Recommend me some scratchy hip hop

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I need to buy a present for someone who likes Rahzel, Q-bert, Jurassic 5, Pharcyde. (He's not strictly undie though.) Are there any good new albums that feature some mad turntable skillz? Please help me look cooler than I am, ILM.

― bnw (bnw), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 02:16 (twenty-three years ago)

"ancient termites" Phonosycograph Disk

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 02:22 (twenty-three years ago)

You might try something from the Deep Concentration series. They're a few years old but feature everybody from the Cut Chemist and DJ Spooky to DJ Wally and Rob Swift. Mostly instrumental turntablist compilations.

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 03:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Portishead

― Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 03:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Z-Trip and Radar, Live at the Future Primitive Soundsession, Volume 2 is likewise somewhat older (c. 1999) but has some of the finest scratching I've ever heard in recorded form.

I love the Deep Concentration series, particularly 2. I love the Mass Influence song "Demo Type Shit."

― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 04:41 (twenty-three years ago)

He loves Cut Chemist & dj z-trip as well. I'll check those out. Danke.

― bnw (bnw), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 04:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Vol 1. of Live at the Future Primitive Soundsession (1998) is Cut Chemist but I have not heard it.

― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 04:59 (twenty-three years ago)

X-ecutioners

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 05:43 (twenty-three years ago)

the new d-styles album "phantazmagorea" is the best scratch album ever made.

www.djdstyles.com

― guy, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 06:20 (twenty-three years ago)

get the Presage album by Mr. Dibbs and Jel.

― chad (chad), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 08:08 (twenty-three years ago)

give them some uk garage instead

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 08:23 (twenty-three years ago)

the isolationist on Jazz Fudge made by DJ Vadium and Beans and some other guys

― monstatruk, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 13:07 (twenty-three years ago)

no but seriously, d-styles - phantazmagorea is seriously what i think you're looking for--pure multitracked turntablism. download it on soulseek or something.

― guy, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 18:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll advise you the same thing as Guy: Phantazmagorea. A true album, not a 60-minute-long scratch demo full of special tricks you can't get if you're not a turntablist yourself. But you gotta know it's not an "uplifting" LP at all, it has nothing to do with party-rap scratching style, it's more like D-Styles is raping helpless pieces of wax with his turntables. The whole atmosphere slightly reminded me of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. If your friend likes Little Johnny by CoFlow, he'll probably worship Phantazmagorea.

― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)

"the new d-styles album "phantazmagorea" is the best scratch album ever made."

best turntabalist album ever.

i'd also recommend j-rocc live at the sex machine. not a turntabalist album, per see, but a mix of classic hip hop, jazz, reggea, rare groove, etc...performed live (and yes, there are some minor flaws), but very enjoyable.

― S>C>, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 19:29 (twenty-three years ago)

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