cam'ron "hey ma"

what's up with dj's? like, some of them get paid a ton of money, and
all they done is choose which song to play next? i guess if you're paul
oakenfold or carl cox, there's some sort of artifice behind whatever
they do with the turntables to change the music, but i don't really get
what makes it good or why they get paid so much money or even how
you can differentiate between them. that's my 3rd grade, 4 line analysis
of electronic music.

when i was living in williamsburg,
this kid named kuku sublet for a few months. when i asked him what
kind of music he liked, he said, "oh, you know, trance, trance hop,
progressive trance, trip hop, jungle house, progressive jungle, house
trance" yadda yadda yadda. the wikipedia entry for "Techno_Music"
adds this nuggest of clarification.

The term "techno" is derived from "technology". Music journalists
and fans of the genre are generally selective in their use of the term,
careful not to conflate it with related but distinct genres (i.e. house,
trance, hardcore). At the same time, the term "techno" is commonly
generalized to refer to all forms of electronic music.

anyway, so i'll take dj shadow and i guess lcd soundsystem and !!!, but aside
from that, i don't know what the hell is going on. hipster dj's just pick songs
from their ipods, and that's fine by me, but then why do steve aoki and james
iha dj every single party? was my decision to go from a long-haired asian guy
to a short-haired asian guy the only reason why i'm not a dj too?

i'll tell you what, if i was a dj at the birthday party of a girl whose name started
with "L", i would play "hey ma" by cam'ron. then during the "yo l, what up?"
part, everyone could point to her and say "what up" and then cheer. damn
i wish i was a girl whose name started with "L".*

Cam'ron - Hey Ma

as a side note, cam'ron was a short lived nickname for my friend cameron cole.
after i'd call her that, we'd discuss how much we liked this song. honestly, i don't
know any other cam'ron songs so i'm sure the conversation ended there. the big
news though, is that "cam'ron" the nickname soon gave way to "town", which in
my opinion is one of the best nicknames i've ever given. cameron > c-town > town
was the progression there. also http://www.ctown.com looks like the dumbest
website ever.

* I just listened to the song and it seems as if "L" is actually a man Cam'ron is
what up'ing. Nonetheless, it'd be awkward if everyone what up'd and pointed
at some dude named Leo.