Vinyl is not dead

Yeah, I saw this guy live. Last night at 7th and Grand Los Angeles, CA was Freedom of Beats was hosted by 7 Lounge. I haven't heard so many classics in a minute.

It was a good time watching some DJ's do their thing. It was raw. One of the most underplayed elements of hip hop is DJing. Without the DJ you have nothing else. There aint no music; there aint no dancing. I haven't seen someone spin real vinyls since 2000. People have it plugged to their macs and click this and that. One love to all DJs, but it was fresh to see DJ melody doing it with vinyls on the 1s and 2s.

It was also a humbling time. I started getting into hip hop music in middle school, and I feel like I been able to hear a lot. But there's just so much history. The roots of hip hop go deep. It's time for me to go back to school. I need to get acquainted with the og sounds. As for my music, I doubt this experience will make any revolutionary changes to my style. I do hope to obtain an appreciation for the past thus giving me more meaning in my own music creation.



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