''Scratch'' is the
soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...
to the 2001 documentary ''
Scratch'' directed by
Doug Pray.
Scratch examines cultural and historical perspectives on the birth and evolution of
hip-hop disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music f ...
s (DJs),
scratching and
turntablism and includes interviews with some of hip-hop's most famous and respected DJs.
Track list
#"Prologue - Grand Wizard Theodore Speaks" (
Grand Wizard Theodore
Theodore Livingston (born March 5, 1963), better known as Grand Wizzard Theodore, is an American hip hop DJ. He is widely credited as the inventor of the scratching technique. In addition to scratching, he gained credibility for his mastery of ...
)
#"Mixmaster Mike and DJ Disk Live" (
Mix Master Mike
Michael Schwartz (born April 4, 1970), better known by his stage name Mix Master Mike, is an American turntablist best known for his work with Beastie Boys.
Life and career
Born in San Francisco, California, Mix Master Mike is of German and Fili ...
,
DJ Disk
DJ Disk is a turntablist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is of Panamanian, Colombian, and Nicaraguan descent. Born Luis Quintanilla on October 7, 1970, in San Francisco, Disk began scratching and mixing vinyl at a young age. In 1992, he joined ...
)
#"Primo's X-Ecution" (
X-Ecutioners
The X-Ecutioners are a group of American hip hop DJs/turntablists from New York City, New York. The group formed in 1989 and currently consists of three DJs, including Total Eclipse, DJ Boogie Blind, DJ Precision. Original members of the grou ...
feat.
DJ Premier)
#"Re-Animator" (
Rob Swift
Rob Swift (born Robert Aguilar; May 14, 1972), is an American hip hop DJ and turntablist. He was an original member of the turntablist group The X-Ecutioners until 2004. He has also released numerous solo albums and collaborated with various art ...
)
#"Interlude - Mixmaster Mike Speaks" (
Mix Master Mike
Michael Schwartz (born April 4, 1970), better known by his stage name Mix Master Mike, is an American turntablist best known for his work with Beastie Boys.
Life and career
Born in San Francisco, California, Mix Master Mike is of German and Fili ...
)
#"Rockit 2.002" (
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...
, feat.
Mix Master Mike
Michael Schwartz (born April 4, 1970), better known by his stage name Mix Master Mike, is an American turntablist best known for his work with Beastie Boys.
Life and career
Born in San Francisco, California, Mix Master Mike is of German and Fili ...
,
Grandmixer DXT
Derek Showard, better known by the stage name GrandMixer DXT, is an American musician, one of the earliest to use turntables as a musical instrument in the 1980s.
Early in his career, he was known as Grand Mixer D.ST, a reference to Delancey St ...
,
Rob Swift
Rob Swift (born Robert Aguilar; May 14, 1972), is an American hip hop DJ and turntablist. He was an original member of the turntablist group The X-Ecutioners until 2004. He has also released numerous solo albums and collaborated with various art ...
,
Q-Bert,
Babu, Faust, Shortee)
#"Interlude - Cut Chemist" (
Cut Chemist)
#"Turntable Transformer" (Cat Five VS Snake Eyez)
#"Interlude - Interlude"
#"DJ Krush - Live" (
DJ Krush)
#"Crazy 2 Crazy" (
Grandmixer DXT
Derek Showard, better known by the stage name GrandMixer DXT, is an American musician, one of the earliest to use turntables as a musical instrument in the 1980s.
Early in his career, he was known as Grand Mixer D.ST, a reference to Delancey St ...
)
#"Interlude - DJ Shadow Speaks" (
DJ Shadow
Joshua Paul Davis (born June 29, 1972), better known by his stage name DJ Shadow, is an American DJ, songwriter and record producer. His debut studio album, '' Endtroducing.....'' was released in 1996.
Biography Early years (1989–1995)
DJ Sha ...
)
#"Invasion of the Octopus People" (
Invisibl Skratch Piklz
The Invisibl Skratch Piklz are an American group of turntablists.
The members of the group were originally hip-hop DJs, who were among the pioneers of the turntablism movement in the 1990s; turntablists create musical pieces by mixing sampl ...
)
#"Interlude - Jazzy Jay and Afrika Bambaataa Speak" (
Jazzy Jay
John Bayas (born November 18, 1961), also known as The Original Jazzy Jay or DJ Jazzy Jay, is an American hip hop DJ and producer.
Background
Jazzy Jay was born into a Gullah family in coastal South Carolina. He moved with his family to New Y ...
,
Afrika Bambaataa
Lance Taylor (born on April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (), is an American DJ, rapper, and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenc ...
)
#"All 4 One" (
Boogie Boy, Kidd Delight,
Afrika Bambaataa
Lance Taylor (born on April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (), is an American DJ, rapper, and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenc ...
)
#"Interlude - Afrika Bambaataa Speaks Again" (
Afrika Bambaataa
Lance Taylor (born on April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (), is an American DJ, rapper, and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenc ...
)
#"Skin Cracked Canals" (
DJ Disk
DJ Disk is a turntablist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is of Panamanian, Colombian, and Nicaraguan descent. Born Luis Quintanilla on October 7, 1970, in San Francisco, Disk began scratching and mixing vinyl at a young age. In 1992, he joined ...
)
#"Interlude - Interlude"
#"Cut Transmitter" (
Grandmixer DXT
Derek Showard, better known by the stage name GrandMixer DXT, is an American musician, one of the earliest to use turntables as a musical instrument in the 1980s.
Early in his career, he was known as Grand Mixer D.ST, a reference to Delancey St ...
)
#"Universal Noize Maker" (Eddie Def)
#"Interlude - Q-Bert and Mixmaster Mike Speak" (
Q-Bert,
Mix Master Mike
Michael Schwartz (born April 4, 1970), better known by his stage name Mix Master Mike, is an American turntablist best known for his work with Beastie Boys.
Life and career
Born in San Francisco, California, Mix Master Mike is of German and Fili ...
)
#"My Style" (
Rob Swift
Rob Swift (born Robert Aguilar; May 14, 1972), is an American hip hop DJ and turntablist. He was an original member of the turntablist group The X-Ecutioners until 2004. He has also released numerous solo albums and collaborated with various art ...
)
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2002 soundtrack albums
Documentary film soundtracks