Right! My homie turned me into this crazy last year. Sad, he's in jail for a long time now. But I listen to it to think about him. My best friend for 20 years
And the winner is....US! Being able to witness this will is a blessing. Thank Rob Swift for continuing to share with and teach us. Thank you for helping the culture continue grow. You one of the 3 DJ's on that I want to meet and have to opportunity absorb knowledge from. #legendary
Thank you Rob for reposting this. On days we're I feel down about my health and life, I watch this video and remind myself of who I am, who are my heroes, who influenced me back then and continue to influence me today. Thank you. This is singlehandedly the best display of modern day turntablism, and this event influenced and will influence many generations forever.
What in the hell did I just see. Unbelievable. Talent on both sides. But honestly dj Q-bert got to be a alien or a mutant. He has done so many cuts 30 years ago that I truly can't explain today. A gift from God most definitely 🙏 🙌 ✨
ISP Classic Turntablism! Respect to the Bay Area for that. It has been some time but nobody is touching beats like that anymore...awh the good old days.
Up until 7:55 X-men probably thought they stood a chance, then ISP happened.... Both dope crews of course, but it's ridiculous how far ahead Mike and his boys were back then. Truly moving as one.
I enjoyed the fuck out of both crews. I would love to see something like this live. This is straight up HIP HOP. Turning 51 this Friday, getting up there in age,but this video brings me back to the good old days.
The first 5 minutes or so are way better than the rest. After that it's classic Piklz scratch overkill, apart from the funky 'Planet Rock' recreation. I've always loved the Q-bert wah-wah scratch that he does. He also did it on the 'Dr. Octogon album. For some reason he's never done it during any of his solo sets. I'm pretty sure he was using an actual wah wah pedal to do it. He was inspired by Miles Davis, who used to hook up his trumpet to a wah wah pedal. There's a video of him using it here on UA-cam.
So many years!!! It is as I remembered.............The X-Men got waxed! Loved both crews to death. This was an epic event when we had them often in Hip Hop. Not so much anymore. Peace and love.
I miss battles like this. This was a monumental moment in the turntable movement and spawned a revolution of talent. Big ups to ISP and the Xmen for pushing the art form hard. It was countless hours of watching bootlegged tapes from the left and right coasts that got me into wanting to enter battles. True pioneers of this art form.
Still watch this every now and then. 25yrs later and still think X won the battle while P'z won the showcase. The best battle, stylin' on you DJ's vs the best technical, far-out DJ's. Or something like that. Everyone from the times where you had to know all aspects of DJ'ing to get on. After seeing this it kinda felt like you were watching the end of an era and a birth of another. Or at least like, ok the 2 hardest crews just did the greatest battle ever, where do we go from here? So damn thankful this is on video.
Two my favourite crews! Legendary battle! In 2000 I first listened Scratchology, I never stop loving it! I'm bboy and like to dance to your, Rob, "2-3 Break"! Much respect and Roc Raida, Rock in Peace!
That was so amazing. Even today both sets are still top level! Still hanging on to that VHS compilation. Thanks for posting cause I'll be damned if I can get a decent VCR that won't chew up the tape!
I always wondered why Diamond Jay & Total Eclipse were there but not a part of the set until I read the article on your site just now. Great upload and article Rob, please keep chronicling this history!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXISTING 🙏🙏🙏TURNTABLISM ONLY THOSE WHO REALLY LIKE IT KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO CONTROL BPM,FREESTYLE,OR PITCH WITHOUT LOSING FEELING ,I`M FROM BRAZIL BUT WHEN I WATCH VIDEOS LIKE THESE 🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂ I FEEL IN FRONT OF THE TURNTABLE TOO 👏👏👏 THANKS ROB SWIFT .
i think this was the piklz routine that put the Vestax 05 pro on the map. Piklz straight rocking original grey 05s with q’s with first hamster switch, each with just an 05 and one tech 12. i think x men were rocking the melos dmc mixers. kinda like how the advent of tech influences techniques
@Rob Swift is there better audio somewhere or a different recording with that sickness at around 3:00? That beat y'all did has stuck with me ever since i heard it on VHS. Would love a better audio quality version to bump proper. MUCH LOVE!!
