Hip-Hop @ Flowers
Last Friday night, my friend William decided to shut down Flowers (because he basically runs the joint), and had a private birthday party for Iris, who is a server there. She wanted to have a hip-hop dance party, so Will asked me if I could provide the soundtrack.* I was excited to do so, and being both white and a fan of rap music, went to work on getting some songs together that were both “hot joints” and “super-duper.”
The night turned out to be really, really fun. Everyone seemed to have a great time, and there was a ton of dancing – a substantial amount of which was done by Rachel & Meagan. People dug the song selection, which is all I wanted, but my favorite thing about the night would have to be this:
William hates “Whatever You Like” by T.I. I know this because he told me. Since I am a good friend, I made sure to bring the song with me so I could play it. Before I even had the chance to cue it up, his girlfriend Emily came over and requested it.
Well…
The song came on and two things happened: 1) the dance floor broke out into a sing-along frenzy akin to something the worshippers of Ba’al might have thrown together, and 2) William, struggling to deal with the unbearable pain of being sonically harpooned, stood behind the bar defeated, wishing at that moment, while everyone around him was writhing in ecstasy, he was anywhere but in his shoes.
The whole night was a blast, and it was my first opportunity to DJ a party since a dance my elementary school had when I was in 6th grade. (I thought I would be really clever, and play Genesis’s “I Can’t Dance” as the first song! At a dance!! …It didn’t go ever well. Also, Justin Bealor asked Miss Moore to slow-dance and she said YES! We were so jealous.)
* For anyone who might be interested, I used a really simple but totally awesome piece of software called djay. Like most “built for Mac” software it’s very intuitive and does way more than it should for $50.