Hype: the scratchmaster of the world?

[robgiff]

After hearin the mixmag volume he mixed to his usual stunnin standard with one broken (gold) 1210 mk 2 and his phenomenal scratchin on Playaz4real im beginnin to think he is the scratchmaster of the world... Wot do u think?? Does anyone else compare??

[jonnyplaya]

ive got one word, Craze

[mystic]

plus one

[Noisema]

He's the best of all galaxiesthat exist!!

[depth]

hes probably not the best but hes got to be up there at the top.. hes still my fave dj of all time though - check out his video at http://www.breakbeat.co.uk

[vibetrustee]

i think,in the drum&bassscene they could scratch with their dick,with their eggs,whatever,hype got the roots,hype was dmc-champion (under the name"doctor k).hype is 4 me definetily(and will ever be in this life)the king of the jungle(includin'scratchin 2 this music.).i think respectin'the rootz is very important and a good character-...hmhmhm.sorry my english is not perfect(who is...),don't know the word for it.character-ability???i think u know what i mean,peace

[jonnyplaya]

until uve seen craze mixin and scrathcin to d+b (as i have), i recon hype is = but seriously CRAZE is a technical genius, he isnt 3 times world champ for nothing (allthough yes i know what the fuck does "world champ mean")

[mystic]

craze is the next generation, alongside plus one,qbert, invsbl skratch pikls etc.........
thats where its at for scratching

[jimi jungle]

dj marky - him scrath bodyrock on bodyrock and sratch anything on anything and its just ruff.

[mystic]

Originally posted by jimi jungle
dj marky - him scrath bodyrock on bodyrock and sratch anything on anything and its just ruff.

sort it out i aint heard of him dunno if anyone can put me right, and wots scrath bodyrock on bodyrock is it a sexual transmited disease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spectraz]

Originally posted by mystic
craze is the next generation, alongside plus one,qbert, invsbl skratch pikls etc.........
thats where its at for scratching

I have to agree with Mystic on this one... Hype is a good dnb dj and scratcher though...

[Spectraz]

I haven't heard all of Hype's skills... So I could be wrong.
Anyway, i was thinking in those terms when we compared him with other turntabalists.

[jonnyplaya]

Originally posted by mystic

thats where its at for scratching

where is it at for scratching?

what is the difference between them? im baffed

[mystic]

them dj`s have invented alot of the new scratches, which i have never heard hype perform, these are the 1 click flare, 2 click flare, 3 click flare, crabs, these are the main new ones, basically it comes down to crossfader manipulation as the fingers are used alot more and the scratch starts with the fade open and not closed like how hype scratches, its hard to explain without sound but beleive me these dj`s are taking scratching to a new level, a good site to see them is www.battlesounds.com

[SpinThis!]

Hype's techniques are dated (ie he basically does transforms, chirps, and tears), but he's so smooth and that gives him a major edge. Definately my favorite DnB DJ, but as a stand-alone scratchmaster, others are better. But he does the best scratching over DnB as far as that is concerned. I mean you can pull as many flares, crabs, chirps and tears out in a set, but if your programming is crap and the crowd just isn't feelin it, what good are you? A lot of good turntablists are good technically, but they just can't hold people's attention span for more than 10 minutes. Hype says he does his best sets when he can go for 2 or 3 hours at a time.

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Dave

[DJ-Stylus]

Sorry - hype is a good scratcher but I could write a list a mile long of better scratchers!

Hype has been doing the same patterns since I can remember and normally the same samples aswell.

All you normally here these days are tweaks of that screech sample.

[jonnyplaya]

Originally posted by mystic
them dj`s have invented alot of the new scratches, which i have never heard hype perform, these are the 1 click flare, 2 click flare, 3 click flare, crabs, these are the main new ones, basically it comes down to crossfader manipulation as the fingers are used alot more and the scratch starts with the fade open and not closed like how hype scratches, its hard to explain without sound but beleive me these dj`s are taking scratching to a new level, a good site to see them is www.battlesounds.com

cheers, I feel educated.

[mystic]

doctor k or hype dont hold any DMC titles, phone them and check if you want, but anyway a dj dont get to the level of peforming flares and crabs without having expression and that after all is what its all about, if a dj can do these skills then without a shadow of a doubt he can rock the dance floor, coz these skills take comitment and experience to perform.
i have got the upmost respect for hype, but things are moving on, he is the grandmaster for scratching to dnb, but dnb is now a global thing and other influences are now entering the equation, in the last world DMC comp, dnb tunes were used and world champions are starting to ocasionaly play dnb, ie CRAZE.
i think this aint a bad thing coz turntablists are keeping the decks alive and without them they would have died a long time ago, but along with them they bring cutting edge techniques, and because hype is a dnb dj/producer he aint on par with these skills, but now things are starting to merge and i think its a good thing.
i aint trying to dis hype, i see him as the grandmaster flash of dnb and he is a great dj, but alot of people see him as the be all and end all of the scratch dj which aint true and people who think like that aint really got an open mind. PEACE

[DJ NUGGS]

You can't go and say that one is better than the other, because they (HYPE & Craze) work on different levels....Craze is a turntablist no matter what soundz he spins. Wax manipulation is his forte. Hype, however, is the fukkin jungle DON, a pioneer Dj for this beautiful sound. He may not be as tek a scratcher as Craze, but he was scratchin the jungle beats long before Craze had even heard this sound, and putting jungle mixes together that make me mess my droors. They are both innovators of theur own styles, nuff said.