X-Men vs Invisibl Skratch Piklz July 27, 1996 Team Round 

Just stopping by to check wether this is still the dopest battle ever… yes it is 🤯

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

Man, I had this on VHS and used to watch it almost everyday after high school!

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.

One of the greatest pieces of DJ'ing ever recorded.

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 🙏 🙌 ✨

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!

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.

This is my favourite moment in hip hop

This was unbelievably huge for the culture. I didn't believe it was real until i seem the vhs!

Legendary moments this is the foundation of all of our music today

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!!!!!

ISP has always been ahead of its time in the DJ world. Spoken from a true BAY AREA native.

great moment in turntablism history!!!!

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.

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!

The golden age of dj battles not forgetting the ITF'S

Watched this when i first got into turntablism,was amazed then and still am now,both crews are worthy winners,

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.

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!

That Born to Roll section into "Sardines" is still one of the greatest things I've ever heard.

Jesus Fucking Christ! Short is a BEAST on those Transformers!!

and it's still FRESH! ☺

"Q-BERT gets head" 🤣🤣🤣

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?

Xmen routine was dope love swift & raida doubles💪🏾

Couple of crazy bits but all round from both sides? Fuckin awesomeness!

R.I.P. Roc Raida

Crazy Legs and Bobito at the start

Masterpiece

isp was ahead of there time

ISP set is flawless

Amazing

Hell yeah

Sadly, Roc Raida died from Cardiac Arrest in 2009.

There comes a time where the winners are the fans because both came hard as fuck and you forget it was a battle this was 2 teams putting on a fuckin show point blank period

2 min into the picklz set already determined they won. 😂😂😂😂

RIP ROC! 🙏

Go go go go go go go

es un jodido clasico, y sera eterno por los siglos de los siglos! esto es historia perras!

Máximo Respeito X ! Máximo Respeito ISP !

I told people Rob been dope since the 90's.

dj battlin I use to hear about however it was always kinda underground and never was really broadcasted on radio or tv it was kinda underrated you had to go see it live if you wanted to see it the only time that you really saw something about it was when the movie juice came out and omar epps was into dj battlin

X MEN!!!!!

31:15 id pls

Never forget my man Short Kut was fucking it up so hard at the end it made MMM rave. Lol

Raygun disapproves

15:41 ISP ended it with this set....EPIC

❤

Diamond j stepped in

ISP hands down

Heeeeeee haaaaaw Bessie!!!!

Looking at this again...... yo, X-men slayed ISP

Scratch Piklz sooooo tight, X-Men had no chance at all. and Q-bert is god of course!

Go armpit go

Doctor octagon and Booger breaks. I like pickles. The invisible ones.😁😏

NBA DREAM TEAM VS KUROSAWA SEVEN SAMURAI

Go Aladdin meador mills go

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I wish someone would clean up this video and make it 4k. This is the greatest dj battle of all time.

Masterpiece

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.

Rob, y’all were battling aliens that day 😂

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.

That "skratch band" performance by the X-Men in the beginning is SO dope.

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 Miss the DMC routines where artists tear through vinyl. I remember seeing Cash Money bring at least 5 crates to gig.

My skin still gets goosebumps when I hear this I want turntables worse than I ever did 20 years ago

Mad respect to X-men and ISP! GM Rock Raida RIP big fella

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.

The greatest turntable event of all time!! Thank you for documenting this..!

Thx Rob for posting. The X-men showed great showmanship, and ISP technical precision. Hip-hop is the winner.

25th Anniversary Blu-Ray: Remastered in 2021?

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.

Praise to the X team but ISP crushed. The sick drumming, the scratch repertoire, the juggles, the remixes; absolutely crazy. Bitch, it's curtains!

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 to this day feel the executioners weren't ready for ISP. It was so lopsided. Both crews are so influential either way! They made me want to DJ.

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!

Mix mastermike I think is the OG of wild style

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! 👌👌👌

wow I saw isp when I was 16.. these guys are from a different planet. SF!

legendary... 3:40 so buttery

West coast crew djs look to create something that’s out of this world when it comes to sounds, East coast DJ look for rhythm and soul . Blacks grew up on soul and jazz melodies, them dudes are Philippines or Korean or Mexican, their music melodies are totally different, that’s why they breakdance very well because you don’t have to be on beat after your footwork. It depends on where you are at, in Cali they would get the nod in NY x men would get the nod, it’s like rapping, people on the east played with words very well, and thought Cali dudes was corny. The d.o.c and ren was two west coast guys that East coast though could rhyme with NY guys in the 90s

No hate…but ISP Destroyed the Xmen..🤦🏻‍♂️😂. I’m not just saying that cuz I’m from the Bay either…😂

@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!!

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.

If i ever make my time machine ill make sure I drop by this battle and record it in 4k with line in audio

A true gem right here! Salute! 💯

Legendary

21 people are a bunch of jerks, gonna give them an example how a dj works

These were some good-ass times

At that time isp had way more advanced technical skills but the x men had a better routine and better showmanship

deep, deep respect. epic display of the roof blowin' off. thx for sharing. goosebumps. damn

ISP❤️2022

Does anyone know the name of the track at 8:33 ?

They need mike back. It’s fucking time.

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 .