The Story are an English psychedelic folk duo comprising former Forest member Martin Welham and his son Tom Welham. The pair write and record melodic songs that range from psychedelic pop to stream-of-consciousness folk and play an array of predominantly acoustic instruments as a backdrop to their blend of vocal harmonies.
Biography
Martin Welham was part of the influential 1960's acid folk trio Forest. In the early 2000s, thirty years after Forest disbanded, he formed Somerset based band The Story with his son Tom and returned to recording music. The duo's sound has echoes of Martin's earlier work with authentic psychedelic songwriting at its core.
The band's first release was a 2005 vinyl split album, The Dawn Is Crowned, with Californian freak folk band Whysp on Good Village Records. The Story's side features five broadly acoustic tracks that blend esoteric, dark imagery with powerful vocal harmonies resulting in an un-attributable psychedelic air.
In 2006 the band released their first full-length album Tale Spin on Sunbeam Records - the first contemporary artists released by the label. This psychedelic folk pop album features acoustic guitars, keyboards and light percussion combined with airy harmony vocals and wistful melodies.
About four years later, a version of the song has been recorded by Grey's Anatomy actress Sara Ramirez and was first presented in the 2011 episode "Song Beneath the Song".
Composition and recording
"The Story" was written by Phil Hanseroth, who also plays bass in Carlile's band. It has a 16-bar melody. It was recorded in Vancouver, Canada and produced by T-Bone Burnett.
Along with other songs by Carlile, "The Story" received exposure to a wider audience by being played on the soundtrack to medical drama series Grey's Anatomy. The song, and parts of the video, appeared in 2007 in a special recap episode titled "Every Moment Counts". The song was also used in a General Motors commercial that aired during television coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics. "The Story" has become the most popular song from Carlile's album.
Headhunterz & Wildstylez - The Story Unfolds (2008)
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from techno and hardcore. Early hardstyle typically consisted of an overdriven and hard-sounding kick drum with a lot of sustain, with intense faded or reversed basslines accompanying the beat. Hardstyle also utilises harsh and distorted synths, detuned and distorted sounds accompanying the main instruments along with a lot of modern hardstyle songs that also incorporate poetry and story telling within the music.
The natural evolution of music has seen hardstyle mellow out over time. What was once a very dark, assertive and powerful genre began to incorporate trance-like synths and uplifting melodies. Modern kicks are also now layered, with multiple layers of higher frequency distorted kicks, combining with a lower frequency tremble...
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Qlimax 2008
01. Walt Jenssen - Ctrl Walt Del (Showtek Rmx)
02. Zany - Pillz (Showtek Rmx)
03. Zushi - Lala (Showtek Rmx)
05. Abbys & Judge - Rapture
06. Showtek - Dominate (Melbourne Remix)
07. Dutch Master - Floorspin
08. The Masochist - LDMF (Wildstylez Rmx)
09. Showtek - Partylover (Sydney Remix)
10. Abbys & Judge - Rok'it
11. Showtek - Hero
12. Showtek - Hold us Back
Headhunterz:
Headhunterz - A New Day
* Noisecontrollers - Attack Again
* Noisecontrollers - Sanctus
* Frontliner - Outside Spacer
* Killerclown - Silentium
* Headhunterz - Blame It On The Editz
* Headhunterz - Rock Cilivization
* Headhunterz - Just Say My Name
* The KGB's - Techno Gym
* Speedwave - The Hardstyle Factory (Headhunterz Remix)
Project One:
01. Project One - Rate Reducer
* Project One - The S...
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from techno and hardcore. Early hardstyle typically consisted of an overdriven and hard-sounding kick d...
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from techno and hardcore. Early hardstyle typically consisted of an overdriven and hard-sounding kick drum with a lot of sustain, with intense faded or reversed basslines accompanying the beat. Hardstyle also utilises harsh and distorted synths, detuned and distorted sounds accompanying the main instruments along with a lot of modern hardstyle songs that also incorporate poetry and story telling within the music.
