The Youth

Well tonight was interesting... I got booked to mix at C3 teen club again and tonight was a pretty big event so I was excited. I was mixing and so was another DJ and we'd switch off back and forth. Everything was going super smooth at the beginning 'til the requests started coming.

At the time I was spinning Biggie's "Hypnotize", one of the hottest rap songs of all time when a girl came up to me while I was mixing asking, "can you play something we can dance to?". First of all I don't think the music has anything to do with your ability to dance, I can dance at home without any music at all. And secondly NO, i can not play music you can "dance" to because your type of "dancing" is pretty much dry humping on the dance floor! To be honest this is not what I said, but the sights I saw today were so disgusting that I was extremely annoyed. I just wanted to play some good music, but all everyone wanted to hear was just disgusting trashy music that degrades everyone. Never have I seen such dirty dancing in my life, and it got to the point where I didn't even know what to play cause the songs they were requesting I didn't even have.

The young crowd or predominantly black african americans I witnessed tonight was atrocious. To be honest I'm just glad my mom didn't show up cause she would've flipped. It got to the point where I had to leave early because I didn't have the right music they wanted to hear. The music they want I hate and I don't acquire it because I'd never want to hear it let alone mix it. I'm just sick of seeing such a dissapointing black generation growing up. People don't even understand how great dancing is when you can actually see the person's face you're dancing with. Also it'd be wonderful if I could tell all those girls that you don't have to dress like that to get a guy to like you or shake your butt all over his lap. The youth has so much potential to be great, yet we fall into this nasty image of pleasure that is nothing less than horrific. I've never felt so uncomfortable in my life. To be honest it takes nights like these to realize that there are certain things I won't spin and there's a certain crowd that my music is catering to. Call me white but I'd rather be white if what I saw tonight is considered black.

What I heard and saw just made me hate music. I wish I had a prom style crowd where I could throw on Bulletproof or Harder Better Faster Stronger or Let Me Clear My Throat and people would go crazy. Those are the people that love music and love to dance and enjoy themselves, because even if it wasn't their jam they'd want to get down and groove regardless. Crowds like those I've realized are priceless and I can't wait til the day comes where I find the right crowd that appreciates my style of mixing and what I do. Until then I'm not going to settle and fall into the trailer trash rap that had to be played tonight to get people's sexual hormones aroused. There's more to dancing than grinding people!

/rant