I worked with him for years. I still think Kanye [West] is one of the most important people in music in the last ten years.
A-TrakWhen I started Fool's Gold and producing consistent records that were like electro beats with rapping on it that was experimental and weird. I made a mixtape called Dirty South Dance where I put rap vocals over dance music. That was literally an experiment. Now all these rappers are rapping on dance music. This is something I've been trying to build for a while.
A-TrakIt's a good feeling to have something to stand for in any part of your life. It's like personal integrity.
A-TrakI love disco and we sample it a lot for Duck Sauce. For me, that sound is kind of a new manifestation.
A-TrakAt festivals you kind of have to play the game a bit and you have to play a lot of the big bangers but it's to me it's extra gratifying to be able to play the non-bangers and make it work. Because that's still the craft of the DJ, I think.
A-TrakWhat's amazing about a DJ set is when you're able to re-appropriate a song or give purpose to a song that people didn't really think it was supposed to have. Give it this sort of hidden power by playing it before this song and after that one. That it fits into this logic and it goes farther than you thought it could go.
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