{"id":4664,"date":"2022-10-16T16:21:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T16:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/?p=4664"},"modified":"2022-10-23T21:35:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T21:35:52","slug":"the-house-of-derrick-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/the-house-of-derrick-carter\/","title":{"rendered":"DERRICK CARTER 09.10.22"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DERRICK CARTER<\/a><\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n

2435<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is Chicago\u2019s obsession with Mary J. Blige?\u00a0 <\/span>Chi-town\u2019s Emmaculate, Terry Hunter, and now Derrick Carter have remixed her latest chart-topper.\u00a0 <\/span>Carter\u2019s version jumpstarts the party with kick drums, hi-hats and the Queen of Hip Hop cooing \u201cGood Morning Gorgeous.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And gorgeous, they are.\u00a0 <\/span>The femmes and doms are out!\u00a0 <\/span>For Atlanta\u2019s 51st Pride Celebration.\u00a0 <\/span>The must-attend Queen Butch\u2019s<\/a> \u201cThe Last Ball\u201d closes the weekender.\u00a0 <\/span>Queen Butch dressed in all black leather.\u00a0 <\/span>His furry chest exposed, unzipped biker jacket, fitted pants, and tipped beret brings the boys to his backyard.\u00a0 <\/span>Their painted nails, protruding eyelashes and ass less chaps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2430<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Enter the room. Sniff the testosterone.\u00a0 <\/span>The smell of leather and sweaty crevices. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cast underneath a rainbow laser light show.\u00a0 <\/span>There stands a colorful rainbow of characters.\u00a0 <\/span>Their drinks in hands. Chatting. In groups of pockets spread thin from the rear bar to the front DJ stage.\u00a0 View their bulging biceps.\u00a0 The men dressed in next to nothing.\u00a0 Anyone for dental floss covered groins?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The soundtrack, Lisa Stansfield singing \u201cI\u2019m Leaving,\u201d (Hex Hector Club Mix) signals the transition. NYC\u2019s William Francis makes way for the headliner the people came to see.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDerrick Carter.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>She says.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThat\u2019s him playing.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>That a lady with blonde strains falling beneath her ball cap has to explain who the DJ is to a starry-eyed pupil bouncing on counts one and three to Carl Bean\u2019s \u201cI Was Born This Way,\u201d is whack.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Queen Butch brings out his boy toy, @theetwercules.\u00a0 <\/span>Who jumps center stage.\u00a0 <\/span>Drops low.\u00a0 <\/span>His booty bouncing around in circles.\u00a0 <\/span>That jelly shakes!<\/span><\/p>\n

In the city of twerk and trap, an underground house music DJ playing Pride is rare. Even rarer is a POC underground house music DJ playing Pride. And most rarest is a POC and queer underground house music DJ playing Pride.\u00a0 <\/span>Therefore, this event has it all.\u00a0 <\/span>Inclusivity.\u00a0 <\/span>But eyeing the room, where are the Carter zealots?<\/span><\/p>\n

In this current climate, people attend parties reflective of the event\u2019s promoter(s).\u00a0 <\/span>If gay, the gay crowd attends, if white, the white crowd attends and if Black, the Black crowd attends.\u00a0 <\/span>There no longer exists a cross-pollination of tribes.\u00a0 <\/span>Today\u2019s tribal segregation is real.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe sound is not loud in this club,\u201d The blonde lady from out-of-town states over HNNY\u2019s \u201cSneeze\u201d that slows to a crawl.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThe speakers should be positioned on the floor.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>You whole-heartedly agree.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cTo dance in front of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After all, you did not come to show your ass.\u00a0 <\/span>You came to get down.\u00a0 <\/span>To the sounds of Don Armanda\u2019s \u201cDeputy of Love.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>The 2nd Avenue Remix is giving blue lights in the basement disco.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the speaker box sits a suspicious figure wearing a camouflage backpack.\u00a0 <\/span>His head buried underneath the hood of a Boyz N the Hood black sweatshirt.\u00a0 <\/span>Time to grab two waters from the cashless bar. Cause this mid-tempo disco number bores.<\/span><\/p>\n

