If anyone doesnt like Alladins cuts, then they dont understand how absolutely funky they were for the time, in DMC. he is a Compton boy doin Philly style cuts, and if you listen to it without watching him, and dont automatically bop your head, I dont think you understand what funky cuts really are. They were never done like this before Alladin, and never done after. Qbert or Dstyles dont even have this level of funk. Skill yes, funk no. Its a philly thing. I almost wish I was from there.
I feel that. I tend to lose interest in what DJs are doing, when they aren't funky, regardless of how technically advanced they are. Not being funky, or at least musical, is a deal-breaker for me.
His deadly transformer cuts alone immediately smoked anything cut mister swift did that night. Nobody was touching that in 89…maybe the Philly cats but if you peep his work on the low profile lp you can really clearly how next level his cutting/transforms were…on the line switch too. Even though they switch had that added click sound he makes it work with his flow. The art of repurposing the tools taken to a high place.
Can never get fed up with this set still blows me away 21 years latter. I have watched this hundreds of times and still think he was the best dj in the world back then. Cutmaster swift was a show to watch, This man was the real deal. Nobody alse had a sound anywhere near a funky.
What’s impressive about DJ Aladdin’s set is that the turntables are in the standard position and not the sideways position that everyone uses today, and he barely bumped his needles, gotta give him props
Agreed. Aladdin was 100% on !!! I have this on VHS..purchased on Melrose back in 1995 at "Street Sounds" Still pumps me up in 2016. Just the best !! So much energy and raw talent !!
I was there. I was the DMC Manager for the US at the time and brought Aladdin to UK after he won first LA round, then the national at Chicago. Such a good, but shy, quiet guy.
DJ Aladdin won even in defeat as time is the true test and Alladin's DJ set was 100 times doper than Cut Master Swift's watching this today. The test of time!!!
When he landed up in Chicago for the US final, it was February. Aladdin had never seen snow. I'll never forget him all wrapped up in a muffler kicking the snow along the ground, so excited.
Take it from a 43 year old DJ....ALADDIN IS THE SHIT!!!! He does this stuff live for fun. No sweat on his brow. He turned out West Coast Compton parties and STILL DOES!!!
Doing a live set with no stickers and rarely used the headphones. "Funky scratch HUH"! And he killed that shit! He is a legend. OG 1580 AM KDAY MixMaster DJ Aladdin
this was a milestone in hiphop dj'ing. aladdin was the RULER!!! lmu02104 you are bang on point with that transform solo. 20 years old but still top shelf.
Cutmaster Swift won because he was from the UK, I can think of absolutely no other reason. Aladdin's set is another level of skill altogether. I like Cutmaster Swift btw and am from the UK, but DMC judging has always been dodgy as fuck in my opinion and it really annoys me.
Really good feeling and sence for scratching.. I watched all the finalist here on RUclips and he seems to be the best by far.. at this time. Its not just the scratching ..I personally think its about picking out the right traxx.. and the right part of a certain track.. He did that perfect !
This is 1989 !! You were watching Family Ties or Saved by the Bell. (If you were even there) Today your DAW beat matches for you Plays in Scale for you Suggest Patterns for you Problem corrects for you NO RUclips or Internet forums Period. Just you in your Bedroom/Garage learning your shit (oh yeah D.I.T.C. was a craft ,No expansions or sample packs.) THIS SHIT IS LEGENDARY. Learn the History of the Hobby that YOU dabble in.
IMHO Dj Aladdin is the best perfomer in a DMC contest of ever. Please consider it performed in 1989 and style, techinques were different compared to more recent championships.
Amazing. This performance is, to me, reminiscent of the very best of DJ Jazzy Jeff, which by my standards is the highest possible praise for a turntablist. Oh well, what am I babbling about anyway... neither one of them needs to be conmpared to the other. I'm using far too many words to express that this is awesome.
I was at this DMC event and loved every minute. Watching Big Daddy Kane take off his fat gold chain before performing was a legendary moment :) But Cutmaster killed it!
S K I L L Z ! .....such a damn shame he fked up and went to jail...his comeback was embarrasing..... but i still got nothin but love for him, this performance alone made him the best dj on the planet! how swift won is beyond me!
aladdin was no doubt one of the greatest d.j's of all time, you wouldn't want to go against him in a dj contest at tht time...i saw him live. His teacher was dj joe cooley no doubt.
