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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • DJ's Jazzy Jeff and Cash Money describe the origins of The Transformer Scratch.
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  • @MrRasheed7
    @MrRasheed7 8 місяців тому +10

    Cash is from my neighborhood so I ride wit him as the best Dj to ever do it.. He has multpile supremacy belts and was incredible on the 1200s. I remember cheating using this alt switch on the cross fader that made it sound like a transformer.
    Point is, Philly had the best Djs and NY had the rappers.

  • @dannyherbert9171
    @dannyherbert9171 Рік тому +39

    Jazzy and cash are the greatest…… period

    • @alexmack2014
      @alexmack2014 Рік тому +5

      Perhaps you're right. However Joe Cooley,DJ Miz,DJ Scratch,Rich Nice may beg to differ.

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Рік тому +3

      @@alexmack2014 All amazing DJ's, I think it comes down to memorable trademark scratches, Scratch had that on So Watcha Sayin but Cash and Jeff had memorable scraches and routines in droves and were always inventing new ones and still are, plus both amazing producers. Out of the two I say Cash has the edge but I think Jeff had the most precise and rhythmic transformer I've heard.

    • @ircreg8639
      @ircreg8639 11 місяців тому

      I agree 100%. Would love to see a video of both of them sitting down together talking about stuff like this.

    • @ignoranceisnotatrend4669
      @ignoranceisnotatrend4669 9 місяців тому +2

      ​@@alexmack2014and dj Aladdin

    • @logicalblackman8228
      @logicalblackman8228 9 місяців тому +1

      @@alexmack2014You can’t go wrong with any of those guys. With that being said, Cash is my favorite.
      But honestly, you need to look at guys like DJ Q-Bert and D-styles. Those guys are insane.

  • @brew62
    @brew62 6 місяців тому +9

    Being a kid who grew up in New York City, thought we had everything on lock. But when I heard jazzy, Jeff do the transformer on the Mr. Magic 😊show. It changed the entire game of DJing. Salute to Philly.

  • @tjridez6331
    @tjridez6331 Рік тому +18

    Early chirp scratch there too and they dont even know it. Sick.

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Місяць тому

      The chirp has been around since the early 80s, he was using them way back as well as many other djs like Howie Tee, Tat money, Jazzy Jeff, you name it, it was very common, just that people didnt name scratches apart from the transformer. Just checkout scratching to the funk by cash Money or Live at Union Square Jazzy jeff.

  • @jusdef07
    @jusdef07 11 місяців тому +14

    It's good to hear that someone gave the original DJ Spinbad from Philly his overdue props. 💪💪💪

  • @coreyanalogfresh9705
    @coreyanalogfresh9705 Рік тому +11

    Damn....what happened to GRAND DRAGON KD ???? He was the 1st...BRING THE BEAT BACK

    • @DumbDriversYouNearlyDied-vq4wd
      @DumbDriversYouNearlyDied-vq4wd 9 місяців тому +4

      Cash Money & Jazzy Jeff were years ahead of KD using what they'd already mastered long before Bring the Beat Back. Philly's got a lot of great next level DJ's but if you listen to Jeff & Cash Money's Twins of Spin tape you'll know that it was years ahead of anything GDK was doing.

    • @coreyanalogfresh9705
      @coreyanalogfresh9705 9 місяців тому

      He came out1st thatz all i know@@DumbDriversYouNearlyDied-vq4wd

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Місяць тому

      ​@@DumbDriversYouNearlyDied-vq4wd What I find impressive is how good Jeff and Cash were in 1985 even though they could only have been scratching since 1980 at the most so in that span of time they had, surpassed all the legends like Flash, Jam master Jay, Jazy Jay, Whizkid, Mixmaster Ice and advanced the artform with chirping, transforming and beat juggling with very few being in their league. Most DJs now are nowhere near that good within 4-5 years, yes I know the techniques have advanced now which can make beginner Dj's appear to sound good but very few DJ's can master all those skills to a high level, with that much control and finesse and entertain a crowd and have their own individual sound on the decks like Cash and Jeff had.

  • @Kmakmizzle
    @Kmakmizzle 10 місяців тому +4

    Props to Jeff for keeping it 100. I still say he perfected it. Cash money's version was crisper but Jeff's rhythm is superb .

  • @manuelemariani4609
    @manuelemariani4609 7 місяців тому +4

    What Cash is trying to show calling it "rythim scratching" is what is known today as "chirp scratch". Proving that also the chirp was pioneered in Philly before the 1986 NMS. Check "scratching to the funk" out, it was first printed in 1985, in this recording you can also ear what would be know after 1987 NMS as the "joe cooley scratch" (fast babies/tears combined with chirps).

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Місяць тому

      No one used names for scratches back then until the transformer came along.

  • @papadre70
    @papadre70 11 місяців тому +4

    Dj Spinbad aka Master D from the Group Force 5 . Philly Dj revolutionized the Game.

