That was mad crazy! Let's remember, cassettes NEVER skipped or jumped like records and CDs do, which is why lots of tricky DJs used them. With the Pause and Record buttons, anybody can be their own DJ; who needed radio?(except for recording the songs from). Cassettes were a major force in early Hip-Hop culture, and they deserve the kind of respect that DJ Ramsey shows them.
yo check out @ 4:35 because the camera doesn't show it well but he is using the pause button and the volume knob to create a lot of effects. DJ Ruthless Ramsey is the real deal!
Yeah. I studed electronic un secundary, and the only way to move back and forth a casette tape is push "Not totally" The pause button, for leave a bit the capstain roll from the tape.
this geeza gets 110% maximum respect from me. I have been spinning vinyl for 25 years or more, but scratching cassettes ??? ffsk man you are a star ! 11 out of 10 for that routine, fk the DMC and the serato/cd lamers, to me this is a million times more creative and skillful, bigups man !!!
When someone does something as innovative as this it's cool. When they make it sound good also it's amazing. (not sure if it's been done by others but I'm still impressed!) Triple thumbs up for this guy!
I was aware that was possible as I have been a tape guy for a while and know a fair bit in the mechanical nature of cassette players, but I still salute anybody who can do this, as it is not real easy to do when you first start. this is wicked!!!
Finally YES! This is what I'm talking about... Now imagine 21 tape decks wires to each other to allow BOTH mono track as is LEFT and Right selection over the ability to record mono 2 channels or one channel stereo... And, Control over each tapes motor speed, and to be able to cut and scratch as seen here... While taking masking tap a razor and make my own loop tapes... And now do this in 1979 to 1985 I was ten when I built my own studio from thrown out home equipment... You ROCK
I know how it's done. I did this not as good as a kid... Years ago. LOVE showing people this is possible because no one ever believed it could be done. :)
This can be done.. I used to use a cocktail stick to get a decent backspin effect using tapes.. As for the guys saying there is 'scratching' without using the crossfader, this is achieved by the pause button.. a light press takes the pinch roller off of the capstan, allowing the backspin, a harder press takes the play head off of the tape, allowing the 'crossfading' effect.. Nice one Ruthless!! You sure created some controversy on here!!
Nicely done. It reminded me of a documentary I saw in the late 80s I think. It showed these East German cats (I think) scratching with adapted reel-to-reels because they couldn't get hold of records and shit when the wall was still up. I noticed there is vids on YT of some Latvian kid on the DMC in 1991 (called Mr Tape) His situation was the same. That being said. Glad someone is still experimenting with ideas. Keep it up.
love your style and everything you are awesome. It's me Miss Jackeeyy From CBI and Taco Bell. I'm still here. I hope to see you at a club someday. Sincerely Jacqueline Trimm Syme Hamblen Morrison family bloodline.
@edwardlolinglawrence there is a bunch of reasons.cassettes and vinyl have there own sound...they sound more ´´natural´´ then a mp3 or a cd.they have their own sound charactaristics(hope I spelled that correctly) second...with digital downloads you have no cover no booklet nothing to read or to inform yourself about the music that you are listening to.I could go on an on but I think I´ve made my point very clear already! thanks for your question.
Daaaammmmm!!!! I used to try to mix and make beats with tape decks back in the day, but nothin like that! Wow! U R doin things with the tape deck that i even have trouble with on the turntables! Mad props, cuz with tapes u have no margin for errors! Excellent stuff!!! Hmmmm...I still have some tape decks just sitting around collecting dust.........maybe I'll..........Nah! lol Dj Cas. Lawrence, Kansas
THIS DUDE HAS BEEN PUTTING IN WORK FOR OVER 20 YRS. AND IS THE "ONLY" DJ THAT CAN DO THIS! NOT ONLY THAT HE'S IS SICK ON THE TURNTABLES AS WELL AND TEACHES THE "ONLY" CERTIFIED CREDITED COLLEGE IN THE WORLD!!!! SOME OF Y'ALL NEED TO STOP HATING CAUSE YOU CAN'T DO IT, CAUSE IF YOU THOUGHT IF IT THEN YOU WOULD BE DOIN' IT TOO! THIS IS INNOVATIVE SO QUIT WITH YOUR HATE AND CONGRATULATE! AND HE IS A HUMBLE DUDE AND KNOWS HIS HOP-HOP HISTORY, HOW MANY OF Y'ALL CAN SAY THAT? I DIDN'T THINK SO!!!