Legendary battle, still gives me goose bumps watching it today. I feel like XMen are guardians of tradition , while ISP is pushing the boundaries of technique. Two totally different approaches of turntablism yet both so important to the art form.
real talk, this belongs in an archive somewhere in 4k, legit piece of music history right here. I always felt that the X-men were the epitome of the fundamentals at a godly level and the Piklz were the evolution of that.
I use to DJ and collected records from all over the world. I use to make beats and decided to sell my records because they were too much of a burden to keep and carry around. Mixmaster Mike bought a lot of my records when I was at the South by Southwest music conference in Austin Texas. He gave me his backstage passes because he said that he was amazed at all the records that I had. He told me he wished that Qbert and his boys would be able to see all the records that I had. This was 2001 and I had the biggest booth with the most records that year. I had to let it go all rhe vinyl. These guys were pioneersl. A lost art. Recorded on VHS... Remember those days? I had all the executioners vinyl and the scratch pickles vinyl. All the battle records. DJ rectangle, magic Mike... These were the good old days. Now everybody claims to be a DJ. Just because they can play a song. Everybody's making beats on their phones now and think that they're going Platinum. Sad😏🥱😁
I mix music but i call myself a controller since i dont got record players or cdjs. Shits expensive nowadays. I started mixing music ever since i went to a party and the dj was too drunk to keep playing so i hoped on his deck and was like "this shit is cool." Im about beatmatching more than anything. What i like about djing in general is all the styles that exist. You got this but then you got guy like myself that like mixing club beats together.
ISP's routine can be heard on "Invisbl Skratch Piklz Vs. Da Klamz Uv Deth 12"" vynil! Absolute scratch masterpiece! I also love the X-Mens! Saw them live a few times in Montreal in the 90'S! 👌👌👌
yeah the whole thing is dope but isp smashed them here, great moment in hiphop for sure but is['s set was some out of this world shit. I love how x move around and do other shit, but as far as the straight up turntable shit, they got kinda bodied as far as that goes.
Damn it was 20 years ago, still having goosebumps watching it today! No disrespect Rob, but you have to admit that ISP ate X-Men alive :) Were you prepared for this kind of ISP performance? What were your thoughts after they were done? Can you share some of your memories with us?
In the team battle, yes, ISP were superior, but X-Men won the individual battle in my opinion. I think Mike let the Piklz down in the individuals, only having one proper routine, which was 'Natural Born Killaz'. His second routine that night was sloppy, and he didn't even have a third routine, like all the others had. Having said that, I still think the highlight of the individual battle was Q's second routine, where he drummed one record, and scratched in the snare on the other record at the same time. That shit blew my mind when I first saw the video back in the day. Great memories. Turntablism was growing all the time back then, with DJs coming up with new ideas every year.
ISP was up a down, X-men had the better selection. ISP was dope but lagged. X-men and too be honest the one on one battle was horrid on both sides. However they gave a show in the spirit of Hip Hop!
Shaheed Medina internet service provider? Lol 😂 yeah man this is some real shit you know the battle isnt abouta battle right? A battle arrises from to forms of rhapsody. When 2 spirts collide they unify. The reason for battle is unity not destruction this is what hiphop is
Where was this recorded? I owned a 10,000 watt sound system and this competition was the first show that ever played on it - at the Wax Museum in Houston TX in 1997 or 98! Is this from that show? Love Honor Respect! 💜🙏
This is the pinnacle of revolutionary DJs during the 1990s When the 2000s came, House and Techno music came crashing into the scene. Starting the first echelons of EDM music that has became the most common modern music genre to date. This team battle is timeless history. These pioneers are the reason why modern DJ artists even exist.
