An excellent time was had by myself at the J Dilla tribute club night held at London’s Cargo Nightclub on Feb 15th 09. Right from 7pm, the queues were unbelievably massive (a SUNDAY!).


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Inside, the place became gridlocked very quickly, and the DJ sets ended up becoming some of the dopest selection of music I have heard played continuously, throughout my clubbing lifetime. Harry Love, Marc Mac (4 Hero) and others were all there dropping good sets, and there was also a very special original breaks set spun at the start, dropping all kinds of knowledge. But I have to specifically mention DJ Rags who smashed the place like crazy with his set. He was playing to the crowds with some of the classic hip hop joints and crowd pleasing breaks that Dilla is renowned for with some tight mixing. This was some furious business, and was the highlight of the evening for me.

And what made the night so good was just being part of a mass of people that shared the same respect and enthusiasm for Dilla’s discography, including much of his obscure work. It was a glorious sight for example to see the whole venue applaud the Over The Breaks joint when that was dropped. The is the most unlikeliest club track! This happened time after time with so many other joints, you take away alot of positive that actually there is a base of people out there who do appreciate these kind of tunes, a refreshing perspective to what is generally popular in hip hop today.

And the party took on another level, when the classic Tribe, Busta, Slum Village joints were all dropped. When Q Tip’s Let Ride got played, much of the place went into intense moshpit mode, and I have never seen such a reaction to that track before.

Respects to all those involved with the night.

Posted by Broken Soul Boy.