His Shoes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When one is not fully appreciated in their hometown, they go elsewhere and are celebrated. Words spoken true of Derrick Carter.\u00a0 <\/span>A famed legend around the globe whose roots are cemented in Chicago. His loyalty to a city that at times has misunderstood his outspoken impact.\u00a0 <\/span>Derrick packs out international venues but not often his hometown. Albeit, his Sunday night Queen Party at Smartbar in Chicago is legendary.\u00a0 Where his name might be just one of too many DJs playing music at any given location on any given weekend. An ability that caused him to jet set for greener pastures of play in his early career.\u00a0 <\/span>If not for his love of the Windy City.\u00a0 <\/span>The pull of the music. The people.\u00a0 <\/span>The food.\u00a0 <\/span>His dogs.\u00a0 His shoes.\u00a0 <\/span>Someone had to stay behind and rep the Midwest.\u00a0 <\/span>Right?\u00a0 <\/span>And who better than the mixologist who crafted his own lane?\u00a0 <\/span>Where his sound and play separated him from his contemporaries.\u00a0 <\/span>A sound of jackin\u2019 mixed with disco that ravers can\u2019t get enough. Like the kitchen sink is thrown into his playlists. The surprises in a Derrick Carter sermon are legendary.<\/span><\/p>\n

0200<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Take the instrumentation from one track that loops over lowly drums, your body tries to escape the rhythm\u2019s grasp.\u00a0 <\/span>Thumping percussions simmer that drives your feet to journey toward the center of the floor.\u00a0 <\/span>Intuitively, you hold back yourself, trying to escape the rhythm\u2019s pull.\u00a0 <\/span>You break free, for a minute, as you notice your shoes sliding towards the epicenter, again.\u00a0 <\/span>Your legs spinning semi-circle.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWork It Out.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>You faintly hear in the distant soundscape.\u00a0 <\/span>As you shuffle front and center the entertainment stage.\u00a0 <\/span>Yelling, \u201cDerrick.\u201d – Who not once acknowledges the crowd. \u00a0 <\/span>His head crowned by a fro.\u00a0 <\/span>His gaze kept low.\u00a0 <\/span>His fingers moving across the black lit hardware. – \u201cWork It Out,\u201d the chanting builds until the Karizma anthem climaxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Surprise!\u00a0 <\/span>Derrick unleashes the Holy Ghost.\u00a0 <\/span>Sneakers stomp.\u00a0 <\/span>Torsos bent over at the waist.\u00a0 <\/span>Hands raised.\u00a0 <\/span>One guy dances his Sunday best.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the event’s prospectus advertises a nun, her blue-eyes, her gag covered lips, her black laytex dress, standing in front glass stained windows: Derrick understands the assignment.\u00a0 The minister of music brings the church to the club.\u00a0 <\/span>He drops another surprise!\u00a0 <\/span>Baltimore banger, Booman & DJ Spen\u2019s \u201cGod\u2019s Got It<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Even the twinks tonguing stop to clap their hands. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Wait!\u00a0 <\/span>Boi don\u2019t play.\u00a0 <\/span>Your friend does the wide-legged splits on the hard floor to Karen Young\u2019s \u201cHot Shot\u201d (Joey Negro Sure Shot Mix).<\/span><\/p>\n

0230<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Queen Butch\u2019s dancers are giving.\u00a0 <\/span>The crowd not so much. Twenty-five rhythm-challenged individuals part space.\u00a0 <\/span>Their bulging eyes.\u00a0 <\/span>Their \u201coohs\u201d and \u201cawes\u201d heard over Evelyn \u201cChampagne\u201d Kings\u2019 \u201cShame.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>As a Mega Hero 6 costume with nipple rings wobbles about.\u00a0 <\/span>On The MuthaFunkaz featuring Sheila Ford\u2019s \u201cGotta Hold On Me (That Skate Thing)<\/a>\u201d (MuthaFunking 12 Inch), @j_bellabankz flips her tress. She is here to look cute.\u00a0 <\/span>The best voguer goes to the House of Lanvin\u2019s Havoc.\u00a0 <\/span>Who dips, twirls, and death drops to Mighty Mouse’s “The Spirit<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>@havoc7569 wins an applause of cheers.\u00a0 <\/span>And the people are giving.\u00a0 <\/span>Andrew Jackson\u2019s placed into his thong.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When Teddy Pendergrass\u2019 \u201cThe More I Get, the More I Want\u201d (Dimitri From Paris Super Disco) closes the night of too much fun.\u00a0 <\/span>Derrick wearing a cross body bag appears ready to ghost.\u00a0 <\/span>After slaying with one of his best sets ever experienced this south of North Avenue. The self-proclaimed OG even made the venue\u2019s slack sound system work for his good.\u00a0 <\/span>After all, he is a LAW – legend at work.\u00a0 <\/span>The DJ who best said<\/a>, \u2018My aim remains the same every week: I come in, blow your party the fuck up, and then break out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

wrds: aj dance<\/p>\n

grphc: aj art<\/p>\n

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