I finally found it!it took me alot of research to get here. I had this hole 1 hour recording back in the exclusive dub machine getting paid $10 for copies of it.
Awesome break jam indeed! Big ups to Jazzy Jeff! I'm a self certified "beat head", and "Dance To The Drummer's Beat" by Herman Kelly and Life was one of the hardest one's for me to find, even after internet? Mainly because I didn't know the title or artist of this song I'd heard, and heard sampled so many times. Then one day around 2002-2003? I happened into a Tower Records, and copped a compilation CD that had "Hip Hop Be Bop" by Mann Parrish on it. (Another cut that I couldn't find for years!) When paying for it, dude at the counter turns me on to a hole in the wall record shop just up the street, "Dr. Free Clouds". Just by the name, I knew it was gonna' be cool. Spent about an hour in there that day, and among a couple other tasty bits, walked out with my long sought after 12" copy of "Hip Hop Be Bop", AND "Dance To The Drummer's Beat"! Both in one shot! I was totally ecstatic!!!
the cup Fresh Prince is holding on the cover is the cup Jazzy received for winning the Seminar World Championship in 86 (I know the pic is too small to read the writing on the cup)
This really is an amazing bit of scratching when you think about it. Way before we had 'quick cut' on the fader, it used to literally fade in and was only at full level when in the centre, to get quick, precise & sharp cuts like this the fader had to reach the middle, that's skme quick hand movement... ..(unless he was using the 'phono/line' switch).. Which I doubt as his favoured mixer was the old Gemini purely because of it's x'fader. He has some serious DJ skills then and now.
Indeed, its still a mystery as to how he managed to transform that fast with a cross fader. Maybe he was using a switch, it sounds like it but its very clean unlike most switches but if not then that's got to be an incredibly quick cut in on the crossfader to be able to transform at that speed, given that transforming was brand new then but ew had it completely mastered.
Much respect to that opinion. I was there too, and I remember when I heard Eric B & Rakim on the P fine show with Olivio G, Gregg Nice got his record scratched off by Magic (RIP), Pfine. But this was real crowd control and participation, and 20 y/o Jeff and 17 y/o Prince did it on this one. Touch of Jazz was top ten in 87 on the BLS countdown too. To me he didn't sell out back then. Glad you speaking for the tru school, cuz alot of people liking todays music just dont understand this
rakim said MC means move the crowd. The crowd was hype and he was a philly cat comin in to NY. Any notion that this guy couldn't rock a crowd is just hate. No he's not GZA, but he did what many can't do and he bigged up his DJ everytime and you can't front on Jeff Townes.
@bigsotouba Jeff is awesome all the way through this, one of the best live sets i've ever heard and I've heard a lot. This was light yrs ahead of its time.
Yeah I think they tried too much to be like Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, I saw both crews live and jazzy & the prince put on a great show, Cash Money was dope though, No Doubt!!
@@BlackIce100 Cash took it to another level and his production and scratches on wheres the party at was awesome. But both DJs had spellbinding live performances, I dont even think they have had to progress much in the last 40 years as they were both so far ahead.
@maccagrabme Let's agree to disagree, they were both dope as fuck, I remember Cash Money had his lil son introduce him, we went crazy!! And of course, The Fresh Prince would hype of Jeff during his set, man I tell anyone who listens how great a time that was for hop hop in the "80's" boff were (& still are) great Dj's too me ✊🏻✌🏼
As the person who recorded this and begged Mr Magic to play it cause it was so incredible to see and hear what Jeff did, hearing this version off the radio gives me a different perspective. It makes me happy to know that this recording lets people know where they got it from, no matter when they hear it. RIP Magic. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I tell the story of how this tape came to be and the whole backstory. The original tape is alive and well with other unheard classics. Check me out on instagram. Salute!
@@RomSpaceKnightthe stage was in front of the booth. But it wasn’t really a booth. It was a separation from the stage. Prince was in front of us and Jeff was on the floor next to the stage.
Oh, don't you love that horror on seven minutes and fourteen seconds? And than the realization at seven twenty one: "Noooooo, not on this tape!" Happened to me many many times.