The natural evolution of music has seen hardstyle mellow out over time. What was once a very dark, assertive and powerful genre began to incorporate trance-like synths and uplifting melodies. Modern kicks are also now layered, with multiple layers of higher frequency distorted kicks, combining with a lower frequency tremble to create a thicker and fuller kick drum. During the mid-late 2000s, pitching kicks became popular in hardstyle as well, and all this has led to hardstyle becoming more accessible and popularity increased. Many hardcore artists produce hardstyle tracks as well, and many newer Hardstyle tracks are written in compound time (for example, older Headhunterz and Noisecontrollers work).
Hardstyle has also been an influence on other styles of electronic dance music as well, most notably big room house, that shares similarities with hardstyle, like structures, rhythms and later pitched kicks. Artists who are linked with hardstyle have found significant success within house. These artists include Martin Garrix, Showtek, Headhunterz, D-Block & S-te-Fan and Maarten Vorwerk.
Around the late 1990s into the early 2000s, hard trance was being experimented and influenced hardcore and hard house producers, with small changes and tweaks being made such as introduction of the reverse bass and an increased amount of screeches. The exact origin of hardstyle cannot be specifically defined, as it did not simply appear out of nowhere, but the result of an evolution and mixture of other genres turned hard trance to a more pronouced hardstyle, which is now known as early hardstyle. As it progressed, it gathered characteristics from other genres such as hardcore and hard house and developed the unique reverse bass and was played in the 135-150 BPM range. In a sense, hardcore producers such as DJ Zany, Lady Dana, DJ Isaac, DJ Pavo, DJ Luna and The Prophet, and external influences like hard house was mainstream at the time, and turned hard trance into early hardstyle. This also explains the reason why later on, the BPM of hardstyle increased slightly (from 135-150 to 150-160). Some hardcore producers such as The Prophet brought the reverse bass and screeches back to the hardcore gabber scene making hardstyle and hardcore nowadays similar or even indistinguishable in some cases, only differing in BPM.
Hardstyle was influenced by gabber. Hardstyle has its origins in the Netherlands where artists like DJ Zany, Lady Dana, DJ Isaac, DJ Pavo, DJ Luna and The Prophet, who produced hardcore, started experimenting while playing their hardcore records. The first hardstyle events, like Qlubtempo, took place at the beginning of the 21st century. The first few years of hardstyle were characterized by a tempo of around 140–150 BPM, a compressed kick drum sound, a short vocal sample, a screech and the use of a "reverse bass", which can be heard on the offbeat after each kick.
After several successful editions of Qlubtempo and Qlimax, Q-dance registered the word hardstyle as their brand on the 4th of July 2002.
Around 2002, more hardstyle labels emerged. Fusion (with artist as DJ Zany and Donkey Rollers) and Scantraxx (founded by Dov Elkabas) are two of the Dutch labels that started to bring out hardstyle tracks around that time.
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from techno and hardcore. Early hardstyle typically consisted of an overdriven and hard-sounding kick drum with a lot of sustain, with intense faded or reversed basslines accompanying the beat. Hardstyle also utilises harsh and distorted synths, detuned and distorted sounds accompanying the main instruments along with a lot of modern hardstyle songs that also incorporate poetry and story telling within the music.
The natural evolution of music has seen hardstyle mellow out over time. What was once a very dark, assertive and powerful genre began to incorporate trance-like synths and uplifting melodies. Modern kicks are also now layered, with multiple layers of higher frequency distorted kicks, combining with a lower frequency tremble to create a thicker and fuller kick drum. During the mid-late 2000s, pitching kicks became popular in hardstyle as well, and all this has led to hardstyle becoming more accessible and popularity increased. Many hardcore artists produce hardstyle tracks as well, and many newer Hardstyle tracks are written in compound time (for example, older Headhunterz and Noisecontrollers work).
Hardstyle has also been an influence on other styles of electronic dance music as well, most notably big room house, that shares similarities with hardstyle, like structures, rhythms and later pitched kicks. Artists who are linked with hardstyle have found significant success within house. These artists include Martin Garrix, Showtek, Headhunterz, D-Block & S-te-Fan and Maarten Vorwerk.
