Say My Name, Say My Name

If no one is around you, say "baby I love you." If you ain't runnin' game.

Yeah, don't even play like you weren't thinking that, too. By the way, can you believe "Say My Name" came out almost a decade ago?! Anyway, back to the point of this post. I get funny reactions about my DJ name, mostly in the order of, "Sofistafunk? Buh?!" So I figured I gots some 'splainin' to do.

First things first. Sofistafunk is a portmanteau word (sophisticated + funk)—like Lewis Carroll's "chortle" (chuckle + snort)—coined by the wordsmith Andre 3000 of Outkast in The Love Below's "Behold A Lady," a wonderfully groovy ode to the lovely and rare (in Andre 3000's opinion) sophisticated lady who knows how to hold it down for her man. I spell mine with an "f" so that it resembles my given name, Sofia.

I don't really know what precisely sofistafunk means, per se, but I suppose it captures a certain aesthetic that I like to think I possess or, at the very least, aspire to possess: worldly and knowledgeable in the ways of funkiness. Or something like that. Anyway, that's my name, don't wear it out.