@palomino13 me too, but I'm lucky to think that I'm one of the fortunate few to have recorded it live on the radio the night this magic took place ! One of musics best live performances to date..
nah, to me it just shows how political ideals go into and out of fashion. we all always thinking we behaved like cavemen not too long ago. 50 years ago they will be saying the same thing about us right now regarding something we deem silly right now.
never knew that there was more of this recording than what appeared on that 12" b-side nor that it was apparently Mr. Magic that introduced them.. Was this an outside event?
Cheryl Lynn is about right regarding the 1st sample. But there must be ANOTHER version around with the line "Take it back to the old school, take it back to Union Square". Haven't been able to track this down yet ... but this IS Union Square! So were they MC'ing two times on there?
Cosmic Kev, disco rat, grand master nel, b-force, bobby dance, sex machine, breakwater, parry p, Robbie b, Eddie t, five turn tables and two drummers, and the ussy, the money and the mic. Philly Moon
I wonder why "the official" track by Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince is sped up? Jazzy Jeff or "whoever" using one of the oldest tricks in the book by speeding up the recording giving the illusion that is faster and fresher than it actually is. This is the actual speed right here. Still dope.
mc's are also supposed to have rhymes. but i guess thats only in ny where it started. he has no rhyme skills at all everything he ever did was commercial bullshit for him to make it to where he is now.hey aplan is a plan! RAKIM is an mc cassidy is an mc, jada is an mc, dougy fresh is an mc. you got it yet? no dis but i was there and i'm still here. check out my classis joint boogie down bronx. peace and love the sensai
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This was a classic set. All DJ's were trying to reproduce what jazz did but could not.
This mix was the BIBLE back in the day.. Jazzy revolutionized DJing in this period:)
I finally found it!it took me alot of research to get here. I had this hole 1 hour recording back in the exclusive dub machine getting paid $10 for copies of it.
The performance solidify Jeff as the baddest DJ on the planet. This was with records.
Philly DJs were kings in this era.
This was the shit back then. This changed things no question, still sounds coo, even though djing/tablism has evolved way past this point.
There will never be another golden era.
R.I.P. Mr. Magic (the dude who introduced Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince to the stage on this recording)
"Dance To The Drummer's Beat" by Herman Kelly and Life
One of the most bad ass breaks I've ever heard. Thanks Jazzy Jeff.
Awesome break jam indeed! Big ups to Jazzy Jeff! I'm a self certified "beat head", and "Dance To The Drummer's Beat" by Herman Kelly and Life was one of the hardest one's for me to find, even after internet? Mainly because I didn't know the title or artist of this song I'd heard, and heard sampled so many times. Then one day around 2002-2003? I happened into a Tower Records, and copped a compilation CD that had "Hip Hop Be Bop" by Mann Parrish on it. (Another cut that I couldn't find for years!) When paying for it, dude at the counter turns me on to a hole in the wall record shop just up the street, "Dr. Free Clouds". Just by the name, I knew it was gonna' be cool. Spent about an hour in there that day, and among a couple other tasty bits, walked out with my long sought after 12" copy of "Hip Hop Be Bop", AND "Dance To The Drummer's Beat"! Both in one shot! I was totally ecstatic!!!
when I heard this back in the day, it inspired me to be a dj. I've always had mad respect for jazzy jeff!
at 2:48 was for me one of the greatest moments in hip hip culture that changed the game, the first time i heard this back in late 86
the cup Fresh Prince is holding on the cover is the cup Jazzy received for winning the Seminar World Championship in 86 (I know the pic is too small to read the writing on the cup)
So sad no one recorded Jazzy Jeff winning in the 86 DMC
This really is an amazing bit of scratching when you think about it.
Way before we had 'quick cut' on the fader, it used to literally fade in and was only at full level when in the centre, to get quick, precise & sharp cuts like this the fader had to reach the middle, that's skme quick hand movement...
..(unless he was using the 'phono/line' switch)..
Which I doubt as his favoured mixer was the old Gemini purely because of it's x'fader.
He has some serious DJ skills then and now.
Indeed, its still a mystery as to how he managed to transform that fast with a cross fader. Maybe he was using a switch, it sounds like it but its very clean unlike most switches but if not then that's got to be an incredibly quick cut in on the crossfader to be able to transform at that speed, given that transforming was brand new then but ew had it completely mastered.