I need to try this routine today, with the turntables straight, big ass mixer, with Stanton 500 needles, just to see if I can be smooth. I had a hard time with stanton 500s back in the day.
Ya I miss the old mixers, the old Realisitic / Radio shack mixers that had nice phono/line switches to do the transformer scratches. I dont find the new mixers the same,...
..some masking-tape and a U.S. 10 cent on tha' headshell, adjust that weight(counter balance*) ..lmao, turn that needle to about 45 Degrees ..outwards/ROTF ..Lmao! "Those were the days!""
More like London England... that's why his routine started with the Public Enemy sample "Bass in ya face London, everybody in the house make some noise"
@Lenarych Freedom "Get Up & Dance" classic sample used in BDPs remix to You Must Learn as well as positive K's I Gotta Man, grandmaster flash freedom and LL cools J's No Frontin Allowed... Classic shit.
@defcreator Cash had some super fast and swing groove transforms, his scratching to the funk was incredible for 1985, the two of them had a completely different style which was great just like the uk style including dj mink (uk). I just think in terms of tighness, accuracy, speed and ability to entertain, jeff is my fav. His transfom on Magnificent and union square is so refined for the time that it sounds funny like a cartoon character would do it. Everything he does has humour.
i heard someone say somethin bout jeff, cash, mizz, or whomever in the late 80's...too bad cash and aladdin didn't get a chance to go at it. aladdin would of rocked his bells.
Hey utahsaint365. That's only half right. The record that Aladdin is cutting there isn't the Grandmaster Flash record. He's cutting "Get Up And Dance" by Freedom which was released on TK Records in 1978. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five took the music from that song and rapped over it for their hit "Freedom" two years later in 1980. The original cut by Freedom has been a B-boy anthem since the late 70's.
Britcorefan "No hamster switch..No curve control, No serato....this was 22 years ago....and it is STILL the best routine you will ever see. today's DJ's are just a bunch of fucking toys."…………………..True indeed my brother! Sick of these bedroom deejay! Peace out to brother Alladin
I don't think anyone has ever considered what the outcome of this battle would've been like if Cash had decided to defend his title in 89 - would've been very interesting I think !
that sh#t was classic. he was cuttin' special ed "i got it made" and miz was cuttin l.l.'s "jack the ripper" that show was ill! i have a VHS of it but don't yet know how to upload it on here.
If anyone doesnt like Alladins cuts, then they dont understand how absolutely funky they were for the time, in DMC. he is a Compton boy doin Philly style cuts, and if you listen to it without watching him, and dont automatically bop your head, I dont think you understand what funky cuts really are. They were never done like this before Alladin, and never done after. Qbert or Dstyles dont even have this level of funk. Skill yes, funk no. Its a philly thing. I almost wish I was from there.
me dob %kathry dennis 89 tankes graetes hites be funky
Roui Royi soul to soul get funky 1989
WC of west side connection,low profile and WC & the mad circle,solo artist brother.
“Didn’t have an engineer if ya know what I mean did it all at the age of 15”.
“One turntable and a broken 808”
I feel that. I tend to lose interest in what DJs are doing, when they aren't funky, regardless of how technically advanced they are. Not being funky, or at least musical, is a deal-breaker for me.
Even though I am from the UK, I must admit that this set should have won by a mile!
Threw up his set in the beginning..... times have surely changed!!!! I love this brings back tbe 80's in high fashion
I was there but what set is he claiming?
@@Youlovemanunited he from Corner Poccet or Front Hood I forget which one
His deadly transformer cuts alone immediately smoked anything cut mister swift did that night. Nobody was touching that in 89…maybe the Philly cats but if you peep his work on the low profile lp you can really clearly how next level his cutting/transforms were…on the line switch too. Even though they switch had that added click sound he makes it work with his flow. The art of repurposing the tools taken to a high place.
I was there in 1989,great time DMC.
