DJ 8-Ball's FIRST battle! 1992 Solano County скачать в хорошем качестве

DJ 8-Ball's FIRST battle! 1992 Solano County

Technically it was my 2nd battle. However, this was the first time I used the name DJ 8-Ball. Since I came in 1st I guess I was stuck with that name! LOL The judges were none other than DJ Q-bert, Mixmaster Mike and Apollo. Unlike the haters at the time, they didn't see my routine as a bite. Instead, they saw it as an evolution to the next level of test tone skratching. I actually did call Q-bert a few weeks before asking that if doing a test tone would be considered a bite. His response was "If you do something differently, it's not considered a bite." The same was for the little scratching the needle across the record trick at the end. My version was to have the record sideways and actually manipulate the tone arm up and down, like strumming a guitar. Different enough? Apparently a lot of people didn't think so. Finally, there was the failed attempt to run an extension wire on the head shell of one turntable and manually place that needle on the other turntable. The idea was to have two needles playing on one record, thus you would hear two different tracks of the same record at the same time. It didn't work in this battle but it did work in the 1992 US DMC Battle. Also, the Philippines DMC team did it their routine, maybe a year after this. Back then, I was heavily influenced by not just them, but the whole European "speed" style that was running rampant in the DMC's of that time. Slapping the cross fader back and forth and "looking" like you're actually working (...you're not). I can definitely say, "I didn't know any better back then!" LOL The mixer I used was a rare Stanton battle mixer. The actual model escapes me but it was one of the smallest mixers released at the time and featured extremely short length up faders and a very short length cross fader. The thing was so small and lightweight I had to tape it down to stop it from moving around the table! As for my routine sigh not exactly the best and mos def not the funkiest. Not even that technical for that matter. But Shortkut actually told me this was one of my best battles saying it had showmanship and confidence plus an evolution of skratching which people didn't understand was an evolution at the time. Taking first place in this battle domino affected my DJ career, and in a sense the DJ world. Enjoy. Or not. LMFAO