Laptops weren't inveted back then, a dj was a dj in them days. No laptop to cheat from. Gen x,y,and z take notes.
DJ Jazzy Jeff is using laptops for more than a decade…
Agreed, this is what its all about. theres rappers, and theres MC's
Lot of ya favorite MCs cant do this...this is what your supposed to do with a crowd..this is MCing in its truest form
The Fresh Prince was a master at hyping the crowd and crowd control…
rockin the Ultimate breaks and beats
Remember hearing this on the London airwaves in "86 pushed out by Tim Westwood. Fresh as leaf
This means a LOT to me! Thx!!! And here was the Transformer Scratch in full effect for the very first time in public!!!!
Holy crap I can't believe I found this on RUclips. I played the part from "He's the DJ" so many times!!
I was listening to this on the way to work just today. I have this on cassette for years, but only up until 4 minutes 18.
thanks for the upload.
This is how to DJ!!
Jungle tape..and thats how it was done back in tha day. only 2 turntables and a microphone....nice post!
Much respect to that opinion. I was there too, and I remember when I heard Eric B & Rakim on the P fine show with Olivio G, Gregg Nice got his record scratched off by Magic (RIP), Pfine. But this was real crowd control and participation, and 20 y/o Jeff and 17 y/o Prince did it on this one. Touch of Jazz was top ten in 87 on the BLS countdown too. To me he didn't sell out back then. Glad you speaking for the tru school, cuz alot of people liking todays music just dont understand this
Hi you were there that night? Do you remember the outfits they were whering on stage?
I had this on cassette back in the day
i got the record
dang, i never heard this whole jawn. real tight. real hip hop.
Jazzy JeFF is the freshest.
rakim said MC means move the crowd. The crowd was hype and he was a philly cat comin in to NY. Any notion that this guy couldn't rock a crowd is just hate. No he's not GZA, but he did what many can't do and he bigged up his DJ everytime and you can't front on Jeff Townes.
Yes indeed,this is classic hip hop, crazy this is great
Jazzy transform! Takes me back! Great post
Straight off a cassette ♥ THANKS! :D
Yes indeed,this is classic hip hop, crazy this greay
This got in into the whole cutting shit up thing. Jazzy Jeff is the man!
I never heard this version! Treasure!
golden age
thankyou man, i had this on the b of parents just dont understand, couldnt find it to share with my mates anywhere. you scratched that itch, thanks
this is classic
Big Thanks for the songs title :P
I want clubs be like this.
@bigsotouba Jeff is awesome all the way through this, one of the best live sets i've ever heard and I've heard a lot. This was light yrs ahead of its time.
totally legend !!!
2:12 “All the ugly people be quiet” so that’s where Cash and Marv got it
Yeah I think they tried too much to be like Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, I saw both crews live and jazzy & the prince put on a great show, Cash Money was dope though, No Doubt!!
@@BlackIce100 respect to Cash Money for sure!
@@BlackIce100 Cash took it to another level and his production and scratches on wheres the party at was awesome. But both DJs had spellbinding live performances, I dont even think they have had to progress much in the last 40 years as they were both so far ahead.
@maccagrabme Let's agree to disagree, they were both dope as fuck, I remember Cash Money had his lil son introduce him, we went crazy!! And of course, The Fresh Prince would hype of Jeff during his set, man I tell anyone who listens how great a time that was for hop hop in the "80's" boff were (& still are) great Dj's too me ✊🏻✌🏼
The first song is "Got To Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn.
As the person who recorded this and begged Mr Magic to play it cause it was so incredible to see and hear what Jeff did, hearing this version off the radio gives me a different perspective. It makes me happy to know that this recording lets people know where they got it from, no matter when they hear it. RIP Magic. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I tell the story of how this tape came to be and the whole backstory. The original tape is alive and well with other unheard classics. Check me out on instagram. Salute!
whats your IG handle? I want to know more about the story and moments leading up to jazzy jeff and the prince taking the stage
At Union Square where was Red Alerts DJ booth located from the stage? Was it behind the stage or on the balcony in front? Anyone know that was there?
