Feel the realness! This time is something else! I was only watching these and other DMC videos on the early internet many times but with your commentary there is always more new layers of understanding falls in place. Thank You, you are indispensable, keep it going!
klev really is criminally underrated. omg that dexta routine was musical af! not only did he use the skip loop but brought it back a loop to reiterate 'i hope i hope i hope its me' which of course is a reference to his winning aspirations at DMC. these guys brought it. great video.
Loved the video. Rode in an elevator with Craze in 1999 or 2000 in Portland, Oregon. Really nice guy- took the time to speak to a star struck fan & helped me place where I’d heard the 900 number beat.
@@KasperKatje Everyone copied everybody else, it's the only way they all learned to improve. You think Cash Money didn't copy from others too ? Come on man you're not that daft surely.
@@DjNikGnashers well, I think it's a shame if you copy almost 1 on 1 from '88's winner and '89's runner up in both your sets. And that in a scene where "biting" is frowned upon. Yeah, everybody takes elements from others and usually expands it, but not just copying. But there were some nice elements in his sets and although I am not a fan of the direction the trickery overall, so all DJs, took off, I loved his breakdance spin on the turntable. That's why I said I was disappointed he took this part of the set as an example. Just my opinion bro.
@@KasperKatje Hey I respect your opinion, and thank you for the adult, detailed, and respectful reply. I'm 55 years old, and I completely get the whole 'biting' thing, I was a BBoy from 82-86 here in the UK. I agree DJ David did copy a lot from others, maybe a bit too much, but the DMC was in it's infancy back then, and David certainly wasn't the biggest offender. I know times move on, and everything which was once original gets diluted and changes. So I'm probably a bit stuck in my ways when I criticise modern DJ-ing, and that is my biggest rant. I cannot stand all the button pushing, and carefully beatmatched setup digital files that modern DJ's use in their sets. I think that is a lot more infuriating than David copying a few techniques and still having the balls to perform live to a massive crowd, and pull it off so well. Especially being so young, and not having the internet to watch and learn from, or DJ 'schools' to teach him step by step, so I kinda respect him for learning those techniques by ear. At the end of the day, there are only so many things you can do with two turntables, vinyl, and a mixer, so everything is copied really, it's just the records used, and the speed at which you can change them and needle drop to the right point quickly enough to keep the flow going, which is the real skill of a performance (in my opinion). Have a good day my friend, and it's nice to chat with somebody else who knows proper old school DJ-ing too.
Even now when I think back to how much I practiced to pull off these routines it bends my mind. Hundreds of hours of intense practice each year. Thanks for your comment!
I saw DJ David Fascher live at the preliminary decision in the discotheque Königsburg in Krefeld/Germany. In this year he wins the final Championship at the Royal Albert Hall. I was very proud about this. David‘s father Horst Fascher was the owner of the Star Club in Hamburg. David also has a gig in my hometown Bergheim near Cologne. Glory days… 😢 👍
Kentaro's 2001 routine is one of the most impressive routines of all time in my opinion! I remember watching it over and over again when I first got the VHS! And the Craze's 2000 routine, at the end, when he used a skip-proof vinyl. That was the first time I'd ever seen that kind of trick. It took me a while to figure out what was going on! Loved your analysis, bro! =) Please keep doing this!
Dj Noize ? You have to do a part 2 Blake, Noize making sentences with multiple records has never been replicated. Woody has the funk running through his veins and Craze and Klever together at that time were something different. Craze and his Biz Markie / Rahzel routine still bugs me out.
Blakey you smashed it mate,you're a good judge,really enjoyed your video and really well explained,will defo keep an eye out for your vids,loved it thanks very much mate
Skullys 2002 single minded juggle is still sick, Izoh 2005 Linkin park juggle, All of Dj Troubl' 2006 supremacy performances were aggressive and super tech.. Craze's needle thrashers juggle (cant remember what year) was insane.. Bigup Blakey!
Fact he didn’t win til the next year was robbery imo. Saying that if he didn’t lose we prob wouldn’t have seen the first straight 10 set he did the following year. That set still blows my mind like no other.
I remember hearing that DJ David 1991 set on what must have been Radio One's friday night dance music show, never knew about the coke cans, though. I agree, that scratch was sublime, so much so that it pops into my head if I hear Alyson Williams, "I need you loving" (also a good tune) There used to be a DJ in a Doncaster club around that took risks, Dave DD (DoubleDecks) he was something else, one time I saw him put an ashtray on the deck, a record on top of that, then flipped the stylus around, and adjusted the weight so the arm would come up, the needle hit the underside of the record, and mixed bits of that record in backwards, just because he could, then put it all back to normal in time to mix in the next track!