wow you are very creative. I actually started djing with tape decks, but i used a pencil eraser to do mostly cueing and stuff, not scratching. TOO DOPE, i wanna get my tape decks on now haha
AZ representin! You've done here what I've been trying to figure out how to do for the longest time. I need to source me some cheap decks and start going crazy. I should do this on some Reel to reels too, its really easy to do it on those, just like spinnin a record.
this is pretty cool, unique, alternative, individual and all that shizznet. but what's the advantage over conventional turntables? (besides that fact that tapes usually sound like crap compared to vinyl)
@TezzAtari yo word man, i used to scratch tape cassettes coz i couldnt afford vinyl turntables either, i didnt have a mixer, but damn i thought i was the only one doing it, i recorded my tape scratches on cd, and im glad i still got the audio with me.
That's Crazy! I heard about people saying they did stuff like this back in the day, but I had no Idea it was possible to do this much with Cassette Tapes.
damn, i thought this was my idea. i got bout 500 cassettes and this old answering machine that holds two tapes... was really excited. you did this well man! Hey, how do you keep the tape from tearing???? i d love to talk to you about this. hit me up. wher eyou live?
no lie...i did this with a screw driver back in the 90s...i have numerous friends who can vouch....you are no doubt much better than i was when i was 13 tho lol
there are special "For DJ use" versions of many songs, some of those cassettes would have only had samples instead of songs, which you can get on vinyl. like for example, there are albums you can get that has a drum and bass roll, and then you have other samples, so you can effectively make your own tunes with what is available live. take a further look into DJ'ing before you make critical comments thank you!
im lost for words...... tha shits amazin!!! i remember mixmaster mike sayin in his documentary tha he used tape decks first, dont think even he saw this comin..
hahaha cant help laughing at your spins! wicked skillz mate ;) i couldnt belive it when i found someone had done this.. i had and idea agez ago of fixin a disc to one of the reels of a tape deck to see if it would scratch... never did it tho lol .. nice vid!!!
ruth1ess ramsey !!! ive seen this near1y a hundred times- s0 rad ,but its ab0ut time an0ther tape mix went up! fu11 1ength 10 mins! the fi1ming and sync is tight, wh0ever put this t0gether - we11 d0ne as we11
why the hell i´m still trying do this with turntables??? Man you are sick !!! This leaves me with a deep trauma, why did i kick out all my cassettes 15 Years ago ???? Why couln´t you show me that before !! LOL , Thats truly inspiring, how did you come up with that ? Big respect from 0711-Stuttgart !!!
YO THIS IS PASTOR M.C.SOLDIER AND THIS IS MY BOY AND HE IS DEFFIANATELY OFF THE CHAIN.THIS WAS ALSO RECORDED VERY LONG AGO SO TO CHECK OUT HIS NEW STUFF YOU MUST COME TO AZ OR BOOK THE HOMIE...GOD BLESS RAMSEY....
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I love that this is all happening in the waiting room of a boring looking office.
yo, never imagined even thinking that could be done. CRAZY skills on the tape decks. He probably tears it up on the 1200s too!
That was mad crazy! Let's remember, cassettes NEVER skipped or jumped like records and CDs do, which is why lots of tricky DJs used them. With the Pause and Record buttons, anybody can be their own DJ; who needed radio?(except for recording the songs from). Cassettes were a major force in early Hip-Hop culture, and they deserve the kind of respect that DJ Ramsey shows them.
yo check out @ 4:35 because the camera doesn't show it well but he is using the pause button and the volume knob to create a lot of effects. DJ Ruthless Ramsey is the real deal!
Fuckin crazy
Yeah. I studed electronic un secundary, and the only way to move back and forth a casette tape is push "Not totally" The pause button, for leave a bit the capstain roll from the tape.
