Do DJ's even dj anymore?

[Thegospel]

Do they know how? Haven they ever shown the ability to scratch and mix like they used to?

 

[TEKBEATZ]

Hope not

 

[B86]

DJs actually did something in the past!? I thought they were there just to yell over tracks and to blend the end of one track into the next track

 

[FreshAIG]

As KRS said, DJing is by far the easiest element of hip hop to master. All you ever had to do to DJ is play records and just know what records to play and when to play them.

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

As KRS said, DJing is by far the easiest element of hip hop to master. All you ever had to do to DJ is play records and just know what records to play and when to play them.

Pfft. It is easier to write a bunch of fukking rhymes than it is to successfully dj a set, smh. That isn't including juggling or scratching either.

And anyone who asks if DJs do anything anymore makes me wonder 1) where they live and 2) wtf kind of hip hop shows they go to

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

Y'all post this same shyt every few months


The answer is yes......we still DJ. Get off the internet and go to a club, a festival, somewhere.....we still exist. Some better than others. You just have to check for it.....

 

[Pack2]

There still some real DJs with skills out there but it is becoming a dying artform in the US, sadly.

edit* I was about to go into a rant about the new generation but I will fall back

 

[FreshAIG]

Pfft. It is easier to write a bunch of fukking rhymes than it is to successfully dj a set, smh. That isn't including juggling or scratching either.

And anyone who asks if DJs do anything anymore makes me wonder 1) where they live and 2) wtf kind of hip hop shows they go to

I've before. It's not hard at all. And I don't know how to do anything special and the crowd was happy.

 

[TEKBEATZ]

Y'all post this same shyt every few months


The answer is yes......we still DJ. Get off the internet and go to a club, a festival, somewhere.....we still exist. Some better than others. You just have to check for it.....

Nice

 

[TEKBEATZ]

@The Dj you love to hate!

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

Of course they do

But this generation is fukked, asking about no dj versions of tapes, they have no clues what a real mixtape is

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

I've before. It's not hard at all. And I don't know how to do anything special and the crowd was happy.

So you think because you were a human ipod at a friends BBQ that DJing is easy?

You weren't blending records, you weren't scratching, you weren't transitioning...so you weren't DJing. You were an ipod my dood.

 

[Thegospel]

Y'all post this same shyt every few months


The answer is yes......we still DJ. Get off the internet and go to a club, a festival, somewhere.....we still exist. Some better than others. You just have to check for it.....

I should've been specific. I meant the (popular) guys like dj drama, Khaled, etc. what do they do to get the recognition that they get.

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

I should've been specific. I meant the (popular) guys like dj drama, Khaled, etc. what do they do to get the recognition that they get.

Everyone has different lanes.....Drama/Clue got famous from the mixtape exclusive lane (which is no longer popping due to the internet).....Khaled/Drama are glorified A&Rs who release records but also have a personality to do radio & TV....That's why they're famous.

You still have DJs like A-Trak and Jazzy Jeff who are turntablist who go around killing clubs, festivals and stadiums.......Djing is more popular than ever now. Unfortunately technology has made it so you have a lot of frauds and these EDM cats who are basically producers and not DJs are making millions but the art of DJing still exists, mostly on your local level tho.

 

[CrimsonTider]

nikkas just want to the songs played in the club.

No one wants you scratching and shyt