So good to have this commentary from someone who really understands whats going on - I saw /photographed most of these live but now appreciate them even more! (One of my personal favourites was Roc Raida in 95 when they were still the X-Men playing Gangstarr's The ?uestion remains and timing the turn and point perfectly - comparatively simple but the effect was phenomenal, sidenote: the flash that fires was mine! I have a photo of that exact moment - it was published in True magazine)
@tomb9625 See i thought he was just kind of "fluttering" the record, but he seems to be tapping the record with his left hand where you would usually close the fader, so that might be having some kind of affect although I'm not sure what to be honest. The thing is, it's quite hard to see what he's doing, even on the big screen, let alone comprehend it. So I'm sure this went over most people's heads on the night. Woody is a DJ's DJ.
Awesome video man! I remember, 24 years ago we didn’t even have videos. lol no matter on which jam you’ve been… you were never able to see the hands of the Dj, or maybe I was just too short. So I learned just by listening and reproducing. - much love
great video man... all of them are soooooo gooood .. i remember studying alll these videos ,, just constantly watching them again and again just to get that one technique :p
Thank you for the upload. Please make more of these videos. I love the concept. The selection is great too. Two of my favourite DMC sets are included, and I discovered two great sets I've never seen before. And thank you for picking DJ David, who is from Germany and inspired me and a whole generation of german kids. He has been mocked by a lot of US turnatblists because they think Qbert should have won that year. I've never liked that arrogant attitude and think all things considered David pulled off the better set in in 1991. A little more humility and a fair recognition of the other competitors' performances would have suited the Americans well.
@@DJBlakeyUk Good to hear. Looking forward to the next episode. It's really interesting to listen to a top notch turntablist analysing some of my favourite battle sets.
DMC 1988 final at royal Albert Hall seeing DJ Cash Money, Cash tore update the scratching to "Doug E Fresh - Play This Only at Night"., I looked of that record for years, later mob deep used the sample on GOD pt3 after hours remix. watching that performance live was the day decided I wanted decks.
I was there, it was an incredible night, loads of unexpected hip-hop and funk, soul legends there. That's one of my favourite scratch routines from Cash with the Play this only at night backing, he did another live mix with that backing with Marv on the mic back in the 80s that was even better, in fact I've not heard anything better than his live 80s mixes alongside what Jazzy Jeff was doing, they were both as good as each other, his Live at Union Square and Magnificent was incredible, still not heard transforming that fast or funky from the 80s but he had mastered it by 1986 even though it was a brand new scratch technique.
Really enjoying the channel mate keep up the good work. Agreed the Klever set is one of the best and most underrated of all time. These guys took real risks on stage, thats what made it exciting.
Yes, brother Blakey! Thanks for sharing this. Too many folks think that proper mixing/djing is pressing buttons on a controller. Granted... it works for specific crowds, but the dying few of us turntable DJ's relate!
I'm old skool, Cash Money, Chad Jackson (my personal hero from back in the day at the Dance Factory) Scratch Professor (the kid who convinced me to go home without doing my set), Owen D, CJ Mac, Larsen, Rodriguez & Cheese along with so many more, for me you will never beat the rawness of those days. Lets have the best of the old skool :-)
Been a long time revisiting DMC of past gone by and this was a great reminder of what was when I was on the circuit decades ago, remember your platter trick and like then still blown away with it. Cheers Blakey
I'm so delighted you featured some of your choices. All amazing DJs. I too would be undecided with various options. The scratch routine from klever in 2000 was outstanding. But crazes 2000 set blew mind completely. And I can't believe you didn't play sometimes a parrot talks 😂 uh uh a bird.. the DJ David I remember too. Blew my mind. I've sadly lost interest in DMC, the laptops murdered it. Great video 👍
Great video Blakey, I'm a huge dmc fan and enjoyed your sets back in the days, some good picks here. I personally love the 96 world routine from dj Noize from Denmark all that word phrasing was clean and well planned out. Also DJ Statik or DJ Akakabe from the 98 worlds was ones I watched over and over again. I miss the days of DJ's flipping well know tracks as appose to just juggling sounds.
Rock Steady DJ'S has got to be one of the best routines ever, so ahead of the times. Plus one doing the No.1 juggle and Prime cuts doing the BDP juggle using the stop and start button are my favourites. Dj Noize for the best word play all day.
