Magazine: DJ TIMES
Title: Them's the Breaks: DJ Times asks Turntablists:
What's Your Desert Island Battle-Breaks Record?
Writer: DJ Chrisis Issue Date: 11.01
We
know, we know, the term "best" is a relative one, especially in the competitive
world of turntablism, And of course, of course we are aware that there are so
many battle records available that you can't swing a power cord without hitting
one. But with varying degrees of weigth recording volume, quality of scratch sentences,
beats (some skip-proof), tones and verbal disses currently available in the bins,
we thought it worthwhile to ask some scratch jocks what in their opinion stands
as the all-time greatest battle-breaks record. In addition, we also thought it
would be helpful to ask turntablists how they're using their more recent battle-breaks
faves in routines and practice. So hear it is, the DJ Times desert island battle
breaks survey... FAUST AND SHORTEE, (The Citizenz, Future Primitive, Space Kadets) ATLANTA
Champ Battle Breaks: Toasted Marshmellow Breaks or Booger Breaks. These have dope scratch sounds, dope beats with a variety of stuff so you don't get bored. Nowadays it's only a few beats and a few sounds, battle records everywhere with fve or six beats and one scratch track. The early Dirtstyle records were some of the first records catered for DJs so they could actually drum by hand. Whole sections of little beat snippets for DJs to drum with. It was dope.
Current Crate Filler: Bully Breaks, Shampoo Breaks, Genious Touch and Toolz of War. These records are made in ways so that peope can scratch in new ways with new and innovative sounds and beats that change up a lot as opposed to just having a constant loop.
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