SPUTNIK: DJ EVIL DEE (Brooklyn, NYC, 14 June 2008)

There's this really cool club/restaurant out in Brooklyn called SPUTNIK. I really like this place! Anyway, I had gone out there earlier in the week to see an artist and friend of mine, AMO1, rock the microphone for his buddies THE SLEEPWALKAS. That's when I learned that one of my childhood heroes, BIG DADDY KANE, would be performing that coming Saturday. So I was like "Oh, I have to see that!"

So I got there and was told that the festivities were being delayed for about an hour due to the weather. No big deal; I went to the local bodega, purchased a few magazines, and went back to my car to call my girl down in Texas. When I returned to SPUTNIK, I found none other than the legendary DJ EVIL DEE on the wheels of steel, spinning some of the craziest and hardest classic Hip Hop tracks. I was blown away!

Here he is spinning DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE by PUBLIC ENEMY. (Those of you not old enough to remember might still be able to notice FLAVOR FLAV on the hook.) He then goes into some old school breaks which I remember but can't quite name exactly. Notice how he mixes it in, though. See how he cuts it back and forth? That's those old school DJ skills right there!

Hey, but did I mention that I really like this place? The area and setting really illustrates how much Brooklyn has changed. You've got the Lafayette Housing Projects right across the street, a wild place where BIG DADDY KANE himself spent many of his childhood days. As he said himself, "I never could have imagined a nightclub right across the street from the projects."

But then, on the other side of the street, are warehouses which have been converted to luxury condos and which are exclusively occupied by upper middle class transplants from outside of Brooklyn (lots of hot girls LOL). And then of course, SPUTNIK itself conjures up images of the large Russian population which has settled way out in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn. (I couldn't help thinking "Russian Mafiya"! LOL)

Anyway, go ahead and click on the video! :P


www.myspace.com/sputnik1 (the venue)

www.myspace.com/djevildee (legendary DJ on "the wheels of steel")

www.myspace.com/gicfunkface (also performing on this night)

www.myspace.com/theplanetu (also performing on this night)

www.myspace.com/officialbigdaddykane (the headline act on this night)

www.myspace.com/sleepwalkas (up-and coming artists in attendance on this night)

www.myspace.com/amo15mh (up and coming artist out of Coney Island)

www.myspace.com/new_york_city_tours (my NYC profile)

www.myspace.com/salzone1 (my personal profile)

Note: I have a lot of other cool videos uploaded to my two profiles which you will not find on YOUTUBE; feel free to check them out!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• SPUTNIK
• BROOKLYN
• JUNE
• 2008
• DJ
• EVIL
• DEE
• BIG
• DADDY
• KANE
• NYC

[colinsbc]

the fool that posted this videos a straight dumbass. first of all "it takes a nation" came out in 86 and second of all we know its f*cken evil dee you dont gotta say his name ten times.

[salzone1]

First of all, I just checked Amazon and they have the original release date as April 1988. If you go back to the video you will see that I gave the release of this album as 1988 or 1989, which was actually correct. Your claim that the album was released in 1986 is actually incorrect. You are thinking about their first album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show, which was released in 1987. So the end result, then, is that you are all over the place.

[salzone1]

Second, I did not say Evil Ds name 10 times, I actually said it only three times. Granted, I did refer to him 3 times as D but, even then, why do you even care? Could it be because... youre a complete moron?

[salzone1]

Third, only a complete coward would go and call someone a straight dumb ass knowing that he will probably NEVER meet the person in the flesh. The truth of the matter is that (a) I seriously doubt you would be stupid enough to say that to my face; and, (b) if you were stupid enough to do so it probably wouldnt go too well for you, feel me? LOL

[TMacLeodizzle]

yeah i agree dj alexm total dingbat doesnt know his shit he didnt even reference SNW where he produced all those sick raw beats thats his ace style

[djalexm1982]

checked amazon........

[wasistlos1]

pimp behind the wheels!

.... thx for posting!