A-Trak (Canada) - DMC World Champion 1997 -- Winning Set

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  • @MotivationManifested
    @MotivationManifested 5 лет назад +2823

    A lot of people don’t know A traks full story. He was born at 15 years old. And has been ever since. The end. Amen

    • @AayushVarma18
      @AayushVarma18 5 лет назад +58

      I want to like your comment, but it has 69 likes. I will abstain.

    • @MotivationManifested
      @MotivationManifested 5 лет назад +28

      Aayush Varma I honour you for this worthy commitment to the cause. Amen

    • @AayushVarma18
      @AayushVarma18 5 лет назад +24

      @@MotivationManifested Never mind, someone just made it 70. Here's your like!

    • @MotivationManifested
      @MotivationManifested 5 лет назад +22

      Aayush Varma nothing I have is truly mine. Yet I appreciate the gesture. Stop in if your ever near the Dagobah system for a tea

    • @playlist1883
      @playlist1883 4 года назад +4

      Hahahahaaaaaaa

  • @TheRightLadder
    @TheRightLadder 5 лет назад +2519

    I was 15 in 1997. Scratched my knee once...

  • @wafemaster
    @wafemaster 5 лет назад +2705

    Explanation for the millenium generation and after:
    Its not all about the song he performs, its about rhythm, precision, speed and passion. He uses no headfones, means he cant search around for the perfect line he needs. First try need to fit perfect, again and again.
    No auto sync, autotune or usb storage involved here. Its more Art like its music.

    • @Zwedgy
      @Zwedgy 5 лет назад +67

      You use no grammar

    • @wafemaster
      @wafemaster 5 лет назад +46

      Zwedgy Yeah sorry for that.

    • @jan_777
      @jan_777 5 лет назад +101

      @@Zwedgy You ain't using no grammar either.

    • @Panzer731
      @Panzer731 5 лет назад +125

      Yeah so? Everything has a level of complexity. I very much love what this kid was doing in 1997, but things change. Your condescending tone very much represents what the new generation hates about the oldheads. You all think this was the realest shit when in fact there is no real shit. Music is art and as such it can be interpreted in whichever way anyone goddamn pleases. Stop trying to make an arguement about how "new music is easy". If he used headphones, so what? Does he get less art points for using them? Should he play blindfolded perhaps? I don't get it, there's so much good music everywhere now and all old school guys do is complain about how the music sucks because of mumble trap.

    • @jan_777
      @jan_777 5 лет назад +115

      @@Panzer731You're inconsistent. You're talking about that everything has a level of complexity, which should relate to scratching techniques since you're commenting on the TO's comment. Then you're suddenly writing about new music and that art is art and incomparable.
      There is still good music around...agreed. But that's not the topic.
      But scratching techniques haven't improved and by far not gained any higher level of complexity. That's what the TO is talking about.
      May be you (guess you're a "newhead") should start digging further into music culture and you'd find out, that oldschool was the real shit, and we're far away from having any new school.
      There aren't any new technique inventions, most use digital technology to do the same stuff that has been done 30 years ago. Only the level of complexity has diminished.

  • @sukiafc
    @sukiafc 6 лет назад +991

    Old school hip hop n bb era. No monitors, no headphones. Pure raw skill

    • @DrRinse
      @DrRinse 5 лет назад +4

      Pair of old school Stanton 680HP cartridges too

    • @milanjankovic5499
      @milanjankovic5499 5 лет назад +3

      M P no headphones-only talent

    • @Josh-ky8ei
      @Josh-ky8ei 5 лет назад +2

      Straight tearin that shit up

    • @rumaki
      @rumaki 5 лет назад +21

      Most importantly, no Serato cueing shit up and sampling for you

    • @pulaski7621
      @pulaski7621 4 года назад +4

      old school hiphop was the no skill era lmao

  • @kreature7946
    @kreature7946 4 года назад +246

    Only REAL DJs understand how incredible this truly is. Dude fucking killed it.

    • @centeguahan3760
      @centeguahan3760 4 года назад +4

      That's an understatement for sure🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

    • @matfosil8581
      @matfosil8581 4 года назад

      i still think doing this kind of play is kinda hard

    • @centeguahan3760
      @centeguahan3760 4 года назад

      @@matfosil8581 it's all from scratch... literally. Personally, I think it's best to be familiar with both deck styles, Versatility.

