I've really wanted to start DJ'ing in turntablism after being inspired by one of my idols in music, DJ Shadow, but I have no equipment, no experience and no know how. Whats the best (and cheapest) starting pieces of equipment I should use, and how can I learn quick and easily?

Recently I really got interested in Turntablism so I looked a few stuff up, a friend of mine suggested Technics 1200 turntable(Which is about 575$) and Technics SH EX1200 mixer(200$-300$) but what I'm wondering is, I will be needing a second turntable right lol? I don't really think I can afford all of that lol. Any suggestions or advices guys?

* Acid rap
* Alternative hip hop
* Christian hip hop
* Comedy hip hop
* Conscious hip hop
* Contemporary R&B**
* Country-rap
* Crunk
* Crunk&B
* Electro music*
* Freestyle music
* Freestyle rap
* Funk carioca
* G-Funk
* Gangsta rap
* Ghetto house
* Ghettotech*
* Grime*
* Hardcore hip hop
* Hip hop soul***
* Hip house
* House music*
* Horrorcore
* Hyphy
* Instrumental hip hop
* Jazz rap
* Mafioso rap
* Merenhouse*
* Neo soul
* Nerdcore hip hop
* New jack swing
* Pop-rap**
* Political hip hop
* Ragga
* Rap opera
* Rap rock
* Snap music
* Turntablism

Examples

* Acid rap
* Alternative hip hop
* Bounce music
* Christian hip hop
* Conscious hip hop
* Contemporary R&B**
* Country-rap
* Crunk
* Dirty rap and Pornocore
* Electro*
* Electro-hop*
* Freestyle music
* Freestyle rap
* Funk carioca
* Game-Hop
* Gangsta rap
* Ghetto house
* Ghettotech*
* Ghettotronic
* Grime*
* Hardcore hip hop
* Hip hop soul***
* Hip house*
* Horrorcore
* Instrumental hip hop
* Jazz rap
* Mafioso rap
* Merenhouse*
* Neo soul
* Nerdcore hip hop
* New jack swing
* Pop-rap**
* Rap metal
* Rap rock
* Rapcore
* Swing hip-hop (SWAP)
* Snap music
* Turntablism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hip_hop_genres
LMAO I didn't even know either.

But this is what it means

Dirty rap, also known as booty rap, porn rap, or sex rap, is a subgenre of hip hop music that contains lyrical content revolving mainly around sex and sexual subjects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornocore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game-Hop

RHH:
What are your top 3 Celph Titled songs?
Chino XL?
Luis Logic?
Snoop Dogg?
What is an album classified as experimental hip hop that you like?
Do you consider a turntablism album a hip hop album?
What is your favorite instrumental hip hop album?

NRHH:
Sour candy or chocolate?
What do you look for in the opposite gender?
Say you have a newborn baby, what do you want it's first words to be?

Black people at emceeing?

Latinos at b-boying?

Asians at turntablism?

Is there anything with asking a question like this?
*anything wrong.

Penguin, you must have read something that I didn't write. Where do I say all Black people are good at rapping?
Buenos dias, NMD. How are you?

Mechanical, I wasn't aware that graf writing was a big thing in the Jewish urban youth culture. If it is, then by all means, add it to the list.
I guess this JC is not the omniscient one.

Thank you, SoulStar.

and don't even talk about that "pillar" shit, because you same motherfvcers who say that shit are the same ones that talk ish about dancing and u know u don't tag

but really, how often do you hear a scratch break on a song or even a whole album these days? even in the underground?
t just seems like turntablism has become it's own entity.
and there's no reason to make beats using turntables anymore/
i live in fucking arkansas. there's not gonna be many hip hop events like you're thinking of

Simply because...(and correct me on this, I'm no hip hop historian).

Hip hop was initially turntablism and breaking...But people make out like the first and second waves of MC's were super lyrical and had nothing but socially and politically charged lyrics.

To me..That's like saying Rock and Roll started with Progressive Rock or that Jazz started with Free Jazz..

Lastly...Is it me or do the majority of the "Bring Back The 90's!" brigade seem like they weren't even alive in hip hop's "Golden Age".?

Where do hip hop's roots stem from (TO YOU)? and what type of hip hop best represents the genre?

