and the judges take a point off........hitting below the belt

oUch!

djs need to learn how to scratch.

They don't even mix the same. What are you talking about? You that that Solomon has spun with AM?

how would this matter?

haterade, get your haterade here!...lol...j/k

What is the purpose of this????.

They both can mix their A** off.

dyvrs is swingin' for the nut sack with a upper cut. Just because they both mix oldschool rock, pop, r&b and top 40 in their sets, he's a biter? I don't get it. =P

I 2nd that.

Soloman- Big ups for posting those mixes. Keep doin your thing homeboy.

oh shit, rick G and the weekly top 4000000000000000000! hahaha..sorry had to do it.

Whoa. That's crazy and funny.

Oh Shittt!!!!

I mean if AM didn't notice it and could care the fuck less if Soloman did spin like him. Why would you?

That Rickgee comment was funny.

Who do you guys think was the forefather of spinning mashup music like this???

I give it up Ztrip since he seems like the one that popularized it.

Wrong quote! i meant the quote above.

Yikes!

i've only heard dj am on youtube videos, but i saw dj solomon spin live this summer at tryst (wynn casino in vegas) and he put down an amazing set!

biggest similarity between the two would be that they aren't afraid to play music with a groove, no matter what genre it is or what year it was released.

as far as biting style, we are all biting granmaster theodore's style everytime we scratch. haters of the world unite!

Hey punosion, got anymore popcorn? ;-)

I think we all use stuff we've learned from other DJ's (scratches and such) as well, as some techniques and either adapted them to fit our style or need. However, if he's really mixing the same songs in the same order back to back, then that's definitely biting.

and don't get me wrong. I don't know if he is or not.

I've heard AM "bite" Z-trip... but adds his own twist... everyone does it to some degree...
who fucking cares...

excuse me "heard of"...from my boy that would know

WTF is going on in the forum as of late....

ya'll need to smoke the hippie lettuce and chill the fug out.

lol @ hippie lettuce.

I think this thread is just a clever marketing tool by solomon and am to get people to come to san francisco tonight since they're both spinning here at clubs that are only a couple blocks from each other.

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!

OOOOOKKKKK, let me first say that i am VERRRY flattered that anyone would even compare me to AM. Ive only known the cat for a few years but he is one of the most humble friendly individuals in the game. I definitely look up to him in many ways coz he is blazing the trail for all of us djs, reaching new heights that not many American Djs have achieved.

Now to get to dyvrs' question:

Yeah I definitely pick up on what people are doing, AM is one of the first guys i'd heard who grabs pieces of phrases in songs and scratches them to mix out of one record to another... I started picking up on that in my sets because i love the way it sounds...
I also started doing more double stutters (offsetting the double record by an 8th note, quarter note etc...) on songs because i saw that it was a good way to create some showmanship in a club and make the track sound more exciting (although i was doing that long before i met AM).

I think there might even be a few tracks, I cant remember without listening back to everything i've posted, where i mix a few songs in similar order and fashion to AM's mix... If any EVER asked me if I came up with that sequence, i would be the 1st to tell them that that's not my mix, its AM's mix.
I've done this with a few different djs I respect and admire. I started doing a mix Justin Hoffman (resident at Tryst for those who dont know) showed me with dr. dre into 2pac, showed it to someone else as "Justin's Mix" they told me "so and so" dj had been doing that mix forever. I've even had some mix that i thought only I did, and Justin came up with the exact same acapella over a Stanton Warriors Remix of Chicken Lips.... We even dropped it in the exact same place.

To continue on the AM tip, I've gotten a ton of inspiration and a few mixes i use out in the club, but on a side note, i must point out I hipped him to the Contours "Do you Love Me" which he plays regularly in his sets now.

So ya see here DYVRS, at this point in the dj game i feel like there are no DJ's without any other djs influence... its a dynamic ebb and flow of music that we all do our best to present to the public.

If I ever "borrow" anyone else's mix, I'll be the 1st one to tell ya about it! I look at it like DJ Flattery, its a show of respect and for their mastery of this craft and I encourage it. However you MUST find your own style and sound within that!

PS we are both playing in SF tonight, but im playing the early set at fluid, then Im off to roe to go catch my man tear it up.... So if you do really wanna hear, you can jump from one club to the other....

oh and please buy Marc D a shot when you see him down there for pointing out the ironic scheduling that coincides with this post!

ha ha ha

Solmon is my MAN! We have spun together many times. He influences me, I influence him as im sure most DJs do for eachother. That mofo is NICE on the wheels. And most important, he is the one who first showed me digital Djing (even though it was final SHIT) and a few months later I got to show him Serato, and he switched. To BITE a line from lil' kim "get your own sh*t, why you ridin mine?" SSL FO LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice seeing you both responding here ... and even more nice in a positive way!

