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The Unlikely Urban Hit Of The Year Award Goes To DJ Class


Part of me always suspected a Baltimore club track would cross over to the mainstream at some point, but when I heard DJ Class‘ “I’m The Ish” on the urban station here in Tucson yesterday (a station about six or seven months behind most breaking records), I was surprised. When I saw the track had jumped to the 30th-most-played track on urban radio in just two weeks, I was shocked.



If you’ve ever heard Baltimore club spun by a DJ, odds are you’ve heard DJ Class, considering he and the legendary Scottie B were responsible for possibly the genre’s biggest club.

“Tear Da Club Up”:

Unfortunately, “Tear Da Club Up” is one of those tracks most people have as an unlabeled MP3 somewhere on their hard drive, so outside of Baltimore and the genre’s informed fans, it’s not like DJ Class received much recognition. Now that his record is being worked by Universal, however, the label is going to do whatever it takes to get DJ Class some fame, even if it means pairing the track with any rapper they could get into the studio.

DJ Class with Kanye West, “I’m The Ish (remix)”

DJ Class with Lil Jon, “I’m The Shit (remix)”

DJ Class with Jermaine Dupri and Trey Songz, “I’m The Ish (remix)”:

I don’t know if Jermaine’s recent employment issues allow him to tell people that he’s the shit, but then again, I’m probably not the arbiter of such things. Either way, at the rate that the song is being added at radio and the number of times the song has been played here, I look forward to that day in the near future when one of the kids in my son’s second-grade class informs me he’s the ish. Should be good times.

DJ Class [MySpace]

 
By Dan Gibson at 12:30 PM on Wed Apr 8 2009
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  • Al Shipley

    Shameless self promotion ahead: my article a couple months ago about Class and "I'm The Ish" - [www.citypaper.com]


    Knew this song was going to do big things from the moment I heard it, but I didn't really have any idea it would go this far. So happy to see it actually charting now!

  • drjimmy11

    Yo, who Young Leek be?

  • Rock You Like An Iracane

    Kanye's verse is sick. Most of his stuff this year is, though.


    "And we dropped another album 'fore we finished up the tou'/And it's still top 10 'bout 15 weeks later/So that's a middle finger/To you 808 haters."


    Also: Kanye relishes the title.

  • katesilver

    I gotta go with Lil Jon (WHAT?)

  • silkyjumbo

    i'm partial to the jermaine dupri remix, in which he admits to not knowing who performs this song.

  • walkmasterflex

    i've been hearing this in big shiny nightclubs for a couple months now, and was on a couple rap stations when i was back in the u.s. i have to say it's great to see a club legend like class getting some shine and mainstream success, and as a baltimore club fanatic i love hearing it on the radio outside of the the midatlantic area...but this song is shit :(

  • doublewhiskycokenoice

    after having it on file for a while, i have to state that the kanye one is the best, solely due to his remarks calling out everyone on how they thought 808's would bomb.

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