WHAT DOES DJ KHALED REALLY DO?

KISS THE RING

After seeing the title of of this article, it is probable that your subsequent words to yourself were,"of course he's a DJ, moron!". Yes, we might know that already because he has the 'DJ' title attached to his name. But that still does not answer the question, "what does DJ Khaled really do?"

All right, let's put a couple of things into perspective. The man is on his 6th album right now, six successful albums! The strange part of it all is that he does not rap, although in his latest album he has one or two bars to shine on, but that does not classify him as a rapper. So what does he really do?

After listening to his latest offering, 'Kiss The Ring', I exclaimed to myself, "wow! DJ Khaled has outdone himself yet again!", but I quickly asked myself, "what did he really do in this album? besides, of course, shouting 'deeeeeejay Khaled!'. He only 'co-produced' a mere 3 tracks. That means he did not produce them all by himself, he had other producers helping him out. So what does he really do?

Do not, even at once, get me wrong. I'm a big fan of his, ever since his first album, but I won't let my sentiments about him come in the way of this article. I just felt like I have to touch on this man's super strange career. I'm, however, compelled to give him props on this new 'Kiss The Ring' album. It's an excellent piece of work, I think every track is blazing. The album features everyone. By 'everyone', I mean every hottest artist at the moment...and it can also mean 'other', like the annoyingly animated 'Starships' singer - perhaps a wanna be singer.The album is raw and rough as if to immunize the listener with some antidote to some grimmer situations. Despite all that, the question still remains, what does DJ Khaled really do?

This is an apt question for a man who manages to get some of the best rappers the world has ever seen to work on his albums, yet it is unclear what he himself does. Kanye West, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Lil Wayne, T.I, to name but a few, are some of the featured artists that will make 'Kiss The Ring' a success. Khaled sure has the best of both worlds. But what does he really do?

Well, whatever it is that you do, Khaled, sure works for you. You must be clinking glass, celebrating.