Who is the greatest DJ of all time???

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Posted 15 years ago #

I thought this would be a good thread and get some arguments on the go, i know its pointless but its always fun to hear what people opinions are....

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If you post up a DJ, try and put a you tube video with it for those who are less educated in the art (myself included).
The DJ doesnt have to be all that "technically" good, showmanship is important, and good crowd rocking skills still count.
Im not gonna put a set genre on this as there are some good rock and electronic ones out there, but obviously hip-hop DJs are what were after...

And thats it... ill go first and say DJ Yoda is one of the top for showmanship and getting the crowd moving... of course my knowledge is limited so if you want to educate me then please do so, be nice to have some underground stuff up here with the big names...

but just incase theres some argument about him being a DJ or VDJ (video) then Q-Bert is an absloute legend (kinda obvious i know) but hes damn good...

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Hmm... I have no idea. It's somewhat like the often-asked question 'Who's the greatest MC," which again I have no idea, but do have my favorites. But here are some of my favorite DJs; Joe Cooley, Jazzy Jeff, DJ Polo, and Cut Chemist. Here's some Cut Chemist:
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Posted 15 years ago #

Too many to choose from, I'll try to keep it short!

Personal favourites...

DJ Skully - Youtube 'Plus one vs DJ Skully' Juggle juggle
Or check DJ Skully DMC 2002 / DMC 2003 / UK DMC 2008

DJ Craze

DJ Kentaro - Youtube 'Fue and table' I dont know if its on there tho!

DJ Noize - Youtube 'DMC summit 2'

Asian Hawk - Unique!!! Brings his own style and flavour and is like no one else.

Worth checking out...
DJ Dopey (Canada), DJ Gero (France), J Bounce (Germany) Enferno (USA), DJ Yasa (Japan), DJ Wunderkut (Canada).

Mixin' DJs...

DJ Hype
DJ Friction
Andy C
DJ Zinc
DJ Brockie
Shy FX

I could go on, but I wont.

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Posted 15 years ago #

Mix Master Mike for me... just on another level tip...

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Posted 15 years ago #

you smoke dodo? said:
Mix Master Mike for me... just on another level tip...

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....Coooooooooz nobody can do it like Mix Master can, C'MON!!
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I got the Dee double O, dee double O style, and here we go again because it's been awhile, 2 million people don't touch that dial, I rock from manhattan to the miracle mile...

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Posted 15 years ago #

DJ Skully is.... Crazy skills there.

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Posted 15 years ago #

Haha yes!!

What Skully set did you watch?

I've got an old Vestax comp vid like 10 years old and he's on it and has curtains with an undercut hehe.
He's badass there too.

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Posted 15 years ago #

hes got a nice smooth flow on this one, the crazy backwards with scratchin is prett damn good, i just you tubed em and loads come up, the DMC ones are the best filmed tho,

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Posted 15 years ago #

I dont really know any Djs=\ man im so musically un educated. seriously
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The X-Men are one of the greatest DJ crews. Sure the Invible Skratch Pickles were sick technical skill wise but what the X-men used to do was phenomenal. They turned turntables into instruments. Their routines were classic. Out of all of them, Rob Swift is my favorite. He had a routine during a battle with the Invisble Skratch Pickles where he cut up Common's Resurrection remixes. Looped up a part of the beat live and scratched over it. Then did something where he started the record over, walked away, pointed to the turntable and the song played. I was stupefied at that...yes, its all timing, but in a battle or showcase, that stuff gets the crowd going.

But, you can't just classify one as the greatest DJ. Greatest turntablist? Greatest battler? Greatest blender? etc.
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Posted 15 years ago #

jeff is da man! he's a true turntable wizzard.
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Posted 15 years ago #

I hear ya Eso.

That pointing thing sounds wicked, where did you see that?
I had 'Scratch' delivered yesterday. I think I may watch it tonight.

As a side note to DJ Crews I think C2C are pretty nifty.
I dont think people can argue against turntables as instruments after watching a few of their World conquering sets.

As for Greatest and what this means...
I am picking mine on the ones who have brought me the greatest enjoyment time and time again.

Whether it be in a sweaty barn at 3am on a weekend in October and they've just dropped my tune of the moment or if I'm sitting comfortably at home being amazed by a DMC dvd or driving round the middle of Salisbury blasting one of their mixes on CDs looking like a 'tard or going to see them play in a local club and them rocking it or bumping a tape from a rave from like 12 years ago and LOVING IT!

DJ Hype
DJ Friction
Andy C
DJ Zinc
DJ Brockie
Shy FX

Also all of these dudes, especially the ones in bold make excellent music and pretty much all of them run a label or have done. And they have like 90+ years in the buisness between them and thats pretty much at the top of their game too. So that helps in the choosing.

I also appreciate the skills needed to do the mad sh!t that Mix Master Mike can do so the DJ needs to have a certain level of skill. Whether it be mad technical like Skully, funky like Dopey, the eurostyles of the french or the crazy funky party vibes from the Japanese.
Then the DJs within in this that bring their own styles such as Asian Hawk.

At the end of the day the point of a DJ is to entertain, to get people dancing and enjoying themselves.
That is exactly what these DJs have done for me over many years and hopefully many years to come.

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Posted 15 years ago #

I'll see if I can find it on the youtubes tonight.

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