presumptuous of anyone to make his/her self the authority on hip hop. We are all hip hop and I definitely DO NOT “cite” JD “in negativity. “
I LIKE WHAT YOU DO AND HAVE BEEN DOING. FROM A YOUNG, UP AND COMING MOGUL TO A MOGUL FOR YEARS I WANT TO BE WHERE YOU AT AND EQUAL. JUST NEED THE OPPORTUNITY. IN CHICAGO WE DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FULLY AVAILABLE LIKE OTHER CITIES CAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THE POSITION(FEW) DO NOT LET THE DOORS OPEN. SO I APPRECIATE ANYHING THAT YOU DO AN TELL SKEETER ROCK TO COME CHECK FOR HIS CITIES NEW ARTISTS. DUTCH DINERO, HYMALAYA AND OTHERS.
JD,
You make a good point about the DJ. The DJ used to help break new artist, now some DJ’s are bigger than the artist. It’s hard to get your shine when the DJ is talking all over your muisc. Now the music is used to promote the DJ. The Game has change!
You keep doing you. You always been in your own lane, so keep driving in it.
Mr. HollywoodSouth
Bam and HustlerHER I was thinking the same thing……who r all these people posting and where did they come from….
JD these people been holding back they must have REALLY wanted to talk to you…lol
Jermaine, Ive been following your career for a loooooooooooooooong time. Not only am I a fan, but student of everything you do! I’ve been coppin’ So So Def merchandise since the kris kross tapes. I recently ppicked up your book and will continue to learn the way of So So Def………
Thank you for all your efforts in the industry and inspiration that you have provided over the years?
Live from Toronto, Canada
Paco1472
Ok so LMFAO at the end caption “Leave Comments for JD the Boss”
How the hell do you not think the commetators on TMA like you?! US?! I mean up until you started responding there were about 10 faithful commenters. We have yet to blast your ass about anything beyond shaving your face.
We talk a lil shit… but thats always needed. Besides… sometimes people in your position have 10 too many cheerleaders on their squads. You need someone there to say “That shit is trash” whether you care or not… it needed to be said… before you read about it in a publication and thin… damn well we thought it was hot… no WE didn’t … YOU did… no one just told ur ass.
But back to my earlier comment. I don’t think you get the props you deserve. BUT!! I also think you need to get some shit together too. Like… there is no So So Def roster right now. Other people on here nag about the back-burner… WHATEVER. I can’t name 5 acts that I’m positive are signed to So So Def. That shit needs to be fixed… helloooo… how are u producing crack music but you don’t have a starting 5? Shit not even an all-star on your squad. And no one say “Well he has Dondria now” Until she puts up numbers… she’s a suited up benchwarmer waiting to get in the game.
Now video number one. The problem is everyone wanna be a star. I blame that shit on DJ clue. His first album was the business… everything after was trash. I swear after that… all the DJs wanted to be stars and shit. But I mean… Record execs wanna be STARS too. Shit JD.. you have albums… Diddy… so thats the problem PERIOD with the past and present. No one wants to let the next person shine. Although u have chilled out on the album tip…
Co-sign on the DJ Khaled… omg… annoying. You know what else needs to DIE… rappers and DJs and Producers giving speeches on tracks. Word to Rick Ross. WTF!
Ummmmmmmmmm… you aint never lied!!! Now we see why the TMA stats are so high. :smirk: You wont see 1/2 of these names comment again until JD posts. But I think it’s because he shouts the site on the radio and on YouTube… people are coming thru… which is good. As long as people dont start linking demos and shit. LMFAO.
And yes… Re: Paco1472… no one forgets the history you’ve made. Wasn’t brat the 1st female rapper to go platinum? I love Kriss Kross… I wore my jumper backwards. I thought Brad was so dope on the awards with the all white and she game out with a doobie. Xscape was the shit… they don’t get the props they deserve. Word to their live performances. Bow-Wow came out a star in Monica’s vid. And you’ve always produced good music for her. And everything recently kept radio from totally DYING… so you’re alright short man…
When you’re at the top.. people are supposed to hate.
YO! I have something smart to say.. lol How is it possible to be an “up and coming mogul”? answer me this.. okay.. im done.
I think I am going to have to add HustleHER and Bam to the Gossip Girlz! We are like American Express - MEMBERSHIP HAS IT’S PRIVILEGES!!!!”
