I understand you need more energy in your party, but when you sample a sample record, it gets a little crazy."ĭon't fake the funk. "Every Tom, Dick, and Harry's putting out a breakbeat.
"People even sample the shit we did," Riz says. Nowadays, every doofus with a sampler can loop up DMX and think he made a party record.
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"I still can't get over how, like six years later, one of our records will be played at the peak of a party."Īccording to Riz, party records find their origin in mid-80s megamixes such as Double Dee & Steinski's "The Lesson" series on Tommy Boy. They keep the crowd's attention and build up energy." Often, however, a party record will outlast its components. People will be so familiar with the beat that there's no way they're not going to dance. "You need to pick a hot beat, one of the top five records at the moment. You'll know it's a successful party record when the whole crowd is going apeshit.Īs one half of Crooklyn Clan, DJ Riz has produced more memorable party records than anybody else. Party records are those DJ tools with one popular beat and a couple of vocal snippets like "Put your motherfucking hands in the air!" repeated ad infinitum. And we're not talking about "O.P.P." here. That's because females only dance to party records. She might bounce around to the occasional Lil' Jon track or something, but she's not losing herself to the music in the moment. Photo by KT Auletaįace it, pal, your girl's not dancing.
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