Thanks Blakey, loved every split second of your post. At the moment I'm selling off my vinyl 12"s & Albums from late 70s too 90s. Anyone going on such a journey, should prepare for themselves mentally. So far I've sold 3 batches of vinyl totaling over 60 vinyls per batch and worth more than memories. Fantastic collectors tracks as , Funkadelic albums (++Parliament+Bootsie.......). DO YOU THINK I GOT A FAIR PRICE? (£30 +90+£50)
@DomVirgo 1 second ago No way! Good to see you’re still at. I should say your winning routine for the uk is still one of the most seamless. Super musical job. Good to see you put Dexter on here too. He’s the ultimate Dj for me.
Klever in 2001 and Kentaro in 2002 are what got me into DMC. Was lucky enough to be in the first all vinyl category in 2021 and it was a little vindication for so many years of watching. ❤❤❤
@@Thatfunkytrumpet I actually missed that. I don’t want to be one of those people constantly looking back, BUT, the jeopardy of the DMC DJs using actual vinyl was part of its appeal for me. So much could go wrong, which made the rewards and appreciation for what you did even higher.
Madness. My thought when watching these is always to marvel at the bravery some of the tricks take to pull off live. The nerves must be insane. And the amount of practice… after all the creative hours coming up with it.
I was about to link that moment you spoke about in DJ Dexta's routine, beat me to it! I still listen to this set on the reg, he made Australian DMC DJ's level up after that set. I also love the Prince juggle he does in the same routine, I can't hear the original track the same anymore!
Really enjoyed watching this as a dj ..it takes me back when i practiced to learn how to scratch rather how to mix records...as a B.boy it takes hours of practice and dedication to get it right... but when you do it feels amazing and then ... how can i do something special.... thank you ... 😊
Top beat juggles goes. 1. Dj Klever - whats your fantasy juggle 2. DJ Atrak - jigga what jigga who juggle 3. Dj Boogie Blind - cant remember of the name of the track 😂
@@DJBlakeyUk he’s funny too. He waited until just before close when a lot of people had left and got on the mic and said “alright. You all are the real ones. Let’s do this” and proceeded to put on a clinic and the club let him just go off way past closing for the remaining crowd of about 30-40 people. He said “y’all tell those posers that left they they missed out” 😂😂 all in good fun
honestly excited to have found that you have a youtube channel and you're doing videos like these. Never saw that Dj Woody clip, will have to check it out. Great stuff, keep it coming! :)
This popped up in my suggested - loved every second. I had a vhs copy of the 1998 finals - which introduced me (and then introduced my friends) to Craze. Kentaro blew me away in the selection you’ve just shared and now I’m off down a rabbit hole. Catch a subscribe 🫡
The stickers on the record to make the loop effect has been around since 88/89. I remember watching a DMC heat video from Swansea and the Dj had looped LL's Im Bad and mixed it with Young MC's I come Off.
Yeah, and as early as 1987 a few of the top 6 djs had stickers on their records; CJ MacIntosh UK - Ken Larsen Denmark & Joe Rodriguez US - but I did not see any stickers at the 1986 battle..
Man, I loved Dextas's set - so many dope ideas and musicality. Craze is the GOAT imho, even over Q-Bert now dare I say. Great selection of sets - great memories of picking up those VHS and trying to work out how they'd done stuff.
Too bad DJ Noize didn't make it. Always my favorite. But I was there for that DJ Craze set and it was epic. Got a chance to talk to him for about 1 second afterwards when he went into the crowd and all he said is "I gotta go see my daughter". Great DJ, great dad.
Coming from Atlanta, I watched Klever mix at so many parties right before he went to war with Craze. It was the last years of amazing real DJ's before digital came to pass. Spent many a day down at more dusty than digital, little five points ATL GA. Can't front ATL represented on so many levels. Plus all Dungeon Family and the whole ATL sound from Good.i.e. Mob, Outkast, Joi. so many to mention. Atlanta was the center of the universe in the late 90's and 2000's. I'm so happy to have been there. 295 Peters St. represented. Ask Klever, he knows.
Man we are on the same wavelength. These live rent free in my brain. I few others for me would be (Dj noize and his incredible wordplay flips) (Plus ones krs flip) On the team side the scratch perverts feedback through mixer sound morphing section Shortkutz art of noise juggle in dmc us Awesome video homie. Yeah that klever juggle is by far such an amazing juggle that to this day still holds up and it sounds UK Garish probably why I probably liked it even more 😊
Mix master mike and Qbert. Cash Money Swift. Craze. Todd Terry telling the crowd to stick their needles up their arse’s when he got booed off stage classic memories. Great post.