DJ Ruthless Ramsey, Man you got me flipping on how you can cue and scratch on cassette decks? You don't fool around Brother!
How??!!!! I need to know hahaha
From the headphone output of tape deck connected to a mixer
this geeza gets 110% maximum respect from me. I have been spinning vinyl for 25 years or more, but scratching cassettes ??? ffsk man you are a star !
11 out of 10 for that routine, fk the DMC and the serato/cd lamers, to me this is a million times more creative and skillful, bigups man !!!
i respect this dj and it was an honor meeting him in arizona last year.
sincerely,
DJMaRr
Been a scratch DJ for like 5 or 6 years and this is definitely one of the dopest things I've ever seen lol
Having goosebumps over here! Mad respect!!
I remember you doing that back in 7th and 8th grade... you are truly gifted I've seen him do this as a child nothing fake about him
When someone does something as innovative as this it's cool. When they make it sound good also it's amazing. (not sure if it's been done by others but I'm still impressed!) Triple thumbs up for this guy!
I was aware that was possible as I have been a tape guy for a while and know a fair bit in the mechanical nature of cassette players, but I still salute anybody who can do this, as it is not real easy to do when you first start.
this is wicked!!!
Finally YES!
This is what I'm talking about...
Now imagine 21 tape decks wires to each other to allow BOTH mono track as is LEFT and Right selection over the ability to record mono 2 channels or one channel stereo...
And, Control over each tapes motor speed, and to be able to cut and scratch as seen here...
While taking masking tap a razor and make my own loop tapes...
And now do this in 1979 to 1985 I was ten when I built my own studio from thrown out home equipment... You ROCK
I'm close to speechless. Speechless in a good way.
I know how it's done. I did this not as good as a kid... Years ago. LOVE showing people this is possible because no one ever believed it could be done. :)
This can be done..
I used to use a cocktail stick to get a decent backspin effect using tapes..
As for the guys saying there is 'scratching' without using the crossfader, this is achieved by the pause button.. a light press takes the pinch roller off of the capstan, allowing the backspin, a harder press takes the play head off of the tape, allowing the 'crossfading' effect..
Nice one Ruthless!!
You sure created some controversy on here!!
Nicely done. It reminded me of a documentary I saw in the late 80s I think. It showed these East German cats (I think) scratching with adapted reel-to-reels because they couldn't get hold of records and shit when the wall was still up.
I noticed there is vids on YT of some Latvian kid on the DMC in 1991 (called Mr Tape) His situation was the same.
That being said. Glad someone is still experimenting with ideas. Keep it up.
Guys a Legend
Does anyone know the track starting around 1:20 at all? This video never gets old - I come back to it every month because it's just incredible!
Out of Eden - Just the Way
:)!
@@misiu7554 Thank you very much!! :)
love your style and everything you are awesome. It's me Miss Jackeeyy From CBI and Taco Bell. I'm still here. I hope to see you at a club someday. Sincerely Jacqueline Trimm Syme Hamblen Morrison family bloodline.
@edwardlolinglawrence there is a bunch of reasons.cassettes and vinyl have there own sound...they sound more ´´natural´´ then a mp3 or a cd.they have their own sound charactaristics(hope I spelled that correctly) second...with digital downloads you have no cover no booklet nothing to read or to inform yourself about the music that you are listening to.I could go on an on but I think I´ve made my point very clear already! thanks for your question.
Seriously Cool, Tape Jammin' Badness! :D
Can't even compete. Flyyyyyyy
Daaaammmmm!!!! I used to try to mix and make beats with tape decks back in the day, but nothin like that! Wow! U R doin things with the tape deck that i even have trouble with on the turntables! Mad props, cuz with tapes u have no margin for errors! Excellent stuff!!! Hmmmm...I still have some tape decks just sitting around collecting dust.........maybe I'll..........Nah! lol Dj Cas. Lawrence, Kansas
dude has mad skills and that is incredible... give this brother his props....