And yes DJ Alladin was the Nö 1,Much better than Cutmaster Swift.. Great time with great music👌👍
The energy at the DMC was so different back then
This is better than what I see at the DMC now
Jay Werx
couldn't agree more Jay
definately...see how tech has seeped into this genre..I'm so disappointed
Hey, you had to hardcore back in the 80's, people throwing cans & bottles, not to mention the biased, or home crowd boos, & taunts etc. Serious.
Can never get fed up with this set still blows me away 21 years latter.
I have watched this hundreds of times and still think he was the best dj in the world back then.
Cutmaster swift was a show to watch, This man was the real deal.
Nobody alse had a sound anywhere near a funky.
33 years later and it’s still incredible.
What’s impressive about DJ Aladdin’s set is that the turntables are in the standard position and not the sideways position that everyone uses today, and he barely bumped his needles, gotta give him props
I agree and also that big boat of a mixer didn’t make life easier either haha
Worst DMC robbery ever.
im sorry DJ Aladdin rocked the 89' DMC. Cutmaster Swift was nice but Aladdin took this shit. Legend performance
Agreed. Aladdin was 100% on !!! I have this on VHS..purchased on Melrose back in 1995 at "Street Sounds" Still pumps me up in 2016. Just the best !! So much energy and raw talent !!
I agree one hundred percent Alladdin was robbed!! I know i was on stage with him...great time
kevin maxwell 😂 yeah, I agree! To think that Swift won with that cringeworthy dancing to a blend of Street Talk and King Of The Beats 😂
Definitely. I'm from the UK and even I think he was better
Ye you knew he been from LA the curls and he threw up the set befo he did his thang homie a real g on that turntable 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
I was there. I was the DMC Manager for the US at the time and brought Aladdin to UK after he won first LA round, then the national at Chicago. Such a good, but shy, quiet guy.
Always loved chewing his gum,best scratch DJ👏🏼
the rock the bell routine just amazes me for years now, love it.
Aladdin did his thing for the West Coast!! He should have put that Low Profile Pay Ya Dues in there off him and WC's Album.
DJ Aladdin won even in defeat as time is the true test and Alladin's DJ set was 100 times doper than Cut Master Swift's watching this today. The test of time!!!
A real DJ, none of that fake shit going on today, this is hip hop!!!
Cutting with the line in/out switch with way more soul than anyone could imagine. This was before curve/slope knobs. West Coast king on the decks!!!
Yeah that sound was so nice. Better than faders today.
this is like 25 years old and that jit is still AMAZING his choice of samples are PERFECT and his work ethic and knowledge on the tables is CRAZY
When he landed up in Chicago for the US final, it was February. Aladdin had never seen snow. I'll never forget him all wrapped up in a muffler kicking the snow along the ground, so excited.
Take it from a 43 year old DJ....ALADDIN IS THE SHIT!!!! He does this stuff live for fun. No sweat on his brow. He turned out West Coast Compton parties and STILL DOES!!!
Doing a live set with no stickers and rarely used the headphones. "Funky scratch HUH"! And he killed that shit! He is a legend. OG 1580 AM KDAY MixMaster DJ Aladdin
Vintage Dj Aladdin Aka Turntable Assassin !
I was there that night - he got ripped off!!! he killed it that night!!!
NO LIE?
The transformer scratch at 5:13 HOT DAMN!!!!
Бог вертушки на века 👍💯🗣🗣🗣🎼🎛🎹
Low Profile album- Amazing cutting
this was a milestone in hiphop dj'ing. aladdin was the RULER!!! lmu02104 you are bang on point with that transform solo. 20 years old but still top shelf.
he's mixing tracks flawlessly, doing a quick mix without headphones!!
Distinct signature transform styles...
wzrdryaudiovisual yep. Shits built like a tank. Still have my uncles tables from the 80’s
Aladdin got Robbed, his skills, Charisma, and Technique on the turntables are pure gold and on point.....he should've won in my opinion.
Damn... if only he had rocked his USA-winning DMC routine! Cutmaster Swift was tough to beat though. Aladdin is legendary...
