I PLAYED AT A B_BOY BATTLE

[socratez]

I played at a b-boy battle last weekend and it was dope!!!!! I even played some deephouse classics like:
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes- Tell the world how i feel about cha (cut up)
Talking Heads- Once in A lifetime (cut up)

There was such a good vibe that i even did some moves myself, and had to run back to the turntables to blend another record.

This was the best dj-experience in years graemlins/grinyes.gif

[DJ Rated M]

word!

what were some of the b-boy anthems did you rock?

real Hip-Hop...

[socratez]

Dennis Coffey- Theme from Black Belt Jones
Big Daddy Kane- Set it off
Kool and the Gang- Chocolat Butter milk (my favourite)
Marley Marl- America eats it young
James Brown- Make it good to you
- I know you got soul
Harold Melvin and the blue notes- Tell the world how i feel about cha (cut up)
Motown Sounds- (from the Larry Levan pack)
Gazz- Sing Sing
Dj Spinna- Rock
Nina Simone- Funkier than a musquietos tweeter.
MFSB- Family Affair

And some more but i cant remember.



Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
word!

what were some of the b-boy anthems did you rock?

real Hip-Hop...

[ June 23, 2003, 09:29 AM: Message edited by: socratez ]

[DJ Rated M]

kool!

[GrantB]

I've been attending a local b-boy night here and it's supprising how much of the music overlaps with what I play... more than 50%. Once in a Lifetime is a standard for these cats, Funky Nassau, A Little Bit of Jazz, Goin to See My Baby, Hot Music, even Space Bass.

The best part is when they turn me on to something I didn't know, a recent example being the Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles.

The stupid part is that these guys call their night hip hop/b-boy night and they pack the house with cool party people and fly women on a Monday night, but if I do a weekend night and call it disco, I gets 10 frat boys in afro wigs!!!

[socratez]

HAHAHAHA, my point exectaly.
Over here in Holland you dont get to play most of the anthems because the only place i get to play classic deephouse stuff is at dance classix parties. But at those parties they wont dance unless they know the tunes (Relight my fire and shit). At these battles i can play whatever i want as long as the beats are thight.

I even played Liasons Dangereuses when some guy did electric boogie. It seems like the B-boy thing gives me the chance to tell the story of 30 years of "black" music history even more then houseparties do. But that is just over here in Holland


Originally posted by GrantB:

The stupid part is that these guys call their night hip hop/b-boy night and they pack the house with cool party people and fly women on a Monday night, but if I do a weekend night and call it disco, I gets 10 frat boys in afro wigs!!!