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Martin Mac
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(I also posted this here also just in case some people don't go in the Hip-Hop forum, so I can get some type of answer)
This is nothing new, they do this all the time if one of the DJ's think a track is really hot. Today Funkmaster Flex got hold of a new track called "Otis" by Kanye West & Jay-Z, and proceeded to spin the first verse at least 20 times. From 7:30 to 8:00PM this was the only song playing. But like I said, this happens on a regular basis. If I had a penny for everytime Flex or another Hot 97 DJ repeated the same song for 30 minutes straight, sometimes even 45 minutes (I am not exaggerating), I'd be rich.
This leads me to ask, does Hot 97 even have any programming? Or do the DJ's just play the songs from a playlist whenever they feel like it. Do the DJ's just get to do whatever they want (obviously Flex does), or do you think the PD really tells people like Flex to pull stunts like this. I mean their number one song has been played nearly 140 times this week. Sometimes the same songs are repeated 20-30 mintues within each other. Rarely, their will even be a 10-15 min gap between the same exact song, but it does happen. I just find it hard to believe the PD/MD of this station tell their DJ's what to do. I mean, Flex will play the most random old school hip-hop records that are nowhere in sight in the Hot 97 playlist, like rare street records from the 1980's on a regular basis.
If Hot 97 doesnt tell their DJ's what to do, are they the only station in the country to give their DJ's complete 100% freedom? Cause every other station I see, the DJ's have at least some type of restriction or list.
This is nothing new, they do this all the time if one of the DJ's think a track is really hot. Today Funkmaster Flex got hold of a new track called "Otis" by Kanye West & Jay-Z, and proceeded to spin the first verse at least 20 times. From 7:30 to 8:00PM this was the only song playing. But like I said, this happens on a regular basis. If I had a penny for everytime Flex or another Hot 97 DJ repeated the same song for 30 minutes straight, sometimes even 45 minutes (I am not exaggerating), I'd be rich.
This leads me to ask, does Hot 97 even have any programming? Or do the DJ's just play the songs from a playlist whenever they feel like it. Do the DJ's just get to do whatever they want (obviously Flex does), or do you think the PD really tells people like Flex to pull stunts like this. I mean their number one song has been played nearly 140 times this week. Sometimes the same songs are repeated 20-30 mintues within each other. Rarely, their will even be a 10-15 min gap between the same exact song, but it does happen. I just find it hard to believe the PD/MD of this station tell their DJ's what to do. I mean, Flex will play the most random old school hip-hop records that are nowhere in sight in the Hot 97 playlist, like rare street records from the 1980's on a regular basis.
If Hot 97 doesnt tell their DJ's what to do, are they the only station in the country to give their DJ's complete 100% freedom? Cause every other station I see, the DJ's have at least some type of restriction or list.