THIS DUDE HAS BEEN PUTTING IN WORK FOR OVER 20 YRS. AND IS THE "ONLY" DJ THAT CAN DO THIS! NOT ONLY THAT HE'S IS SICK ON THE TURNTABLES AS WELL AND TEACHES THE "ONLY" CERTIFIED CREDITED COLLEGE IN THE WORLD!!!! SOME OF Y'ALL NEED TO STOP HATING CAUSE YOU CAN'T DO IT, CAUSE IF YOU THOUGHT IF IT THEN YOU WOULD BE DOIN' IT TOO! THIS IS INNOVATIVE SO QUIT WITH YOUR HATE AND CONGRATULATE! AND HE IS A HUMBLE DUDE AND KNOWS HIS HOP-HOP HISTORY, HOW MANY OF Y'ALL CAN SAY THAT? I DIDN'T THINK SO!!!
now this is literally a mixTAPE! awesome keep it up boy!
peace!
wow you are very creative. I actually started djing with tape decks, but i used a pencil eraser to do mostly cueing and stuff, not scratching. TOO DOPE, i wanna get my tape decks on now haha
Are you Freakin kidding me! This is sick dude!
coooommon...fucking juuuggggling, scratching and blending with tape decks? this is the bbeeesstt(musik) invention i have ever seen . much respekt
you're changing the world bro,
amazing.
Till this day in the year 2020. This is amazing DJing.
Haha nice idea :)
I actually like the sound of the tape scratches.
Whereabouts on the tape playing mechanism are you using to scratch ?
creativity.
originality.
two attributes you rarely see these days.
big ups ;)
This is so dope man!!!!
amazing
For everyone asking about the R&B song that starts at the 1:09 mark it's Out of Eden - Just The Way
AWW SNAP! I remember trying to do some shit like that back in the day.. But NO WAY was even close! A NEW BATTLE IN THE MAKING!
Instructor "Ruthless" Ramsey is a LEGEND! #SupremeSalute 🔥🔥🔥
hats off. NEVER seen anything like this. DOPE.
AZ representin! You've done here what I've been trying to figure out how to do for the longest time. I need to source me some cheap decks and start going crazy. I should do this on some Reel to reels too, its really easy to do it on those, just like spinnin a record.
this is pretty cool, unique, alternative, individual and all that shizznet.
but what's the advantage over conventional turntables? (besides that fact that tapes usually sound like crap compared to vinyl)
@TezzAtari yo word man, i used to scratch tape cassettes coz i couldnt afford vinyl turntables either, i didnt have a mixer, but damn i thought i was the only one doing it, i recorded my tape scratches on cd, and im glad i still got the audio with me.
That's Crazy! I heard about people saying they did stuff like this back in the day, but I had no Idea it was possible to do this much with Cassette Tapes.
holy freakin crap yo! thats the sickest hoodie ive ever seen. also , a tape! routine! this is beyond dope
I had to rate this a 5, this is difficult dj'ing right here. That takes mad prep and skill. Props for this unique video
totally INSANE in da brain... ♫ Jammmm on! :)
if someone would have told me about this and not me seeing it, i wouldnt have believed it.keep dat shit up playa,big ups 2 u.
Holy fuk! Even Tiesto could not do half of this. You're the man. RAISE THE ROOF FOR DJ RUTHLESS RAMSEY. Woot! Woot!
Incredible! With cassette tape?! are you kidding me!?!? nice job!!
I started off mixin with cassette decks , but this is something .......... props
That ssick..you need to get dj of the year award....and u rockin the beats on tome ...thats hot
damn, i thought this was my idea. i got bout 500 cassettes and this old answering machine that holds two tapes... was really excited. you did this well man! Hey, how do you keep the tape from tearing???? i d love to talk to you about this. hit me up. wher eyou live?
Awesome performance!!!!
What's this tape player?
no lie...i did this with a screw driver back in the 90s...i have numerous friends who can vouch....you are no doubt much better than i was when i was 13 tho lol
there are special "For DJ use" versions of many songs, some of those cassettes would have only had samples instead of songs, which you can get on vinyl. like for example, there are albums you can get that has a drum and bass roll, and then you have other samples, so you can effectively make your own tunes with what is available live. take a further look into DJ'ing before you make critical comments thank you!
Dope mang... much respect.
