DJ Nu-Mark & DJ Cosmo - Get Nice Fridays @ Blizzarts

This past Friday was the one year anniversary of GET NICE Fridays at Blizzarts, and if you weren’t there, well, you should’ve been! First off let's be real, any event that can get Montrealers out of their house before 11pm is already a success. So you can imagine my surprise when I strolled in around 11:15pm to witness a packed dance floor and girls already climbing up Blizzart's swanky new booths. DJ Cosmo was on point as usual and made sure to satisfy his strong and still growing fan base with hype mixes and bumping bass. At around midnight he handed off the tables to their special guest, DJ Nu-Mark, from Jurassic 5. Now GET NICE has been known to bring in some pretty amazing guests but this was a serious treat! DJ Nu-Mark spinned for three hours straight, hitting the crowd hard with some serious turntable skills. I swear, I didn’t even think it was anatomically possible to scratch that fast. He started off by reviving a few hip hop classics, mixing in a quick MJ tribute and followed it all with some fresh new tracks from the US of A. Without a doubt, the best moment of his set was when he sampled a few of the tracks off his newest mix CD, Take Me With You, which is inspired by his travels; the tracks feature powerful Afro-Latin rhythms that inevitably get your booty moving. Looking out into the crowd, I saw everything from serious hip hop heads, to university party girls, to badass b-boys dancing to the sounds of Sergio Mendes, and once again I was proud to be a Montrealer. DJ Cosmo came back on the decks right before the end to send off his troops and left us on "Faithful To The End" by DJ Rogers, which is exactly what his fans have been all year.

-DJ Nu-Mark (photo by Jazmin Million)

Much respect to the GET NICE crew, we all had great time and I can’t wait to see what you guys have in store for this summer. Again if you’ve never been to one of the GET NICE nights, put it on your to do list for next Friday. This isn’t your regular hip hop club scene where the same old Kanye track is used and abused. DJ Cosmo and his guests never half step it, so it’s a guaranteed good time.

Happy anniversary GET NICE!

GET NICE Fridays, Blizzarts Bar (3956 St-Laurent), 5$

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