@@bubz3t136 Alright. Checked the info - House and Techno actually were a thing since around the late 70s. As someone from the generation of early 2000s, records aren’t something I usually see. Seems like I get things mixed up if I don’t do some research… sorry for the late reply :)
Hey Rob, I'd like to know, was the '88 NMS battle recorded? There's no trace of it here on UA-cam. I've been waiting years to see DJ Scratch in action.
More like the 90’s. These guys were like 18-20 at this time. They would have been too young in the 80’s. There was DJ’ing in the 80’s in the bay of course. But not like this. Cameron Paul repping bay area dj’s in the 80’s tho. He was a legend. RIP
Just stopping by to check wether this is still the dopest battle ever… yes it is 🤯
💯
Brother, aB-so-Fuck’n-lutely!🤌🏻the greatest show I seen in my life on 3/5 tables
Right! My homie turned me into this crazy last year. Sad, he's in jail for a long time now. But I listen to it to think about him. My best friend for 20 years
The dopest of scripts
@@bornwithbsguards What did that fool do?
I wish someone would clean up this video and make it 4k. This is the greatest dj battle of all time.
One of the greatest pieces of DJ'ing ever recorded.
Man, I had this on VHS and used to watch it almost everyday after high school!
And the winner is....US! Being able to witness this will is a blessing. Thank Rob Swift for continuing to share with and teach us. Thank you for helping the culture continue grow. You one of the 3 DJ's on that I want to meet and have to opportunity absorb knowledge from. #legendary
Respect!
Thank you Rob for reposting this. On days we're I feel down about my health and life, I watch this video and remind myself of who I am, who are my heroes, who influenced me back then and continue to influence me today. Thank you. This is singlehandedly the best display of modern day turntablism, and this event influenced and will influence many generations forever.
that last part of the routine when all ISP scratch in time brings a tear to my eye - to witness that historic moment is truly incredible.
just teared up a bit myself lol
The greatest turntable event of all time!! Thank you for documenting this..!
What in the hell did I just see. Unbelievable. Talent on both sides. But honestly dj Q-bert got to be a alien or a mutant. He has done so many cuts 30 years ago that I truly can't explain today. A gift from God most definitely 🙏 🙌 ✨
ISP Classic Turntablism! Respect to the Bay Area for that. It has been some time but nobody is touching beats like that anymore...awh the good old days.
Up until 7:55 X-men probably thought they stood a chance, then ISP happened.... Both dope crews of course, but it's ridiculous how far ahead Mike and his boys were back then. Truly moving as one.
They for sure knew it was curtains by, 11:47
I enjoyed the fuck out of both crews. I would love to see something like this live. This is straight up HIP HOP. Turning 51 this Friday, getting up there in age,but this video brings me back to the good old days.
Same age as Q and Mike, who are now both 53. Short is 47.
Picklz routine is still the greatest ever
RIP “ROCRAIDA”..... YOUR INCREDIBLE!...
God Bless you!
Piklz set still blows my mind, never gets old, never been beaten!
The first 5 minutes or so are way better than the rest. After that it's classic Piklz scratch overkill, apart from the funky 'Planet Rock' recreation. I've always loved the Q-bert wah-wah scratch that he does. He also did it on the 'Dr. Octogon album. For some reason he's never done it during any of his solo sets. I'm pretty sure he was using an actual wah wah pedal to do it. He was inspired by Miles Davis, who used to hook up his trumpet to a wah wah pedal. There's a video of him using it here on UA-cam.
That "skratch band" performance by the X-Men in the beginning is SO dope.
Thank you man!
So many years!!! It is as I remembered.............The X-Men got waxed! Loved both crews to death. This was an epic event when we had them often in Hip Hop. Not so much anymore. Peace and love.
I miss battles like this. This was a monumental moment in the turntable movement and spawned a revolution of talent. Big ups to ISP and the Xmen for pushing the art form hard. It was countless hours of watching bootlegged tapes from the left and right coasts that got me into wanting to enter battles. True pioneers of this art form.
