This is taken from the comments section of MadDecent.com
Diplo wrote in the comments section and said this about DJ AM . We for one thought it was beautiful and want people to see what a close colleague thought of him.
“im sure that AM had to go day in and day out and negotiate all the music we appreciate for mass consumption, he had good nights and just ok ones.. but he wasnt a radio DJ or a programmer or part of a label . he was a straight up Djs dj, he picked his tracks to play out and had THE STYLE that defines our whole generation like it or not …and even if you didnt like his style (which ranged form deep top 40 to deepest old school hip hop to deepest hipster indy rock.. he would come to your party and do what u do better than you (he did it to me coupla times) he would put tracks out there before they were acceptable and he was always adapting to whatever was goin on.. not because he had to… but because he loved music. ..he was definitely a peoples champ and in a world that doesnt really seem to care about you – promotors, fareweather friends, rich assholes, alcholics, trendsters…. AM carved a whole pie out of it and built a giant empire that little of you even know about. He never ever ever didnt have time to talk to one of his dj homies, each and every one of the small wannabes like me still spoke to him still weekly. How many people do u know DJ wedding partys for billionaires, arenas for Jay z, and djs for roctakons shitty basment party in manhattan for free and then 20 k the next night.. each day he was still asking me for new music and tellin me how the wierdest of my tracks were starting to pick up momentum….. but.. i never knew how long it would last. Djs have a ceiling, and Am lived on the roof. he sometimes would tell me a bit about his reservations in passing about his lifestyle and i feel like its a loveless place we all live in (DJs). but i dont think We will ever see another person built for it like AM.. he was THE Michael Jackson of this shit. so it really worries me a bit that hes gone , cause hes the only that i thought understood it all… he was a sweetheart and tried his damnest to be the best at it and still be the best at being himself”
You can’t top the words of a fellow top DJ like Diplo.
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REALEST SHIT.
Nicely said Diplo… If people would like to see photos of his last appearance ever in Canada and scope and interview we had the privlage of doing, please check this link. http://schitzpopinov.blogspot.com/2009/08/dj-am-thanks.html
R.I.P
The MJ of DJ’s? Are you kidding me?
This guy OD’s and suddenly he is the best? I’ve been following REAL DJ’s for over 15 years in the electronica scene and AM was marginal, at best.
Why don’t you give some credit to real DJ’s who bust their ass and don’t rely on celebrity friends to promote themselves.
I expect more from BPM.
DJs aren’t just in the electronica scene you dumb dickhead. theres a bigger world out there with a lot more music, u piece of crap human being.