Birth of the Scratch

Grand Wizzard Theodore invented scratching and the needle drop while still in junior high school in the Bronx. He was not trained by anyone, but developed these revolutionary turntable techniques while practicing alone at home. As the most gifted deejay of the first generation, he will be performing at the 23rd Cannabis Cup, Thanksgiving, 2010, Amsterdam. For more info go to www.cannabiscup.com.

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[THCMontana]

he speaks the truth.

[dbbification]

@LG1674

Respect

We need to get turntableism back. without cd players, laptops, bpm counters, sinconisation tools and that shit. In te past DJ-s and producers were music inovators. They were bringing new sounds. Today the kids want chip shit and they give them that shit.

[jlmdfnbo]

According to my friend's teacher, Herbie Hancock invented scratching. O_O Why are teachers allowed to spread lies?

[dadjmixesit]

@stepasaur. Flash was known for beat juggling so to speak where he would cut the records back and forth and this is what GWT admired about him and he started practicing what he saw flash doing and it was while he was doing that the birth of the scratch came to life and from there history was made. If you watch the video again you'll grasp it as he even said no other dj's were advanced as the two of them were back in the day.

[LG1674]

@dbbification word up, hip hop for life. =)

[STEPASAUR]

@dadjmixesit the point of my confusion was that Flash was known for his elaboration on Theodores discovery so if GWT was just coming up then what exactly was so special about Flashes act at that point in time that Theo would revere him enough to be his crateboy? if he had spinbacks already then surely he must already have 'the scratch' as its rhythm is already present in the cueing, but maybe not, thanks for talking to me all the way down here anyways, we don't get much light down here

[dadjmixesit]

@STEPASAUR ok lets recap here now so the lightbulb will eventually get brighter. I can see how you would be confused, the word crateboy should give you a clue as to what flash was doing hence his need for theodore to be a crateboy. wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, the hamster on the wheel is speeding up now, did ya get it now?

[STEPASAUR]

I'm still confused, if Theodore was Flashes crateboy before he invented the scratch then what was Flash doing?

[bluescousa]

@dbbification i went to see Afrika bambaataa a few months ago , i was so blessed to be able to be in the same room as him, BUT he was mixing with cd's n lap tops n all sorts of computer related stuff..... i wanted him to be on the 1z n 2z...... i guess times have changed.... makes me SAD!

[LG1674]

We need to take hip hop back, how do we do this? by not giving in to the music industry, by not listening to the Radio, by not buying music that talk about, drugs, bitches, drinks, your diamonds ect. we need to do feel good music, nah mean. Mos Def, Talib Kwali, R.I.P Jay Dilla, surreal and the sound providers, ect, ya know my drift. Onelove, lets do this the right way

[SOMAWEED]

CHECK OUT THE NEW CANNABIS CUP THIS NOVEMBER PEOPLE!!!!!