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Grandmasters Tour, Sydney. 4 hours later here I am
May 11th 2006 18:50
It's almost 5.30am on a Friday morning (Sydney time) and here I am blogging.
I came home a few hours ago from the Grandmasters Tour (DJ Muggz & Gza the Genius) at Home nightclub (Sydney). It was the longest concert I had ever been to. Doors opened at 8pm and DJ Def Rok played an awesome set for a few hours until Infallible came on.
You know at concerts when people in the standing area usually sprint to and fight over front row? Well here people started filling up the back and sides first before getting to the front. Yes, that was random.
DJ Solo (Soul Assassins) came on and ripped the place up - he was up there hyping the crowd and playing a varied and tasteful selection of classic Hiphop tracks.
To my delight, he stopped spinning, yelled at the audience that he was gonna make a Hiphop beat out of, get this - three Australian pop songs: "I'm talking about the shitty Australian pop too!" he told us.
FIrst track was Ben Lee which Solo mocked by dancing like a Teletubby; second was "ya homegirls" The Veronicas and third was Deltra Goodrem's 'Born To Try'.
When he introduced each track, some audience members got offended (and some just too stoned to care). So he changed tempo, flipped the beat of the first two and added the chipmunk version of Delta.
I'm sitting there (yes, sitting) thinking, why aren't our club DJs like him? His choice of music, the way he interacts with the crowd and showcases - that's the kinda people we need running the joint at the Sydney Hiphop club events.
At about 12.30am, DJ Muggz (Cypress Hill) comes on and lays some good ol' stuff. I'm tired as hell at this stage which was 5 hours after I arrived at the joint. Speaking of which, I was breathing in a lot of second-hand weed smoke but at least all the acts were pretty dope; GZA and Killah Priest (with a towel around his face) came out at about 1am and did their thang.
Too tired to stay at the after party but not to blog about it. What is wrong with me?
Also funnily enough, Solo dropped Ne-Yo's "So Sick", and on the way home it was on the radio. What's with that...
You know at concerts when people in the standing area usually sprint to and fight over front row? Well here people started filling up the back and sides first before getting to the front. Yes, that was random.
DJ Solo (Soul Assassins) came on and ripped the place up - he was up there hyping the crowd and playing a varied and tasteful selection of classic Hiphop tracks.
To my delight, he stopped spinning, yelled at the audience that he was gonna make a Hiphop beat out of, get this - three Australian pop songs: "I'm talking about the shitty Australian pop too!" he told us.
FIrst track was Ben Lee which Solo mocked by dancing like a Teletubby; second was "ya homegirls" The Veronicas and third was Deltra Goodrem's 'Born To Try'.
When he introduced each track, some audience members got offended (and some just too stoned to care). So he changed tempo, flipped the beat of the first two and added the chipmunk version of Delta.
I'm sitting there (yes, sitting) thinking, why aren't our club DJs like him? His choice of music, the way he interacts with the crowd and showcases - that's the kinda people we need running the joint at the Sydney Hiphop club events.
At about 12.30am, DJ Muggz (Cypress Hill) comes on and lays some good ol' stuff. I'm tired as hell at this stage which was 5 hours after I arrived at the joint. Speaking of which, I was breathing in a lot of second-hand weed smoke but at least all the acts were pretty dope; GZA and Killah Priest (with a towel around his face) came out at about 1am and did their thang.
Too tired to stay at the after party but not to blog about it. What is wrong with me?
Also funnily enough, Solo dropped Ne-Yo's "So Sick", and on the way home it was on the radio. What's with that...
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I'd also make fun of the Veronicas. I really don't like them...
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