http://oldschoolscholar.com The voice for real Hip Hop culture purists, activists, artists, musicians, producers, beat junkies, fans, DJs, B Boys, Graff Writers, and MCs. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:28:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://oldschoolscholar.com/hip-hop-cassette-tape-scratching/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/hip-hop-cassette-tape-scratching/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:46:20 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1689
The videos you are about to see are prime examples about the ingenuity of the Hip Hop culture. This may be old to some, but to me it is much more as I will soon explain. Enjoy scratch deejaying with tape cassettes!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/hip-hop-cassette-tape-scratching/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/showbiz-studio-producingbronx-beats/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/showbiz-studio-producingbronx-beats/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:43:13 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1687
The Bronx's own Showbiz from the Diggin' In The Crates Crew is in the studio giving a demonstration on his style of beat production. This is original and traditional Golden Age style of Hip Hop music production you can not miss! See it now!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/showbiz-studio-producingbronx-beats/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/wave-twisters-a-45-minute-animated-turntablism-headrush/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/wave-twisters-a-45-minute-animated-turntablism-headrush/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:20:27 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1639
DJ Q-Bert, and some of the Invisibl Skratch Picklz, are dropping audio bombs in this feature animated video spectacle! Click here and gorge on this turntablism head trip for the next 45 minutes. There is much beat juggling fun with surreal visuals to truly put a smile on your face. Check it out!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/wave-twisters-a-45-minute-animated-turntablism-headrush/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/scratch-dj-prodigies-9-and-7-year-old-turntablists/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/scratch-dj-prodigies-9-and-7-year-old-turntablists/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:09:35 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1637
Heads up! We have more young child prodigies absorbing the aesthetics of the Hip Hop culture! How about a 9 year old girl and a 6 year old boy from Japan putting on a scratch DJ clinic. The future belongs to kids like this!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/scratch-dj-prodigies-9-and-7-year-old-turntablists/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/beat-diggin-documentary-for-all-vinyl-junkies-djs-and-beat-makers/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/beat-diggin-documentary-for-all-vinyl-junkies-djs-and-beat-makers/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:57:06 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1624
There is much more work into creating the next great Hip Hop track. People often think you just press a couple of buttons and BAM! The next dope beat has been born! Sorry to disappoint you because it is more painstaking to create the next new flavor in your ear. Take a walk with some of the best underground producers and Hip Hop DJs on the daily life of crate digging.]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/beat-diggin-documentary-for-all-vinyl-junkies-djs-and-beat-makers/feed/ 1 http://oldschoolscholar.com/attention-all-djs-mixcrate-com-has-arrived-for-you/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/attention-all-djs-mixcrate-com-has-arrived-for-you/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:36:22 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1621
DJs can never get enough love out there which is why we are presenting this article about "an innovative and free-community based site for DJs to share their mixes with peers and their fans." Check it out!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/attention-all-djs-mixcrate-com-has-arrived-for-you/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/scratch-watch-the-full-length-feature-documentary-free/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/scratch-watch-the-full-length-feature-documentary-free/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:57 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1604
Scratch, the turntablism documentary about the culture and creativity of the Hip Hop DJ is featured here for your full viewing pleasure. Pull the new jacks to the side and get them to watch the power of the DJ on the set!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/scratch-watch-the-full-length-feature-documentary-free/feed/ 1 http://oldschoolscholar.com/not-my-graveyard-digital-analog-dj-serato/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/not-my-graveyard-digital-analog-dj-serato/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:01:25 +0000 Da Emazing One http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1585
It has been over 25 years since the digital audio revolution began along with the vanishing of analog recording and vinyl records. Many new technologies have been created to pacify DJ's but one man is not having it! Crate digging is still king!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/not-my-graveyard-digital-analog-dj-serato/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/old-school-scholar-mega-mix-one-audio-track-outline/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/old-school-scholar-mega-mix-one-audio-track-outline/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:12:28 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1558
Thanks to the tons of email requests and comments we have been receiving, I called up the megamix creator, GrandSinister Ice, to send us a track outline. In a few days he obliged with a list of 13 segments consisting of 47 tracks layered in Old School Scholar Mega Mix One. This is one hell of a menu!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/old-school-scholar-mega-mix-one-audio-track-outline/feed/ 5 http://oldschoolscholar.com/dj-roc-raida-video-tribute-selections/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/dj-roc-raida-video-tribute-selections/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:00:56 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1536