Rolemodels. :)

If it wasn't for you.... I'd proabably be on FINAL CRASH to this DAY! For those that dont know... PEEP MY FS VIDEO:

www.stantondj.com

That could have been me today..... YIKES!

HA HA HA HA HA

That's what's up!

Y'all paying attention? This is the way real DJ's get down with each other. There's so much hating at times in this place that I start to question the times were livin' in now. Nice to see real sh*t go down like this. For real. Big up AM & Solomon.

www.djdazz.com (under slow construction)
www.myspace.com

Umm, I ate it all...sorry! :o

BOO!!! no popcorn here?? ;P

WORD! I'll be spinnin at Mr Smith's, not too far from Solomon and AM...Those guys are actually biting my steez so come check me out! haha

^^^Push

Good shit guys!

This thread is a great example of a rotten intro/nice ending.

Word to burger DJ AM! ssl fo life! thats the best ish since sliced bread! props to solomon.your cuts are swift kid! keep layin it down! question for AM! whats that clap your hands intro you be using? i thought it was an old sam and dave track but i was wrong! shit is sick.nuff respect!

i just bought this www.fitc.ca from target

it sucks.


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LOL , that was a nice video though Solomon.....that FS one. But I was like.....beat juggle with final scratch? Yeah right with no backwards timecode ofcourse that totally sucks :P

nothin but love on the SSL forum... unlike here Watchwww.youtube.com

hahahahahaha!

No offense, but this is turning into a Roman boy love fest thang, and that's too weird.

lol @ Roman boy love fest

borat should hire roman & praise as his tour DJs. i'd pay to see that. i'm not hating, just recmomending a sound business proposal :)

Soloman, you still play bass guitar? peace..spair

yup... come by slide on a wednesday nigh and check out my show with chris clouse...

glad to see lots of the Bay Area hommiez representing on this one!

it funny how the post whores in the this thread decided to try to diss me on what i said but have no clue what im talking about cuz they didnt take the time to listen to solomons mixes or am mixes in entirety to see what i was talking about.

i wont go ahead and disect each mix but theres a few phrasing mixes, songs back to back, and even scratch pieces that are all similar between solomon and am and solomon even agrees.

....hey at least he didnt deny it. so props on that.

me personally i just think its a weird to bite sets to the point of where people see it, espcially from mr. AM because everyone is on his jock right now and knows his cuts.

otherwise i dig what you do solomon, the shit that wasnt AM'isque was original and dope.

Yo Solomon.Lets bring back Soul Food Record Pool!! hehehee My thoughts on this whole subject hmmm ..Solomon VS AM ehh..Just gave Solomon a bunch of free publicity! Just gave AM more.. Yall have to start a DJ Spair Vs Tietso.. I need pub dammit!

HA HA HA HA

DJ FOOD in da house... I actually referenced that pool in that super long crooklyn clan posting thats been growing the last few weeks... the real question is

where is MARTY SMITH AT?

MAN DJ Spair is sounding so much like Paul Okenfeld these days... he is turning the eq knobs just like Oke....

Hahahah..yeah..good question! Where is that Marty??! I know he left around 10,000 promos at a storage unit in Oakland. Styles and Malachi were selling them off for him. This was about two years ago. Story has it that the pool defunked in 2001 and the labels kept sending him vinyl. I asume he was holding on to it as an investment..I remember he was so stingy to give up doubles of certain records. He would give you the newest hot record and then try to sell you a double copy! hahahaha! Definetly a character.

I'm going to try and slide throuh to the shin dig on Weds.I'll bring through some of my Okenfeld bitten mixtapes.
PEACE!

You guys need to realize this game is about ROCKING THE FUCKING CROWD!!!!! Do you realize how many dj's play out every friggin night all over the world who probably mix 2 records together that they think is original, but it's not. Is DJing in a nightclub about battling the guy who goes on before or after you? Everybody bites everybody, it's called evolution. One person can take an idea he heard from somebody else and modify it. Then that person can hear what that guy did and modify that with his own style. This mashup style from my point of view has evolved from the underground rave culture. Mix 2 tracks together to create something new. Dj's need to support each other and not hate on somebody who plays a similar set. Happens all over the world every night. If you get jealous or mad when you see another DJ banging it maybe you need to go back into the lab. I have a feeling it's mostly the younger dj's who hate. Grow up!!

^^ Word 'em up.

Duplicate, Deviate and then originate.

fun thread. Props to Solomon for laying it out in a peaceful way. I listened to his Fluid Live (4 hour mix) over the course of 2 nights while doing work in the office and I was inspired. Never heard a full set by AM but I am looking forward to it.

Uplift your trade yall, stop the hate. ;)