    • @fredmitchell9489
      @fredmitchell9489 3 місяці тому

      Thank you Germantown H.S finest I’ll just say I was around for some of the ride if not we were Riding the Aero 80 Scooter heading to Mickey D’s or in his Sisters basement on Champlost Ave

  • @corywilliams458
    @corywilliams458 6 місяців тому +3

    Jus Dope!!....DJ Gold!!!...2 of the Best!!!..My Real Reason I got in DJ thing!...& (JMJ)🙏🏽

  • @RJay207
    @RJay207 Місяць тому +1

    2:54 "Ain't nobody inventin' nothin'." Jeff's fucking mother: Apparently a goddamned prophet.
    I honestly can't think of a more profound thing I've heard in a long time. Legit, this is going to stick with me.

  • @webbgems67
    @webbgems67 8 місяців тому +2

    Jeffrey and Jerome

  • @UBZUKki
    @UBZUKki Рік тому +4

    Cash is the funkiest

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme 11 місяців тому +1

      Yes and Jeff did the transformer the fastest and gave it a melody.

  • @marcusadams2347
    @marcusadams2347 Рік тому +7

    All these years I always gave credit to Jazzy Jeff for inventing it because I heard him do it first!!!

    • @charlieg4732
      @charlieg4732 Рік тому +6

      Right he introduced it to the world at union Square but cats like Cash money and Sinbadd doing it way before him in philly

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Рік тому +1

      The way Jazzy Jeff did it was unique, it was like he was using a switch it was so sharp and had that swing which i've not really heard since, it was almost like it was talking.

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme 11 місяців тому +1

      @@defcreator187 Also some basic tazers in there too? He was a lot better scratcher than I thought he was and had advanced quite a lot since 85.

    • @HypnoticHollywood
      @HypnoticHollywood 6 місяців тому

      @@maccagrabme Not only a better scratcher than you thought but Jazzy was also the 1986 World Seminar DJ Champ. Also the first to introduce the transformer scratch was Philly's Grand Dragon KD on Steady B's song Bring The Beat Back.

    • @HypnoticHollywood
      @HypnoticHollywood 6 місяців тому

      @@charlieg4732 The first to introduce the transformer scratch was Philly's Grand Dragon KD on Steady B's song Bring The Beat Back.

  • @ignoranceisnotatrend4669
    @ignoranceisnotatrend4669 9 місяців тому +1

    Im actually a more fan of the joe kooly scratch "AKA" THE LA WILD STYLE SCRATCH 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽i use to burn records up with that scratch

  • @vaslim80
    @vaslim80 5 місяців тому +1

    Class of '88 brought me here

  • @daviddrummond9386
    @daviddrummond9386 9 місяців тому +1

    PHILADELPHIA stand up. We was there from the beginning!

  • @retired55.
    @retired55. 6 місяців тому +2

    First dj i heard do it was cosmic kev at new Brunswick high school in new Jersey the following week fresh prince and jazzy jeff were on the radio in ny introducing the world to the transformer scratch it blew my mind cosmic kev was scratching rock the bells by ll cool j crazy shit i witness in new Jersey dj scene mix master caz and the twins from Asbury Park dj cheese from Plainfield dj row from freehold these guys are legends in early hiphop and no one doesn't even know these guys❤❤❤.

  • @gaffle-411
    @gaffle-411 Місяць тому

    Naw… PhiLLy DJs did that first. Wasn’t no NY’ers was doing NOTHING like that way back then. That’s why they L👀KED at him like he was an alien at the NMS.

  • @HypnoticHollywood
    @HypnoticHollywood 6 місяців тому +2

    The first to introduce the transformer scratch was Philly's Grand Dragon KD on Steady B's song Bring The Beat Back.

    • @originaldjfinesse3593
      @originaldjfinesse3593 Місяць тому

      Thats not a transformer scratch. KD was stabbing n dragging the record. Listen very closely

  • @originaldjfinesse3593
    @originaldjfinesse3593 Місяць тому

    Jeff was very popular at that time. Just because you heard him do it first doesnt mean 💩

  • @Darrin-h1l
    @Darrin-h1l 29 днів тому

    To the Gen Z DJ's take notes from the true pioneers of mixing scratching right here an more

  • @ignoranceisnotatrend4669
    @ignoranceisnotatrend4669 9 місяців тому +2

    The crab scratch to me is one of the weakest scratches ever created, its too much of a off beat scratch

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Місяць тому

      Not sure why you think its the weakest and what do you mean offbeat?

