w/o coming off as being my usual jerz hater (which i'm really not for the record) NJ has plenty of talent, but just the wrong state of mind.. for instance, on more than one occassion i've heard dj's say that they play a certain set for the jerz crowd. i'm guessing that's from a combo of a couple things: 1. ppl who go to clubs in NJ are extremely misunderstood.. ALL of us labeled as KTU fans who don't know the first thing about "real" music and will settle for cheese vocals and "classics" all night long.. blahhhhhh. that mindset sux. 2. on top of that stereotype you have the fact that promoters and club owners believe #1 to be true so they sometimes push for a certain genre of club music to be played in their clubs. for me, that's enough to drive me outta the state and into NYC where there's plenty of talent to go around and places give them the freedom to go out on a limb with their track selection and style. as for talent being brought into NJ, yeah, of course i'm gonna say boris. yes, he's a friend of mine, but the kid brings energy to a room like nobody else. and it's that stereotype that NJ ppl don't appreciate a good DJ which keeps ppl like him from playing here. take sandman's advice.... go listen to boris or merritt at an asseteria party. go check out ojeda at a disco afterhours or bailey, ink, macaluso, etc etc