Y’all be having me DYING here with the tag team comments
Also… HustleHER I am with you.. I was trying my best to comprehend what the hell ART BARR was saying.. I couldn’t figure it out, JD couldn’t figure it out, you couldn’t figure it out…
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP BROTHER ART OUT AND EXPLAIN HIS COMMENT so JD can repond and understand what it is that he is responding to
lol
the reality is, the DJ isn’t dead, just powerless. Labels as a whole have a different promotion scheme. Program directors run what’s on the radio now, and the DJs are forced to follow a format. That trickles down to the club as the sheep that come to the club are only interested in hearing what’s on the radio. Breaking new music is more difficult each day. Couple that with the absolute GARBAGE that bombards us today…you say the DJ is dead? Why is it that people all over want to hear Lollipop 50 times a night at the club, but have no love for Common or Mos Def or just good music in general.
The DJ is dead? The DJ is a slave to the garbage pop music that has replaced good hiphop.
Awwww we do what we can!!
But I do learn things at times… or… ALMOST (Re:, the above)
People get REAL DEEP on these JD posts… u need some comic relief. They turn these blogs into a damn panel discussion.
And we’re always here… TMA makes the work day go by faster.
And Bean… stop trying to stomp on his dreams!
@ TMA :
Im with it! I felt like I was watching tha BET special (Hip Hop vs. America) reading this.. almost made me actually want to do work.. But yes my job is not complete without my daily sometimes hourly doses of TMA. && I understood alot of what Minister Art was talking about.. when I get home I’ll be able to break it down..
@ THH :
Word yo, tell me that didnt sound like he was tryna up his stature. C’mon now ‘mogul’ at least get a website.. not just a myspace. He can use a rinky-dinky web builder.. if his ‘mogul’ money is right.. i’ll do his site… see what you started .. :X
I agree with what Dj Michael basic said. When you have people in the club requesting lollipop 10 times a night, but have no love for common , Mos Def or even Lupe Fiasco, it’s not about real music anymore, it’s about what sounds good in the club.(CRAP)
The DJ is dead? The DJ is a slave to the garbage pop music that has replaced good hiphop. Couldn’t have said it better. Dj’s nowadays are slaves to top 40 & the weak music. I’ll never blame a dj for making people in the club dance. It goes way deeper than just what the dj decided to play. He has club owners to please too & to them, all that matters is if people frequent the club. You’re not going to get your club packed by promoting local, new artists, it’ll be packed by playing the new Dj khaled track.
There are 2 types of Dj’s, the Radio DJ & the Club DJ. If you’re in Radio, it’s ok in, fact I think you should always give the new artists a chance. If you’re a club DJ, IMO in doesn’t make sense to try & break a new artist, basically no one wants to hear that crap in the club. People come to the club to have a good time, that’s it. If you are a mixtape Dj, you can definitely throw in one or two tracks from new artists.
On the other hand, if you are a new artist trying to eat, don’t try to promote your music at the local club, not a very wise move. Try the radio DJ.
Dang thehustleher you’re a beast ma, got your finger on the pulse of whats up!
HustleHER…STOP u r the type of person you can never get off the phone with b/c they say “oh wait…one more thing!” like 50 times…..LOL
JD post are the worst…all these random people up in here giving soliloquies and monologues and shyt!
I got 3 words 4 ya JD ” U DA BEST”. We all got mad luv n respect 4 ya man. Keep puttin u pthe videos and were gonna keep watching
B
Ummmmm… I hate the phone. Love to type
I’m just impulsive and 1/2 read replies b4 I comment. I had a lot more to say but oh well.
Also re: my earlier post… I meant Clue b/c he went platinum 1st. I meant to type that.
Thanks justruth.
Bean… noooooo 1… better get a website b4 I get a template!!! I want a slice of SQ like august… get my swag back w my graphics…. you should email homie above and tell him you can upgrade him
speaking as someone who has been dj’ing for the last 15 years, i am perfectly willing to help an artist out and give some spins - IF - he or she has something original and not the same old recycled crap. i swear the last dozen that came up to the club wanting me to spin their cd didn’t do anything more than pretend they were out of the ATL or Houston when they were sitting in the studio. and i do mean pretend!