My skin still gets goosebumps when I hear this I want turntables worse than I ever did 20 years ago
I always comeback here every now and again for my dose of 1:47 - 2:47. Chills in the back of my neck everytime. Love it. 👍🏼🙏❤
lmao i thought it was just me that got fkn crazy over this... ya gotta check out the preparation for ths battle shit is sick brah
It's all about the first 5 minutes of the Piklz for me. by the way, did you see the 25th Anniversary interview that they all did back in 2021?
Rob, y’all were battling aliens that day 😂
Man, hip hop needs more aliens. Shit like this is what pushes us forward as artist.
The monstars hahaha
100% this. ISP were off the charts.
Possibly the best comment ever. Rob you killed it still
Still watch this every now and then. 25yrs later and still think X won the battle while P'z won the showcase. The best battle, stylin' on you DJ's vs the best technical, far-out DJ's. Or something like that. Everyone from the times where you had to know all aspects of DJ'ing to get on.
After seeing this it kinda felt like you were watching the end of an era and a birth of another. Or at least like, ok the 2 hardest crews just did the greatest battle ever, where do we go from here?
So damn thankful this is on video.
Thx Rob for posting. The X-men showed great showmanship, and ISP technical precision. Hip-hop is the winner.
Maximum respect!
Hip Hop you don't stop keep on!!
I dig how the crews’ styles were so different .
Two my favourite crews! Legendary battle! In 2000 I first listened Scratchology, I never stop loving it! I'm bboy and like to dance to your, Rob, "2-3 Break"! Much respect and Roc Raida, Rock in Peace!
25th Anniversary Blu-Ray: Remastered in 2021?
This is my favourite moment in hip hop
kashdub It’s definitely one of my favorites!
That was so amazing. Even today both sets are still top level! Still hanging on to that VHS compilation. Thanks for posting cause I'll be damned if I can get a decent VCR that won't chew up the tape!
27 years later and it's still amazing.
Mad respect to X-men and ISP! GM Rock Raida RIP big fella
Legendary moments this is the foundation of all of our music today
This was unbelievably huge for the culture. I didn't believe it was real until i seem the vhs!
This is sooo dope!!!!!!! Yall came in clean as hell!!!!I was up smiling feeling like I was there. This battle was dope as hell!!!!!
I was fortunate enough to catch the X-Men live in Montreal Canada back in the 90's!
Still gives me goosebumps after all these years!
deep, deep respect. epic display of the roof blowin' off. thx for sharing. goosebumps. damn
Does anyone know the name of the track at 8:33 ?
I always wondered why Diamond Jay & Total Eclipse were there but not a part of the set until I read the article on your site just now. Great upload and article Rob, please keep chronicling this history!
What was the reason?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXISTING 🙏🙏🙏TURNTABLISM ONLY THOSE WHO REALLY LIKE IT KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO CONTROL BPM,FREESTYLE,OR PITCH WITHOUT LOSING FEELING ,I`M FROM BRAZIL BUT WHEN I WATCH VIDEOS LIKE THESE 🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂ I FEEL IN FRONT OF THE TURNTABLE TOO 👏👏👏 THANKS ROB SWIFT .
i think this was the piklz routine that put the Vestax 05 pro on the map. Piklz straight rocking original grey 05s with q’s with first hamster switch, each with just an 05 and one tech 12. i think x men were rocking the melos dmc mixers. kinda like how the advent of tech influences techniques
This made yall get in the lab after that. It's so dope to see what can be with the turn tables!!
Fuck the lab! I sold my turntables after this shit lmao!!
I absolutely love turntablism and its my favorite element of the hip hop culture. That aside ALL HAIL KING QBERT. Nobody does it better.
If i ever make my time machine ill make sure I drop by this battle and record it in 4k with line in audio
You need to hurry and have this in 4k
@Rob Swift is there better audio somewhere or a different recording with that sickness at around 3:00? That beat y'all did has stuck with me ever since i heard it on VHS. Would love a better audio quality version to bump proper. MUCH LOVE!!
Unfortunately not. I appreciate the love tho.