Around the late 1990s into the early 2000s, hard trance was being experimented and influenced hardcore and hard house producers, with small changes and tweaks being made such as introduction of the reverse bass and an increased amount of screeches. The exact origin of hardstyle cannot be specifically defined, as it did not simply appear out of nowhere, but the result of an evolution and mixture of other genres turned hard trance to a more pronouced hardstyle, which is now known as early hardstyle. As it progressed, it gathered characteristics from other genres such as hardcore and hard house and developed the unique reverse bass and was played in the 135-150 BPM range. In a sense, hardcore producers such as DJ Zany, Lady Dana, DJ Isaac, DJ Pavo, DJ Luna and The Prophet, and external influences like hard house was mainstream at the time, and turned hard trance into early hardstyle. This also explains the reason why later on, the BPM of hardstyle increased slightly (from 135-150 to 150-160). Some hardcore producers such as The Prophet brought the reverse bass and screeches back to the hardcore gabber scene making hardstyle and hardcore nowadays similar or even indistinguishable in some cases, only differing in BPM.
Hardstyle was influenced by gabber. Hardstyle has its origins in the Netherlands where artists like DJ Zany, Lady Dana, DJ Isaac, DJ Pavo, DJ Luna and The Prophet, who produced hardcore, started experimenting while playing their hardcore records. The first hardstyle events, like Qlubtempo, took place at the beginning of the 21st century. The first few years of hardstyle were characterized by a tempo of around 140–150 BPM, a compressed kick drum sound, a short vocal sample, a screech and the use of a "reverse bass", which can be heard on the offbeat after each kick.
After several successful editions of Qlubtempo and Qlimax, Q-dance registered the word hardstyle as their brand on the 4th of July 2002.
Around 2002, more hardstyle labels emerged. Fusion (with artist as DJ Zany and Donkey Rollers) and Scantraxx (founded by Dov Elkabas) are two of the Dutch labels that started to bring out hardstyle tracks around that time.
Qlimax 2008
01. Walt Jenssen - Ctrl Walt Del (Showtek Rmx)
02. Zany - Pillz (Showtek Rmx)
03. Zushi - Lala (Showtek Rmx)
05. Abbys & Judge - Rapture
06. Showtek - Dominate (Melbourne Remix)
07. Dutch Master - Floorspin
08. The Masochist - LDMF (Wildstylez Rmx)
09. Showtek - Partylover (Sydney Remix)
10. Abbys & Judge - Rok'it
11. Showtek - Hero
12. Showtek - Hold us Back
Headhunterz:
Headhunterz - A New Day
* Noisecontrollers - Attack Again
* Noisecontrollers - Sanctus
* Frontliner - Outside Spacer
* Killerclown - Silentium
* Headhunterz - Blame It On The Editz
* Headhunterz - Rock Cilivization
* Headhunterz - Just Say My Name
* The KGB's - Techno Gym
* Speedwave - The Hardstyle Factory (Headhunterz Remix)
Project One:
01. Project One - Rate Reducer
* Project One - The Story Unfolds
* Project One - Life beyond earth
* Project One - The Art Of Creation
D-block & S-te-fan:
01. Josh & Wesz - Like Thiz
* D-block & S-Te-Fan - Part Of The Hard
* D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Evolution
* D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Ride With Uz
* Scope DJ meets A-Lusion - Reaching Out
* D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Rock Diz Joint
* D-Block & S-te-fan - Music made addict
Technoboy:
01. DJ Phil Ty - Miami Belch
* The KGB's - The KGB's - Yerba Diabolika (Technoboy Mix)
* Technoboy - Next Dimensional World
* Technoboy ft. Shayla - Oh My God
* Technoboy - Rage
* Speedwave - Junior (Hardstyle Masterz Re-edit 2008 Only dj tool)
* Tuneboy - Dirty (Wildstylez remix)
* Dark Oscillators - Trapped
* Tuneboy - I will growl
* Max Enforcer - Loudness(Hardstyle Masterz mix)
Tatanka:
