Sometimes life as a deejay is amazing. Â Sometimes life as a deejay is repetitive and monotonous, like any career. Â Last night fell into the first category. Â I got a call from my 4AM homie Jus Ske like “stop what you are doing and meet me at The Darby.” Â I finished up what I was working on and headed over there… and what a night.
We ended up deejaying the top-secret afterparty for Jay-Z and Kanye’s exclusive “Watch The Throne” VIP listening event and it was amazing. Â A who’s who of pop culture in 2011 was in this room… Jay, Kanye, Nas, A-Trak, Khaled, 88-Keys and more. Â And everyone was partying to the soundtrack we provided. Â The best thing about playing for a room of music insiders is you can just play from the heart, and not worry about throwing in silly top-40 girl anthems. Â And that’s exactly what we did.
Jus started off with a great set of Jay-Z rarities and Jay/Nas collabos (“Success!”) and Jay was sitting in the corner bobbing his head, rapping with all the songs. Â The highlight for me was when he played Biggie’s “Realms Of Junior Mafia” and Jay went nuts.
Then it was my turn… as I got on, Kanye jumped up on a couch and took control of the room so I intro’d with “Dark Fantasy” and so we began. Â After running thru my favorite Kanye hits and album tracks… (my favorite: “Thru The Wire” – his favorite: “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”) it was time for the big moment: “Otis.” Â I swear, we must have stopped and restarted that song about 5 times and Jay and Kanye enjoyed the crowd mouthing every word to their new classic.
After that, I was able to dig a little deeper, playing some remixes from my Viva La Hova project, some old Kanye/Jay blends I had in the stash (Jay’s face when I mixed “Heart Of The City” over “We Major” was priceless), and even some live Jay-Z “Unplugged” audio.
The personal highlight for me was when I played “Big Brother” and Kanye basically rapped the entire thing with Jay right there. Â Seemed like a perfect way to end a night celebrating a momentous album from the two most talented people in hip-hop right now.
All in all, an amazing night. Â Check out what Page 6 had to say here and make sure you cop “Watch The Throne” when it drops on August 8th!
