dancehall DJs/MCs

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is it true that dancehall MCs are often referred to as 'DJs' regardless of whether or not they spin records? can someone clarify the dancehall terminology for little ol' me?

― ken taylrr, Sunday, 29 February 2004 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

"deejay" = the MC
"selector" = the DJ

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 29 February 2004 02:47 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks! any idea why that is... i mean the selector makes sense, but why DJ?

― ken taylrr, Sunday, 29 February 2004 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)

i always assumed it was for the same reason they were "DJs" on the radio...the guy who talked up the record being played at the moment.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 29 February 2004 02:51 (twenty-two years ago)

(which has more to do with the deejay's primordial role from the 50s through the early 70s, which was much more the traditional MC [as in "master of ceremonies"] role than the continuous rap-flow of today)

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 29 February 2004 02:54 (twenty-two years ago)

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