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By: UK Series : Rencontre avec Semtex, le DJ le plus influent du royaume :: Streetblogger Radio

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:19:07 +0000

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By: One

One — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:46:17 +0000

lol Yeah I said it and what, when your a kid you don’t know any different do you!!lol notice you didnt question the Kris Kross!!lol and of course Soulja Boy is a modern day equivalent but when your older you look at it from a different perspective.

By: Administrator

Administrator — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:08:35 +0000

You liked MC Hammer???? lol

Seriously though, isnt Soulja Boy the modern day equivalent?

By: One

One — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:03:42 +0000

Yeah I do agree with you when I was a kid my tastes grew from the like of MC Hammer and Kriss Kross who were commerical artists (showing my age!!lol) into the likes of Ice Cube then East coast artists like Redman, Das Efx, Biggie, Jay, Nas,etc,etc. I’m glad seeing the culture I love to death grow and be more accessible, remember the controversy it caused when it first broke through, but I think with acts like Soulja Boy,etc have taken a turn for the worse, commerically anyway, like I said many great acts are out there, just have to look a little harder.

By: Administrator

Administrator — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:29:58 +0000

Hear what your saying, and agree with some of it. Youve got to remember though, to this next generation of Kids, Tinchy is thst guy, Chipmunk is that guy!

Ive got a 9 year old nephew, he thinks Eminem, and Jay-z is boring but to him, N-Dubz and Tinchy are the truth. No doubt his taste in music will grow, but right now the entry points for new HipHop fans are more varied than ever before.

By: One

One — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:05:30 +0000

Im glad I read this post today, because it’s exactly on the subject of what I was talking about last night, although my views are slightly different to yours Semtex. As a DJ you need to play whats current and not necessarily what your feelin’ yourself in order to appeal to a wide range of listeners which is cool. But the current state of hip hop and what kids growing up on current ‘hip hop’ today or what they beileve is hip hop is really sad, how can someone say play some ‘hardcore hip hop’ then mention Soulja Boy! I sky+ the BET hip hop awards and the vast marjority I ended up fast forwarding because it is absolute dross, these acts today have nothing to say at all, they can’t ryhme, they talk no sense, acts like Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane, The New Boyz, Durroh (I may have some of those names wrong!) even in the UK acts like Chipmunk and Tinchy Stryder, all I keep hearing is their doing their thing, fair enough they’ve been succesful this year and that’s cool but they have done it by releasing what is essentially drivvle, pop music aimed at young teens, you mention Devlin in your post and to me he is one of the best young UK hip hop artists I’ve heard in a while but in order to ‘make it’ these days you have to compromise and sell your soul.

Going back to the hip hop awards, Cube picked up some sort of lifetime achievement award and in his speech he mentioned that acts today shouldnt bow down to radio and video stations into releasing what they think they want to hear, and he also said to older rappers keep doin’ what you do because as long as you have a voice you have something to rap about. All of which is true but unfortunatley time has changed and hip hop as it was will never return.

There are still some great acts out there doing their thing, and I understand that nothing lasts forver and everything moves on and develops but what I can not get over is the type of average music that the majority of people now see as acceptable as top draw music today. I know that a lot of people reading this will not share the same view which is cool becasue the game is all about opinions and I thought I would just vent mine.

Semtex keep doing your thing man, I first heard of you on from the Sony street team mixtapes that I still have on casstte today and thought were dope!!

By: D.B

D.B — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:19:40 +0000

LOL … Well played sir.

By: Kdub

Kdub — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:51:59 +0000

best dj in the game right here

By: greg

greg — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:45:52 +0000

Semtex man you don’t even need to rant , your a fore-figure in the game and a well respected dj. ive seen your sets countless times and again with dizzee and each time you kill it. Haters will hate man but the people who are on the same wave length as you understand your workings . . just keep doing your thing man. and yea you need a hook up with dre still lol.

By: snail

snail — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:13:38 +0000

gwan fam!