    • @ignoranceisnotatrend4669
      @ignoranceisnotatrend4669 Місяць тому

      @@maccagrabme it's not in rhythm with what's playing, or maybe I'm just an oldschool dj from the 80s 😂

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Місяць тому

      @@ignoranceisnotatrend4669 It takes a while to get used to the newskool scratches if you are coming from the 80s scratching days, I know this because that's exactly what I did, I had to learn all the newer stuff and it wasn't easy as I took a 20 year break from it from the late 80s and slowly got back into it and by then it was a bit overwhelming as it had moved on considerably. I still prefer the oldskool sound but also admire the new scratches as its a lot more inventive and has far more possibilities. I like the crab, it can be effective, perhaps overused but it has its place, you have to have the right kinda backing track to use it, seems to work best with slower, hard edged stripped back beats.

    • @40EastTrill
      @40EastTrill 23 дні тому

      ​@@ignoranceisnotatrend4669Depends on who's doing it. I put a rhythm in mine. But I have been doing it years before it even had a name lol

  • @MattieBeverly-h7i
    @MattieBeverly-h7i 25 днів тому

    I think dj scratch is better then all of them, and then dj jaycee

  • @djsk1200
    @djsk1200 Рік тому +5

    the most underrated scratch ever.

    • @HypnoticHollywood
      @HypnoticHollywood 6 місяців тому +1

      Underrated by who?? The transformer is the most famous scratch ever.

    • @MattieBeverly-h7i
      @MattieBeverly-h7i 25 днів тому

      Exactly cause if you can't transform you ain't shit, so what is dude talking about​@@HypnoticHollywood

  • @kennethwatkins6126
    @kennethwatkins6126 5 місяців тому

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👊🏾👊🏾

  • @chevy2883
    @chevy2883 9 місяців тому +1

    Are we forgetting about Marley Marl and Hitman Howie Tee

    • @RickyVanderslice
      @RickyVanderslice 3 місяці тому +6

      I can't believe you'd disrespect Mixmaster Ice by not even having the decency
      to mention him. SHAME ON YOU.

    • @WillieTonka
      @WillieTonka 3 місяці тому +4

      @@RickyVanderslice I agree. chevvy is acting like Mixmaster Ice never even existed.

    • @chevy2883
      @chevy2883 3 місяці тому

      I totally forgot about him ​@@RickyVanderslice

  • @greatness3928
    @greatness3928 10 місяців тому +1

    The dj for bring the beat back

  • @CDP76
    @CDP76 11 місяців тому

    I guess I heard it from the horse’s mouth……. No more debates.

  • @George-vl4lm
    @George-vl4lm 9 місяців тому +1

    Cash is by far the better Hip Hop and King of Scratch DJ. Jeff is just the prince of fresh air

    • @kevinjones238
      @kevinjones238 5 місяців тому +2

      Cash is tight, but Jeff’s cuts have always been cleaner.

    • @jrkeemo
      @jrkeemo 4 місяці тому

      No Disrespect to Mr. Jeff but he knows himself he can’t touch Cash $!

    • @theharshtruth8563
      @theharshtruth8563 3 місяці тому +5

      @@jrkeemo Cash is more sloppy.
      Jeff is on point.

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Місяць тому

      I think Cash has more inventive and rhythmic scratches and more interesting mixes, Jeff is cleaner and is the master of the transformer on Live at Union square and the Magnificent but Cash is more raw, better at juggling and had better production on Wheres the Party at over anything JJ&FP did.

  • @OgDj2024
    @OgDj2024 Рік тому +1

    Exactly!

  • @webbgems67
    @webbgems67 8 місяців тому

    I know both of them watched them spin around each other on the wheels much love to Yeadon,Philly, Chester Pa.

  • @eddiesoul4890
    @eddiesoul4890 9 місяців тому

    Well it was rumored that Hit Man Howie T invented that...

  • @geechiegeech
    @geechiegeech 3 місяці тому +1

    Q-bert & Mixmaster Ice FAR surpass Cash Money's skills.
    💯

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Місяць тому

      MM Ice isnt even close, I'd say Cutmaster DC and Howie Tee are better than MM Ice. Q-bert cant do the oldskool scratches anywhere near as well as Cash. Yes he has the new techniques down but he cant entertain a crowd in the same way as Cash.

  • @culturemax234
    @culturemax234 Рік тому +2

    I thought Jeff invented it lol

    • @charlieg4732
      @charlieg4732 Рік тому +3

      He perfected it from other cats in philly and introduced it to the world just like Scholly d started gangsta rap in 3:23 philly and the godfather and kings Ice T and NWA perfected it made it a pop heavy to the world

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Рік тому +1

      @@charlieg4732 Jeff had the most precise and cleanest transformer I've ever heard, even to this date but I think Cash has the edge as a performer.

  • @djcook5854
    @djcook5854 5 місяців тому +1

    WTF did Jeff EVER Invent?? The Peter Piper Routine?? LMAO!! Cash Money is a True Inventor a True Creator and He Wouldnt Lie about ANYTHING..,.

  • @vinylmassacre1659
    @vinylmassacre1659 6 місяців тому

    Love it