I Think They Want A Booty Call

Perkins & Will had their company holiday party at the Hotel W: City Center last week. I dj'd with the help of Danielle. This was Danielle's first gig with us, so I was showing her the ropes. The ballroom we were in was packed. I think there was 300-350 people there. The age range was probably 70% 20s & 30s and 30% older than that. We were sitting at a table with other guests and a couple of them were talking with us about the music for dancing. "Play some good music to get the women out there and then we can get out there and do our thing," one of the guys said, obviously talking about a little bump and grind. I took this guy for an **word deleted** and just responded with, "sure." When we made our way into dancing, I was really struggling with finding the right kind of music everybody wanted to dance to. I did this party last year and had the same struggle. At one point, I was finally like, "**word deleted** it!" and started playing "Rapper's Delight." That brought everybody out. While they were out there, it dawned on me what kind of crowd it was. Everybody just wanted to bump and grind. I think I knew this earlier when the guy was talking to me at the table, but was uncomfortable with it, so I stayed away from it. When I saw everybody grinding, I knew exactly what to play. From then on it was hip-hop. Anything having to do with butts or taking clothes off, I was playing it. The dancefloor was still packed at the end of the night, but unfortunately, we had to stop. People were pissed that we couldn't go longer. They were screaming for one more song at the end, but when the hotel brought the lights up, everyone groaned.

--Jonathan Hood