Bobby D - In Da Club

I hear DJs all the time doggin' other DJ's mixes. They get real snotty and holier than their fellow selector in criticism. It is a wonder that any DJ's remix sample CD sells at all except with those masses who want a quick cure or fix at their amateur house parties. Is there a protocol or certain courtesy that we fellow DJs must allow for when we plop another punter's project in our decks? Questions, questions, questions...

Ultimately, it is a question of whether to party or not!

With every cliché` from "let me hear you screeem" to "in da house!," "In Da Club" [Renegade] from Bobby D is a wall-to-wall feel good time that will have you back on the dance floor. If you are a pro and don't mind sharing the wealth, then include this in your CD bag as well. I alwaze found that problematic: "why would the owner hire me to come in and spin some other DJ's mixes?" I thought. I guess it works when you catch selector's-block during the night. Hey, no cheatin'!

So what is Bobby D selling? Is it his mixing ability or his taste in choosing slam after slam jam for the enjoyment of his crowd? We may never know, but as I listen to this compilation I am transformed to the last great club experience I had.

While sometimes trancy and breaky without melodic substance or soul, this CD will put you in the mood to party if you are so inclined.

His website is lame in that it doesn't provide the flavor of the PERSON who is "BOBBY D," instead only where he is "appearing." THEREFORE, it is up to me to fill U in on Bobby D - the man, the disc jockey. Follow me...

Straight out of the Chi-town area, Bobby D got into spinning at a young age, as many of us have; for him it was 10. The love for music compelled him into da mix, creating his own unique sound. A B96 Chicagoland Mixmaster since '93, Bobby D his making his dream a reality. On da set, Bobby D digs two CDDJ 1000s, a Pioneer 500 or 600 mixer, and natch, a double dose of 1200s.

"In da Club" is what my soulful inner circle of friends my age would call "white boye disco" (sense of humor required). Fortunately, for me, rowing in the rapid currents of musik's river has allowed me to transcend yet empathize wit those sentiments. But enuff politikin', my faves on this disk are: "Overload" by Voodoo & Serano, a middle-of-the-nite on the floor filler. Love the vocals!

Taking the intensity higher is Lolita with "Moi" (cut 7). "Ecoutez, my little puppies!"

As they say on the late-night hype compilation commercials, "also featuring..." Energy's "Café Del Mar"! What an interlude of sound. It is 28 jams in all on Renegade Records, whose website is not up yet; here's the address anyway, www.renegaderecords.com.

Bobby is busy on a "Long Way Home" (14) by ATB seamlessly segueing into Novaspace's cover of Cyndi's "Time After Time" - remember Miles' jazzy toot suite also.

Beginning Bobby's choice crescendo is "All I Ever Wanted" - The Mystery [18] which is hauntingly airy and tranceable with another bomb back-to-back in "Don't Think it (Feel it)" from Lange (one of your critic's former Sureshots!). I also like track 22, "So I Begin" by Galleon, #23 and #24; especially #25, "I Don't Know" from Erika. Oohh, la, laa!, a nice dance vocal that keeps the CD flowing, Bobby D! Mike check, one-two-one-two...

Bobby D's next step on the ladder of success will be the rung of Producer while continuing to hold residences at several clubs across the mid-western U.S. "This is only the beginning", he says. Well the future is now for this critique, and thus I bless this never-ending da-da wit three- stars.