dj’s want things that are original to spin just as bad as anyone else, but dammit everything sounds the same right now - too fast, or too slow. be original - you arent young joc, you arent t-pain, you ain’t t.i., or anybody else - STOP COPYIN’ OTHER PEOPLE SHIT AND MAKING IT LIKE ITS YOUR OWN “STYLE”.
our job is to keep the energy level in a club/venue/party/wherever as high as we can without the customers fighting. and you just can’t play tracks that are sitting between 75-85bpm’s and expect your customers to stay awake. they might be horny as hell from grindin’ but you can’t keep goin like that 6-7 hours a night.
we got a little excited when flo-rida released “Low”, and with some of Pitbull’s faster tracks we thought maybe there was gonna be a turnaround back to tracks that were full of energy. and then shit got slow again.
if someone wants to hand me a cd, i’m gonna listen to it, if it sucks -i’m playin frisbee, if it’s got potential - i’ll offer constructive criticism
if it’s golden and i got the time i’ll play it that night and give props on the mic and let people know who it is and where he is. and in the last 11 years at the same club i’ve had that happen once.
This the most comments I ever seen on this site!
WHERE DID ALL U PEOPLE COME FROM?
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the DJ need to get payed right /
but the dj didn’t get paid right /
Artist played the Dj/
So the Dj found his on Act /
and pushed his own shit /
Shhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit/
Dj gotta eat right /
yap Dammmmmmm str8 /
Money Fuck’d the game Up
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truth be we all wanna eat n ball jus a lil bit jus a lil bit
I disagree..
What is he saying, that he cant get a DJ to play his demo’s in the club? yea right
I DJ in Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta and Macon on a regular basis and i get upcoming artists coming to me all the time with a demo that they want to get played. they try to toss me some money but i dont play that shit. If its good, i’ll play it. i might even add to my regular sets but i’m not going to just play anyones demo without Listening to it first.
any good dj will listen to it first to make sure its not totally wrong for his dancefloor and sometimes i just dont have time to listen to it that night. nobody is hating, i play atleast 5 underground records every night, and i dont play ANYTHING twice.
DJ’s have always been artists too, Afrika Bambaataa, Dj jazzy jeff, DJ magic mike. theres 3 decades of DJ/artists for you right there that made an imprint like butt cheeks on hot leather seats.
Im not even sure what he’s griping about. The Major labels get their music on MTV, BET, VH1, Radio and XM & Sirius. thats all they play, thats all the people know. thats all most people will dance to. if the DJ doesnt play those pop records, he will be looking for a new job. the people dont pick the hits anymore just like we dont pick the president anymore.
corperate america decides for us.
ok.. here’s the break down.. hope HTML is enabled.
he’s glad you have TMA to express yourself & “dually” that you recognize why the industry does not like “YOU” (JD, Jermain Dupre). (Theres a bunch of double negatives, & dead language.)
You did things to capitolize on what was hot @ the time but not using authentic artist.
Are you on Marie’s payroll?, leave Janet ALONE PLZ!
Your musical creations are disrespectful to hip hop
You got Ramo killed in Beat Street
You are the door-opener for “soulja boy” type artist & b.s. artists are the reason the entire music industry is down. & since your the cause it’s all your fault.
your past works give you status (dancing, bboy, djing)
Your the reason why white people stole rock music from blacks!
He wants a SXL comeback so explain why you put them together.
he pretty much saying “im tryna get on the Apple payroll so fck you niggaz”
“You’re just mad that Apple beat you to the download game. Steve Jobs can you hear me? Cut the check!”
Write the United Nations and tell them you sold hip-hop out to the man
Giving you your props pains him and “dually at the same time” is negative for hip hop. He also challenged you to a battle..
The hell i’m not.
Here in the uk i get embarrassed when folk call me a DJ. I play alot of cheese keep folk up on the floor and see them have a good time. I have great admiration for the guys and gals who can mix, scatch etc.. using raw decks and not software, they too keep folk buzzing, two different parties but the same aim. I can relate to your comments , inspiring and food for thought.
OMFG!!!!! BEAN! DEAD! DEAD DEAD!!!! When you told me you posted… I thought u were about to get profound. You are such a damn clown! Wait… lmfao0o0o0!!! Steve Jobs cut the check. I almost called your REAL name on impulse dying. This shit is funny.
And TMA has HTML enabled?!?!?!!??! Oh you know it’s going DOWN on these comments now.
Did you use an h1 code for the size of those quotes?! i need to use that on my hustleher myspace… i like the look.
