She's seen the Shiloh "wall to wall, shoulder to shoulder," and that energy inspires her. This eventually propels the crowd to move. and Rakim, Run DMC, Digital Underground and the Black Sheep. Working by candlelight, Womack silently assumes her position behind the turntable, scratching and weaving through hits by old school hip-hop stalwarts such as Eric B.
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That was the case on a sweltering Friday night recently, the crowd August-thin in Shiloh and not really dancing.
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"I know that I'm there for the crowd to make them feel the music." "They've been great to me, real supportive," she says of the club's owners." She says her artistic aim of spinning hard-hitting, groovy beats behind a deft MC's flow is balanced with keeping the party moving. (For a solid example of local hip-hop, check out Media Darling's recent compilation release, Humid Sounds.īut, it's at Shiloh, the hot spot she calls "my homebase," where DJ Lady Fingaz gained a rep for the best Friday night/Saturday morning throwdown in town. She soon gained attention, and this summer she toured the South with a group put together by the recently formed Media Darling Records. Lady Fingaz first connected to a suddenly thriving underground hip-hop scene in New Orleans through Scratchmosis, a local DJ crew who paired like-minded locals with touring acts. Once she connected with hip-hop she was hooked. Growing up on Lance's taste in blues, soul and rock, Lady Fingaz' taste now ranges from Earth, Wind & Fire to Johnny Guitar Watson. Her father, Lance, has been a drummer in a blues band for the past 30 years. The Austin, Texas, native who moved to New Orleans after her "formative years" in Little Rock, Ark. In her four years in the city, she's started to make quite a name for herself, introducing herself to most local party people via her steady Friday night gig at Shiloh - a dimly light, raucous and racially diverse late-night spot Uptown.
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Monotone samples pulled from recordings of comically uptight, older white men announce her saying, "She's beautiful / She's smart / She's a fighting hellcat / She's dynamite / She's (zip zip) DJ (zip zip) Lady Fingaz."įingaz is also a 22-year-old business major at the University of New Orleans. Lady Fingaz spins her introduction on her recently finished mix demo, Grand Theft Hip-Hop.