Are Hip-Hop DJs Less Effective On Sticks? (Feat. DJ Mike Nasty) | R.O.A.D. CLIPS

There are so many lazy locals that kill the scene out here I feel this.

There is gatekeeping, being an elitists, segregationist. There is standards. When the standards don't align, the criticism of gatekeeping comes in as a negative. Depends on the keepers of the gate, and the stakes of letting no standards in. Look at the musical landscape now with the come 1 come all open door policy.

With enough organization anyone can do the same thing on sticks. Tired of this mentality, be faster with your searches (track search button is your friend)

Until usb sticks get stems and Streaming I’m on my iPhone and djay Algorithm.

Great clip

People's attention span has got worse

I disagree with the whole “stick DJs being lazy” take for sure! Maybe in NYC yall got some trash open format USB DJs but I know damn well in Montreal mufuckas are smooth as butter with keys! If anything we gotta work harder on sticks because our organization has to be flawless af in order to move quick in our sets! Also, the reason I rock keys is that I don’t want to lug around my expensive ass laptop to the club and risk having a drink spilt on it or something.

Got so used to the long format this clip messed me up now I gotta get Patreon 🤣

100% spot on. Stick DJs are lazy.

I rather have sticks than a laptop in terms of carrying stuff . I mean does it matter what format as long as your dope??

I'm straight up calling Bullshit on Hip hop isn't as smooth on Rekordbox I can only say this because I've used both vinyl and controllers. lol this dude is completely off smh do not listen to this cat

for hip hop a laptop is so much easier, you can find songs faster, be more creative and it's a lot more fun in my opinion. But do whatever works for you.

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they needs to get out more!
i know many hiphop DJs that rock stick and kill it not only in tunes but also skills wise! and then those same DJ's can play house and never skip a beat between each

I guess I'm so old when the title mentioned playing on sticks I thought it meant drums

I switched to USBs and I only miss stems, serato sync, sampler and flip. But I love the fact that I don’t have to carry cables, Mac, stand, ac adapter and face serato freeze. The new pioneer equipment it’s very fast loading and searching.

Nah I don't agree at all. A laptop will have multiple crates, but a DJ can organize and use 1 crate all night. So then, they can move that same crate to USB and it SHOULD sound the same. If it doesn't it ain't the sticks...it's the spinner.

I use Rekordbox DJ in Performance mode. It's the same as Serato.

But he's right. USB sticks are slow, cumbersome and down right a pain in the ass to move around quickly.

I move so much faster on a laptop. Also I've forgotten to load up some tracks on sticks too.

I'm sticking to using a laptop

Brotha hes right

Sounds like the problem is more so the person behind the decks than the actual hardware. Laptop or usb sticks shouldn’t matter

As a rekordbox dj, I can say this is cap as hell 😂

very dope and interesting

What he is saying is house/EDM is a strong 4/4 time signature. The beat is "boom,boom,boom,boom." Its extremely easy to blend and mix. With hip hop and rnb the time signatures may be 4/4 but there are various beats at different times. "Boom,tic,tic,bap,boom boom,clap, boom bap" all in one bar. The song you wanna blend will have a totally different beat pattern. Its harder to blend 😆

If usb sticks were so great, why do the top hip hop DJ's use laptop's and turntables? They literally have the best skillset out of ANY genre or dj.....

That's true a lot of ppl don't like scratching. They want to hear the music and they want to dance and relive moments the music take them too, scratching can distracting.

I think the reason why most Djs now find prep softwares more approachable is because compared to DJing on a laptop in tandem with a controller/soundcard, you could essentially get a much cheaper machine just to prep with (providing that's all your doing with it) I'm writing this comment as a controller user and as house DJ but if I had access to either CDJs or a standalone unit I'd make the jump in a heartbeat, I've seen other Djs turn their noses up at beginner gear but will happily sing the praises of a DVS system, to me the way you use the gear you have will always outshine what you have

Totally the opposite of lazy, its more work to dj on sticks since every time you get a new song you have to export it vs it just being already there on the pc, djing on sticks takes way more skill than a pc dj, if they can dj smoothly on sticks 100% they can do it on a laptop, but not all djs that are smooth on laptops can make those same transitions on sticks.

Ps: cdj3000 have super large touchscreen were you can search with 1 button press which is actually faster than serato.

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They not lazy but the organization is a problem. Makes quick mixing harder for those who like to do that so it’s a little easier for some to use the same playlists. I seen one pretty popular open format DJ this year 6 times play 80% the same set not even switching it up for party themes

Remixes of popular songs and top 40 and disco remixes IS NOT TECH HOISE.

I’ve been spinning w turntables and laptop for 15 years , it’s refreshing to not pull out a laptop for a 1-2 hr set. Sticks are fun but it comes with prep work.

Lmao! Boujie a$$ DJ! I bet you probably say if you don't use vinyl you're not a real dj. 🤦‍♂️

Especially with stems and everything now you’re just a step ahead on a computer. I use both but for hip hop I always feel much more ready to rock a party.

Ha ha, elitism at its best. It doesn't matter what you use, DJ ing is all about blowing up the party. The people dancing do not care if it is rekordbox, serato, denon, etc. Guess what? They don't even know! They came for the music and fun, not the cringy elitism.

Using a usb means you have to actually prepare everything before. You want to be quick on sticks? Spend 5 hours carefully organizing everything so on the fly you know where it’s going to be. Laptops let you be unorganized and lazy because even if it’s not in your serato you can Apple space search the track and drag it in.

Using a laptop is bulky, time consuming with set up, and if you don’t have power or something happens you’re screwed.

Using sticks requires a lot more preparation but set up is easier and you can plug and play.

Best practice is to have your laptop bag on you and play off sticks with laptop as a backup.

I watched the whole episode and took notes. The patreon subscription is worth it for this episode alone !

You're lazy because you use a usb? Y'all mfs are WASHED lolol

Great interview

It’s a fact. I have yet to see a dj playing open format on sticks and truly party rock in NYC. 1) the level of organization you’d need to have to flip between genres, tempos, cues etc and you’d still be slower than a dj on a laptop 2) sure you can drop everything in a folder and bang out a handful of songs, but what about reading the room? A song pops in your head that would crush right in that very moment and it’s not in that folder. As a laptop dj, I’ll have that thing cued and ready in about 4 seconds.

I agree with Mike any dj on sticks not going to move fast enough to play on hip hop

What type of mics is the guest speaking into?

I’m a open format dj and mostly use sticks. I learned very early that organising your music is very key especially when my records started getting bigger. I’m only starting my journey with using a laptop because I can use stems. It’s really makes my transitions super smooth

I have to 100000% disagree with the USB vs. computer discussion. I’m primarily in open format rooms at the moment and I’ve been able to handle sticks only. Personally I enjoy the having to actually best match part of it too.

If anything at all, the prep is more important knowing I can’t take 15,000 tracks with me at all times but really, how much do you need for a 2 hour set you know?

I don't use RB I use Engine DJ but I can quick mix and blend with it

Saying that using a usb Is like spinning vinyls is the craziest take I’ve ever heard 😂😂 I’d love to hear from the people that think that

Saying that using a usb Is like spinning vinyls is the craziest take I’ve ever heard 😂😂 I’d love to hear from the people that think that

Only reason i got rekordbox at the time was cuz i was being cheap n didnt want to spend extra money to unlock other stuff on serato n been using it since

I'm sorry but I think itd be really rad if you interrupted less. Several times I wanted Mike to finish his thought and then I feel like you stopped him short. All the best though.