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DJ Soko
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DJ Soko is still relatively young, but pioneers have already found odd ways to inject their\ninfluence into his craft. Meeting a Detroit rap icon lead to his first retail project, and that album\nearned kudos from the producer\u002Fturntablist legend that Soko idolized as a teenager. At this rate,\nthe Detroit native’s respect for his elders may earn him a spot alongside them.\n“I liked the rawness and aggression of hip-hop. When I listened the first time, I got that feeling\nof ‘There’s no rules,’” Soko remembers about early influences like Wu-Tang Clan, OutKast\nand The Notorious B.I.G. “I hear a lot of people say hip-hop circles are intimidating, but I found\nhip-hop circles to be welcoming. Hip-hop embraces different cultures, you can tell how it takes\ncertain elements from different things,” Soko explains. “When I got involved in hip-hop culture, I\nwas a sponge and soaked up as many things as possible. I think hip-hop does that, even in the\nsimplest form of sampling: taking from certain things and making it better.”\nSoko’s parents bought him his first set of turntables when he was 15 years old. In between\nmowing lawns and doing chores to pay back the costs, he hung out with a friend who shared\nhis vinyl collection and taught him how blend and scratch records. After relentless practice,\ninstructional DVDs and study of East Coast legends, he joined a group in high school. Soko\nlater became the in-house DJ for Detroit emcees Nametag (cousin to Black Milk) and Journalist\n103, while lending his skills to area staples like Invincible and Miz Korona. He earned his stripes\nby DJing a hectic regimen of gigs and lending cuts to the likes of Guilty Simpson, MarvWon,\nand Boog Brown and , and he also handled the tables for buzzworthy group Clear Soul Forces\nat the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. Still, his most important show may have been his very first\nperformance.\n“I opened up for Proof of D12 at the Blind Pig, running the show of a CD, while I manned\nthe turntables to do cuts here and there throughout the set” Soko remembers. He was DJing\nfor a friend, who had kept in touch with the Detroit rap legend (known for his membership of\nEminem’s group D12) from a previous show and nabbed an opening spot. “I met Proof that\nsame day, I could tell he was a good dude. Looking up Proof’s music after that show, I got\nintroduced to Journalist.”\nSoko would eventually become the in-house DJ for Journalist, and the duo teamed with uber-\nproducer Apollo Brown to form The Left. The group’s debut, The Gas Mask (Mello Music\nGroup), garnered universal critical acclaim, including a nod on his idol DJ Premier’s list of the\nyear’s best albums. After The Left’s successful European tour with labelmate Oddisee that\nstopped in France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland, Soko has already\nknocked out or booked gigs in Canada and around the U.S., including one that involved the\nBrown Bag Allstars. His limited edition vinyl for Mello Music Group's 7 inch series which features\nGuilty Simpson, Apollo Brown, Gensu Dean, and Hassaan Mackey has sold out online at Fat\nBeats within only 24 hours of it's release. He is also prepping solo material with Mello Music\nGroup that features Guilty Simpson, Apollo Brown, Magestik Legend, Sean Born, Hassaan\nMackey, Kaimbr and other members of indie hip-hop’s elite. With each step, he plans to respect\nthe past while cementing his own legacy.\n“A DJ dictates the climate or vibe of a live show, and it adds in a special element. DJ Scratch\nwas a huge part of EPMD, and Jam Master Jay was the star of Run-DMC,” Soko attests. “The\nDJ element is lost, but it’s extremely important. It’s necessary based off of tradition, and how\nthings are supposed to be.”
DJ Soko is still relatively young, but pioneers have already found odd ways to inject their\ninfluence into his craft. Meeting a Detroit rap icon lead to his first retail project, and that album\nearned kudos from the producer\u002Fturntablist legend that Soko idolized as a teenager. At this rate,\nthe Detroit native’s respect for his elders may earn him a spot alongside them.\n“I liked the rawness and aggression of hip-hop. When I listened the first time, I got that feeling\nof ‘There’s no rules,’” Soko remembers about early influences like Wu-Tang Clan, OutKast\nand The Notorious B.I.G. “I hear a lot of people say hip-hop circles are intimidating, but I found\nhip-hop circles to be welcoming. Hip-hop embraces different cultures, you can tell how it takes\ncertain elements from different things,” Soko explains. “When I got involved in hip-hop culture, I\nwas a sponge and soaked up as many things as possible. I think hip-hop does that, even in the\nsimplest form of sampling: taking from certain things and making it better.”\nSoko’s parents bought him his first set of turntables when he was 15 years old. In between\nmowing lawns and doing chores to pay back the costs, he hung out with a friend who shared\nhis vinyl collection and taught him how blend and scratch records. After relentless practice,\ninstructional DVDs and study of East Coast legends, he joined a group in high school. Soko\nlater became the in-house DJ for Detroit emcees Nametag (cousin to Black Milk) and Journalist\n103, while lending his skills to area staples like Invincible and Miz Korona. He earned his stripes\nby DJing a hectic regimen of gigs and lending cuts to the likes of Guilty Simpson, MarvWon,\nand Boog Brown and , and he also handled the tables for buzzworthy group Clear Soul Forces\nat the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. Still, his most important show may have been his very first\nperformance.\n“I opened up for Proof of D12 at the Blind Pig, running the show of a CD, while I manned\nthe turntables to do cuts here and there throughout the set” Soko remembers. He was DJing\nfor a friend, who had kept in touch with the Detroit rap legend (known for his membership of\nEminem’s group D12) from a previous show and nabbed an opening spot. “I met Proof that\nsame day, I could tell he was a good dude. Looking up Proof’s music after that show, I got\nintroduced to Journalist.”\nSoko would eventually become the in-house DJ for Journalist, and the duo teamed with uber-\nproducer Apollo Brown to form The Left. The group’s debut, The Gas Mask (Mello Music\nGroup), garnered universal critical acclaim, including a nod on his idol DJ Premier’s list of the\nyear’s best albums. After The Left’s successful European tour with labelmate Oddisee that\nstopped in France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland, Soko has already\nknocked out or booked gigs in Canada and around the U.S., including one that involved the\nBrown Bag Allstars. His limited edition vinyl for Mello Music Group's 7 inch series which features\nGuilty Simpson, Apollo Brown, Gensu Dean, and Hassaan Mackey has sold out online at Fat\nBeats within only 24 hours of it's release. He is also prepping solo material with Mello Music\nGroup that features Guilty Simpson, Apollo Brown, Magestik Legend, Sean Born, Hassaan\nMackey, Kaimbr and other members of indie hip-hop’s elite. With each step, he plans to respect\nthe past while cementing his own legacy.\n“A DJ dictates the climate or vibe of a live show, and it adds in a special element. DJ Scratch\nwas a huge part of EPMD, and Jam Master Jay was the star of Run-DMC,” Soko attests. “The\nDJ element is lost, but it’s extremely important. It’s necessary based off of tradition, and how\nthings are supposed to be.”