Last week, we decided to take a few minutes and spotlight some of our favorite local resident DJs from around the country. And the response from the DJ community and URB readers was so overwhelming that we decided to make it a new weekly feature. So keep leaving your suggestions for face local DJ in the comment section (please include links, residencies, styles) and we’ll keep checking them out and profile the jocks we like the best.
Here’s the new DJs for this week…
Got a favorite local DJ? Tell us in the comments section and maybe we’ll add them to the list.
DJ OPTIMUS PRIME (Buffalo)
Originally from the Bronx, DJ Optimus Prime is a staple in Buffalo hip-hop. Growing up wanting to be a member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Prime developed an uncanny skill in turntablism, a skillset he’s always looking to pass down to anyone interested. Always opening doors to young kids yearning to learn, Prime has become a big mentor to many notable DJ’s that have come out of Buffalo, NY including DJ Cutler and DJ Anubus. He currently still holds sessions in his basement for young cats, while also holding down the wheels of steel of many Buffalo hip-hop events and is the DJ to the local hip hop group, Fresh Guac.
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Got a favorite local DJ? Tell us in the comments section and maybe we’ll add them to the list.
check out dj teenage wolf from texas !
myspace.com/teenagewolfdj
soundcloud.com/djteenagewolf
This is on the third week and Skitsnygg still isn’t up? He is an amazing DJ.
http://soundcloud.com/skitsnygg
Agreed, skits needs to be up here.
The dj’s from San Francisco are the Chubby Fingers Crew (Jazz-e, BlaQwest, and Booker). Funky Disco Electro house fills the night from these cats. Check out their music at http://soundcloud.com/chubby-fingers
These are my favvvvvvv dj’s
Check out DJ Mahf from St Louis!!!!!!!!
http://www.djmahf.com/
Skitsnygg kills it in NYC!
Skitsnygg from Brooklyn! He’s so dope.
Good looking out URB. Aaron is one of the best and a nice guy too!
Tyler Tastemaker – Portland. A M A Z I N G
Waldo Rules! I wish he was my little brother!
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Eli Escobar from NYC. Scottie B from Baltimore.
Gabe Real representing Detroit?? I guess URB hasn’t really experienced Detroit. Congrats Gabe, but there are so many more talented DJ’s in the City.
This list is cool and all, but where the hell is Mick Boogie or Terry Urban, representing Brooklyn’s finest. If you don’t know who they are, maybe you haven’t heard their Re-Living Thing mixtape, or the P. Diddy commissioned Notorious mixtape, or Viva La Hova…. And if you havent, you are are missing out
C-Town is holding it down in LA. #FTW best weekly party.
You should include Midnight Conspiracy, Dark Wave Disco, and Team Bayside all from Chicago!!!
love love love me some Nutritious. I can’t get enough of him.
Skitsnygg from Brooklyn. He is by far my favorite DJ in NYC
I second that vote for Skitsnygg. I have never seen as much energy in the room that comes close to matching what he brings when he hits the decks.
Hands down — Nutritious. He’s one of the best, funkiest underground house djs in NYC right now.
http://soundcloud.com/djnutritious
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