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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Am I really "shitting on" him here? My point is that he had no special association with NYC. In 1998 he had the hottest residency in the UK in Liverpool at Cream, and GU:007 is absolutely the sound of Cream. Whereas who had the hottest residency in New York? Sasha and Digweed. And GU:009 is absolutely the sound of Twilo. The problem is Liverpool wasn't exotic enough for "Global" Underground, although ironically enough GU inlay writer Dom Phillips tells a story in his Superstar DJs book of two Brazilian fans of Oakey who travelled all the way to Liverpool to see the apeman play there, had the best night of their lives and then slept in the toilets at Lime Street Station before catching the train back to London to fly home. So what's a "global" party destination is very much a matter of perspective.

You're stating historical facts, so you're not really disrespecting his legacy. You were objective enough to say that GU007 should not have been Oakenfold's compilation, but only in hindsight.