>but I was familiar with the song before the movie
>
>for us that was local LA shit
>
>so for it to catch the ear of whoever was working on Kids, a
>story set in NYC was just weird
>
>not that it couldn't happen, just that it seemed off

I don't remember a DJ ever mentioning that dude was from the West Coast, I found that out on my own.
To me it felt like they were playing a tape that someone made off of the radio. If that's what they were going for then having "Listen Up" in there wouldn't have been odd.

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