Saw Craze in Denver a year and a half ago and he absolutely destroyed. It was a turntablist using his skills inside of a dope jungle set. Let's not also not forget that not only was DJ Dexta from Australia, he was at the time in a little group called the Avalanches.
Kentaro is a freaking out of the box dj on another level. He has done some amazing things.
True Talk man
Only guy to get straight 10s too. That set is mind blowing and I’ve yet to see anything even close.
I've sen him, and Hifana a few times, one of the perks of living in Shanghai for a decade
That Craze 98 set took turntablism to the next level. Nothing was the same ever again. One of the best.
It did. People copied it for years after!
Arguably the best DJ championship set of all time, it’s just insanity.
I saw him in Norwich I think that same year freaking awesome
Yup, 100% without a doubt my favorite dmc routine of all time, 1998 the year I officially started scratching all thanks to Craze
@@DJBlakeyUk His routines from back in the day could stand up to today's routines easily.
Feel the realness! This time is something else! I was only watching these and other DMC videos on the early internet many times but with your commentary there is always more new layers of understanding falls in place. Thank You, you are indispensable, keep it going!
I appreciate that thank you 🙏🏻
dj skratch bastid - imperial march
That was Scribble Jam, not DMC
defo a high point in turntablizm
@@deesee6009 it was bad ass tho remember first time I seen it sic asf
Agree 💯
Absolutely 👌
klev really is criminally underrated. omg that dexta routine was musical af! not only did he use the skip loop but brought it back a loop to reiterate 'i hope i hope i hope its me' which of course is a reference to his winning aspirations at DMC. these guys brought it. great video.
@@mwalker5000 agree with everything you said 🙏🏻
Good to see you making these videos mate. Remember you being insanely brilliant at 15 years old...respect to you
Thanks bud. Hope you’re well! Launching some new business things soon so stay tuned :)
Inused to practice with cutmaster swift years ago , with , qbert,s solo win will always be my favourite.
That Ludacris juggle was AMAZING!!!! I'm still picking up my jaw from that. I love how clean and precise it was.
Kentaro's set was a truly OMFG moment....nuts. Swiftys' reaction was perfect.
Amazing sets. Craze 98 US final is my favourite of all time. His intro was amazingly clever as well. Looking forward to your next vid Blakey!
Loved the video. Rode in an elevator with Craze in 1999 or 2000 in Portland, Oregon. Really nice guy- took the time to speak to a star struck fan & helped me place where I’d heard the 900 number beat.
I'm glad you picked DJ David, I saw his first entry and thought it was mind blowing at the time.
I started watching in 1987 🙂
I was there in 1991.so amazing watch live set.
Too bad he picked a part where David just copied Cash Money's scratch but just added some cans.
@@KasperKatje Everyone copied everybody else, it's the only way they all learned to improve.
You think Cash Money didn't copy from others too ?
Come on man you're not that daft surely.
@@DjNikGnashers well, I think it's a shame if you copy almost 1 on 1 from '88's winner and '89's runner up in both your sets.
And that in a scene where "biting" is frowned upon.
Yeah, everybody takes elements from others and usually expands it, but not just copying.
But there were some nice elements in his sets and although I am not a fan of the direction the trickery overall, so all DJs, took off, I loved his breakdance spin on the turntable.
That's why I said I was disappointed he took this part of the set as an example.
Just my opinion bro.
@@KasperKatje Hey I respect your opinion, and thank you for the adult, detailed, and respectful reply.
I'm 55 years old, and I completely get the whole 'biting' thing, I was a BBoy from 82-86 here in the UK.
I agree DJ David did copy a lot from others, maybe a bit too much, but the DMC was in it's infancy back then, and David certainly wasn't the biggest offender.
I know times move on, and everything which was once original gets diluted and changes. So I'm probably a bit stuck in my ways when I criticise modern DJ-ing, and that is my biggest rant. I cannot stand all the button pushing, and carefully beatmatched setup digital files that modern DJ's use in their sets.
I think that is a lot more infuriating than David copying a few techniques and still having the balls to perform live to a massive crowd, and pull it off so well. Especially being so young, and not having the internet to watch and learn from, or DJ 'schools' to teach him step by step, so I kinda respect him for learning those techniques by ear.
