New third installment of the Adventures of Roc Raida video series (first time on DVD), and it's Roc's best production yet, official documentary style. Includes special performances, tour footage and behind the scenes, featuring guests like Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, Jay-Z, A-Trak, Lord...
expand review Finesse, Boogie Blind, and others. Bonus features is where it's really at with a complete What FM video show with loads of comedy by Lord Sear and crew, mini-tutorials, and much much more. Also includes a second audio disc of a What FM mix featuring new tracks from Dilated Peoples, Scram Jones, Killa Sha, and more What FM comedy. -the mgmnt
This is like the Endless Summer of scratch videos. It follows D-Styles, Ricci Rucker, Mike Boogie, Toadstyle, and Excess as they "embark on a journey along the US West Coast showcasing a new style of music performed entirely with turntables." And they...
expand review ain't lying. In addition to the phenomenal performances, the video captures the candid tour moments like city montages and insightful tour van blurbage. It really manages to transcend your typical DJ video, and gets to the gut of their mission. The same filming/editing team behind D-Style's Night At The Knitting Factory also produced this one, and the end product is extraordinary. It's less a video and more like a professional documentary with skilled editing and artistic filming. Bonus footage includes: studio sessions, explanation and performance of "Lally," and a Gunkhole (djs and live drummer) performance. 90 minutes plus. Recommended. This almost makes me want to pick up scratching again (but not quite). -the mgmnt
Line-up: QBert, Supa Dave, Trajik, Sugarcuts, Impereal, Excess, IXL, Big Wiz, Marz1, Rukas, Dummy, Rob Swift, plus QBert and Rob Swift jam session, and DXT's special QBert announcement. -the mgmnt
Featuring Z-Trip trick mixing and blending; Radar pedal sampler skratch track building; 5th Platoon (Roli, Neil Armstrong, Kandi, Daddy Dog) battling each other; Rob Swift, Mista Sinista, and new X-prot'g' Precision; Mr. Dibbs and T-Rock tag team, Mysterio magic routines. Plus a...
expand review visual demonstration of the Turntablist Transcription Methodology by Rob Swift where he translates the onscreen notation into skratches. Also a excerpt from Hop-Fu, the Carluccio, Excess, and Ixl collaboration of live skratch scoring to the kung fu movie "Prodigal Son." High quality video produced and directed John Carluccio. -the mgmnt
Finally, a documentary on the original architects of hip-hop - the producers. Through interviews conducted by Mathematics, legendary producers such as Marley Marl, Primo, Pete Rock, RZA, Kanye, Just Blaze, Havoc, Swizz Beatz, Alchemist, Trackmasters, Easy Mo Bee, 45 King, Prince Paul,...
expand review Salaam Remi, Ski Beats, D-Dot, and Rocwilder tell the story of the producer first hand with tons of inside anecdotes, tidbits, and words of wisdom. Learn the details of Marley Marl's crucial discovery of sampling kicks and snares from old James Brown records, RZA's first drum machine (which was actually a stolen 606 courtesy of ODB!), David Banner's theories of production, Alchemist's theories on success and lasting in the game, and more. This is a truly insightful DVD and necessary viewing for anyone producing beats or thinking about getting into making beats. It's kind of like breaking bread with all these great producers in your living room. 66 minutes long. Recommended. -snackmaster
The newest project from Mochilla brings the heat of Brasil straight to your tube via the lens of B+ and the Mochilla crew. If you ever wondered what vacationing in Brasil is like, how about with funk drum legends (Paul Humphries...
expand review and James Gadson), LA DJ giants (Madlib, Babu, J-Rocc, and Cut Chemist), along with legendary Brasilian percussionists (Wilson Das Neves, Derf Reklaw, and Joao Parahyba)? This is the follow up to their Keepintime project which was I first saw opening up the DJ Shadow show in SF, but this time the jam is much more epic. Join the whole crew as they tour through Brasil, go shopping for the rarest of Brasilian records, inside practice sessions, Madlib beat making live, J-Rocc rocking his patented mix style, and the legends of Brasil and Funk dropping heavyweight gems in personal interviews and photo shoots. The climax is of course the Brasilintime jam where everyone is riffing and jamming with each other. The bonus disc includes more jams including exclusive footage of Madlib killing a trap set like a true jazzman. A must have for true beat heads and wax fiends everywhere. 2 disc DVD with more than 2 hours of footage. -Cmish
Revised edition of the infamous "Brainfreeze" live mix - Shadow and Cut Chemist's insane Double Dare stunt of a mix in which the two catch wreck on strictly rare funk 45's. New DVD features scenes from the Future Primitive 45...