    • @BigbrotherLover-lf7ch
      @BigbrotherLover-lf7ch 3 месяца назад

      They don’t give world champion titles to dude’s that only wound it

    • @Deeheeheee
      @Deeheeheee 3 месяца назад

      let's not gatekeep DJing. daft punk did Alive 2007 on tablets hooked up to Ableton live.

  • @oglevong7815
    @oglevong7815 4 года назад +710

    RUclips algorithm staying undefeated

  • @tasteofzane
    @tasteofzane 9 лет назад +1502

    A-Trak was 15 and won. I knew he was talented, but 15. Damn.

    • @Ts0usermax
      @Ts0usermax 9 лет назад +3

      did he ever win any other major dj comps after this ?

    • @seanm.collins9888
      @seanm.collins9888 9 лет назад +56

      *****
      Just for you: 1997 : Technics / DMC World Champion (15 years old - youngest ever)[26]
      1998 : Technics / DMC World 2nd Runner Up[27]
      1999 : ITF World Champion (Advancement category)[27]
      1999 : ITF Western Hemisphere Scratching Champion[27]
      1999 : Vestax World DJ Extravaganza Champion[27]
      2000 : ITF World Champion (Advancement category)[27]
      2000 : DMC Team Champion (with DJ Craze)[27]

    • @kendo512
      @kendo512 8 лет назад +22

      15 years old, christ. I wish I started that young. I didn't touch a record til I was 25.

    • @ryansmoliak9805
      @ryansmoliak9805 7 лет назад +2

      Christian .H Thanks for the breakdown on Atraks wins at such a young age, it's amazing.
      I wonder how he got the money for all of his gear & set up?

    • @vollsticks
      @vollsticks 6 лет назад +8

      Okay gonna need some sources on this...I never thought he was the big fuss that people thought he was, his scratching was on point but there were better DJ's that year..still, I'd like to hear how his parents are "connected"

  • @ryansmoliak9805
    @ryansmoliak9805 7 лет назад +535

    Kid cant buy a lighter but can set those records on FIRE!!!

  • @PretENDOgolf
    @PretENDOgolf Год назад +63

    "DJs" of today's Era would have zero clue how absolutely insane and technical this is. Also dissing the priors year winner and no headphones, switching 1/3 to 1/4 multiple times.
    Absolutely a beast

  • @DJMigrane
    @DJMigrane 10 лет назад +591

    I'd say that routine still holds up well, even after 17 years.

    • @ThisCantBeAllThereIs
      @ThisCantBeAllThereIs 6 лет назад

      Definite

    • @busch028
      @busch028 5 лет назад +10

      This is a pretty mind blowing set. If you watch the rest of the 1997 competitors, this was light years ahead.

    • @djcie1018
      @djcie1018 5 лет назад +5

      21 years now...

    • @fredericksirucka8249
      @fredericksirucka8249 5 лет назад

      Mc Parks agree true fact undesputedly rocking hip hop trick set whooph

    • @ChrisClark_808
      @ChrisClark_808 5 лет назад +4

      Killing it with no headphones savagely

  • @densaliv3478
    @densaliv3478 9 лет назад +581

    today,hes a EDM producer like the djs of today but the thing that makes him so unique in the DJ world is that he still does the real dj stuff,scratching

    • @densaliv3478
      @densaliv3478 9 лет назад +4

      yes !

    • @MajoraWaffle
      @MajoraWaffle 9 лет назад +6

      Duck Sauce is his main project atm I believe. Still has a lot of elements that make A Trak so great.

    • @lawrencemills599
      @lawrencemills599 5 лет назад

      Awesome

    • @JoeMyspace13
      @JoeMyspace13 5 лет назад +24

      Scratching will never be the thing of DJing. The main thing is song selection.

    • @joeldukes303
      @joeldukes303 5 лет назад +10

      Joseph Cabello highly subjective...There’s selection, matching,mixing,scratching, juggling and modulating. personally, I’d say the most important is mixing. Everything else can be walked back to a certain point. Even someone with no ear for rhythms can spot a train wreck right away

  • @CookieCurls
    @CookieCurls 4 года назад +53

    Technology may have come a long way, but the amount of talent you need to pull this off with this equipment has not. Wow that was pretty incredible.

