This day and age, the DJ has transformed into an engine that drives what the crowd wants and is barely ever the leader of the pack as some are only following to what is deemed as being hot.

The issue might now be facing DJ Enuff from Hot 97 as he is now coming to question why he is not giving rapper Jay Electronica the proper promotion for his latest offering “Exhibit C.”

Enuff recently hit Twitter to air out some of his grievances as he seems to be looking in the mirror and placing his own morals on the line.

I'm listening to Jay Electronica's latest tune Exhibit C Produced by Just Blaze.  It is so good.  I think its lyrical and the production is solid.  Reminds me of some early Nas stuff, Then I ask my self: Why is it not spinning on the radio?  At least during my time slot?  Is it because there's no dance tied to it?  Is it because it's not yet on BET's Top Ten Countdown?  Does it have to be a Club Banger?  The radio isn't a club.  So why not Good solid Hip Hop?  I have it on my website.  I battle myself all the time when it comes to the radio.  The job I love so much.  I could make it the Heavy Hitter Pick of the week with no problem.  Then what?  I need HELP with this one.  Any Suggestions Re: Real Hip Hop is Fading.

Questioning such a thing seems to question his own integrity as a DJ.  Why seek guidance for something that he already knows is a hot song?  What would be the point in following suit when there is a possibility that him exposing the track could serve as an outlet to further expose Electronica and his craft.

Listen to the track here and decide if it should get spin on radio:

Exhibit C:

And why not, here's Exhibit A:

KRS-One recently made remarks towards the Def Jam label around the time of the Hip Hop Honors which was celebrating Def Jam's 25^th anniversary.  Although he stated that the brand has helped to revolutionize rap, it has also been the catalyst in destroying the genre.

“Def Jam is the dopest label in Hip Hop, in the culture of Hip Hop.  There really would be no Hip Hop as we know it today if it wasn't for Def Jam, but you don't get that respect without also being the label that single-handledly destroyed Hip Hop.”

After such a statement, there seemed to be nobody to counter that statement, not even one rap artist on Def Jam.  Their silence seemed to only solidify what he stated.

Members of Triple Cs, however, have not sat well with the words with the Hip Hop legend and have even found sparks of him being a hypocrite.  Speaking with Rollingout.com, Torch touched on the older generation calling the game dead, but not keeping in mind the way they initially came in the game.

“To top it all off, it's like Hip Hop is dead, but when they had their run, the same people that say these things, they be in pictures with AKs.  They forget all that now.  You need your track record, do your homework and the same record that people are pointing their fingers, you gotta realize, every time you point finger, the other four are point right back at you.”

The picture in question references the album cover to 1987s Criminal Minded with the rapper draped in bullets and holding a firearm, as well as, the 1988 album By All Means Necessary..

He also added that the campaign against new Hip Hop is being lead by those that can't adapt to the time and are suffering with their own musical projects.

“You notice it's the people that always say ‘Hip Hop is dead,' they ain't got no money.”

The covers in question were actually politically driven and inspired by Malcolm X, but I guess no one really cares about history these days.  The time then is similar, but nothing to the time now and people must find a way to realize that.