Watched this when i first got into turntablism,was amazed then and still am now,both crews are worthy winners,
Peace Rob! Thank you for this gem!!!
ISP has always been ahead of its time in the DJ world. Spoken from a true BAY AREA native.
A true gem right here! Salute! 💯
Legendary battle, still gives me goose bumps watching it today. I feel like XMen are guardians of tradition , while ISP is pushing the boundaries of technique. Two totally different approaches of turntablism yet both so important to the art form.
real talk, this belongs in an archive somewhere in 4k, legit piece of music history right here. I always felt that the X-men were the epitome of the fundamentals at a godly level and the Piklz were the evolution of that.
I use to DJ and collected records from all over the world. I use to make beats and decided to sell my records because they were too much of a burden to keep and carry around. Mixmaster Mike bought a lot of my records when I was at the South by Southwest music conference in Austin Texas. He gave me his backstage passes because he said that he was amazed at all the records that I had. He told me he wished that Qbert and his boys would be able to see all the records that I had. This was 2001 and I had the biggest booth with the most records that year. I had to let it go all rhe vinyl. These guys were pioneersl. A lost art. Recorded on VHS... Remember those days? I had all the executioners vinyl and the scratch pickles vinyl. All the battle records. DJ rectangle, magic Mike... These were the good old days. Now everybody claims to be a DJ. Just because they can play a song. Everybody's making beats on their phones now and think that they're going Platinum. Sad😏🥱😁
I was only 4 years old when this video was made lol. And im here watching it now cus i need to educate myself 😂😂😂
Man you must be old 😂😂😂
I mix music but i call myself a controller since i dont got record players or cdjs. Shits expensive nowadays. I started mixing music ever since i went to a party and the dj was too drunk to keep playing so i hoped on his deck and was like "this shit is cool." Im about beatmatching more than anything.
What i like about djing in general is all the styles that exist. You got this but then you got guy like myself that like mixing club beats together.
ISP's routine can be heard on "Invisbl Skratch Piklz Vs. Da Klamz Uv Deth 12"" vynil! Absolute scratch masterpiece! I also love the X-Mens! Saw them live a few times in Montreal in the 90'S! 👌👌👌
I had that vinyl back in the '90s, but I accidentally left it close to a heater one night, and it got warped.
The X-Men routine was super crazy.. if you truly look at their performance it look like they were fighting together hence the name. R.I.P ROC RAIDA.
yeah the whole thing is dope but isp smashed them here, great moment in hiphop for sure but is['s set was some out of this world shit. I love how x move around and do other shit, but as far as the straight up turntable shit, they got kinda bodied as far as that goes.
ISP all the way. Technique and their sync is off the charts
My favourite DJ battle! Respect to both crews! =)
great moment in turntablism history!!!!
I Miss the DMC routines where artists tear through vinyl. I remember seeing Cash Money bring at least 5 crates to gig.
Lil Wayne Cash Money?
Need more 😢
cresci vendo esse video na casa so meu irmão D.J Pachu era circa 1999! Respect! PS-M Complexo do Alemão Rio de Janeiro Brazil!
PS: minha primeira experience sobre turntablism!
If i ever finish my time machine ill be sure to drop by this battle and get a nice 4k vid with line in audio and bring it back with me
My 3 favourite djs of all time. These guys paved the way!
Man thank god for this footage
Damn it was 20 years ago, still having goosebumps watching it today! No disrespect Rob, but you have to admit that ISP ate X-Men alive :) Were you prepared for this kind of ISP performance? What were your thoughts after they were done? Can you share some of your memories with us?
In the team battle, yes, ISP were superior, but X-Men won the individual battle in my opinion. I think Mike let the Piklz down in the individuals, only having one proper routine, which was 'Natural Born Killaz'. His second routine that night was sloppy, and he didn't even have a third routine, like all the others had. Having said that, I still think the highlight of the individual battle was Q's second routine, where he drummed one record, and scratched in the snare on the other record at the same time. That shit blew my mind when I first saw the video back in the day. Great memories. Turntablism was growing all the time back then, with DJs coming up with new ideas every year.
