The track I’ll be opening my next DJ set with
Gil Scott Heron: Angel Dust
I most likely will feel a track that day and want to share it at the gig that night. However if I had to choose, it would be a statement track to let the folks know that I didn’t come there to play straight Top 40 nonsense.
The track that’s been unfairly slept on this year
A Tribe Called Quest: We The People…
The new Tribe Called Quest joint is epic and radio in the UK slept on it for a few reasons. Real artistic endeavour never really goes mainstream because it is, by definition, art.
The track that got me out of bed this morning
Rage Against The Machine: Bombtrack
My five-year-old son is feeling Rage Against The Machine right now, and we jam that on the school run to keep him on point for when they try to brainwash him at school.
The track I’d play at my auntie’s wedding
Louis Prima: Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody
Anything by Louis Prima; ladies love it!
The track I always play to rescue a dancefloor
Jackson 5: ABC
If you gotta rescue a dancefloor you should get another job. In this day and age, failure is some cute virtue and people say it’s OK to tank a club because you’re some dipshit celebrity who wants to make money as a club DJ; I’m from New York City and we don’t play like that. But I guess you can always hand it to Jackson 5 for rescuing any dancefloor.
The track I wish I’d signed to my label
I don’t pretend that having a label is cool, and the kids don’t need one any more. I came from low expectations, signed to EMI and had a blast, but the fact that I can take care of my family is a blessing. My momma did not raise no fool and fools think that they can make a dollar screwing with the record business today.
The best track by my favourite new artist
King Aggi: My City Made Me
I am feeling a dude called King Aggi from Brizzle and he’s got a jam my man DJ Die put me on to that’s titled My City Made Me. It reminds me of heads in NYC getting all nostalgic.
Huey Morgan plays The Mule Bar at The Holy Birds, E1, Saturday 21 Jan