Alright, so... I'm reading about Turntablism and the 2001 movie Scratch on wikipedia. I get what a DJ is and an MC is, one being the person that runs the tracks, the other being the announcer for events...yes i get that. What i don't understand is their comparative existence in rap. For instance, DJ QBert vs MC Hammer. I understand they're just names...but there has to be a more ontological reason for either being a "DJ __" or MC ___. Is one supposed to be analogous (maybe even homologous) to the producer and the other analogous (maybe homologous here as well) to the Singer, or rock star, or whatever you want to call it?

I hope my fusion of geekiness and love of rap wasn't too obvious.

Why isn't there more respect for turntablism and breakdancing?

These two elements were what basically started hip hop in the first place - the isolation of the breakbeat took off the way it did because the b-boy crews loved it.

So why isn't there more love for these things, especially breakdancing?

Can we really talk about innovators in hip hop without mentioning them - why or why not? And at what point did these elements start to be left behind (I know they're still out there and some people love them, but I'm talking in general)?

Just listened to a DJ Q-Bert album, it was actually sick, and most of time i dont listen to songs/albums that are strictly instrumental. Anyone have any recommendations?

Okay, there's so many!!!! I didn't even know that. Hah, I thought it was only like, house, club, techno, electronic and that's it. Ugh, but there's so much more!! Okay, here's what I need..
Ambient
Ambient dub
Ambient house
Chillout
Dark ambient
Dronology
Illbient
Lowercase
New Age
Psybient
Sub Dub
Breakbeat/Breaks
Anthem breaks
Baltimore breaks
Big beat
Breakcore
Broken beat
Cut & paste
Florida breaks
Grime
Nu skool breaks
Progressive breaks
Raggacore
Disco
Euro disco
Italo disco
Spacesynth
Synthpop
Downtempo/IDM
Acid jazz
Balearic Beat
Bitpop
Chiptune
Minimal Electronica
Glitch
Nu jazz
Trip Hop (aka The Bristol Sound)
Turntablism
Electronic art music
Berlin School
Electroacoustic
Electro
Electro bass
Electroclash
Electropop
Eurodance
Indietronica
Miami bass
Hardcore
4-beat
Bouncy techno
Breakbeat hardcore
Digital hardcore
Freeform hardcore
Gabber
Gabber house
Happy hardcore
Hardcore techno
Makina
Nu style gabber
Rave music
Speedcore
Terrorcore
Trancecore
UK Hardcore
House
2Step
Acid house
Chicago house
Chicago hard house
Dark progressive house
Deep house
Eurodance
Electro house
French house
Freestyle house
Funky house
Garage
Ghetto house
Hi-NRG
UK Hard house
Hip house
Italo house
Kwaito
Minimal house/Microhouse
Pumpin' house
Progressive house
Tribal house
Tech house
Industrial
Aggrotech
Christian industrial
Coldwave
Dark electro
Darkwave
Electronic body music
Futurepop
Industrial techno
Martial music
Neofolk
Noise music
Power noise
Technoid
Jungle music/Drum and Bass
Clownstep
Darkcore
Darkstep
Drill n bass
Drumfunk
Hardstep
Jump-Up
Liquid funk
Neurofunk
Oldschool jungle
Ragga jungle
Techstep
Trancestep/Electrostep
Techno
Acid techno
Assymetric techno
Detroit techno
Electroclash
Freetekno
Ghettotech
Hard techno
Jtek
Minimal techno
New beat
Nortec
Rave music
Schranz
Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass
Wonky techno
Trance
Acid trance
Classic trance
Dream trance
Euro-Trance
Electro trance
Hard trance
Hardcore trance
Hardstyle
Jumpstyle
Nu-NRG
Progressive trance
Tech trance
Tribal trance
Vocal trance
Uplifting trance
Psychedelic trance
Goa trance
Dark psytrance
Melodic psytrance
Metallic psytrance
Nitzhonot
Progressive psytrance
Psytechno
South African psytrance
Suomisaundi
British psytrance
Please try your best to give me as much as you can, at least two per each!!<33 MUCH LOVE.~ ;D

hip- hop culture has 5 pillars: emceeing (rapping), break dance, graffiti, turntablism and beatboxing.

It has began in the new York city in the 1970s predominantly african Americans and latino Americans, it means that hip hop started out in the inner cities as a form of expression, and fun was part of it: that was the main thing about it, there wasn't really a negative attribute to it, it was just people talking about the environment that they lived and trying to uplift people.

in this days the people (mainly rappers) have characteristics in their dress style because they were dressed sportive clothes and wore stolen jewelry.