* Tat & Zat - Scary Track
* T4t4nk4 - Let's Rock
* Wild Motherfuckers - B2BW -
* Fronliner - Warphole
* Hyperdrive - The Punishment
* Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (? Mix / Remix) -
* Floorcrushers vs Sasha F - Get Hit
* VA - Cocaine Fother Muckers (Jack of Sound Mash-Up)
* Tatanka & Zany vs DV8 - Connection
* Tatanka presents J. Hiroshy - Showtime
* Hardstyle Masterz Feat. Max Enforcer - The stage is our home (Max Enforcer Remix)
* Bass Modulators vs. B-Front - Quarantine
Zany & Vince :
01. Zany - Animated Audio
* Zany - Razr
* Bulldozer Project - Arise (The Beholder & Dj Zany Rmx)
* Zany - Symphonic Feedback
* Zany ft. NC - Delomelancum
* Zany - Animated Audio
* Zany ft. The Beholder - God
* Donkey Rollers - Voice of Conscience
* Floorcrushers - Psychostyles
* Zany - ID (hardest track of that night)
* Zany & DV8 - Wilde Gullie Bas
* Ophidian - Butterfly
* Evil Activities - Nobody said it was easy
* Evil Activities - no place to hide
* Tha Playah - Fuck the titties (Tommyknocker & Viper Remix)
* Mad Dog - Nasty
* The Viper & Neophyte - 98 to your mind
* Denekamps Gespuis - Gas Met Die Zooi (Tha Playah Remix)
* Noize Supressor - Fingerz
* DJ Neophyte vs. Tha Playah - Still Nr. 1
* Shadowlands Terrorist - Shadowlands Anthem
* J.D.A. - Voel Je Die Bass (Hitmen Remix)
Qlimax 2008
01. Walt Jenssen - Ctrl Walt Del (Showtek Rmx)
02. Zany - Pillz (Showtek Rmx)
03. Zushi - Lala (Showtek Rmx)
05. Abbys & Judge - Rapture
06. Showtek - Dominate (Melbourne Remix)
07. Dutch Master - Floorspin
08. The Masochist - LDMF (Wildstylez Rmx)
09. Showtek - Partylover (Sydney Remix)
10. Abbys & Judge - Rok'it
11. Showtek - Hero
12. Showtek - Hold us Back
Headhunterz:
Headhunterz - A New Day
* Noisecontrollers - Attack Again
* Noisecontrollers - Sanctus
* Frontliner - Outside Spacer
* Killerclown - Silentium
* Headhunterz - Blame It On The Editz
* Headhunterz - Rock Cilivization
* Headhunterz - Just Say My Name
* The KGB's - Techno Gym
* Speedwave - The Hardstyle Factory (Headhunterz Remix)
Project One:
01. Project One - Rate Reducer
* Project One - The Story Unfolds
* Project One - Life beyond earth
* Project One - The Art Of Creation
D-block & S-te-fan:
01. Josh & Wesz - Like Thiz
* D-block & S-Te-Fan - Part Of The Hard
* D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Evolution
* D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Ride With Uz
* Scope DJ meets A-Lusion - Reaching Out
* D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Rock Diz Joint
* D-Block & S-te-fan - Music made addict
Technoboy:
01. DJ Phil Ty - Miami Belch
* The KGB's - The KGB's - Yerba Diabolika (Technoboy Mix)
* Technoboy - Next Dimensional World
* Technoboy ft. Shayla - Oh My God
* Technoboy - Rage
* Speedwave - Junior (Hardstyle Masterz Re-edit 2008 Only dj tool)
* Tuneboy - Dirty (Wildstylez remix)
* Dark Oscillators - Trapped
* Tuneboy - I will growl
* Max Enforcer - Loudness(Hardstyle Masterz mix)
Tatanka:
* Tat & Zat - Scary Track
* T4t4nk4 - Let's Rock
* Wild Motherfuckers - B2BW -
* Fronliner - Warphole
* Hyperdrive - The Punishment
* Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (? Mix / Remix) -
* Floorcrushers vs Sasha F - Get Hit
* VA - Cocaine Fother Muckers (Jack of Sound Mash-Up)
* Tatanka & Zany vs DV8 - Connection
* Tatanka presents J. Hiroshy - Showtime
* Hardstyle Masterz Feat. Max Enforcer - The stage is our home (Max Enforcer Remix)
* Bass Modulators vs. B-Front - Quarantine
Zany & Vince :
01. Zany - Animated Audio
* Zany - Razr
* Bulldozer Project - Arise (The Beholder & Dj Zany Rmx)
* Zany - Symphonic Feedback
* Zany ft. NC - Delomelancum
* Zany - Animated Audio
* Zany ft. The Beholder - God
* Donkey Rollers - Voice of Conscience
* Floorcrushers - Psychostyles
* Zany - ID (hardest track of that night)
* Zany & DV8 - Wilde Gullie Bas