At the end of the day, there are only so many things you can do with two turntables, vinyl, and a mixer, so everything is copied really, it's just the records used, and the speed at which you can change them and needle drop to the right point quickly enough to keep the flow going, which is the real skill of a performance (in my opinion).
Have a good day my friend, and it's nice to chat with somebody else who knows proper old school DJ-ing too.
Mad Respect to you lads for practicing this craft. People don’t realize the time and effort it takes to do this. You guys make it look so easy.
Even now when I think back to how much I practiced to pull off these routines it bends my mind. Hundreds of hours of intense practice each year. Thanks for your comment!
I saw DJ David Fascher live at the preliminary decision in the discotheque Königsburg in Krefeld/Germany. In this year he wins the final Championship at the Royal Albert Hall. I was very proud about this. David‘s father Horst Fascher was the owner of the Star Club in Hamburg. David also has a gig in my hometown Bergheim near Cologne. Glory days… 😢 👍
Woody is one of the best from England definitely top 3
Kentaro's 2001 routine is one of the most impressive routines of all time in my opinion! I remember watching it over and over again when I first got the VHS!
And the Craze's 2000 routine, at the end, when he used a skip-proof vinyl. That was the first time I'd ever seen that kind of trick. It took me a while to figure out what was going on!
Loved your analysis, bro! =)
Please keep doing this!
Dj Noize ? You have to do a part 2 Blake, Noize making sentences with multiple records has never been replicated. Woody has the funk running through his veins and Craze and Klever together at that time were something different. Craze and his Biz Markie / Rahzel routine still bugs me out.
Thanks for posting man, alot over the years, dj Ghetto 94 was my fav, the Wu tang
scratch! Will follow for more
Blakey you smashed it mate,you're a good judge,really enjoyed your video and really well explained,will defo keep an eye out for your vids,loved it thanks very much mate
Them Dj’s is dope! …say yes to hip-hop
DJ Cheese....game changer
Skullys 2002 single minded juggle is still sick, Izoh 2005 Linkin park juggle, All of Dj Troubl' 2006 supremacy performances were aggressive and super tech.. Craze's needle thrashers juggle (cant remember what year) was insane.. Bigup Blakey!
Love to see more of these talk throughs.
You’re missing A-Trak (‘97). One of the sickest sets of all time, and he was 15!
Legendary set
100% agree. Craze 1998 is the GOAT routine. Flawless.
Dj Kentaro with that needle drop will always be the apex in my opinion
Fact he didn’t win til the next year was robbery imo. Saying that if he didn’t lose we prob wouldn’t have seen the first straight 10 set he did the following year. That set still blows my mind like no other.
Kid koala performs moon river is the best thing I’ve seen on tables. The story, the creativity, the technique.
I remember hearing that DJ David 1991 set on what must have been Radio One's friday night dance music show, never knew about the coke cans, though. I agree, that scratch was sublime, so much so that it pops into my head if I hear Alyson Williams, "I need you loving" (also a good tune)
There used to be a DJ in a Doncaster club around that took risks, Dave DD (DoubleDecks) he was something else, one time I saw him put an ashtray on the deck, a record on top of that, then flipped the stylus around, and adjusted the weight so the arm would come up, the needle hit the underside of the record, and mixed bits of that record in backwards, just because he could, then put it all back to normal in time to mix in the next track!
So good to have this commentary from someone who really understands whats going on - I saw /photographed most of these live but now appreciate them even more! (One of my personal favourites was Roc Raida in 95 when they were still the X-Men playing Gangstarr's The ?uestion remains and timing the turn and point perfectly - comparatively simple but the effect was phenomenal, sidenote: the flash that fires was mine! I have a photo of that exact moment - it was published in True magazine)
bro if this guy was yapping through the suck my dick routine i would fucking die.
that Woody one is mental
I think it went over a lot of people's heads on the night too. Absolutely incredible.
@@terrra_2024 it don't even understand how physically it works?
@tomb9625 See i thought he was just kind of "fluttering" the record, but he seems to be tapping the record with his left hand where you would usually close the fader, so that might be having some kind of affect although I'm not sure what to be honest. The thing is, it's quite hard to see what he's doing, even on the big screen, let alone comprehend it. So I'm sure this went over most people's heads on the night. Woody is a DJ's DJ.
@@terrra_2024 mad isn't it, really unique. If they weren't showing the routine on big screens would definitely gone over everyone's heads
So great to see you here man. more power to you. Love the journey you've taken and awesome to see you again. Instan subscribe.
