do you take requests...

requests? uh, no. no i don't. you can make a suggestion, and if i have it, and if it would work with what i'm currently doing, or if it will work into something i may be doing later, then i'll do my best to work it in. but no. no. i won't play just anything that is requested. briteny spears? toxic? no. no i'm not going to play that. why? because i don't own it. yes, really. why don't i own it? because it sux. and no. i don't have a list or book of music you can look through. i'm not that kind of dj. and no. no. i'm not having a bad night. i'm not trying to be an a-hole. i'm not trying to offend you by refusing to play what you request. i'm just not that type of dj. oh, so you want me to "play something good"? so i guess that means what i've been playing isn't good. but all the people dancing right now seem to think what i'm playing is good. and didn't you just request that i play britney spears. have you heard the expression "it's all relative"? obviously what i think is good, and what all the people dancing think is good, is not the same as what you think is good. because if i play your request right now everyone dancing will stop and look at me with an expression like i just dropped the worst ass gas ever. I'd probably make a smelly fart face myself. so to recap, no, i don't take requests; no, i won't play briteny spears; and aside from this conversation i'm having an excellent night.

so usually i get a couple people a night who want to make a request. usually it's a request for something i intend to play later or already played. however, sometimes it's a request for something i have no intention of playing, because i can't, because i don't own it, because i think it's crap. usually the requester takes the request rejection with a smile. but this friday i had a couple girls get really bitchy with me when i rejected their request. or maybe i got bitchy with them. whatever. their shock at me refusing to play their song combined with my shock at the stinky request they made resulted in a bitchy conversation.

aside from a couple bitchy conversations, this friday was killer. i found myself playing a lot of dancehall, house and mashups instead of the usual collection of hip-hop-etc. it apparently went over pretty well as, just like last week, the dance floor was packed from about 9:30 on.

so the following blubeat collection includes some of the new and old tracks i've been digging this week, and i believe all of them were played this friday. enjoy, and if you come down next week, be sure to come down early as i heard the line to get in was pretty long this last friday.

i know kanye = a-hole drama, but damn, homeboy can make some good music. here's a couple older kanye tracks i've been diggin' lately.

heard 'em say - kanye west featuring adam levine

touch the sky - kanye west featuring lupe fiasco

this next track is by nextmen et al. good stuff and prolly influenced my tendency towards a dancehall vibe this last friday.

blood fire - nextmen featuring dynamite mc

how 'bout some dj spinna? ok. cool. this guy has produced some of my favorite tracks. this one is classic spinna. super smooth.

Intergalactic – dj spinna featuring phonte of little brother

and this last track has a bizarre/bad video, but i dig the track. seems like i've been digging everything from santigold, but all the vids are weird/bad. anyway. enjoy.

creator - santigold