If we want to go way back, I have seen people disqualified from DMCs for using Big Apple Productions in their set! I dunno - I saw the Netik / Fly vid and uts entertainment to sell tix for their tour. I don't think it was for their peers (I am not saying I am one!) to judge and having seen it be judged, I feel it was unfair.. Seeing how the argument is turning into an EU v US row and the even crazier subject of appropriation being thrown in is just stupid. Hip hop is an INCLUSIVE culture and face it, guys from Europe will never sound like they are from South Bronx, so Dj is the one "discipline" where we can be on an equal footing. Finally, although most of my influences are hip hop djs / tablists etc, there was also the influences from Latin Rascals, Les Adams, those crazy German 80's cut and pasters. Europe absorbed a lot from everywhere and its different and relevant. It's just stupid to see where this is elevating to.