@@sinki1966 Thanks so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I had never seen Kentaro. The playing and your commentary made me smile. Going to jump over to see if I can find the entire set.
Greetings from Norway. World DMC participant in 1987 (Hippodrome). Nice vid.
Thanks!
Awesome video man! I remember, 24 years ago we didn’t even have videos. lol no matter on which jam you’ve been… you were never able to see the hands of the Dj, or maybe I was just too short. So I learned just by listening and reproducing. - much love
Loads of amazing stuff in here, great vid, those faders less cuts are crazy!
great video man... all of them are soooooo gooood .. i remember studying alll these videos ,, just constantly watching them again and again just to get that one technique :p
Thanks. Yeah I also watched these again and again
So good this collection, makes me wanna practice night in night again like back in the days. Thnx for this!!!
Thank you for the upload. Please make more of these videos. I love the concept. The selection is great too. Two of my favourite DMC sets are included, and I discovered two great sets I've never seen before. And thank you for picking DJ David, who is from Germany and inspired me and a whole generation of german kids. He has been mocked by a lot of US turnatblists because they think Qbert should have won that year. I've never liked that arrogant attitude and think all things considered David pulled off the better set in in 1991. A little more humility and a fair recognition of the other competitors' performances would have suited the Americans well.
@@TheLazyP Been surprised by how much people have enjoyed this one. New one next week
@@DJBlakeyUk Good to hear. Looking forward to the next episode. It's really interesting to listen to a top notch turntablist analysing some of my favourite battle sets.
@@TheLazyP 🙏🏻🙏🏻
DMC 1988 final at royal Albert Hall seeing DJ Cash Money, Cash tore update the scratching to "Doug E Fresh - Play This Only at Night"., I looked of that record for years, later mob deep used the sample on GOD pt3 after hours remix. watching that performance live was the day decided I wanted decks.
Cash Money’s 88 set is still unreal to this day
I was there too, amazing
I was there, it was an incredible night, loads of unexpected hip-hop and funk, soul legends there. That's one of my favourite scratch routines from Cash with the Play this only at night backing, he did another live mix with that backing with Marv on the mic back in the 80s that was even better, in fact I've not heard anything better than his live 80s mixes alongside what Jazzy Jeff was doing, they were both as good as each other, his Live at Union Square and Magnificent was incredible, still not heard transforming that fast or funky from the 80s but he had mastered it by 1986 even though it was a brand new scratch technique.
Me too
I was there to. Great set, great night.
THAT DJ DAVID set from 1991 was my inspiration to get some decks… god bless for sharing this again B! 👌🏽
Same as bro !
Love that DJ David set. The energy level is insane. And the ending. Is there a more iconic body trick than that?!
@@DJBlakeyUk The 1990 set is kool too, starts same as 1991 set smooth and flowing, then he just goes fookin mental.
great breakdown with some stunning work
Woody mastered the vestax controller 1 perfectly
Whenever I think of DJ Woody the Vestax 1 and tone routines come to mind immediately
Can you do a best of British edition?
Cutmaster Swift, Tony Vegas, Primecuts, Thing, JFB, DJ Rasp, Madcut, Dj Jeppa, Plus One, DJ Skully
Great idea!
Really enjoying the channel mate keep up the good work. Agreed the Klever set is one of the best and most underrated of all time. These guys took real risks on stage, thats what made it exciting.
Thanks Tom!
Thanks for putting this together!
Yes, brother Blakey! Thanks for sharing this. Too many folks think that proper mixing/djing is pressing buttons on a controller. Granted... it works for specific crowds, but the dying few of us turntable DJ's relate!
Good old times! Thanks for putting it up. N i was there too when dj craze won the title that yr!
Loving that you are creating these videos 🙌🏼
I'm old skool, Cash Money, Chad Jackson (my personal hero from back in the day at the Dance Factory) Scratch Professor (the kid who convinced me to go home without doing my set), Owen D, CJ Mac, Larsen, Rodriguez & Cheese along with so many more, for me you will never beat the rawness of those days. Lets have the best of the old skool :-)
Been a long time revisiting DMC of past gone by and this was a great reminder of what was when I was on the circuit decades ago, remember your platter trick and like then still blown away with it. Cheers Blakey
I'm so delighted you featured some of your choices. All amazing DJs. I too would be undecided with various options. The scratch routine from klever in 2000 was outstanding. But crazes 2000 set blew mind completely. And I can't believe you didn't play sometimes a parrot talks 😂 uh uh a bird.. the DJ David I remember too. Blew my mind. I've sadly lost interest in DMC, the laptops murdered it. Great video 👍
Thank you 🙏🏻
Great video Blakey, I'm a huge dmc fan and enjoyed your sets back in the days, some good picks here. I personally love the 96 world routine from dj Noize from Denmark all that word phrasing was clean and well planned out. Also DJ Statik or DJ Akakabe from the 98 worlds was ones I watched over and over again. I miss the days of DJ's flipping well know tracks as appose to just juggling sounds.