* Ophidian - Butterfly
* Evil Activities - Nobody said it was easy
* Evil Activities - no place to hide
* Tha Playah - Fuck the titties (Tommyknocker & Viper Remix)
* Mad Dog - Nasty
* The Viper & Neophyte - 98 to your mind
* Denekamps Gespuis - Gas Met Die Zooi (Tha Playah Remix)
* Noize Supressor - Fingerz
* DJ Neophyte vs. Tha Playah - Still Nr. 1
* Shadowlands Terrorist - Shadowlands Anthem
* J.D.A. - Voel Je Die Bass (Hitmen Remix)
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from techno and hardcore. Early hardstyle typically consisted of an overdriven and hard-sounding kick drum with a lot of sustain, with intense faded or reversed basslines accompanying the beat. Hardstyle also utilises harsh and distorted synths, detuned and distorted sounds accompanying the main instruments along with a lot of modern hardstyle songs that also incorporate poetry and story telling within the music.
The natural evolution of music has seen hardstyle mellow out over time. What was once a very dark, assertive and powerful genre began to incorporate trance-like synths and uplifting melodies. Modern kicks are also now layered, with multiple layers of higher frequency distorted kicks, combining with a lower frequency tremble to create a thicker and fuller kick drum. During the mid-late 2000s, pitching kicks became popular in hardstyle as well, and all this has led to hardstyle becoming more accessible and popularity increased. Many hardcore artists produce hardstyle tracks as well, and many newer Hardstyle tracks are written in compound time (for example, older Headhunterz and Noisecontrollers work).
Hardstyle has also been an influence on other styles of electronic dance music as well, most notably big room house, that shares similarities with hardstyle, like structures, rhythms and later pitched kicks. Artists who are linked with hardstyle have found significant success within house. These artists include Martin Garrix, Showtek, Headhunterz, D-Block & S-te-Fan and Maarten Vorwerk.
Around the late 1990s into the early 2000s, hard trance was being experimented and influenced hardcore and hard house producers, with small changes and tweaks being made such as introduction of the reverse bass and an increased amount of screeches. The exact origin of hardstyle cannot be specifically defined, as it did not simply appear out of nowhere, but the result of an evolution and mixture of other genres turned hard trance to a more pronouced hardstyle, which is now known as early hardstyle. As it progressed, it gathered characteristics from other genres such as hardcore and hard house and developed the unique reverse bass and was played in the 135-150 BPM range. In a sense, hardcore producers such as DJ Zany, Lady Dana, DJ Isaac, DJ Pavo, DJ Luna and The Prophet, and external influences like hard house was mainstream at the time, and turned hard trance into early hardstyle. This also explains the reason why later on, the BPM of hardstyle increased slightly (from 135-150 to 150-160). Some hardcore producers such as The Prophet brought the reverse bass and screeches back to the hardcore gabber scene making hardstyle and hardcore nowadays similar or even indistinguishable in some cases, only differing in BPM.
Hardstyle was influenced by gabber. Hardstyle has its origins in the Netherlands where artists like DJ Zany, Lady Dana, DJ Isaac, DJ Pavo, DJ Luna and The Prophet, who produced hardcore, started experimenting while playing their hardcore records. The first hardstyle events, like Qlubtempo, took place at the beginning of the 21st century. The first few years of hardstyle were characterized by a tempo of around 140–150 BPM, a compressed kick drum sound, a short vocal sample, a screech and the use of a "reverse bass", which can be heard on the offbeat after each kick.
