Earlier in the week, I read Rhymefest’s blog over at DJ Booth. I suggest checking it out before you go any further. Rhyme was on point for the most part. One thing that bugged the hell out of me was this part:
If radio, music television and yes, even the DJ is to survive, they must be able to compete; meaning the same music you love to listen to when you’re in your car should kind of match the music you play on your show. I submit that in order to compete, the DJ must take back his courage and begin to not only play records, but break them.
His words may just be annoying me a little. This competition he says. I don’t agree with there needing to be any competition. I feel as though blogs and DJs cover two different aspects that the other can’t. It’s not like Nahright and DJ Drama are fighting for the top spot. They’re both one of the top players in each field.
So, whenever someone says there is bloggers vs. DJs, I want to smack them. Yeah, I’ll agree that blogs are actually finding more talent but it’s because DJs don’t be on the internet like that. On top of that, when is the last time you saw DJ Clue break a new artist? I mean someone who is not heavily buzzing in their city but still dope nonetheless. It’s easily to see that someone like Alley Boy is hot in Atlanta and could be picked up by a bigger DJ to make him more known. You’ve never seen a blogger hit up a club and start DJing, have you? I doubt it. We’ve seen DJs blogging before though. They aren’t as good as the actual bloggers sometimes. Again, we both cover two different aspects of the game. Nobody is dying out. DJs are fine. Blogs are fine.
My point is DJs should actually attempt to build a new artist. Instead, we got hoes like Pinky getting DJ Scream tapes. It’s bigger than just breaking a record in my opinion. Yeah, Rhyme is on point with his last statement but he could’ve gave it an extra mile. You can’t always expect to break a record when you don’t bother to give new artists a chance. I could go on about DJs but I’ll let your eyes see for themselves. You get my point.