  • @N4DRO
    @N4DRO 11 лет назад +212

    I'm 20 and I spend my time sitting on the internet and wasting my life. Fuck.

  • @djmadwax
    @djmadwax 8 лет назад +859

    mystery of the note at 0:45 - note from his mom saying he was in trouble for the opening intro with curse words ;)

    •  7 лет назад +54

      It was a kabbalistic magick chant. I'm not joking.

    • @moodSlime_
      @moodSlime_ 6 лет назад +1

      No shit lmao

    • @pabloefc9585
      @pabloefc9585 5 лет назад

      @senwaxdavis yes bruv I love it haha

    • @RyanPowerhouse
      @RyanPowerhouse 5 лет назад +46

      If my boy could shred like this I'd let the swearing in the records go. This kids got a gift from God.

    • @Fitforacting
      @Fitforacting 5 лет назад +3

      Max Power lol so true

  • @_Dylanm
    @_Dylanm 5 лет назад +88

    When you're too young to buy a lighter you gotta learn other ways of starting a fire 😂

    • @viedeciel
      @viedeciel 4 года назад

      Copycat

    • @_Dylanm
      @_Dylanm 4 года назад

      @@viedeciel It's not an original joke homie

  • @slackjaw4467
    @slackjaw4467 4 года назад +60

    That juggling is obscene. He’s just so precise. Such passion too. Has anyone seen the Scratch Documentary? I saw it when it released. Good shit

    • @animalpowerca
      @animalpowerca 4 года назад +2

      What documentary ?

    • @slackjaw4467
      @slackjaw4467 4 года назад

      @@animalpowerca it's called Scratch
      ruclips.net/video/A8aMMpoSUSQ/видео.html

  • @stephenvale937
    @stephenvale937 Год назад +7

    Still to this day, the best live act I've ever seen, and I predominantly listen to rock music.. just spectacular start to finish when I saw him.

  • @minde961
    @minde961 5 лет назад +107

    WHEN U REALISE THAT HE CREATED THE "HEADS WILL ROLL" REMIX. REALLY TALLENTED KID

  • @Andross224
    @Andross224 4 года назад +21

    He is like my ideal fantasy version of myself as a teenager. What a prodigious badass.

  • @abumc5104
    @abumc5104 3 года назад +18

    this dj's scratching is pure art.
    no headphones means, he knows his records well. respect this skills.

  • @RKarmaKill
    @RKarmaKill 5 лет назад +28

    Holy shit that is some insane finger precision on the vinyl and sicko coordination with the crossfader. Amazing

  • @mattbrad788
    @mattbrad788 5 лет назад +194

    Who’s here is 2019. I remember buying this on vhs

    • @darrensmyth3684
      @darrensmyth3684 5 лет назад +1

      I'm here, haven't watched for years, forgot how good this kid, is was?

    • @RizzlaBeats
      @RizzlaBeats 5 лет назад +1

      damn we are old

    • @chrisrowl5001
      @chrisrowl5001 5 лет назад

      I’ve got this still on vhs

    • @ETwOneE21
      @ETwOneE21 4 года назад

      Lmao. Me too and could wait to get home to watch it(over and over and over....)

  • @hargerherbert
    @hargerherbert 7 лет назад +47

    hey I'm not sure whos missing what but I think it's amazing that DJ Qbert was told he couldn't compete at the DMV World Finals anymore so he showed up with the 15 year old Canadian unknown and took the cup took the gold and especially when his set talked so much Direct shit to all the other competitors he did an amazing job his first time out at bat and kept it going ever since!!!

    • @newyorker19810
      @newyorker19810 4 года назад +3

      Qbert was never told he couldnt compete. He just didnt want to anymore

  • @Neeko_Z
    @Neeko_Z 4 года назад +48

    This kid barely ate. But one thing he did love were dem beets.

  • @TheMixCurator
    @TheMixCurator 4 года назад +29

    It normally takes me a while to skip and move to the next track on my record player.
    A-Trak just slams the vinyl down and BOOM, at the right point of the groove.
    Without headphones on.
    I'm gonna go out on a limb by saying he's probably practised this at least twice.
    Maybe three times.