After several successful editions of Qlubtempo and Qlimax, Q-dance registered the word hardstyle as their brand on the 4th of July 2002.
Around 2002, more hardstyle labels emerged. Fusion (with artist as DJ Zany and Donkey Rollers) and Scantraxx (founded by Dov Elkabas) are two of the Dutch labels that started to bring out hardstyle tracks around that time.
Qlimax 2008
01. Walt Jenssen - Ctrl Walt Del (Showtek Rmx)
02. Zany - Pillz (Showtek Rmx)
03. Zushi - Lala (Showtek Rmx)
05. Abbys & Judge - Rapture
06. Showtek - Dominate (Melbourne Remix)
07. Dutch Master - Floorspin
08. The Masochist - LDMF (Wildstylez Rmx)
09. Showtek - Partylover (Sydney Remix)
10. Abbys & Judge - Rok'it
11. Showtek - Hero
12. Showtek - Hold us Back
Headhunterz:
Headhunterz - A New Day
* Noisecontrollers - Attack Again
* Noisecontrollers - Sanctus
* Frontliner - Outside Spacer
* Killerclown - Silentium
* Headhunterz - Blame It On The Editz
* Headhunterz - Rock Cilivization
* Headhunterz - Just Say My Name
* The KGB's - Techno Gym
* Speedwave - The Hardstyle Factory (Headhunterz Remix)
Project One:
01. Project One - Rate Reducer
* Project One - The Story Unfolds
* Project One - Life beyond earth
* Project One - The Art Of Creation
D-block & S-te-fan:
01. Josh & Wesz - Like Thiz
* D-block & S-Te-Fan - Part Of The Hard
* D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Evolution
* D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Ride With Uz
* Scope DJ meets A-Lusion - Reaching Out
* D-Block & S-Te-Fan - Rock Diz Joint
* D-Block & S-te-fan - Music made addict
Technoboy:
01. DJ Phil Ty - Miami Belch
* The KGB's - The KGB's - Yerba Diabolika (Technoboy Mix)
* Technoboy - Next Dimensional World
* Technoboy ft. Shayla - Oh My God
* Technoboy - Rage
* Speedwave - Junior (Hardstyle Masterz Re-edit 2008 Only dj tool)
* Tuneboy - Dirty (Wildstylez remix)
* Dark Oscillators - Trapped
* Tuneboy - I will growl
* Max Enforcer - Loudness(Hardstyle Masterz mix)
Tatanka:
* Tat & Zat - Scary Track
* T4t4nk4 - Let's Rock
* Wild Motherfuckers - B2BW -
* Fronliner - Warphole
* Hyperdrive - The Punishment
* Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (? Mix / Remix) -
* Floorcrushers vs Sasha F - Get Hit
* VA - Cocaine Fother Muckers (Jack of Sound Mash-Up)
* Tatanka & Zany vs DV8 - Connection
* Tatanka presents J. Hiroshy - Showtime
* Hardstyle Masterz Feat. Max Enforcer - The stage is our home (Max Enforcer Remix)
* Bass Modulators vs. B-Front - Quarantine
Zany & Vince :
01. Zany - Animated Audio
* Zany - Razr
* Bulldozer Project - Arise (The Beholder & Dj Zany Rmx)
* Zany - Symphonic Feedback
* Zany ft. NC - Delomelancum
* Zany - Animated Audio
* Zany ft. The Beholder - God
* Donkey Rollers - Voice of Conscience
* Floorcrushers - Psychostyles
* Zany - ID (hardest track of that night)
* Zany & DV8 - Wilde Gullie Bas
* Ophidian - Butterfly
* Evil Activities - Nobody said it was easy
* Evil Activities - no place to hide
* Tha Playah - Fuck the titties (Tommyknocker & Viper Remix)
* Mad Dog - Nasty
* The Viper & Neophyte - 98 to your mind
* Denekamps Gespuis - Gas Met Die Zooi (Tha Playah Remix)
* Noize Supressor - Fingerz
* DJ Neophyte vs. Tha Playah - Still Nr. 1
* Shadowlands Terrorist - Shadowlands Anthem
* J.D.A. - Voel Je Die Bass (Hitmen Remix)