expand review sessions in Frisco, home footage of rehearsals, highlights from supporting DJ's Dante, Nu-Mark, and Z-Trip, never before seen interview with O-Dub, Chemist and Shadow detailing the origins of the Freeze phenomenon, full audio commentary from Chemist and Shadow, and plenty, plenty more. Over 1.5 hours of viewing time plus deluxe packaging. -the mgmnt
Get your vinyl fetishes rejuvinated, 'cause it's the latest and grandest chapter of the Shadow and Cut Chemist trilogy. While Brain Freeze and Product Placement took place in small intimate settings, this is the straight Hollywood Bowl we're talking about. The showdown...
expand review is documented in crisp digital sound, with 17 cameras, and three audience mics, which makes this their biggest production yet. It also comes beautifully packaged with a double packaged DVD, three-fold inner package including a 40 page booklet of production pictures and behind the scenes by B+. The bonus features and snippets also take you into the studio with Cut and Shadow, documenting their entire production from the inital phone call to laborious mixing and scratching sessions. The original red die-cut versions of the Hard Sell Mix CD is already sold out indefinitely. So I'd swoop before this one follows suit. -C'mish
After a couple years, and numerous bootlegs, Shadow & Cut Chemist have finally issued some legitimate items to the public at large. This set includes both the Product Placement DVD and the original Product Placement audio CD. The DVD is all you...
expand review could hope for- extremely well made, quality filming techniques and cleverly put together. The 60 minute Product Placement routine is presented by splicing together the best moments of shows from at least 7 different cities (LA, SF, NYC, Tokyo, London, Manchester, Glasgow, etc), which makes for a much more interesting document than just a straight set in one city. They also pepper the performance with footage of off-stage action, record store hunting (hello Makoto and Weekend Records!), Keb Darge being a crazy motherfucker, Tokyo hotel room record trading, and more. I'm impressed. That would probably be enough, but they also include a second performance montage: Around The World In 14 DJs, which is basically footage of all the guys who opened up for them. Shortkut, Nu-Mark, Dante Carfagne, Z-Trip, Skatemaster Tate (!), Egon, Marvski, Keb Darge, etc all playing strictly 45s! True nerds can also watch the whole thing with commentary from Shadow & Cut (it's actually quite amusing); and don't forget that the package also includes the Product Placement audio cd. Quite a bargain. The DVD is Region 1 (NTSC) encoded. Bonus product placement: Cut Chemist sweating through one of our logo t-shirts in Glasgow! -the mgmnt
Oh yeah, scratch fiends. It's the DMC world championships from last year fool! You already know that this is the Olympics of turntablism bringing together the world's best DJ's and if you thought it was dead, you obviously haven't been keeping up....
expand review These DJ's are disgustly good and the information age has just made them that much more technical and skillful. You probably haven't heard of Turntable ninjas such as DJ Yasa, DJ Fly, and DJ Rafik but after one watch, I doubt you'll forget. 11 routines total, plus the elimination rounds! This is truly the highest honor and a spectacle not to be missed.
-C'mish
DMC's Champions vol.2 DVD features the World Championship winning routines from 1995-2000 including Roc Raida, Noise, ATrak, and Craze (3x Champ). Bonus footage is highlighted by a vintage 88 Cash Money routine, first time on video. Cash uses the pre-Jazzy Jeff Gemini...
expand review mixer while the stadium (yes, stadium) blows air horns. Additional bonuses include Noise competing at the 2000 Supremacy Battle, Raida showcasing in 2001 at the Phoenix DMC, Craze showcasing at the 2001 Puerto Rico DMC, and Atrak showcasing at the 2002 Atlanta DMC. -the mgmnt
The most epic of all DMC jams is the turntable summit that brings the best DMC champions of a decade together for the ultimate scratch jam. This one takes the span of two decades giving you turntable summit one(1996) and two(2006) featuring...
expand review names like Craze, Q-Bert, A-Trak, Noize, Kentaro, Netik, Roc Raida, Cash Money, Netik, and Cutmaster Swift together for sick solo routines and team freestyle sessions. If you're a fan of the turntable arts, this is truly a milestone in DJ history and not to be missed. -C'mish
You gotta appreciate when people run with their ideas. B+ is doing the all-out Ben Johnson roid sprint with his. Pairing DJs with the drummers who inspired them is such a simple, powerful idea. Having them play together, capturing it on film,...
