I'm going to take a shot at comparing hiphop and techno because, well, its something to do.

So, lets say I'm in a night club and the music coming out the speakers is techno, and its bland, boring, whatever, and I don't feel like dancing, and am not generally impressed at all, then it could be said that the music makes me "feel" a certain way.
If the next time I'm going out I decide to go to a hip hop club instead, and while I'm there find the hip hop music to be bland and boring and I don't feel like dancing, an am not generally impressed, blah, blah, then again, it could be said that the music makes me "feel" a certain way.
Following this, I would suggest that you can compare techno and hip hop music, in that, both styles can make you "feel" the same way: like dancing or not dancing, for example.
Now, if the hiphop dj is exceptionally talented, and decides to cut, scratch, mix and juggle beats in order to put some spark into his/her set, then he/she can turn a boring, bland hiphop set into something special. The dj, can then change the way you "feel," based upon technical ability. The techno dj, on the other hand, is probably not going to save a bland and boring set by tightly mixing one track into another, but if the techno dj was exceptionally talented, he/she might also cut, scratch, mix and juggle until also changing the way you are "feeling."
So, in this way both styles can be compared as similar, and the importance of dj technical skill can again be highlighted.
The question again is, would you rather a dj with all the hits, or the all the skills? The truth, I think, is that you want a variation , because, as we all know, too much of any good thing kills that "feeling" on its own. Hear the "hit" tracks again, and again, and you might prey for a backspin. While hearing the same technically skilled dj tear it up night after night is also going to eventually lose its magic. So, enjoy what any night of music provides because bland, boring tracks make the good tracks stand out, and poor skills allows others to shine. If your dj on the night has neither, then go home.