Slick Rick should have definitely been on my list 
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DJs can stand on their own. I wish there were more modern hip hop acts with turntables, but there are plenty of DJs out there still doing their thing. I could listen to QBert scratch all day. 
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Mixmaster mike is still out there rocking his shit too, I love that he’s so abstract with his sets and albums…
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It has been a big devide a couple times in DJ culture. First it was drum machines and samplers. Then computers and controllers.
Still tho, DJs new or old, I prefer someone who’s more traditional, roots oriented.
I’m old tho, almost 50
Craze still always gets my attention.
One of my favorite posts on YouTube is the Xecutioners vs the Picklz.
Everyone is so in their own lane with their own style at the best they can do. Each DJ is different, but excellent at DJ battles.
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you’re kidding right, I’m probably younger than you… you’re proving my point. you’re not even talking about mic skill, so what part of certified is not even talking about mic skill?
you notice that this conversation never takes place between a lil’ somebody and a kendrick lamar… and do you know why, because if someone did lamar would call that rapper out and embarrass the F out of him… but people are willing to talk about mcs from the generation before lamar because they think it’s safe… see deep down they don’t want it with a real mc that they know will fire back… the whole age thing is a myth coming from the young rappers who can’t rap… and the old rappers who can’t rap… it’s not coming from older or younger rappers who can rap
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Craze is definitely up there too! I’ve also seen some good scratching in the club setting, like DJ Ghost and Frank Nitty scratching over a house/break set.
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A few years back, I saw Qbert at a casino in Louisiana.
The next night he played with Craze a Kool Keith in Dallas.
I wish I would have known about the Dallas show.
It may have not even been advertised
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yeah and I’m not anti technology or modern mixers, etc… 
I’m just talkin about skill, I agree with you that it’s an cultural issue the culture has gone sideways… everyones pretending it’s all about elvis syndrome… I think that’s even why method man is rapping now trying to make the distinction that not only is he older than the people talking shit about him but he can rap better than them too and so far nobody wants the smoke
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I’m somewhere in the middle.
I always have mad appreciation to artist who can bridge the underground with pop and not come off as corny.
Nevertheless I hate most pop music.
Actually I hate most music, I’m extremely picky.
I evolve in a way, but I can sort of still trust that philosophy 
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lol… I love pop music man, all music really, even the rappers who can’t rap music I just don’t confuse artist with no skill with artist who have skill, no matter the art form I just don’t feel the necessity to do that, but I love everything for what it is.
I feel we collectively do a disservice to the art community as a whole when we take of all art forms in the world this particular art form for some reason and celebrate being unskilled while simultaneously claiming that being skilled is passe… It’s feels almost like a fear of the art form itself… yuck
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I saw jazzy Jeff a few years back, and he was amazing, a lot of modern dj’s haven’t got a clue how it was done in the old days, here he is mixing Run DMC
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I got lots of friends like that and always appreciate it. For some reason with music I let myself be as salty as I can be.
I like plenty of music that lacks skill and people would consider trash too.
But I let myself loose on music when I dont like something.
Jazzy Jeff has always been ahead of the curve.
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, I’m the same way, not gonna hold my tongue bout this, plus I’m a young MC so f that
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It’s rad to watch the younger generation appreciate older roots. In a lot of ways they put a spin on something old or lock it down in a fresh way.
It seems one of the things the internet has been good for. Knowledge base.
I see the same thing in skateboarding.
agreed, and the weirdest part of it all is just like skating, in hiphop you used to have to show and prove that you had skill, that you improved on the last man etc… same way with boarding… but now it’s ass backwards, I wasn’t even kidding when I asked so how does one get certified these days if it’s a rapper that can’t rap, that sh*ts weird AF
I love crate digging doesn’t matter to me how one does it either and love to sample so I’ve been informed by so many incredible musical artist/ geniuses and don’t see how anyone could go through crates of records for years and not have an appreciation for great artist and the musical wisdom and skill they possess… I’m literally in awe of musical artistry itself.
On top of giving me oodles of samples to mangle they’ve made me a better musician myself in my own original music… thank god/the universe for musicians who’ve mastered their craft and inspired me with their magic
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I love that part in the documentary “Scratch” where they interview DJ Shadow crate digging in the basement
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one of the illest to do it
but ummm… old school 
ok then show me what you got
“you could do it to if you wasn’t half stupid”
- Edan
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That Trecherous Three mix is SICK
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This one will forever blow my mind
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