Reigning King of the D.2 Sits Down With Mackie
Will Success Spoil DJ Rocky Rock?
DJ Rocky Rock Is the King of the Battle DJs. He didn’t rise to his throne through royal succession, no, he did it the old fashioned way—by crushing his opponents mano-a-mano fashion at the WMC/DMC DJ Spinoff. So close, he could see the look in their eyes.
Sure, you might think this is the usual C-grade platitude an easily distracted writer dumps on everybody, but I mean, have you ever seen one of these DJ battle competitions? These guys, (and occasional girls) go head to head, elimination style, dissing their opponents and praising their own skillz, with tortured vinyl melodies and counterpoints, using nothing more than two turntables and heavily stickerd vinyl.
These are the cats who would be playing killer jazz, had the schools not let their music programs go down the Crapper. Instead, they had turntables and vinyl to get outside, not horns and basses and drums.
So, what kind of Type-A, Ultimate Fighter after-a-breakfast-of Mini-Thins personality does a person have to posses to thrive in this business of scorched-earth battles? Let the interview begin.
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