Revealing Hidden Jewels-Dee Jay JSpade
Dee Jay JSpade
JSpade! I met this cat on a humbug when I was getting
tired of the humdrum. I’m chilling,
maybe 2 ‘Funky Goodtimes’ ago at Cabana with Soul Infinite, around the
September or October joint. We roll in,
I built with GDig real quick, 
the music was alright, a lot of surface scratching
funk as I call it. Like not so funky
funk if you get what I’m saying. Just as
I got ready to throw the towel in on another disappointing music seeking night,
‘can you imagine Doobie in your funk, Huh-ho!’, I got a wake-up call.
On the real though, nothing against Funky Goodtime, I feel it when
certain cats spin mostly, but I had never heard this JSpade
cat before. So he gets up there for his
set as I’m getting ready to leave, and he kicks his joint off with Newbirth’s full length
version of ‘I can’t understand it!’
That’s my joint! Sith knows, Sith knows. I was
taken aback some cuz I was about to leave, but you
can’t leave when that’s spinning. So I
stayed a little longer and listened to some more of his set. He played some heat.
Needless to say, JSpade is now spinning Hip Hop
alongside Geezus once a week at the Underworld right behind
Chili’s on West End (2320 West End Avenue 615-248-2550). It’s owned by Kaz, the same cat
that owned Kazu’s down in Cummings Station (near the
old Bar Car). I have not been able to
make it out to 
JSpades’ venue yet, but
I have made it to the Underworld. It’s a nice intimate spot
with a good menu ranging from bagels to gourmet pizzas, all for under $8, they
have an extremely cute bartender working behind a full bar, a couple TVs and
good music. It doesn’t get much better
than that. There’s plenty of seating and
even a couch in the back area. Be sure
to check out Reggae night every Friday down there too. Remember, Hip Hop with JSpade
& Geezus every Wednesday from 9:00pm until and & Reggae every
Friday from 10:00pm until.