not saying they're the best - these days i'd have to include people like excess, toadstyle, mike boo, ricci rucker, woody etc. but without those 5, i wouldn't make the shit i do make
tune wise, DJ EQ used to lay it down HARD. props to bomb hip-hop - the return of the dj comps were ill on that front. it was the first place i'd really heard DJ tracks outside of on albums with emcees on em, so to get a whole lp? dayum. i hadn't heard of z-trip or radar before then and i'd never heard proper tracks by spinbad and js-one.
I gotta give it up for my man Dj Bonez. He's an aussie dj who regularly does stuff I've never seen before. Crazy business, although he's not a huge "name".
lets not forget we all were jockin jazzy jeff in 86. not to mention cash moneys incredible cuts in 87 on ugly people be quiet. "turntables t t ta turntables, then the uhhh and the richard pryor cut. 20 YEARS AGO people !!!!
i truly believe some of the best well rounded djs ever came from philly.
lets not forget we all were jockin jazzy jeff in 86. not to mention cash moneys incredible cuts in 87 on ugly people be quiet. "turntables t t ta turntables, then the uhhh and the richard pryor cut. 20 YEARS AGO people !!!!
i truly believe some of the best well rounded djs ever came from philly.
NO DOUBT! Plaese to see the top 3 on my old school list.
I could list dudes forever, here are mine though (dudes that I feel like greatly inspired/influenced me):
1). DJ Day 2). DJ Quest 3). Revoloution 4). Melo-D 5). Babu 6). Teeko 7). B-Cause 8). Jazzy Jeff 9). DJ Scratch 10). CL Smooth (DID HE DO THE CUTS ON THE CREATOR????) 11). Rip-One
i should've mentioned melo-d and babu, they were a major influence. props to dj day - i heard a track he did with exile (who i'm liking more the more i hear) which is damn nice. props to oakland faders - i'm feelin them lately. 89 skratch gangstaz - pone & snayk eyz. ill. i always loved mr things cuts too. astro is ill. shouts to dee swift from back then... sheffield representahhhhh. would've been sick if he wasn't such a hermit
I can cosign all the DJs dropped before, so I have not to repeat them. The DJ's from the 80s are especialy dope because they scratched in a "musical" way while most of the DJs today scratch in a "technical" way.
But I have to mention 2 forgotten heros too.
DJ Icy C of the Miami Boyz is extremly dope.
Mixmaster Ice of UTFO is also a scracth god, his cuts on "Wanna Rock" are not brilliant and the scratches on that whole LP are
Ya i give it up to the oldschool scratch dj's now that i think about it. those mixers were not that great compared to what they have at their disposal nowa-days
1. DJ Cash Money - man the mighty hard rocker and all his shit THE best 2. Young Einstein 3. Mix Master Mike 4. Scott La Rock 5. Dj Yoda - UK Cut and Paste dude who makes the funniest mixtapes in history and can really scratch!
That was tough had to go who i like the best don't mean they are the best so many q-bert, grand wizard...man thats tough!
Comments
ISP (Qbert, Mixmaster Mike, Disk, Flare, Dstyles, Shortkut)
Rob Swift
Premier
DJ Cheese
tied: Cut Chemist & Shadow
Mr. Mixx VS DJ Magic Mike
and the winner can battle DJ Mann from MC A.D.E.
his cuts on "Transformer" were
dj q-bert
dj premier
mixmaster mike
dj revolution
dj supreme
Alladin is the shit. Definitely the guy I'd most like to be able to scratch like. I also gotta give it up to Tat Money and DJ Scratch.
Cut Chemist
DJ Revolution
Spinbad
Jazzy Jeff
1. CA$H MONEY
2. Jazzy Jeff
3. Miz
4. Aladdin
5. Joe Cooley
New School
1. ISP
2. X-ecutioners (X-men)
3. Beat Junkies
4. Spinbad
5. Noize
mr dibbs
d-styles
rob swift
q-bert
mixmaster mike
not saying they're the best - these days i'd have to include people like excess, toadstyle, mike boo, ricci rucker, woody etc. but without those 5, i wouldn't make the shit i do make
how'd i forget that one.
"press rewind if i haven't blown ya mind"
lets not forget we all were jockin jazzy jeff in 86.
not to mention cash moneys incredible cuts in 87 on ugly people be quiet. "turntables t t ta turntables, then the uhhh and the richard pryor cut. 20 YEARS AGO people !!!!
i truly believe some of the best well rounded djs ever came from philly.
NO DOUBT! Plaese to see the top 3 on my old school list.
D-Styles is the G.O.A.T. imo
DUDE!!!
1). DJ Day
2). DJ Quest
3). Revoloution
4). Melo-D
5). Babu
6). Teeko
7). B-Cause
8). Jazzy Jeff
9). DJ Scratch
10). CL Smooth (DID HE DO THE CUTS ON THE CREATOR????)
11). Rip-One
on the real though, did he?
showing my new-jack-ness, i gotta say that revolution's cuts on some of the "this or that" interludes blew my mind.
can't argue with either of those sentiments.
i should've mentioned melo-d and babu, they were a major influence. props to dj day - i heard a track he did with exile (who i'm liking more the more i hear) which is damn nice. props to oakland faders - i'm feelin them lately. 89 skratch gangstaz - pone & snayk eyz. ill. i always loved mr things cuts too. astro is ill. shouts to dee swift from back then... sheffield representahhhhh. would've been sick if he wasn't such a hermit
dj marz
dj quest
dibbs
d-styles
day
2. jazzy jeff
3. q bert
4. d styles/ the ned hoddings
5. craze/ a trak
but CANNOT forget revolution/ spinbad
2. ricci rucker
3. qbert
4. toadstyle
5. mike boogie
qbert
Mixmastermike
phonospycographdisk
melo D
Rob Swift
hehe - i was 8 yo - the only type of transformers i was into featured optimus prime
The DJ's from the 80s are especialy dope because they scratched in a "musical" way while most of the DJs today scratch in a "technical" way.
But I have to mention 2 forgotten heros too.
DJ Icy C of the Miami Boyz is extremly dope.
Mixmaster Ice of UTFO is also a scracth god, his cuts on "Wanna Rock" are not brilliant and the scratches on that whole LP are
Peace
Hawkeye
those mixers were not that great compared to what they have at their disposal nowa-days
1. DJ Cash Money - man the mighty hard rocker and all his shit THE best
2. Young Einstein
3. Mix Master Mike
4. Scott La Rock
5. Dj Yoda - UK Cut and Paste dude who makes the funniest mixtapes in history and can really scratch!
That was tough had to go who i like the best don't mean they are the best so many q-bert, grand wizard...man thats tough!