Cutmaster Swift won because he was from the UK, I can think of absolutely no other reason. Aladdin's set is another level of skill altogether. I like Cutmaster Swift btw and am from the UK, but DMC judging has always been dodgy as fuck in my opinion and it really annoys me.
one of my favorite djs
Really good feeling and sence for scratching.. I watched all the finalist here on RUclips and he seems to be the best by far.. at this time. Its not just the scratching ..I personally think its about picking out the right traxx.. and the right part of a certain track.. He did that perfect !
Faark he murdered those beats!
This man made the best west coast beats ever
For a second there, I thought Aladdin was about to jump into that Low Profile "Funky Song" goodness, haha.
That would have been hella dope!
Alladin, Joe Cooley, Cash Money, and Mix Master Mike to me are the best turntabalists. Perfect balance of technique and funk. Love this set!
He was far better than Cutmaster Swift....
Dynamite ... Im seen this on dj wicked's, Wicked Wednesdays Crew fb page. #dmc #turntablegreats #wickedwednesdays #funkyscratch #handspeed #djaladdin
This is the guy everyone tried to copy after seeing the vhs tape.
Best DJ of 89 DMC
This is 1989 !! You were watching Family Ties or Saved by the Bell.
(If you were even there)
Today your DAW beat matches for you
Plays in Scale for you
Suggest Patterns for you
Problem corrects for you
NO RUclips or Internet forums Period.
Just you in your Bedroom/Garage learning your shit
(oh yeah D.I.T.C. was a craft ,No expansions or sample packs.)
THIS SHIT IS LEGENDARY. Learn the History of the Hobby
that YOU dabble in.
those technics probably still in use
Yeah and still probably never been serviced 😂
@@64bakes technics 1200's
😂😂 For real
Technics for ever👍🏼
he crushed Cutmaster Swift.
@kinxtown 2:59 is Divine Sounds - Do Or Die Bed Sty
Rock the bells was made for DJ Aladdin.
Whoever went up against him knew they were fucked when he went up to the line switch to do the Aladdin thing.
..but hear him when touring with King Tee ..years later, doing his routine w/RUN DMC's "Peter-Piper?" ...Classic*
EXACTLY, THANK YOU.
He was also a killer behind the mixing boards, producing, among others, the classic “New Jack Hustler.”
IMHO Dj Aladdin is the best perfomer in a DMC contest of ever. Please consider it performed in 1989 and style, techinques were different compared to more recent championships.
I like how he throws his set before he begins.
Rockin the jheri curl juice
He threw up Compton
@@Diaz23 I always heard that he was a Crip.
Aladdin was robbed ..he won this with pure style and funky cuts original back in 89
Agree completely. The Rock The Bells set alone won that year.
Those are straight Los Angeles cuts!!
17 years old! he's from the harshest gangsta hood but i bet he's never been as robbed as he was that night, swift owes this man a cheque!!
Amazing. This performance is, to me, reminiscent of the very best of DJ Jazzy Jeff, which by my standards is the highest possible praise for a turntablist. Oh well, what am I babbling about anyway... neither one of them needs to be conmpared to the other. I'm using far too many words to express that this is awesome.
Not sure about jazzy Jeff! For me cash money is better. Jeff only got the recognition due to a certain TV show.
I uses to work with djAL for some months....cool ass dude real og
I was at this DMC event and loved every minute. Watching Big Daddy Kane take off his fat gold chain before performing was a legendary moment :) But Cutmaster killed it!
S K I L L Z ! .....such a damn shame he fked up and went to jail...his comeback was embarrasing..... but i still got nothin but love for him, this performance alone made him the best dj on the planet! how swift won is beyond me!
aladdin was no doubt one of the greatest d.j's of all time, you wouldn't want to go against him in a dj contest at tht time...i saw him live. His teacher was dj joe cooley no doubt.
DJ Aladdin was way cleaner than Cutmaster Swift. I think there was some hometown biased, they wanted the British DJ to win so badly.
@defcreator I can't lie-I slept on Hijack & DJ Supreme until a few years ago! I agree,DJ Supreme is a BEAST!!
The #1 inspiration for me starting to DJ = DJ Aladdin. Dude is a fucking genius. The Low Profile album is so freaking ill.
I need to try this routine today, with the turntables straight, big ass mixer, with Stanton 500 needles, just to see if I can be smooth. I had a hard time with stanton 500s back in the day.