He cold!!!
im lost for words...... tha shits amazin!!! i remember mixmaster mike sayin in his documentary tha he used tape decks first, dont think even he saw this comin..
some skills right here. never seen some one scratch with tape decks! mad cool!
hahaha cant help laughing at your spins! wicked skillz mate ;) i couldnt belive it when i found someone had done this.. i had and idea agez ago of fixin a disc to one of the reels of a tape deck to see if it would scratch... never did it tho lol .. nice vid!!!
Your name suits you, Ruthless!!! Please please please post one with you scratching vinyl also? This is freakin' awesome!
Mad respect kid...thats incredible! Craziest shit I've seen in a long time...
ruth1ess ramsey !!! ive seen this near1y a hundred times- s0 rad ,but its ab0ut time an0ther tape mix went up! fu11 1ength 10 mins! the fi1ming and sync is tight, wh0ever put this t0gether - we11 d0ne as we11
1:09 What is this song called?
statefairshows Out of Eden - Just the Way
Thank you.
C McMichael know anymore man? everything here is good
hopefully by now there is a cassette deck with midi out and some time code tapes so i can use all my mp3s
Whoa watch that balance homie! This gets sicker every time I watch it big ups!!
Mind blown! I can barely believe my eyes.
(Tape Jockey) - TJ Thumbs of steel
I've heard a tape jockey once, but I didn't get to watch how he did it. Thanks for posting this.
this is dope...my boy in AZ bout to take his workshop!
dude this is real. he thought my class the other day and did it in front of everyone
4:36-4:56 brilliant
I sat next to that guy in my DJ class I took :D, he did the tape scratching right in front of us,it was sick.
incredible he should enter the dmc finals , he would win
why the hell i´m still trying do this with turntables??? Man you are sick !!! This leaves me with a deep trauma, why did i kick out all my cassettes 15 Years ago ???? Why couln´t you show me that before !! LOL , Thats truly inspiring, how did you come up with that ? Big respect from 0711-Stuttgart !!!
4:20 Anyone knows what the track is?
Nobody will ever know.
What's the name of the track/beat at the 7:30 minute mark? Sounds like something Erik Sermon may have produced??
thanx allanpuk9 for sharing this vid...its crazy how good it is!....time to get out the old boom box!!
It's not fake I've seen this guy do it in front of my eyes.I'm in a DJ class and Ramsey came in to show us that
HE SOUNDS BETTER THAN MOST ON TURNTABLES...LOL..... YOU DA MAN TAKE A BOW
Dope
May I ask, You are using your thumb to push the pinch roller up to allow for the scratch with your other hand right?
Wow! I'm going to say off the HOOK! Especially at the end on the turntables. The tapes was sick too didn't know that was possible.
1:10 - 2:41 nice beat. and the whole thing is sweet to!
Do you know the name of the track?
holy shit .....
the tape deck scratch inventor
nice keep doing your thing
Ahaaa this is fresh !
that tape deck shit was crazy! never knew you could do that
YO THIS IS PASTOR M.C.SOLDIER AND THIS IS MY BOY AND HE IS DEFFIANATELY OFF THE CHAIN.THIS WAS ALSO RECORDED VERY LONG AGO SO TO CHECK OUT HIS NEW STUFF YOU MUST COME TO AZ OR BOOK THE HOMIE...GOD BLESS RAMSEY....
This is one of the collest thing ie seen goooooood job bro!!!
dope as hell
putting in the work
yo u r sick on the tape decks! I wasted all this money on tables... .damn
haze attacks
thumbs up if you still listen to tapes and vinyl today.and planing to keep it like that forever!!!!!
awesome
Parabéns bem criativo
Just Awesome man i have no words for it :o you really shocked me ! MAD RESPECT
this is mad! and i feel like a dinosaur for still mixing on vinyl but tapes? thats next level!
@foshoitzdanny he doesn't use CDs but cassettes in the player
sorry for my bad english
Hip Hop started with tape deck, famous beatmaker made famous beat on tape deck.
Pause tape beats are the sources of Hip Hop.
@301SO My kids will for sure know what a tape deck is!
thats crazy, that must have took alot of practice. Very nice.