    • @rumanuu
      @rumanuu 4 года назад +1

      That last line actually made me lol 😅

    • @hgffize
      @hgffize 4 года назад +4

      yup. these edm lames think that hes not a rreal dj

    • @DJDing23
      @DJDing23 4 года назад

      Definitely at least 3 times lol

    • @olympian3
      @olympian3 4 года назад +2

      @@hgffize they know how to press the space bar on their daw while this guy's gotta be a pinpoint genius

  • @facundosilva234b
    @facundosilva234b 8 лет назад +137

    old but gold

    • @zzzzz1823
      @zzzzz1823 8 лет назад +12

      *fool's gold

    • @ishaim2
      @ishaim2 8 лет назад +11

      FFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLDD

    • @SledgeHammerWOOKy
      @SledgeHammerWOOKy 8 лет назад

      much much so fogging muc more better as 2000`s Dj`s ;-) because = old scool, laigg dis ;-)

  • @DirtyThumper
    @DirtyThumper 4 года назад +8

    The first 30’s are pure genius! A big middle finger to all the of Dj’s in the room!

  • @BigStickyNugs
    @BigStickyNugs 6 лет назад +183

    I bought this on VHS :)

    • @Borderlands808
      @Borderlands808 6 лет назад +1

      BigStickyNugs what’s that?

    • @Pupenhausen
      @Pupenhausen 6 лет назад +2

      I did as well 👍

    • @RantePlayz
      @RantePlayz 5 лет назад +8

      @@Borderlands808 wow

    • @themixgenius1993
      @themixgenius1993 5 лет назад +9

      @@Borderlands808 VHS is an early iteration of video format before DVD or MP4 file, and even RUclips, Netflix, PornHub, and any other streaming sites today.

    • @busch028
      @busch028 5 лет назад +1

      Same

  • @gregmadrigal6722
    @gregmadrigal6722 3 года назад +7

    Copped this on vhs back in 97 from G-force record store in Atlantic City. I have to say after all these years. The nobody beats the biz routine is and by far the best. He one the title that year and then came "Craze" who eventually one it 3 times in a row. I miss the older DMC battles.

  • @ghfjfghjasdfasdf
    @ghfjfghjasdfasdf 5 лет назад +9

    Masterful timing on everything especially the Beat Juggling. Easily one of the best sets the DMC Championships ever witnessed.

  • @CS-cl6gs
    @CS-cl6gs 8 лет назад +197

    All of the adult DJ's in the room were probably thinking, "Snotty little shit is stealing my thunder. I worked hard for years and it's being taken away by someone whose balls haven't even dropped yet."

    • @TheRealChilly
      @TheRealChilly 6 лет назад +27

      Sam Houston someone's jealous. Chill out.

    • @mitpoker7319
      @mitpoker7319 6 лет назад

      Chill
      Spongebob Narrator: Two months later...

    • @hpereziii
      @hpereziii 6 лет назад +16

      @@mitpoker7319 get a life dude lol I'm sure A-Trak is completely happy with the route he's taken

    • @mitpoker7319
      @mitpoker7319 6 лет назад +1

      @@hpereziii
      You're four months late, kid.

    • @lawrencemills599
      @lawrencemills599 5 лет назад

      Lmao

  • @big-ice-doggie-tron879
    @big-ice-doggie-tron879 4 года назад +7

    what the hey-hey?!? gives me chills every time! seen it on vhs in 1999 or 2000 (i believe), seen it 1000+ times since, & still get a thrill with every viewing! this kid was in his early teens, all of 63lbs, & getting cocky towards grown-arse-increasingly jealous/angered dudes in a subculture known for it's elitest environment full of bravado & wannabe macho-men! yeah, homie may have weighed 63lbs, but 40lbs of that was balls. one of the best parts: he's still out there pushing the culture forward! all love.

  • @jmichaelb3632
    @jmichaelb3632 6 лет назад +89

    The days before hot cues when ya had to put a sticker on the groove and have quick hands

  • @eviltreechop
    @eviltreechop Год назад +5

    the start is brilliant and shows how accurate his scratches are

  • @Pheonix2022
    @Pheonix2022 10 лет назад +617

    That's the hardest I've ever seen someone work to make something that sounds like shit.