@@ajverratti@youngestdjinhiphop
@@RomSpaceKnightthe stage was in front of the booth. But it wasn’t really a booth. It was a separation from the stage. Prince was in front of us and Jeff was on the floor next to the stage.
@@HailsLuxury thanks! Do you remember their outfits by chance?
Oh, don't you love that horror on seven minutes and fourteen seconds? And than the realization at seven twenty one: "Noooooo, not on this tape!"
Happened to me many many times.
Lmao... you got me dieing over here!
ha ha oh yeah!!!!
Dance to the drummers beat was aslo sampled in Dopeman by NWA, Throw the Dick by 2live crew and "supercuts" by rodney o and joe cooley
Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
djchriscooley Ultimate Breaks & Beats volume 3!!
By the way, as the history states, before MCs rhymed, this is what they did. I wasn't there back in 74 though
@palomino13 me too, but I'm lucky to think that I'm one of the fortunate few to have recorded it live on the radio the night this magic took place ! One of musics best live performances to date..
Did you freak out when he did the transformer scratch? I’m sure that was the first time you ever heard it.
Tight
heat
will smith built his career on this guy! he has alllll the talent
peace and love
thesensai
02:23 I bet he hopes people forget this part.
nah, to me it just shows how political ideals go into and out of fashion. we all always thinking we behaved like cavemen not too long ago. 50 years ago they will be saying the same thing about us right now regarding something we deem silly right now.
Society and culture today is too PC.
It was still fresh on the scene none new really the devastation it would cause later, just like the arrival of crack around the same era
Tell that to Da Baby.
Amazing this generation does not know that Will Smith became famous as a rapper waaaaay before acting.
Got to be Real -Cheryl Lynn then APACHE then Dance to the Drummer's Beat by Herman Kelly
basement parties wre tha shit, red light special.
Heard other versions. They are too fast!
never knew that there was more of this recording than what appeared on that 12" b-side nor that it was apparently Mr. Magic that introduced them.. Was this an outside event?
Nah at Union Square
thx, Sorry, isn't Union Square a an open public square in NYC?
Was A Club
@@AndersBakfeldt yes but this was the club Union Square.
from 6:21-6:30 Jazzy had the record doing the beat box ?! lol Amazing !
Do you know what record that is?
@@mrfunkee8308 Just Buggin by Whistle
Cheryl Lynn is about right regarding the 1st sample. But there must be ANOTHER version around with the line "Take it back to the old school, take it back to Union Square". Haven't been able to track this down yet ... but this IS Union Square! So were they MC'ing two times on there?
You’re thinking of nice n smooth. That’s a line from their song.
Dance to the Drummers Beat (youtube it) Herman Kelly
Nobody's fresh like Jazzy Jeff! Especially in the age of Serato. Wonder why it's like that. It ought to be the other way around. Go figure
what is da break @ 1.52
Apache
Cosmic Kev, disco rat, grand master nel, b-force, bobby dance, sex machine, breakwater, parry p, Robbie b, Eddie t, five turn tables and two drummers, and the ussy, the money and the mic. Philly Moon
what the song at the end of this session?
Shout by Tears for Fears!
@TheSMITZz Soz! I am talking crap!!! it's 'Life - Dance to the Drummer's beat. by Herman Kelly.
Plz! What's the first (!) sample???
I wonder why "the official" track by Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince is sped up? Jazzy Jeff or "whoever" using one of the oldest tricks in the book by speeding up the recording giving the illusion that is faster and fresher than it actually is. This is the actual speed right here. Still dope.
What's the songs name from 1:11? It's really important pls.
all the girls out there that don't like guys be quite..ahahahahah!
What's the song 3:04?
1:51
@TheSMITZz Cheryl Lynn - Got to be real.
The fuck did he use for "check out this stuff"
“Buggin’” - Whistle
so disappointed to realise that most of Wills vocals was stolen from Grandmaster Flash
mc's are also supposed to have rhymes. but i guess thats only in ny where it started. he has no rhyme skills at all everything he ever did was commercial bullshit for him to make it to where he is now.hey aplan is a plan! RAKIM is an mc
cassidy is an mc, jada is an mc, dougy fresh is an mc. you got it yet? no dis but i was there and i'm still here. check out my classis joint boogie down bronx.
peace and love
the sensai