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dopeness ! ha

FREEGARYMCKINNON 1 year ago

i remember this vid, class. supernatural freestyle playing throw the topic!! wtf!!!

A2theD1 1 year ago

yo, who has the footage of these dudes when they were on fucking VIBE the TV show with Sinbad.

XsavagistX 2 years ago

that was the Beat junkies, i have it on vhs lol

majestyy2k 2 years ago

@XsavagistX i had it but i lost it when i moved out.

thehourcup 1 year ago

Post the Rocksteady Battle that was right before Shortkut's showcase PLEASE!!!!

jdmarnell 2 years ago

always dope...much respect 2 these guys.

AuthentiqProductions 2 years ago

hey whats the beat shorkut is jugglin

idj1210s 2 years ago

dope--

JohnnyTrotz 3 years ago

if you bob ya head its tight, i dont care what record its on. props to the oldschools though.

totallyradman 3 years ago

Ummm i agree, the are THE creators of this movement but all of you have to know that the records used here (that street fighter sample, and "beat yo ho-tha-yeah!", etc etc) also are records designed and recorded by Q-bert and Mixmaster Mike. One of these records is the Battle Breaks, and Toasted Marshmellow Breaks both on Q-Bert´s Dirtstyle label.

It´s not the same as today but less musical and more "classic samples using"?

juampadj 3 years ago

fuckin ill shit.respect.

connor828 4 years ago

Damn ISP were so ahead of their time. All the turntablists these days are just trying to do what ISP did 13 years ago. And this was all legit, they didn't have scratch records back then so these guys had to use actual records, not ones designed for performance.

djpage7 4 years ago

100% agree... i remember watching this same video and amazed at how they well they practiced this routine! Qbert & Mixmaster Mike had this routine down pat... after this routine, no other routine (except for the ISP vs X-Men routine) was on this level of complexity.

b0xfr3sh 4 years ago

they made their own.

Dirtstyle records.

dephc0n1 2 years ago

Not only is SK underrated, he's among the best all-around djs ever! Cuttin, juggling, drumming, selection, mixing, party-rockin'. I would have to include also cash money, dj scratch, & rob swift. Maybe a-trak. And that's about it.

samspade76 4 years ago

Nah, dude. You gotta throw my man Mixmaster Mike and Z-Trip in the mix. They both posses all the same major DJ skills to tha' fullest. Respect.

DJCHAV0 4 years ago

Yo I dig them cats too. They're both dope. Obviously this is opinion based but the djs I named I think are the best pound for pound djs. I probably lump Melo-D & Babu in with them too. I don't think Mike & Z juggle, drum or progressively mix in a club setting as well as those said. I'm not saying they're wack. Peace.

samspade76 4 years ago

Word. Agreed. Although having seen them both live recently, Mike and Z-Trip both stood out in my mind as well-rounded DJs. Although I'd say Mike is a much more aggressive scratch drummer than Z-Trip.

DJCHAV0 4 years ago

These were the days before DJ records too, records with all the sounds, samples and scratches laid out. Turntablism is dead these days...

djpage7 4 years ago

The first Battle record came out in '87, and I think it was produced by Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook. A few years later, the Bullet Proof Scratch Hamsters, from Frisco, started releasing them. Then the Piklz themselves started releasing them. In fact, they are using their own 'Bionic Booger Breaks' record here, in this clip; and they used a record called 'Battle Breaks', when they won their first title, in '92.

bugstrut 4 years ago

What's the title of that fatboy slim record? I thought Battle Breaks was the first battle record. Produced by q-bert & apollo. I could be wrong. I do know it did predate Hamster Breaks Vol. I. The hamsters didn't assemble til '92.

samspade76 4 years ago