    • @styhlezz
      @styhlezz 10 лет назад +99

      CrazyMrMill Don't be mad at him. He's an Ipod kid.

    • @scottsound4711
      @scottsound4711 9 лет назад +4

      kunfuz1on5
      HAAH lov it HAAAH I-POD KID

    • @Erliortmejurur
      @Erliortmejurur 9 лет назад +17

      kunfuz1on5 15 in 1997?
      not really an ipod kid

    • @OHHGRIMMIE
      @OHHGRIMMIE 7 лет назад +79

      Pheonix2022 why? cause it doesn't have no 808s or trap snares that over rides the vocals of an artist using reverb and autotune because he can't rap nor sing and is some how popular even though his music is the outcome of too much lean and xans? cause that is the hardest I've ever seen someone try so hard to make something sound like shit

    • @djsmileyoflasvegas
      @djsmileyoflasvegas 7 лет назад +3

      Pheonix2022 i dpnt get it sometimes i was djing simce 16 on turntable if indid that shit at a neighborhood party i would have been shot to me it was always make all the songs seem like one big ass song with no breaks on point with scratching beat juggling.but this right here reminds me of the movie juice when they were battling

  • @RCKLSSHR
    @RCKLSSHR 4 года назад +4

    Props to this guy! Doing all this without headphones... awesome!

  • @gpoop23
    @gpoop23 4 года назад +9

    Love the way he weaves the original song's rhythms into his own scratching and cutting.

  • @MP-666
    @MP-666 5 лет назад +6

    I was there that night and saw him win his first championship! Qbert did a guest set too, if memory serves me correctly, it was a looong time ago but so rad!

  • @josephadams5282
    @josephadams5282 11 месяцев назад +3

    I still have this VHS of this battle, SALUTE A-TAK

  • @subterraa
    @subterraa 10 лет назад +16

    15 years old ?? you have got to be fuckin kidding me hahahahaah holy shit man

  • @weeksyx
    @weeksyx 8 лет назад +440

    A-Trak looks like 11 form Stranger Things

    • @maryerre7092
      @maryerre7092 8 лет назад +2

      LOL

    • @METTI1986LA
      @METTI1986LA 8 лет назад +3

      or like vasquez from aliens

    • @mr_diatribe2324
      @mr_diatribe2324 8 лет назад

      With talent............................ Lots of ;)

    • @marx41mans
      @marx41mans 7 лет назад

      METTI1986LA
      Omg, you killed me with that one!
      -suprised nobody caught that!

    • @bitinback2825
      @bitinback2825 7 лет назад

      Gregory J. Mansfield his parents lure him out of his room to do homework with waffles

  • @Expertzero6Dingley
    @Expertzero6Dingley 9 лет назад +2

    Respect. By far the best Dj out there. Soooooo clean

  • @clinteastwood1339
    @clinteastwood1339 9 лет назад +134

    At 1:15 I just about lost it.

    • @Relentless2112
      @Relentless2112 7 лет назад +33

      Taking two tracks in 4/4 and turning them into 6/8... bonkers

    • @saf_nfk
      @saf_nfk 4 года назад +4

      Yea 1:15 to 1:50 is mind blowing

  • @OphiuchiChannel
    @OphiuchiChannel 5 лет назад +9

    I met him in 97-98. Very humble guy.

  • @TomSilvaProjetos
    @TomSilvaProjetos 4 года назад +27

    3:43 - can someone inform this vinyl?

    • @muhammadnazifkarizqy7844
      @muhammadnazifkarizqy7844 4 года назад +1

      I am also curious

    • @windycitykidd7951
      @windycitykidd7951 4 года назад +2

      Ultimate Scratch Volume 1, 2 or 3. A side had scratch samples and B sides had beats and breaks. There are way more out there but those are the ones I had with similar beats. Good luck trying to find any of them lol I think there are other ones called, Lethal Weapon for battle DJs

    • @bjrncarlonikolicsvendsen8806
      @bjrncarlonikolicsvendsen8806 4 года назад +2

      Tosted marshmello breaks

  • @konstzhu8440
    @konstzhu8440 5 лет назад +6

    Как же он кайфует от своего выступления, вот это-истинный восторг!

