welcome to watchmojo.com i’m your host layla tonight i go one-on-one with Kanye
layla tonight i go one-on-one with Kanye
layla tonight i go one-on-one with Kanye West’s supporting DJ a-trak
West’s supporting DJ a-trak
West’s supporting DJ a-trak [Applause]
when I when I was first DJing and I was
when I when I was first DJing and I was doing like the more technical stuff like
doing like the more technical stuff like
doing like the more technical stuff like if I want to do something live I would
if I want to do something live I would
if I want to do something live I would practice it for like literally for three
practice it for like literally for three
practice it for like literally for three weeks at home like every day three weeks
weeks at home like every day three weeks
weeks at home like every day three weeks in like my comfort periods but now it’s
in like my comfort periods but now it’s
in like my comfort periods but now it’s like I do gigs all the time I rarely
like I do gigs all the time I rarely
like I do gigs all the time I rarely have time to even practice strictly
have time to even practice strictly
have time to even practice strictly DJing and I’m play with Kanye where
DJing and I’m play with Kanye where
DJing and I’m play with Kanye where everything moves really fast and how has
everything moves really fast and how has
everything moves really fast and how has working with Kanye West sort of impacted
working with Kanye West sort of impacted
working with Kanye West sort of impacted your solo performance see you will go
your solo performance see you will go
your solo performance see you will go they could you get me yo you know seeing
they could you get me yo you know seeing
they could you get me yo you know seeing him in the studio and seeing the face of
him in the studio and seeing the face of
him in the studio and seeing the face of which he works and um seen the amount of
which he works and um seen the amount of
which he works and um seen the amount of effort that it takes to get to the kind
effort that it takes to get to the kind
effort that it takes to get to the kind of visibility he has you know I think
of visibility he has you know I think
of visibility he has you know I think has rubbed off on me is this wouldn’t
has rubbed off on me is this wouldn’t
has rubbed off on me is this wouldn’t extend and even yeah being part of his
extend and even yeah being part of his
extend and even yeah being part of his so I think forced me to learn how to
so I think forced me to learn how to
so I think forced me to learn how to perform for an audience that isn’t
perform for an audience that isn’t
perform for an audience that isn’t necessarily the backgrounds in the
necessarily the backgrounds in the
necessarily the backgrounds in the tempeh djing that I’m from you know like
tempeh djing that I’m from you know like
tempeh djing that I’m from you know like I was used to DJing for people that went
I was used to DJing for people that went
I was used to DJing for people that went to an 8-track show
and then you put me in front of a Kanye
and then you put me in front of a Kanye audience especially the first store i
audience especially the first store i
audience especially the first store i did with him we open for usher so it’s
did with him we open for usher so it’s
did with him we open for usher so it’s like a basically teenage girls they
like a basically teenage girls they
like a basically teenage girls they don’t know what a scratch DJ is and he
don’t know what a scratch DJ is and he
don’t know what a scratch DJ is and he really wanted to showcase me so I still
really wanted to showcase me so I still
really wanted to showcase me so I still I had a solo and I had and my solos were
I had a solo and I had and my solos were
I had a solo and I had and my solos were very technical the solos I was used to
very technical the solos I was used to
very technical the solos I was used to doing took for granted that my audience
doing took for granted that my audience
doing took for granted that my audience had seen other DJs and had certain
had seen other DJs and had certain
had seen other DJs and had certain reference points but you put that in
reference points but you put that in
reference points but you put that in front of like a crowd that doesn’t
front of like a crowd that doesn’t
front of like a crowd that doesn’t really know what the hell I’m doing in
really know what the hell I’m doing in
really know what the hell I’m doing in the first place and then they were just
the first place and then they were just
the first place and then they were just like what and then I had to like
like what and then I had to like
like what and then I had to like simplified but simplified in the ways
simplified but simplified in the ways
simplified but simplified in the ways that didn’t really hurt my integrity
that didn’t really hurt my integrity
that didn’t really hurt my integrity that was still comfortable with when did
that was still comfortable with when did
that was still comfortable with when did you discover that D doing was more than
