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?
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.
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)?
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.
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?
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turntablism
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.
I would like to experiment with turntablism, and I have no shortage of crappy old record players around here. How were they originally modified?
I need to know where I could figure out more about turntablism.
Lyricism?
Production?
Turntablism?
Which of the three aspects do you think has advanced the farthest since the beginning of hip hop?
i've been really into turntablism for a while, i love kid koala and qbert especially, and i want to get into doing it myself. whats a good (fairly cheap?) turntable set to get? where do i get them? what are some good records to start with? any advice? thanks 
I have have been listening to some turntablism lately, artists like sweatshop union, I would like to discover some more turntablism any artists?
The way I see it,I've seen and heard it all when it comes to DJs in hip-hop. Now,in turntablism, we all know the basics-scratching,mixing,backspinning,beat juggling,and the most advanced of all-body tricks. Turntablism has played a very important role in hip-hop. Today,I have came across something new,and that is experimental noise turntablism,which leads me to this question-what is the difference between hip-hop DJs and experimental noise DJs? I know that the hip-hop DJs scratch and mix for turntablist battles. As for experimental noise DJs, I would figure these DJs would mess up the mix and the song by making silly sounds on the turntables,just by fooling around with the records-and not doing a serious DJ mix. Noise music is something I would like,especially when I would record myself switching channels on the radio,place the cassette in my tape recorder,and mess around with the speed control to see how the music sounded when it's warped or distorted. And then I would constantly press the rewind,play,and fast-forward buttons to make it sound like turntables. I think that experimental noise DJs would make their mix sound like a broken tape recorder that is eating up the tape. But then again,I could be wrong. So,please tell me,what's the real scoop behind this new sound of music?