  • @louis-philippes1192
    @louis-philippes1192 4 года назад +12

    I saw him go head to head with Albert at "Hang the DJ"
    It was honestly magical. Wow that was AMAZING

  • @bochiecole
    @bochiecole 5 лет назад +11

    2019, first time ever saw this, an insane set. Top three of all time.

  • @donnybrascocoliogne819
    @donnybrascocoliogne819 6 лет назад +4

    The Way REAL Scratchin is.......2 Turntables n a Mixer makin Beats n crazy Scratchez. Respect to Old Skool D.Jayin.

  • @m00nshineDrUnkenMonk
    @m00nshineDrUnkenMonk 4 года назад +1

    I love how we get to see all this stuff from back in the day that I missed at the time

  • @Juggernautss_
    @Juggernautss_ 8 лет назад +9

    where's that picture where he flips off the camera

  • @nuclearstevex4516
    @nuclearstevex4516 4 года назад +3

    🔥 talent! I was about his age in '97. Damn I miss these days! ☮️ and ❤️

  • @ScreenTalker
    @ScreenTalker 5 лет назад +6

    YT knew i was ready to fall down a nostalgia hole and not get any sleep tonight...

  • @cyrild.1214
    @cyrild.1214 11 месяцев назад +2

    The beat juggling on Biz Markie's track is 😳... I have no word, still in 2023 !

  • @felix_christopher
    @felix_christopher 7 лет назад +9

    This kid would'a show the way to 87% of today's DJs still.

  • @skum73
    @skum73 4 года назад +1

    Best DJ set ever for me. I dont think anything will ever beat this.

  • @erichaller9822
    @erichaller9822 5 лет назад +3

    BRILLIANCE IN HISTORY.
    This set is INSANE!!!

  • @cristobalhernandez8937
    @cristobalhernandez8937 Год назад +1

    The love of hip hop, the passion, the creativity and the FUCKIN HAND EYE COORDINATION!

  • @jonathanhowe7918
    @jonathanhowe7918 4 года назад +8

    That fade action at 4.00 got me so shook I made a squeaky noise.

  • @itsmatt745
    @itsmatt745 5 лет назад

    Most under-rated video right here....should have bout 20 million views!!! Sick ass kid!!!!

  • @htsauce420
    @htsauce420 5 лет назад +15

    Fast forward a year and Craze straight strong-arms this 'kid'. 🐐🐐

    • @johnfry8286
      @johnfry8286 4 года назад

      Good friends but yeah craze is on another level, along with rafik, kentaro and plenty of others.
      I'd never say A trak is a legend of the scene but props to him for winning dmc

    • @johnfry8286
      @johnfry8286 4 года назад

      @Serial Killa wtf lol he wasn't an og pickle I thought he rocked with klever, infamous, craze in the allies. And even thwn being a pickle doesn't make u a legend imo.
      Mike is good but no where near top tier.
      Don't wanna sound like I'm hating but if A trak is a legend there are about 50+ in turntablism that's all I'm saying.

    • @logicalblackman8228
      @logicalblackman8228 3 года назад

      @@johnfry8286 “Mike is good but nowhere near top tier.” Which Mike are you referring to?

  • @charliemedina7234
    @charliemedina7234 9 месяцев назад

    I'm glad I was there when this was filmed 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥it was insane

  • @Jonathanlawlalot
    @Jonathanlawlalot 9 лет назад +265

    I can respect this as an art but as music I simply cant.

    • @lol69_52
      @lol69_52 6 лет назад +27

      Music taste is subjective, all of this is for the art and the music, not just the flair of it. There is a musicality in it, I personally think it sounds really good and funky, but it's not like that for everyone.

    • @Quim1441
      @Quim1441 5 лет назад

      @@lol69_52 true

    • @verzeda
      @verzeda 5 лет назад +5

      It is music. As Edgard Varese said "music is simply organised sound"

    • @lamborghinicountach7370
      @lamborghinicountach7370 5 лет назад +2

      Because thats a scratch DJing which a whole different genre from other electronic music genre

    • @corinlanser
      @corinlanser 5 лет назад

      Why u even here commenting then..duh!

  • @rickmonroig1931
    @rickmonroig1931 5 лет назад +11

    Now watch it at 1.5x speed.

