August 2005 Urban Picks
Posted Mar 29 2006
Aug 15 2005 - While there are countless jams hitting right about now, here a a few getting much play from me. In no particular order.
Track Listing
| Title | Artist | BPM | Label | |
| 1. | Head Over Heels | Emelee | Barak | |
| 2. | Ballroom With Me | Boneus | X-Labs | |
| 3. | Pimp Tight | Czarnok | ||
| 4. | Get on My Hype remix | Messy Marv | ||
| 5. | For the Nasty | Q-Tip | ||
| 6. | Welcome 2 Detroit | Trick Trick feat. Eminem | ||
| 7. | Diamonds Are Forever remix | Kanye West feat. Jay Z | Roc-A-Fella | |
| 8. | Come to Mama | Lina | Hidden Beach | |
| 9. | Boom Boom Clap | Crooked I | ||
| 10. | Animal | Juvenile | ||
| 11. | Welcome to Jamrock | Damien Marley | ||
| 12. | Go | Common | ||
| 13. | Chosen One | N.O.R.E. | ||
| 14. | Take You Down | Furious feat. E-40 | ||
| 15. | Bad | Ying Yang Twins feat. Mike Jones | ||
| 16. | Gold Digger | Kanye West | Roc-A-Fella | |
| 17. | Dem Boyz | Boyz N Da Hood | Bad Boy | |
| 18. | Play | David Banner | Universal | |
| 19. | Give Me That | Webbie feat. Bun B | ||
| 20. | Play That Song | Tony Touch feat. Nina Sky and B-Real | ||
| 21. | First Love | Goapele | Skyblaze Recordings | |
| 22. | Too Cold (Nightmares on Wax mix) | Roots Manuva | Big Dada | |
| 23. | Tranquilla | Tony Touch | ||
| 24. | EZ Up | Slum Village feat. Dwele | Barak | |
| 25. | Te Gusta feat N.O.R.E. | Tony Touch | ||
| 26. | E.T. | One Be Lo | Fat Beats | |
| 27. | Sky Children | NowOn | Tellfunkigence | |
| 28. | YoYoYo | Medina Green feat. Mos Def | ||
| 29. | Teary Eyed | Missy Elliot | ||
| 30. | Get You Down | Warren G feat. B-Real & Marvin Gaye | ||
| 31. | Shake | Ying Yang Twins feat. Pitbull | TVT | |
| 32. | The Come Up | AZ feat. DJ Premier |
This playlist seems a bit surprising to me considering the kind of music that you like to play, and the ideology you have about mainstream music. A lot of these jams are very mainstream, considering the amount of non-mainstream hip-hop music you have.
Amado, good point. I guess the difference between what many DJs like to listen to and what we have to play to keep the crowd happy. Still, I have to admit that I like a few um, questionable songs. But yeah, one reason I don't DJ in public too much anymore is that I'm too picky about my music and since I have a steady day job I don't need to DJ for the money any more.
I agree with Amado (I actually thought this was the music you heard being played, not the one you were playing) But I remember what you told us about you not wanting to play cookie-cutter music anymore and that being pretty much all people want to hear. I also remember Nesto said he doesn't like a lot of the music he plays when he DJ's. I remembered what you said about cookie-cutter music when he said "There is some music I have that I don't want, but I have to keep it because it's the music I DJ with" Bit of a shame that people aren't more open with music. I've been looking through the site to find some recommendations on which artists or songs are good. Can you make a playlist of some stuff you enjoy and put that up when you have time? I think it would help my playlist as well as encourage the musical enlightenment of others.