I mean…that’s kind of harsh to generalize all djs into the same category. I know there are djs out there that still play whole songs, and record digging is still a hobby of mine…and I’m 20…so I’m not entirely sure what you’re saying. I know there are acts out there like Girl Talk and programs like Traktor Scratch that allow people to autobeatmatch and stuff, but to say that the dj is dead is kind of…wrong. I’m not dead! I’m not sick! So I gotta say…I strongly disagree.
Maybe if you clarified what you mean…
I know that djs are now seeking fame too…whats wrong with that? Why does the dj have to be the MC’s bitch? I don’t think that’s what you mean, but that’s what I’m hearing…
and I don’t not like you… I wish everyone in the commercial rap game would stop using that vocader thing, and maybe throw some more accapellas on your records…or add a free digital download with vinyl sale…but other than that…
i love your honesly J.D. and your speaking the truth in love. check out my blog by clicking my name i gotta add you.
http://www.myspace.com/djtriumph383
You is right Tha DJ is Dead but at tha same time you gotta look at a nigga that in ya positon too…I remember back in tha day it was artist devolpment where niggas like Bow Wow got on without a problem and tha label and you build that nigga buzz up…Now up and coming artist like myself got to do it on are own…you speaking tha truth about tha DJ but what about a tha niggas that is in tha position like you thats my question to you?
TELL ME IM NOT SPEAKING THA TRUTH JD
MBLOSO23
Wus up J??Im gonna have to agree and disagree with the ‘Dj is Dead’ Subject. Dj’s are around by the millions now and they are still doing their job for certain types of music…Id agree that artists arent breaking because of the Dj but the dj’s are still out there in the club/on the radio playing the newest music for the world to hear. Im a producer and used to Dj alot but i feel like theres TOO MANY dj’s these days..and really with serato and tractor scratch and all these other virtual dj programs the life of the dj has changed ALOT. Most dont even carry records anymore and everything is done by computer so youd be better off running up in the club with a flash drive on your keychain rather than a cd or record..LOL…its funny but its true..shit..i got 10gigs on my keychain mang!!beats for days…songs..ect..LOL…anyway i dont think hiphop or the dj is dead..Its jus been overtook by all this bad club music and wack abc rappers that couldnt write a meaningful song if their life depended on it. Hiphop will always stay the same for us real heads and its sad that most people that consider themselves hiphop these days dont even know what hiphop really is..
Hip-Pop sux.
Stay up…
Aries
you right!! too many so called dj’s are out here trying to pump mixtapes instead of tryin’ to break new artist. take khalid for example. he’s puttin every ring tone rapper he can find on every record on his album. that’s cool. the problem however is that all the artist he use’s with exception of his own signed artist are already established. he’s not breaking any new talent and chances are he’s only spinning the music of artist that will work with him.
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I agree with what you said…i actually heard this backwards cause i heard the Greg Street response before I heard what you said. I have been kinda raising my eyebrows at the DJ in the last few weeks after hearing about the million dj march…like why…i mean really…but anyway i look forward to the next video…and I like what you do
now give me a job! lol
I think what you are saying is interesting considering how the artists have killed the label execs in the past 16 years. In other words the Djs are trying to be Granted you & Puffy were not officially artists at the time but you were more visible than Berry Gordy or Phil & Leonard Chess ever were. I respect you because you put me on when you chose to release “I’m a Mess” on Anthony Hamilton’s 1st album. Thank you. I appreciate the free knowledge.
Best,
Jeanine
I meant to say the Djs are trying to do to you what you did to Label Execs.