@@Platform28 I agree with all of those choices! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Big Love at you DJ Blakey, you just got to keep doing it Kids! now back to the turntables :) X
great video dude, dmc was so badass back then. please include i emerge on part 2 plzplzplz lol
Rock Steady DJ'S has got to be one of the best routines ever, so ahead of the times.
Plus one doing the No.1 juggle and Prime cuts doing the BDP juggle using the stop and start button are my favourites.
Dj Noize for the best word play all day.
Thanks Blakey, loved every split second of your post. At the moment I'm selling off my vinyl 12"s & Albums from late 70s too 90s.
Anyone going on such a journey, should prepare for themselves mentally.
So far I've sold 3 batches of vinyl totaling over 60 vinyls per batch and worth more than memories. Fantastic collectors tracks as , Funkadelic albums (++Parliament+Bootsie.......). DO YOU THINK I GOT A FAIR PRICE?
(£30 +90+£50)
I hadn’t seen that Woody set. I’ll have to check out the whole routine.
Great choices. That dj Dexta routine was so good.
i love the way you analyze all routine. Thanks so much for share this Bro. one love.
Thanks! More of these to come
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No way! Good to see you’re still at. I should say your winning routine for the uk is still one of the most seamless. Super musical job. Good to see you put Dexter on here too. He’s the ultimate Dj for me.
Thank you!
Klever in 2001 and Kentaro in 2002 are what got me into DMC. Was lucky enough to be in the first all vinyl category in 2021 and it was a little vindication for so many years of watching. ❤❤❤
@@Thatfunkytrumpet I actually missed that. I don’t want to be one of those people constantly looking back, BUT, the jeopardy of the DMC DJs using actual vinyl was part of its appeal for me. So much could go wrong, which made the rewards and appreciation for what you did even higher.
Klever is so overlooked. He's VERY skillful.
Klevers 2001 win was ridiculously unique, the guys scratching was on a whole different time pattern to everyone else.
Madness. My thought when watching these is always to marvel at the bravery some of the tricks take to pull off live. The nerves must be insane. And the amount of practice… after all the creative hours coming up with it.
@@yommish 🎯🎯🎯!
Really enjoy this vid format🙌 All these, remind me of what got me started
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I was about to link that moment you spoke about in DJ Dexta's routine, beat me to it! I still listen to this set on the reg, he made Australian DMC DJ's level up after that set. I also love the Prince juggle he does in the same routine, I can't hear the original track the same anymore!
Great video! Just stumbled across it. Whats the track in the background when you are talking?
Brilliant compilation! It's sad to see what's happened to the genre... I miss the old days.
scratching is some of the first stuff I remember looking up on youtube
Really enjoyed watching this as a dj ..it takes me back when i practiced to learn how to scratch rather how to mix records...as a B.boy it takes hours of practice and dedication to get it right... but when you do it feels amazing and then ... how can i do something special.... thank you ... 😊
Top beat juggles goes.
1. Dj Klever - whats your fantasy juggle
2. DJ Atrak - jigga what jigga who juggle
3. Dj Boogie Blind - cant remember of the name of the track 😂
Just saw Craze about a month ago and he’s still got it. Always top notch and the nicest guy whenever we’ve spoken.
@@ND-Skyz Yes he is still on top of his game
@@DJBlakeyUk he’s funny too. He waited until just before close when a lot of people had left and got on the mic and said “alright. You all are the real ones. Let’s do this” and proceeded to put on a clinic and the club let him just go off way past closing for the remaining crowd of about 30-40 people. He said “y’all tell those posers that left they they missed out” 😂😂 all in good fun
Great selection. 2001 was a golden year in turntablism ✨
Thanks for the compilation! Love it ❤❤
honestly excited to have found that you have a youtube channel and you're doing videos like these. Never saw that Dj Woody clip, will have to check it out. Great stuff, keep it coming! :)
@@eatshrots Thanks man! Loads more to come here too
This popped up in my suggested - loved every second. I had a vhs copy of the 1998 finals - which introduced me (and then introduced my friends) to Craze.
