@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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).
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.
@@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.
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 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.
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❤❤❤.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
@@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.