Ya I miss the old mixers, the old Realisitic / Radio shack mixers that had nice phono/line switches to do the transformer scratches. I dont find the new mixers the same,...
..some masking-tape and a U.S. 10 cent on tha' headshell, adjust that weight(counter balance*) ..lmao, turn that needle to about 45 Degrees ..outwards/ROTF ..Lmao! "Those were the days!""
More like London England... that's why his routine started with the Public Enemy sample "Bass in ya face London, everybody in the house make some noise"
Haptic feedback is completely missing from DVS and digital. This set was / is incredible because of the 'feels'.
oh yeahhhhh! I was young and my mind is getting old! Thank uuuuuuuuu
Aladdin Killed That Shit
This is no only the set this is the sound
Scratchcon 2000, Aladdin just got out of jail I believe, he showed me and my boy a lot of love at the Filmore afterparty. Never forget that shit!
5:00 did the dude holding the vinyls hit Dj Aladdin
Thanks so much utahsaint! Who'd have thought that a kazoo hook could intrigue me for that long! :)
truly incredible to behold
He won that shit
Bad ass tunes
Real DJ'ing, WITHOUT A LAPTOP!
5:44 is Get up and dance - by --- freedom 1979
Straight from South Central
23 years on and wow!!!!!
Nice- wow. Didn’t know about this competition
@Lenarych Freedom "Get Up & Dance"
classic sample used in BDPs remix to You Must Learn as well as positive K's I Gotta Man, grandmaster flash freedom and LL cools J's No Frontin Allowed... Classic shit.
Actually that's not true, Aladdin beat Djbobcat in los angels and I am in the house this night as well Royal Albert Hall London
have to say i think ure right,,
aladdins a total pioneer in the transformer scratch style, before all theses crabbin lemmings ;0) a true master..
Thanks for uploading thuis I remember this like it was yesterday. If you have DJ miz that would be sick
@defcreator Cash had some super fast and swing groove transforms, his scratching to the funk was incredible for 1985, the two of them had a completely different style which was great just like the uk style including dj mink (uk). I just think in terms of tighness, accuracy, speed and ability to entertain, jeff is my fav. His transfom on Magnificent and union square is so refined for the time that it sounds funny like a cartoon character would do it. Everything he does has humour.
Man he was very underrated
Like to say hi to also my cool homie from kmpo FM. Just remembering good times
Dope !
i heard someone say somethin bout jeff, cash, mizz, or whomever in the late 80's...too bad cash and aladdin didn't get a chance to go at it. aladdin would of rocked his bells.
Joe Cooley also did the DMC champion
4:59 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best ever
😦WOOOOOW!!!🏄BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
dj alladin...the master cylunder
Like the class of the best and greats, and the many courses... He ownz this. What class I'm talking about? Room Number 1...."Class Bad A@@ 101."
Hey utahsaint365. That's only half right. The record that Aladdin is cutting there isn't the Grandmaster Flash record. He's cutting "Get Up And Dance" by Freedom which was released on TK Records in 1978. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five took the music from that song and rapped over it for their hit "Freedom" two years later in 1980. The original cut by Freedom has been a B-boy anthem since the late 70's.
@5:57 Crash Crew - "High Power Rap" or Freedom's "Get Up and Dance"
Freedom - Get Up And Dance was the original cut
Britcorefan "No hamster switch..No curve control, No serato....this was 22 years ago....and it is STILL the best routine you will ever see. today's DJ's are just a bunch of fucking toys."…………………..True indeed my brother! Sick of these bedroom deejay! Peace out to brother Alladin
@scratchatune alladin ws dope...jeff townes aka jazzy jeff was also killing the transformer back in the day
DJ Aladdin Low Profile! The man is a Legend!
I don't think anyone has ever considered what the outcome of this battle would've been like if Cash had decided to defend his title in 89 - would've been very interesting I think !
did the crowd have whistles?is it the way crowds sounded when recorded?
el tremendo : British crowds brought whistles to jams back in the day. I think it comes from attending Notting Hill carnival.
that sh#t was classic. he was cuttin' special ed "i got it made" and miz was cuttin l.l.'s "jack the ripper" that show was ill! i have a VHS of it but don't yet know how to upload it on here.