Due to the passing of Grandmaster Roc Raida, aka Anthony Williams, we are in a more celebratory vibe at Old School Scholar over his excellent contributions to the Hip Hop Culture and turntablism. Let no person's life ever be in vain when they have truly lived it. In the Hip Hop culture, Roc Raida lived it exponentially!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/dj-roc-raida-video-tribute-selections/feed/ 1 http://oldschoolscholar.com/rare-video-of-dj-cheese-1986-dmc-world-dj-champ/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/rare-video-of-dj-cheese-1986-dmc-world-dj-champ/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:49:14 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1463
Check out this rare footage of DJ Cheese at the 1986 DMC DJ Championship! I do not know about you but Cheese is the first scratch DJ to battle for world supremacy!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/rare-video-of-dj-cheese-1986-dmc-world-dj-champ/feed/ 1 http://oldschoolscholar.com/da-sound-of-concrete/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/da-sound-of-concrete/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:59:51 +0000 Da Emazing One http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=718
To all Hip Hop DJs, what is your definition of a hardcore Hip Hop beat? Which rap song that's out right now demonstrates your meaning of a hardcore beat? In my opinion the term hardcore beat has, for some reason, been generalized very loosely. I believe nobody popular today knows what a true hardcore beat sounds like. ]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/da-sound-of-concrete/feed/ 1 http://oldschoolscholar.com/nba/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/nba/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:05:13 +0000 Da Emazing One http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=669
To the up and coming DJs who may be reading this; this one is just for you. Part of being a true school DJ is knowing the fact that music as a whole is universal. ]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/nba/feed/ 1 http://oldschoolscholar.com/seven-minutes-of-potpourri/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/seven-minutes-of-potpourri/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:01:24 +0000 Da Emazing One http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=663
That damn Bloodsucking Corporate Machine! Here I am hired to DJ at one of the biggest jams of my life, and it doesn’t feel right. I mean something is way off! I am playing all of the popular songs, but it smells too good in here! For some reason this crowd likes dancing to this [...]]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/seven-minutes-of-potpourri/feed/ 1 http://oldschoolscholar.com/dmc-world-dj-championship-2008-supremacy-is-up-for-grabs/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/dmc-world-dj-championship-2008-supremacy-is-up-for-grabs/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:43:59 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=654
Mark your calendar on September 26 and 27, Friday and Saturday, for the 2008 DMC World DJ Championship finals in London, England at the Indig02. If you are in the United Kingdom, you already have heard the tickets are sold out by now, but I am sure you know a cousin of a friend’s [...]]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/dmc-world-dj-championship-2008-supremacy-is-up-for-grabs/feed/ 3 http://oldschoolscholar.com/dj-qbert-and-dj-rafik-experiment-with-scratch-drumming/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/dj-qbert-and-dj-rafik-experiment-with-scratch-drumming/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:50:09 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=521
Fresh on YouTube, care of ThudRumble.com, we have turntablists QBert and Rafik having fun with Scratch Drumming. The two infamous DJs wreck shop by "doing an old school trick where they alternate between each other at the ends of each measure." Simply said, these pros are doing what they always do in their zone when rocking the beats. This video was shot while chillin' between takes of the new upcoming DVD Scratchlopedia Breaktannica.]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/dj-qbert-and-dj-rafik-experiment-with-scratch-drumming/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/the-dj-needs-a-pacemaker/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/the-dj-needs-a-pacemaker/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:25 +0000 Da Emazing One http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=517
Image via Wikipedia Don’t you think it’s challenging enough for DJs to cut and scratch with CDs ever since they did away with vinyl? Nowadays, it’s even more of a challenge for DJs to find two songs of different tempos to mix with. Is it me or is it the same non-talented producer making all of [...]]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/the-dj-needs-a-pacemaker/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/for-ex-sample/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/for-ex-sample/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:26:10 +0000 Da Emazing One http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=492
Sampling is not a privilege; it is an art. It should be treated and respected as such. So what ended the sampling era of Hip Hop? I have my theory. So let me share that theory with you and see if you agree or disagree. There are some Hip Hop producers that claim to know [...]]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/for-ex-sample/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/genesis-and-then-there-was-hip-hop/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/genesis-and-then-there-was-hip-hop/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:04:54 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=488
You have to understand. Drums were one of the earliest forms of communication in early civilization. Drums alerted danger, declared victory, express sorrow, and pumped celebration. Without tongues, drums speak more profoundly when words can not be heard. Drums are honest and never sugar coated no matter what studio effect is added to it...and the beat goes on.]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/genesis-and-then-there-was-hip-hop/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/blocked-parties/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/blocked-parties/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:50:29 +0000 Da Emazing One http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=480
Block Parties were part of the foundation for Hip Hop's existence and bringing communities together and squashing bitter rivalries. With the current state of Hip Hop's bastard identity can block parties exist with the same vigor and enthusiasm for peaceful celebration?]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/blocked-parties/feed/ 0