  • @marcochacon8281
    @marcochacon8281 5 лет назад +7

    The Real Dj ✊✊✊

  • @P5Y5LY
    @P5Y5LY 3 года назад +3

    This is a legendary performance 💯

  • @adamantiuscloudcat1799
    @adamantiuscloudcat1799 5 лет назад +5

    96 to 97 the DOPEST years ever.

  • @leehughes5733
    @leehughes5733 5 лет назад +1

    JHEEZE !! No headphones 🎧 thats what i noticed straight away raw talent personified right hear 1997 winning set 👌 !! 2019 and could watch A-trak all day being an old skool bboy this is truely fcking mazza outstanding still !! . Blessed yeah I'm out peace . ✌🇬🇧🎚💯

  • @kylealexander7893
    @kylealexander7893 5 лет назад +6

    a-trak was born to be a legend

  • @thedovahkiin1999
    @thedovahkiin1999 5 лет назад +27

    1:20 first dubstep lick

  • @loginpassword_design
    @loginpassword_design 5 лет назад +24

    I'm looking for a photo that was taken by a photographer 2:54 , help me, I will be grateful

    • @keepitzipped
      @keepitzipped 5 лет назад +8

      Screenshot it

    • @YouForYuh
      @YouForYuh 5 лет назад +3

      keep it zipped how’s that the same he looking for a photo not a digital photo of someone taking a photo

    • @keepitzipped
      @keepitzipped 5 лет назад +1

      @@YouForYuh just offering a solution bro

    • @YouForYuh
      @YouForYuh 5 лет назад

      keep it zipped ay bro you know joe?

    • @erbio7984
      @erbio7984 4 года назад

      euphoria joe mama yeah yeah

  • @davidsalinas7280
    @davidsalinas7280 4 года назад +1

    Very impressive dj-ing; as is me commenting 6 years later! LOL! 🤔👍💿🎧🎼🎵🎶

  • @zeroeman
    @zeroeman 5 лет назад +6

    Catching bodies since 97 ... What a killer

  • @16BitBandit
    @16BitBandit 4 месяца назад +2

    AMAZING!!!!

  • @leonidasdraconic
    @leonidasdraconic 10 лет назад +7

    first of all This is fucking sick :D second I wonder what the other big time Dj's were like back when they started...like RL Grime and Baauer wonder what they were like :\

  • @JaeSunTV
    @JaeSunTV Год назад +2

    I remember watching this on VHS

  • @frewjitsu_funk83
    @frewjitsu_funk83 3 года назад +3

    Back when DJ's had to flip and change records. This has aged so well

  • @uhis1686
    @uhis1686 4 года назад +1

    I was born in 97 l... that kid is a fucking badass. Huge respect, no headphones, no sync, no nothing.

  • @zteaxon7787
    @zteaxon7787 5 лет назад +3

    That's a lot of practice. How does he know where the track is without headphones? He internalized the placement by the sticker or some marking?

    • @minx8334
      @minx8334 5 лет назад +3

      Zte Axon 7 welcome to vinyl

    • @rottenboy9916
      @rottenboy9916 4 года назад

      Zte Axon 7 😂😂😂

  • @deeway5964
    @deeway5964 10 дней назад

    What makes this shit so beautiful is this needle and vinyl where you got find your spot. And he slowing naturally fast recordings down with his techniques.

  • @aamlinger88
    @aamlinger88 10 лет назад +6

    Dude just produced a bunch of beats for killa cam. Skillz

  • @blablabladontgiveafuck4721
    @blablabladontgiveafuck4721 5 лет назад

    Woow Respect.. thnx for the upload

  • @ProfessorGenki9
    @ProfessorGenki9 4 года назад +3

    Absolute talent, mad respect

  • @gomethrius
    @gomethrius 4 года назад +1

    I gather that there is a strong division, although not apparent to most people, between DJ’s who play music to dance to, and DJ’s who demonstrate technical mastery like this....

  • @calixa
    @calixa 7 лет назад +3

    hes actually using an original Cold Chillin vinyl for the biz markie bit

  • @jbb2660
    @jbb2660 4 года назад +1

    It seems like A-trak never gets old, stays 15 eternal.

