Sunday, June 1, 2008
It's safe to say Lil Wayne owes some of his success to the mixtape DJ's for pushing his music, especially DJ Drama for his collaboration with Weezy on the classic Dedication Mixtapes.
I understand Wayne was irresponsible for saying "fuck mixtape deejays" in a recent interview. But Wayne cleared the remarks up soon after in an interview with DJ Drama saying the attack was directed to a few of the profiteers, namely The Empire DJs.
Charleston, South Carolina's DJ Chuck T sent an email blast making the June 10th release of Lil Wayne's The Carter III accessible to fans through free download. The deejay wrote, "Lil Wayne said 'fuck mixtape DJ's'...so now i'm about to show that boy the meaning of bootleg...I'll be damned if I let [anyone] get away with saying fuck me without him facing some type of repercussions, including [him]." The deejay said, "Don't buy the new Lil Wayne album. Download it for free!" providing readers with a link to a download site.
I think the mixtape DJ's aren't even real DJ's anymore because most of them aren't even breaking music anymore, they're just putting mixes together of what's hot already. You're a true DJ if you can break unheard of or exclusive music to the listeners and get their approval that it's hot. A DJ is like a filter; they sift through piles of music and are responsible for putting out the good quality music. If they drop garbage music, then they're not a good DJ! That's why I understand why Wayne has his "forget the DJ's" attitude. He doesn't want anybody taking credit for the hundreds of songs he put out.
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so this AJ's new album right here, how you gon be 5 and everytime you get in the car ytou talking bout put the lil wayne in with the 3 on it.....
lmao he like l-l-lick me like a lollipop
lol he like the whole damn cd J, me personally i don't like lil wayne, but hubby and them jam it so much that AJ just down with it....
Jay Midnyte makes some great comments in this article. First and foremost - Chuck T DID NOT leak "The Carter III"
DJ Chuck T tried to self-promote off the exclusive Foundation Magazine audio of their Lil Wayne interview in which Wayne says "fuck mixtape DJs".
Midnyte's comments about DJs are spot on "You're a true DJ if you can break unheard of or exclusive music to the listeners and get their approval that it's hot. A DJ is like a filter; they sift through piles of music and are responsible for putting out the good quality music."
However, I take issue with the comment "I think the mixtape DJ's aren't even real DJ's anymore because most of them aren't even breaking music anymore." I know he says "most of them...." but I hope Jay Midnyte takes a minute to help promote the real Mixtape DJs.
I am posting a link to that crack a new mixtape site that isn't full of wanna be DJs pushing Lil Wayne track after track. Yes, I am doing a little promoting myself but we are on the same team, trying to keep hip hop real.
Might I also say I did a quick look at the mixtapes featured on this site - I don't see a lot of indie support, I'm not hating but I'd like to see you walk the talk.
Peace, Tina :)
Hey thanks for coming through Tina and I will try to support more indie artists, even though it's hard because they're overlooked.
I appreciate you being gracious about my comments.
A few mixtape DJs that seem to consistently support indies are DJ Focuz, DJ Fade (cashville), DJ Ophax (france), DJ Diggz (nj)
Of course they put majors on their tapes to spur interest but it seems they seek out true grinders.
I see you have an email address on your site - I'm going to hit you up through email and keep a watch on that crack - I bet you'll find more DJs that support indies than most sites.