expand review and traveling across the world with them makes it spectacular. This audio-visual bonanza captures the first domestic leg of Keepintime on a 2 disc set. The first disc is a DVD featuring the original documentary, a complete live performance, audio commentary with the drummers, DJ Shadow's "Midnight In a Perfect World" video, and several other bonus features. The second disc is an audio CD featuring remixes of the tracks used in the film. 11 tracks in all by DJ Shadow, Ammon Contact, Cut Chemist, NuMark, King Britt, Nobody, Daedulus, JRocc and more. Collector quality deluxe fold out packaging by Soap Design. What more can I say? Recommended. All zone DVD. Subtitles in Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese. -the mgmnt
Scratch DJ and multimedia master Mike Relm follows up his Suit Yourself DVD with an over-the-top audio/video extravaganza. If you keep up with Relm at all, you know that he's a scratch fiend that will never draw the line when it comes...
expand review to stuff that is too crazy. This time he adds DVDJ's into the mix for a whole new experience. Watch him catch wreck on samples from Office Space, Napoleon Dynamite, Bjork, Led Zeppelin, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, pretty much anything else you remember from growing up. It's jaw droppingly funny watching these clips get "scratched" in a way never seen before, similar to the effect of when you're a kid and keep rewinding the funny parts in a movie until you pee your pants. There are also two pairs of 3-D glasses included for in between skits where Mike's trying to escape insane killer clowns. Will he end up chopped into mice meat? Add to cart to find out. It's a 2DVD set, with a PG and R version which are basically the same thing, just one doesn't have any dirty jokes or "violence." Big fold-out poster also included. -C'mish
The king of graffiti movies, Style Wars is a straight documentary on the artists and movement that was taking place in New York City, circa 1982. Because it was done at the exact right moment, Style Wars features incredible shots of running...
expand review trains, interviews with some of the most revered writers and the genuine feeling of what hip hop was really all about- but it•s much more than nostalgia. It hits the goal that any good documentary hopes to achieve: absolute reality and a truth which is more interesting and amazing than any fiction. They obviously sympathize with the artists, but the directors do an excellent job presenting the whole picture of what was happening. Other than artists and bombers like Seen, Cap, Mare, PJ, Zephyr, Revolt and the amazing Case, they also take time for the Rock Steady Crew and a bit of b-boy history, Mayor Koch, two heads from the MTA, parents, subway riders, early graffiti art gallery patrons and more. Watching it today and the whole film sparkles dead right, the perfect time-capsule for an era of change, energy and creation that will never happen again. A must have. -the mgmnt
The most in-depth documentary look into turntablism since Battlesounds. Includes bonus special features second disc.
• Color, Widescreen version of the entire feature film, and the theatrical trailer!
• A massive Dolby Digital 5:1 (surround) theatrical soundmix!
• Favorite sequences that didn't make the final...
expand review cut, including additional interviews with DJ Jazzy Jeff, Cash Money, DJ Shadow, Afrika Bambaataa, and DJ Premier and more!
• A private lesson filmed with DJ Z-Trip on "How to Rock a Party"(with tips on digging, mixing, blending, and a live demo of the the ending mix in SCRATCH)!
• A do-it-yourself scratching lesson with DJ Qbert (from his DVD)!
• Commentary by Director Doug Pray and Producer Brad Blondheim...
• Excerpts from John Carluccio's acclaimed "Battle Sounds" documentary...
• Sneak Attack: a selection from Qbert's "Wave Twisters"(the movie)...
• A sound-to-score scratch transcription ("Battle Sounds")...
• Artist and crew bios, weblinks, and a color fold-out poster... -the mgmnt
Full coverage from the huge annual Mid West b-boy, emcee, deejay, graf festival. The 2 day event features both expos and battles for all elements (I hate that word) and has become quite a tradition, drawing talent and fans from around the...
expand review world. This year features footage of mid-west faves Slug, Dibbs, Sage Francis, Skandal, DJ Swuint, Mac Leathal, DJ Kiko, the b-boy/b-girl battle staged by Cros One of Freestyle Sessions fame, dj battle footage, and more. -the mgmnt
A Great Day in Turntablism says it all. Invited DJs perform in groups (and sometimes individually) according to styles. Funky Slow: Dstyles, Relm, Precyse, Babu. Technical Power: Qbert, Melo-D, Mike Boogie, Radar. Crazy style: Klever, Infamous, Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts. Jugglers: Roli...
expand review Rho, Total Eclipse, Roc Raida, Ptrix. Next School: Dopey, Spictacular, Supa Dave, Pump. 90 minutes. -the mgmnt
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