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I DEFINITELY AGREE WIT JD CUZ IF U THINK ABOUT IT RIGHT….WHEN U GO TO A PARTY THAT AN OLD SCHOOL DJ IS SPINNING LIKE BIZ MARKIE OR RED ALERT…THEY HAVE U ROCKING ALL NIGHT RIGHT…THAT’S BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO INTERESTS IN DOING NOTHING BUT MOVING U ALL NIGHT…NOW IF U GO TO A PARTY THAT DJ KHALED IS SPINNING…ALL U GONNA HEAR IS MIAMI MUSIC ALL NIGHT…ACE HOOD, RICK ROSS, PLIES…ETC…LIKE THIS SHIT IS WACK NOW…DJs DEFINITELY HAVE LOST THE AIM OF WUT IT IS THEY HAVE TO DO WHICH IS TO MOVE THE CROWD…IT BECOMES A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS WHEN UR A DJ AND U HAVE AN ARTIST OR AN ACTUAL ARTIST URSELF…BECAUSE UR GONNA MAKE SURE U PLAY THEIR/YOUR RECORD…I REMEMBER WHEN DRAMA AND THEM HAD THE RADIO SHOW EVERY NIGHT ON 107.9…ALL THEY PLAYED WAS CUTS OFF THEIR ALBUM OR WILLIE THE KID AND LA THE DARKMAN FREESTYLES/SONGS THE WHOLE HOUR AND MAYBE A FEW EXCLUSIVES…THEY NO LONGER HAVE A SHOW
MONEY DEFINITELY FUCKED THE GAME UP B/C IF U GOT MONEY U CAN GET UR RECORD PLAYED AND ADDED…LIKE I KNOW A DUDE WHO DOES THAT…U KNOW WITH RADIO U CAN BUY ADVERTISEMENT SPOTS…SO U CAN ACTUALLY PAY FOR X AMOUNT OF SPOTS FOR UR RECORD TO GET PLAYED…AND SOME OF THE MIXSHOW DJs MIGHT NOT MAKE A LOT OF MONEY SO IF “DOPEBOY FRESH” COMES ALONG LIKE “HERE’S $5000, I WANT U TO BLOW MY RECORD UP”…U THINK THE MIXSHOW DJ WON’T DO JUST THAT
AND AS FAR AS GREG STREET AND OTHER DJs WHO JUMPED @ JD’s NECK FOR SAYING WHAT HE SAID REGARDING THE DJ IS DEAD R GUILTY OF THAT SHIT…WHOO KID ALSO JUMPED @ HIM…GREG STREET PLAYS CUTS OFF HIS UPCOMING ALBUM OR N E THING POLOW DA DON PRODUCES OR HAS SOMETHING TO DO WIT…HOT OR NOT..AND U ALL READY KNOW WHAT WHOO KID PLAYS ALL DAY…THAT’S LIKE ME GETTING ON TV OR YOUTUBE AND SAYING “I’M DONE WITH DEALING WITH BLACK WOMEN BECAUSE THEY RUN THEIR MOUTHS TOO MUCH AND DON’T KNOW THEIR ROLES IN A RELATIONSHIP, I’M ONLY DATING WHITE WOMEN NOW BECAUSE THEY’RE MORE SUBMISSIVE”…ALL THE BLACK CHICKS THAT JUMP @ MY NECK FOR SAYING THAT STATEMENT IS EXACTLY WHO I’M TALKING ABOUT…THE ONES THAT KNOW THEY HOLD IT DOWN WILL JUST SIMPLY SAY “HE HASN’T ME YET BECAUSE I’M A GOOD WOMAN”…BUT THE ONES THAT GO ALL OUT AND PUT YOUTUBE VIDEOS UP TRYING TO GET THEIR POINT ACROSS R THE ONES I WAS TALKING ABOUT…BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME GOOD DJs OUT THERE THAT REALLY LOVE THEIR CRAFT
Hi JD,
I honestly don’t think you fully believe your statement. I’m pretty sure it’s to get a lot of replies because DJs will come out of the woodworks with acomment like that. I understand your point and there are a lot of DJs that just like you want some paper. I am an old school DJ and can tell you that the hip hop game hasn’t shown much love for the club DJ which promotes artists. In the beginning it was the rapper and his DJ. Then the rapper started his own thing and left the DJ to fend on his own. Most clubs pay crap for the DJ and will replace a brother for someone cheaper regardless of skill because you’ll never hear a radio ad down here where the club mentions what DJ wil be spinning. Some DJs want to make some bread and therefore need to hustle to make that money. You can’t blame them for that but don’t categorize all DJs for that. You want to know how messed up things are? Join any record pool or get a promo CD and you’ll see there’s no longer an extended version with a break for the DJ to transition smoothly. That’s how low the DJ is thought of. Either we have to put our in intro’s and outros or cut the music in. That to me shows disrespect for the DJ. Respect them like in the past and maybe they’ll concentrate more on the mix becuase honestly the DJ does what he does becuase of the love because that DJ you’re reffering to that’s dead can’t make enough money to get rich . One more thing, I’m pretty sure you were a DJ first and then a producer so remember how it used to be and how it is now.