you discover that D doing was more than
you discover that D doing was more than a hobby for you I answered my first DJ
a hobby for you I answered my first DJ
a hobby for you I answered my first DJ battle when I had only been DJing for
battle when I had only been DJing for
battle when I had only been DJing for maybe like a year and a half and I won
maybe like a year and a half and I won
maybe like a year and a half and I won the first time that one the first one
the first time that one the first one
the first time that one the first one that I answered me straight that the
that I answered me straight that the
that I answered me straight that the world finals from that point on as soon
world finals from that point on as soon
world finals from that point on as soon as I wonder the local competition going
as I wonder the local competition going
as I wonder the local competition going up against guys that you know we’re
up against guys that you know we’re
up against guys that you know we’re doing this for years and were way older
doing this for years and were way older
doing this for years and were way older than me that’s you know what told me and
than me that’s you know what told me and
than me that’s you know what told me and also convince my parents that like this
also convince my parents that like this
also convince my parents that like this thing was serious the first couple years
thing was serious the first couple years
thing was serious the first couple years of my that my career was really all
of my that my career was really all
of my that my career was really all about the more technical side like
about the more technical side like
about the more technical side like turntablism and losing doing VJ tricks
turntablism and losing doing VJ tricks
turntablism and losing doing VJ tricks and in that realm those literally
and in that realm those literally
and in that realm those literally there’s like actually there’s patterns
there’s like actually there’s patterns
there’s like actually there’s patterns and techniques that you can just learn
and techniques that you can just learn
and techniques that you can just learn and you know you can teach the guy how
and you know you can teach the guy how
and you know you can teach the guy how to do a scratch and then you know you
to do a scratch and then you know you
to do a scratch and then you know you got to practice it every day for hours
got to practice it every day for hours
got to practice it every day for hours and hours and then you’ve mastered what
and hours and then you’ve mastered what
and hours and then you’ve mastered what I do as a DJ now when my career isn’t
I do as a DJ now when my career isn’t
I do as a DJ now when my career isn’t really bad anymore I mean that I know
really bad anymore I mean that I know
really bad anymore I mean that I know how to do that because it’s where I
how to do that because it’s where I
how to do that because it’s where I started for for the first few years but
started for for the first few years but
started for for the first few years but um what I work on now was a lot more in
um what I work on now was a lot more in
um what I work on now was a lot more in terms of you know doing DJ sets like the
terms of you know doing DJ sets like the
terms of you know doing DJ sets like the company the compositional side of it
company the compositional side of it
company the compositional side of it when I do a DJ set figuring out new ways
when I do a DJ set figuring out new ways
when I do a DJ set figuring out new ways to bring in the techniques that I know
to bring in the techniques that I know
to bring in the techniques that I know into that context without it being in
into that context without it being in
into that context without it being in the forefront
if you make something look easy and it
if you make something look easy and it sounds the way people think it should be
sounds the way people think it should be
sounds the way people think it should be sounding then they think it’s good you
sounding then they think it’s good you
sounding then they think it’s good you know and then whether or not it actually
know and then whether or not it actually
know and then whether or not it actually is easy or hard that’s your that’s your
is easy or hard that’s your that’s your
is easy or hard that’s your that’s your end of the bargain and I happen to make
end of the bargain and I happen to make
end of the bargain and I happen to make some of my things kind of hard to pull
some of my things kind of hard to pull
some of my things kind of hard to pull off and that’s my that’s for me to deal
off and that’s my that’s for me to deal
off and that’s my that’s for me to deal with when I do my stuff like I just want
with when I do my stuff like I just want
with when I do my stuff like I just want the audience to see and hear it and be
the audience to see and hear it and be
the audience to see and hear it and be like yeah like he’s got it kind of thing
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