Kentaro blew me away in the selection you’ve just shared and now I’m off down a rabbit hole. Catch a subscribe 🫡
That kentaro set was amazing I used to watch it all the time it was mind blowing especially back then
Back when stickers was used to make loops
I’ve always loved about hip hop was there were different levels from the art, to the dancing, to the djing, the the rhyming
Jesus that Klever set. I've never seen that. Mind blown
I hadn’t either. Gnarly
awesome compilation! would love to see more!
P-Trix’s juggle with De La Soul - Itzoweezee defo gets an honourable mention. Not a single beat out of place, super tight routine.
Outrageous routine
The stickers on the record to make the loop effect has been around since 88/89. I remember watching a DMC heat video from Swansea and the Dj had looped LL's Im Bad and mixed it with Young MC's I come Off.
Yeah, and as early as 1987 a few of the top 6 djs had stickers on their records; CJ MacIntosh UK - Ken Larsen Denmark & Joe Rodriguez US - but I did not see any stickers at the 1986 battle..
Man, I loved Dextas's set - so many dope ideas and musicality. Craze is the GOAT imho, even over Q-Bert now dare I say.
Great selection of sets - great memories of picking up those VHS and trying to work out how they'd done stuff.
Shout to Dexta, such a dope routine. Australia represent 🙌
He is one of my all time favs! I once DJd before him in room 2 of Fabric. One of my most cherished DJ memories
Has to be the first time I witnessed a scratch dj in 1986 in the town and country club London,DMC winner DJ Cheese and he’s 3 decks
Too bad DJ Noize didn't make it. Always my favorite. But I was there for that DJ Craze set and it was epic. Got a chance to talk to him for about 1 second afterwards when he went into the crowd and all he said is "I gotta go see my daughter". Great DJ, great dad.
Dexta is all time, can rock DMC and can hold a dance floor with the same energy.
Cool to see these again... late nineties early 200`s was a special time! Happy Days!
subscribed because of this video. Very interesting to see a peer commenting on those videos.
Thanks! I could make so many more of these videos. Part 2 soon
Kentaro Sensei is friggin`genius | cheers mate
Wow DMC!!!!!! I still have a dmc vhs tape. I think Dj QUBERT Is on there. It been years since I watch DMC.
Coming from Atlanta, I watched Klever mix at so many parties right before he went to war with Craze. It was the last years of amazing real DJ's before digital came to pass. Spent many a day down at more dusty than digital, little five points ATL GA. Can't front ATL represented on so many levels. Plus all Dungeon Family and the whole ATL sound from Good.i.e. Mob, Outkast, Joi. so many to mention. Atlanta was the center of the universe in the late 90's and 2000's. I'm so happy to have been there. 295 Peters St. represented. Ask Klever, he knows.
Man we are on the same wavelength.
These live rent free in my brain.
I few others for me would be
(Dj noize and his incredible wordplay flips)
(Plus ones krs flip)
On the team side the scratch perverts feedback through mixer sound morphing section
Shortkutz art of noise juggle in dmc us
Awesome video homie. Yeah that klever juggle is by far such an amazing juggle that to this day still holds up and it sounds UK Garish probably why I probably liked it even more 😊
Great choices Gonz. I could make 10 of these videos
@@DJBlakeyUk I know homie lol
Mix master mike and Qbert. Cash Money Swift. Craze. Todd Terry telling the crowd to stick their needles up their arse’s when he got booed off stage classic memories. Great post.
Great video mate, I like to keep going back to video '2005 scratch champion dj tuki session'
Wicked video mate
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Class video sure I got a free dvd video with mixmag back in day had lot these on it reminds me of my youth 👌
Great post Blakey. Thanks mate. In your opinion why does Plus One take Klever in those finals?
@@onehopeonequest thank you. Ah that was such a close one. Could’ve gone either way! Glad Niall won it though
nice picks. 1998 was a mad year. Dj Statics set was mayby the most funky ever
Damn was checking your 2004 routine so many times 🔥
Enjoyed this video yo!
Saw Craze in Denver a year and a half ago and he absolutely destroyed. It was a turntablist using his skills inside of a dope jungle set. Let's not also not forget that not only was DJ Dexta from Australia, he was at the time in a little group called the Avalanches.
The Champ is here!!!!
Still my favourite sets of all time...Dj Blakey...ALWAYS my CHAMPION!!
Thank you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