Topic: DJ Marcus has his own Empire
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THE SCENARIO
DJ Marcus has his own Empire
By JENEÉ OSTERHELDT
The Kansas City Star
JENEÉ OSTERHELDT | THE KANSAS CITY STAR
A diverse crowd comes to the Empire Room on Thursdays to listen to Marcus spin house, hip-hop and funk.
When you’re tired of waiting for Friday and you need to start your weekend, Thursday night becomes your new jump-off.
The pickings are getting slim. So many hip-hop clubs in Kansas City are closing, and the Thursday night breakdown at the RecordBar happens only once a month.
But every now and then, a DJ will surprise you. At the Empire Room on Thursday nights, Marcus brings the hip-hop crowd and the house music heads together for one funky party.
He doesn’t just spin pure house; he blends hip-hop and funk in his house mix, and the crowd reflects that. Everyone from rave party girls to break dancers and everyday booty shakers come out to party.
And get this — it’s free. No cover, whatsoever. The drinks are cheap; $2 wells, and the pineapple and vodka will keep you up. You’ll need the energy because the crowd takes the late shift and doesn’t arrive until after 11:30. But it’s worth it.
It’s the kind of lounge that invites diversity and abandons criticisms and all the rules of cool, such as keeping your shoes on.
A lot of the energy comes from the DJ. Marcus is a free spirit who doesn’t stay behind the turntables; he parties, too. He’ll spin a hip-hop classic like De La Soul’s “Me, Myself and I†over a house beat, come from behind the tables and give the crowd some footwork to admire. It’s rare to see a DJ spin and dance, but just as quick as he works the dance floor, he’s back to his crates digging for records to give the house music treatment.
But his charisma gets everyone in the mood to dance — by themselves. It’s not like they are in cliques, either. Everyone is having fun. A b-boy might be breaking, and the girl right next to him could be barefoot and winding her hips while the house dancers step to the beat in a hop, bounce fashion. Two friends can be dancing side by side, but you can just look at them and see that they are in their own individual groove.
I don’t know if it’s the way of house music, but everyone on the dance floor is in a zone. They aren’t focused on how they look or what people think, they’re just moving to the beats in their own happy, little worlds. It’s fun to watch and even more fun to do.
So while Billy Idol dances with himself, because of the crowded lonely nights when no one else is in sight, we’ll dance by ourselves together because it’s all right.