[Intro: KRS - talking] Yes, KRS. Revolution. You know what this is We back in the building, straight up Yo, look at 'em. Look at 'em runnin' Look at 'em runnin' already. Out the door Let's go. This is raw. Y'all know what time this is [Verse 1:] When KRS-One comes to spit You DJ's with no breaks, I don't wanna hear that shit The radio? I can't even bare that shit Gucci/Prada, I don't even wear that shit I'm in the streets, holla, but y'all fear that shit We blue collar DJ's, we're here to rip 900 number, we got two pairs of it MP3 shit, I'm not sharin' it Classic samples and loops, we not clearin' it The life of DJ, there's no comparin' it Many wanna be but many more are scared of it Before they start they already plan to quit The music? They no longer fans of it They wanna use it, so they can get a grand and shit The program director is handin' 'em strips Make 'em play wack shit and lie from they lips! [talking: DJ Premier] You see, there's times like this. When you need real motherfuckers like us to let you know what a DJ is Listen man, I gotta pay you to play my shit? Check this out My shit's already hot so I ain't gotta pay for shit You can't tell a DJ what to do. We tell you what's really good DJ Revolution, I got you. Fuck these clowns [Verse 2:] So, you wanna be a DJ live on the set? Can't be travellin' back again, you should not forget The beats in the street and you have been elected To carry the tradition of records being selected Check it Your job is to break new records Go to the club, get on man and wreck shit Seemless mixin', blends undetected The true DJ and MC are connected Like me and DJ Revolution Look at what we usin' Beats and rhymes, no confusion Who's in the house? If my crew's in the house? 100's of people be groovin' it out Cuttin', mixin', scratchin' non-stop Party rockin', two hours non-stop If you got Serrato Bravo But if you can't cut vinyl records, you won't be able to follow A true MC, not a new MC Fuck the computer it's you and me And the crowd And oh yes they want it loud At the tombstone of Scott La Rock, I vow Never to let a wack DJ mix me And I'll be spittin' this way past 60 Ain't nothin' changed but the format Funk, soul, jungle, maaaan, you gotta play all that Mix it up, not lick it up The mix, a DJ should pick you up KRS-One DJ Revolution Tell me, what's the solution? [Scratch chorus: "The DJ" - Common] [Verse 3:] Yeah, you're a D dot J dot, man don't even say that We real in the field, y'all pressin' play back DJ Revolution, watch how you say dat Y'all gonna respect this DJ from way back Yo, hey Jack, this the payback Y'all far from home and forgot your way back So bein' I'm the teacher and all this Me and DJ Revolution put together this short list For DJ's So you can get on your job A DJ is not an Ipod A DJ is not a jukebox, fuck your requests You come to hear the DJ rock Just because you got 20, 000 songs in your computer and you call on them Doesn't mean you should bore the crowd Be selective, you don't have to play all of them I really shouldn't have to say this But don't build your set from your P.D. playlist DJ's across the nation What you play in your ride, play on the station Needless to say DJ's must love the music they play And Mix If you're good Just because you can scratch doesn't mean you should Cuttin' and scratchin' is seasonin' when you use it Rock it, but people wanna hear the music So #7 Let's get into this Don't ever start a mix you can't finish At #8 For DJ's to hear it Don't shout your name over other rapper's lyrics Or rhymes Keep the party movin' Play up to two verses only, keep the party movin' Find a friend A true MC that down with you till the end Someone who can explain what you doin' Sorta like KRS with DJ Revolution What are we provin'? DJin' with MCin' together is hip hop's true fusion "The DJ" [talking: KRS One] Stand up for the culture. Don't just grab a check These motherfuckers won't be here next year What you gonna do when they fire yo' ass? Man, you better stand with the people. DJ Revolution. The originator