The most years of the popularity of the hip hop was in the 90s mainly when rappers like 2pac, dr.dre, snoop dog, jay z and more were a stars in this time, in addition 2pac Was murdered by unknown people in 1996, which influence the hip hop world Immediately later and factor to notorious b.i.g to be murdered by others that probably avenge to killing of 2pac.

Moreover in 90s was developed the southern hip hop, it has more name like a 'dirty south', the dirty be named because this genre was succeed cause the commercialization to the money and not to soul As in the other places.

In spite of all of this there are a lot of good southern urban artists in the south.

In addition Jamaican dance hall reggae become rap because many of the early pioneers ( dj herc) and newer rappers (busta rhymes, notorious b.i.g and redman) in the American rap era are Jamaican immigrants or children of Jamaican immigrants in new York.

One does not have to look very far to see the relationship between the two as we now see rap and dancehall reggae merging. This would not be possible if there were not the similarities as the child is now beginning to return to the parent.

Jamaican dejaying came out of a form a rhyming and talking over music called toasting, on the other hand rapping began as a variation on the toasting.

Many of the artists involved in the birth of the rap in new York were either Jamaican or have Jamaican parentage.

Today beanie man, elephant man and sean paul who are now influencing rap.

Without a doubt Jamaican deejay style was the foundation for American rap music and needs to be recognized as such.

One more genre music that hip hop include is a blues, blues is a style of syncopated jazz that originated from the early lamenting folk music of African Americans and is characterized by the repeated use of flat notes. many of blues fans and artists have gone on record attacking rap, Some have undoubtedly thought their arguments through in detail, but all too many just come off as knee-jerk conservatives, dismissing hip-hop without ever having stopped to listen and give the style a fair chance.

Really want to get out of this house, but my mum wont let me go anywhere on my own ! really want to find a hobby where i can get out of the house and have fun with my friends.

But me saying that, some of my friends let me down =(

I have a job but i don't want to just go to work, school and church, i want more ! I'm soo bored at home, at school there r no clubs so im screwed......

i like : designing clothes ( wanna b a designer when older, I LOVE listening to music, especially electronica (I'm into turntablism lol ) i like animals, i like shopping, and i have a job but i wanna quit (loooong story ) i like to travel but only with familly.

As a fan, How proud are you of turntablism (as a concept) for the genre? It's a technique that hip hop can lay claim to without any argument

I've been learning a lot about it for a little while now,

Share some of your favourite turntablism tracks/videos

1. DJ Babu - Blind Alley (Juggle) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVYvjSyZYRc
2. DJ Roc Raida - Chief Rocka (Juggle) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzdtnF8UCIc

RHH3: Recommend me a turntablism album you think I haven't heard?

linkin park - "cure for the itch" and "session" which both r mr. hahn's solo songs. i basically just want turntablism of that style. NO hip hop!!

techincs 1210mk5
shure m447
turntablism

basicly what I need as a starter

(link for help)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turntablism

I have a Gemini ps-727 dj turntable mixer.
I was wondering... if anyone with DJ experience could answer this question.
I have my headphones plugged into the mixer, but when I'm mixing I can hear on the headphone whatever I do with the crossfader.
Is that normal? Before I got into turntablism I always thought that you were supposed to hear both phono inputs whether the crossfader was moved or not. Is that correct? Or is my mixer working just fine?
Thanks

Typically, it contains street dancing or break dancing, hip hop music or rapping, house or techno music, turntablism, or other activities developed in inner-cities and made popular through commercialization. Hence names for cultural artifacts like urban music could be seen as a new term.

Metrosexualism, goth, emo, gangster...I really don't think they are great at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_culture

Personally I am really not a fan of urban cultures.

and when I say DJ my meaning is with whomever studies and is involved in the arts of Turntablism...

Please recommend me some records that you feel are a good combination of both...or great examples of either.

Also, If you go to gigs...What do you think of Producer live performances?
Morbid - LMFAO. Co-sign. The worst is when one of them tries to over vibe to his own beat and looks drunk. I'm seeing Wax Tailor and DJ Vadim with live bands next week, I'll let you know how it turns out..

I need to know where I could figure out more about turntablism.

some good songs are like
Onyx-Slam
ATCQ-Scenario
Das efx-they want efx
Nas-Hiphop is dead
Mos Def-A Ha
etc...
ones that are produced by DJ Premier or Beat Junkies(Turntablism style)

Or maybe even someone who inspired you to do something...

Who is it and why/what do they inspire you to do?

BQ - What's your favourite Turntablism album that isn't by DJ Babu/World Famous Beat Junkies or Q-Bert/Invisibl Skratch Piklz?