Raise your hand if you grew up in the 80's and you tried scratching on your mother's record player. You can't see me right now, but my hand is high in the air. When I heard scratching on a rap song and saw it being done in movies like "Beat Street" and "Breakin'," I thought I could certainly do the same thing. Man! How awful did it sound when I tried it.
This documentary was all things DJ'ing with a heavy focus on the modern day turntablists (2001 is the modern day). There was a brief history given about the origins of DJ'ing in terms of mixing, playing breaks, and scratching... lots and lots of scratching. "Scratch" featured many DJs from both coasts while giving DJ Qbert of Daly City, CA quite a bit of face time. I liked the documentary a lot even if I desired even more history than was given.
This documentary was all things DJ'ing with a heavy focus on the modern day turntablists (2001 is the modern day). There was a brief history given about the origins of DJ'ing in terms of mixing, playing breaks, and scratching... lots and lots of scratching. "Scratch" featured many DJs from both coasts while giving DJ Qbert of Daly City, CA quite a bit of face time. I liked the documentary a lot even if I desired even more history than was given.