I agree then don’t agree. Now days unsigned artist songs are stupid and have no point, so it leave the dj no choice to just basically throw that shit away. Like if a dj go to the club and play a stupid song everybody is going to boo the dj and they might even leave the club. It is really all about networking really. I give my c.d out too. I am like if I promote you at least you can do is promote me. Basically scratch my back and I scratch yours. Plus no days you have out of the closet dj’s. Dj’s that don’t even have turn tables. Just have a little machine that you put an IPod on or insert c.d’s. Those are the dj’s that follow the dj’s with turntables just to make a name for there self. Those are the dj’s that don’t look out for unsigned artist.
JD,
First off, much respect you to you and the So So Def Empire. I love it whenever I land in ATL driving up 75 and seeing the So So Def Billboard, you definitely made a great name for yourself!
I have to agree with you on this subject and this is why. I started DJing in 1982, but stopped DJing in 1990; long story… I moved from the West Coast to the East in 2000 and started to pay attention to the radio, bar, and some club DJ’s and found that some of them do not have a clue to really rock a party. First off, some of these DJ’s, just play tracks, they do not even know the concept of blending two records together for a seamlessly smooth transition to one to the other. Then there are some that try and “Mash-up” tracks which do not belong together, it drove me crazy. It made me so upset, that I started to re-think me as a DJ, coming back from hiatus.
I am not saying I am the best DJ/Producer, but you are right when you said when passing the baton you et DJ’ing running in every direction instead of the one you expected. It’s definitely a “New School” issue as the Old/True school DJ’s, the few that there are are still keeping it real. Even if it is with a DVS like Serato or Torq, or with crates of vinyl. Someone needs to bring more creativity to the dance floor and the radio.
Anyway, just wanted to respond and say whats up!
What retarded rambling is coming out of this idiots mouth. Perhaps the idea of the DJ in his tiny beetlejuice head is dead, but there will always be DJ’s playing parties and entertaining. The game of DJing just changed as did the music game. I think it would be more realistic to say the music production business is dead as nobody pays for their products anymore.
I bet you really hatin you said this now……especially with a new artist coming out. DJ Kay Slay aired you out man. On the real.
how come you aint put this on this site??
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhe99751o4872b2FY2
The dj ain’t dead cat. What happened is, your industry let these wack ass cats with no idea what a “mixtape” really is get on. Now these cats that can’t mix worth a fuck are considered dj’s just because they’ll put out new bullshit every week. But book one of these sorry cat’s and they can’t even blend one record to another….It’s kinda sad…but I’m from the ol’ school and I just dj just to see folks enjoy themselves. If an artist comes to me with a cd…I’ll play the joint the following weekend…but for the longest before I switched to serato, I couldn’t because I only rocked vinyl. I asked for their vinyl and they’re like “huh?” Technology has made it too easy to make a song. (laffy taffy???!!) DJ’s used to be important as far as getting the hot shit out….now that rap is so watered down…..80-90% of it is casio keyboard bullshit!! (what happened to a bassline on a track) who in their dj mind would want to play any of this bullshit. But not to worry….this music thing is 360 degrees….the real hip hop will come back to the top once again. And for you young pups…..check a real “mc” …..Black Thought….If we just set him as the standard…80% of these “rappers” wouldn’t dare drop a demo. (especially if Biggie and 2pac were still alive)
Im a Dj, all I have to say is taht if there wasent so much wack shit comming I would have no problem palying new shit. All this new rap shit is wack as fuck, it displays no lyrical skill and has no substance. Plus the reason why alot of dj’s wont play shit is because of the mainstream radio sheep minded mutherfuckers that attend clubs. All these mutherfuckers that come to the clubs that I play at want to hear the same fucking bullshit over and over again, I must get like 30 request for lollipop, souljaboy,and the cupid shuffle, and if I dont play the common popular shit that people waht to hear then that puts my job in jepordy. All yu new artist please start putting out good shit, not just club bangin shit I mean some quality Hip Hop. Lets bring Hip Hop back, then the Dj will come back.
that shit didn’t make NO sense. Your a rich kid whose daddy put him on, quit bitching. and go back to college and learn how to speak.
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the dj in the aspect of a dj in the 80’s is dead yes. that is because in the dj game during the 90’s, the dj’s getting the most bookings were the ones doing the hottest production and remixes. many ma