  • @marctronixx
    @marctronixx 8 лет назад +3

    another question. is there a reason why someone kept putting paper on top of the phono inputs? was it to hide the name of the mixer or something? just looks odd to me. im a camera man and ive used white paper to white balance a scene prior to filming but i highly doubt thats why this was there....

    • @aligboyakasha
      @aligboyakasha 8 лет назад +1

      +Marc Abernathy
      Commenting, cause I'm also curious.

    • @kendo512
      @kendo512 8 лет назад +1

      Nah doubt it, these sets take months of rehearsals, surely you'd remember all the tracklist by then

    • @joeyvillarreal2803
      @joeyvillarreal2803 8 лет назад +5

      I remember when I had a subscription to the DMC magazine back in the late 90's and they covered this world finals. Apparently, that piece of paper was A-Track's "prompt sheet" as described in the story. So I'm guessing that piece of paper had all of his records he was using for his set listed in the order he was going to use them and on which turntable they would go on.

    • @km-nv9cn
      @km-nv9cn 8 лет назад

      name mixer model

    • @joeyvillarreal2803
      @joeyvillarreal2803 8 лет назад

      Laxscratch Club Technics SH-1200

  • @Ace_of_DiscaL
    @Ace_of_DiscaL 5 лет назад +2

    Still got the VHS tape filled with this magic!

  • @ВладимирБакешин
    @ВладимирБакешин 4 года назад +3

    Красавчик!! Чисто на скиле!! Не наушников, не компьютера.

  • @rivumrejex2864
    @rivumrejex2864 3 года назад

    This is the real deal no samplers or sound effects he even changes the vinyl while doing it! Much respect!!!

    • @TstanDa-Man
      @TstanDa-Man 2 года назад

      He changes the record because they didn’t have the technology yet where you didn’t have to.

  • @petrsson
    @petrsson 5 лет назад +8

    15years old and nobody made him look like some kind of prodigy that time as these days when internet is making from every kid super talented genius...😅

  • @BpmSupreme
    @BpmSupreme 9 лет назад +2

    killing it since he was born!!!

  • @PROVOKINEARS
    @PROVOKINEARS 10 лет назад +12

    That was His time, great skills, sense of rhythm, perfectionism in all details of a single scratch combined with good surrounded beats and I truly admire him for those 3-4 years of beginning. Sad is that he wasted all of that for being famous and all of that...but anywahay who love and respect music know what i mean. Cheers! ;)

    • @pattasgames6066
      @pattasgames6066 5 лет назад +1

      This shit is fk wack

    • @doylesky
      @doylesky 5 лет назад

      wouldnt call him "famous" tbh, and ppl who talk a game about staying true and shit gotta understand that shit dont pay ur light bill. hes still talented

  • @Davehiphop
    @Davehiphop 5 лет назад +1

    One of the best DMC sets...

  • @mighty_crusier
    @mighty_crusier 4 года назад +16

    Never knew Sid from Toy Story was world's scratching champion

  • @dvno4431
    @dvno4431 5 лет назад +2

    The cockiness is the best part. Well knowing the type of person he is now. Doesn’t act at all cocky and should be since he’s the GOAT. Knows everyone in the music business from the mysterious hidden duos in France to the narcissistic Rapper in the US to Germany’s Techno God with unique eyebrows to back at the US with every rapper & mainstream artist that wishes they could work with A-Trak. Every rapper you admire admires A-trak he brought back Disco in a different form along with Armand and made into a side project. He founded Fools Gold. He’s arguably the best Disc Jockey of all time and his personality is humble AF.

  • @dmattercooks
    @dmattercooks 4 года назад +7

    He was schooled by DJ Qbert, of course he won. 👐

  • @Fiveminded
    @Fiveminded 4 года назад

    So refreshing to see this. No headphones, monitor, samplers, tech, pendrives like all the "so called" djs nowadays.

  • @davidca96
    @davidca96 5 лет назад +7

    chuvvit chuvittt
    5:25 shows how good he was, a lot harder than you think.

    • @stolensentience
      @stolensentience 4 года назад +1

      Happening as I scrolled past the comment. Gotta love it

  • @deploynz
    @deploynz 9 лет назад +2

    All you other DJs...such an incredible routine...BOOM