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| Kool DJ Red Alert and my wife |
When my buddy Zman promised that "Kool DJ Red Alert" would be handling the music at his "Old Man, New Kitchen" birthday/remodeling party, I didn't think much of it-- I figured either he had an alter-ego named "Kool DJ RedAlert" or a friend that did some DJing . . . but goes to show what I know-- Kool DJ RedAlert is an Antiguan-American disc jockey who rose to fame on WRKS 98.7 Kiss FM in New York City and is recognized as one of the founding fathers of hip hop music and culture . . . we've seen him in documentaries, he produced music with the Jungle Brothers, he "holds the all-time record for the most guest appearances among all hip hop artists and personalities in the history of the music video" and he was one of the founders of the mixtape-- he's the bomb and watching him in Zman's living room, while he created mixes and beats underneath classic hip-hop, 80s grooves, yacht rock, and every other kind of pop music-- in 30-second blasts of sonic excitement, seamless transitioning and matching beats, by spinning those platters, was fabulous fun . . . not just a party, but an auditory/educational experience.
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| Cool DJ Green Alert |
I was bummed to miss those shenanigans. Glad you were there!
ReplyDeleteSentences about me are always the most interesting. When Red played “It Takes Two” and Rob Base said “It won’t hurt to listen to Red Alert” it was an extremely meta moment, so much so that my neighbor said “Holy shit, we just heard Red Alert play a song where they say his name!”
ReplyDeletepretty kool . . . but you've also heard random idiots play songs where we say our name and you were never impressed by that . . .
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