DJ Spotlight: Operating Room w/ DJ Doc West

July 13th, 2011 | By TJ

Welcome to the Operating Room with DJ Doc West. You will be in tune to two hours of classic music ranging from Hip Hop to Old School R&B to Reggae. The Doctor will be assisted by special guest turntable surgeons. Nebulus The Legend will be stopping by weekly to give you views from his universe in a segment we call “The Waiting Room”.

You ask yourself who is The Doctor? Doc West is one half of The Single Minded Pros (a Dj/ Production team). Hailing from the east (Pittsfield,MA) the Doctor started his Djing career in the early 80’s at WTBR a local community radio station.

The Doctor would often do 7 shows a week. By the time he was 16 The Doctor was djing in night clubs in the Berkshire. When he went off to college Doc West began Djing in Boston, Myrtle Beach,SC, Virgina Beach, VA and more.

Still craving the urge El Doctor worked on AM Radio in Conway, SC doing a 4 hour show (2 hours mixed and 2 hours what they wanted!). After graduating college The Doctor met DJ Rude One aka Rudeonederful. They formed Single Minded Pros a Dj & Production Team. After a brief stay in Boston (where SMP mastered the art of the Mix Tape) Single Minded Pros moved to Chicago!

While planning for their debut album The Doctor and The Rude One started building their names as Djs in Chicago. Single Minded Pros where named in URB Magazines 9th Annual Next 100 in 2003. With a string of successful nights and list of classic underground hip hop shows under their belt SMP released “From Now On”. In 2004 the LP received favorable write ups in The Source, XXL, Elemental, Scratch, The Meter (Chicago), The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield,MA) and Chicago Sun Times. The LP featured tracks with Kool G Rap, Pacewon, Mr.Lif, Akrobatik and more. SMP continued to DJ on the Chicago scene and Dj Rude One’s “The Goodness” in the last four years has been recognized as one of top hip hop nights in the country.

The Doctor landed in Atlanta 2008 where he reconnected with his love for radio. Starting Hyalandaz Radio on Podomatic.com where he plays mixes of all musical flavors. Also doing guest appearances on WREK The Rek Room with DJ Enchantd.