ISP was up a down, X-men had the better selection. ISP was dope but lagged. X-men and too be honest the one on one battle was horrid on both sides. However they gave a show in the spirit of Hip Hop!
Sir a #rhapsody never loses divinity. That goosebump is known as the spirt.
Real meaning cannot escape the manifestation of a spirt. #onelove
Shaheed Medina internet service provider? Lol 😂 yeah man this is some real shit you know the battle isnt abouta battle right? A battle arrises from to forms of rhapsody. When 2 spirts collide they unify. The reason for battle is unity not destruction this is what hiphop is
J-Boogie Brown Shortkut Art of noise routine is what I remember from the one on ones
wow I saw isp when I was 16.. these guys are from a different planet. SF!
1:58 what song is this?
That Born to Roll section into "Sardines" is still one of the greatest things I've ever heard.
The golden age of dj battles not forgetting the ITF'S
That was dope heard about on the road pod with shortkut
Time Capsule material right here. Pure genius
18:21 is classic to me. I feel like it's just beautifully sychronized and always sounds so great.
Praise to the X team but ISP crushed. The sick drumming, the scratch repertoire, the juggles, the remixes; absolutely crazy.
Bitch, it's curtains!
Two of the best DJ groups to ever melt wax
Where was this recorded?
I owned a 10,000 watt sound system and this competition was the first show that ever played on it - at the Wax Museum in Houston TX in 1997 or 98!
Is this from that show?
Love Honor Respect!
💜🙏
31:15 id pls
Thank you for posting Rob 🔥
"Q-BERT gets head" 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the upload Rob
I think I need to get back on turntable basics! lol
Xmen routine was dope love swift & raida doubles💪🏾
Greatest history in HipHop Rob. ISP and X-men keeping the spirit alive. Today's DJs would not fare better even if they battle an 80 year old Rob.
This is the pinnacle of revolutionary DJs during the 1990s
When the 2000s came, House and Techno music came crashing into the scene. Starting the first echelons of EDM music that has became the most common modern music genre to date.
This team battle is timeless history. These pioneers are the reason why modern DJ artists even exist.
House and Techno crashed onto the scene way before '96.
@@bubz3t136
Alright. Checked the info - House and Techno actually were a thing since around the late 70s.
As someone from the generation of early 2000s, records aren’t something I usually see. Seems like I get things mixed up if I don’t do some research… sorry for the late reply :)
wow. just came on this video, i wanted to go that day but was not able 2. glad i get to watch years later
So what was the official outcome as far as judging??
Couple of crazy bits but all round from both sides? Fuckin awesomeness!
Mix mastermike I think is the OG of wild style
I was there front row 🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾🔥🔥🔥
Legendary
Jesus Fucking Christ! Short is a BEAST on those Transformers!!
legendary... 3:40 so buttery
God bless!
thanks so much for sharing!!
and it's still FRESH! ☺
this is pure hip hop as it was... it is a pale shadow of itself today
Love the Phil Most Chill part of X-Men.
MMM in a Grand Royal Records hat. I had same maroon one
Hey Rob, I'd like to know, was the '88 NMS battle recorded? There's no trace of it here on UA-cam. I've been waiting years to see DJ Scratch in action.
Was and still is the best ever battle!
man i miss those days!
team routines / battles was the norm in the bay area throughout the 80's
More like the 90’s. These guys were like 18-20 at this time. They would have been too young in the 80’s. There was DJ’ing in the 80’s in the bay of course. But not like this.
Cameron Paul repping bay area dj’s in the 80’s tho. He was a legend. RIP
ShortKut is the youngest at around 21 here, Qb & Mike are mid to late 20s at this point.
No teams till '89-'90 at the very least.
Sadly, Roc Raida died from Cardiac Arrest in 2009.
Creativity at its finest!
Loved all you guys back in the day. Rob swift still doing it too!
These were some good-ass times
hearing Mike cut the NWA sample gets me amped