1. DJ Battles and Scratch

2. Invisibl Skratch Piklz (ISP)
Q-bert, D-Styles, Shortkut, Apollo, Disk
^all Filipino Americans who came out of Bay Area Mobile Scene
A-Trak, Flare, Yogafrog
First group to really highlight DJs as a band
Changed the industry and became heroes for many Filipino and other Asian Americans
Rock Steady DJs (MMM, Q, and Apollo) World DMC Champs; Dream Team (Q and MMM) 1993

3. “Turntablism” Coined by DJ Disk and popularized by DJ Babu
Using the turntable like a musical instrument
Turntablist: someone who uses the turntable musically (similar to pianist).
Movement developed in late 80s as a response to the prominence of the rapper
Scratching, juggling, wordplay

4. Battles are... Competitive...dissing and Planned and practiced
Originality is KEY
Have been instrumental in the advancement of technique
Like scratch DJ/turntablist culture, male dominated but not discriminatory towards females

5. Beat Juggling
The goal is the FLIP a beat by taking two copies of the same record (usually), and rearranging it
Usually requires a) we recognize the original b) recognizing how it's being transformed
Notably an East Coast (X-Men) priority; scratching advanced on the West Coast
DJ Babu Blind Alley: flips The Emotions “Blind Alley” (1972)
Mista Sinista Method Man: flips Wu-Tang “M.E.T.H.O.D. Man” (1993)
Rob Swift Biz Markie: flips Biz Markie “Nobody Beats the Biz”(1988)

6. Body Tricks Chad Jackson, 1987 World DMC Championship
DJ David, 1991 World DMC Championship
Roc Raida, 1995 World DMC Championship
Grandmaster Flash first to bring out body tricks

7. Gender and the Battle Social construction
Technical knowledge (equipment); technique knowledge (practice); cultural knowledge (records)
Kuttin Kandi 1998 USA DMC Finals
Until 2016, only female to make it to finals
DJ Perly, 2016 NYC DMC Champ / USA DMC Runner Up
Pam the Funktress 1994 West Coast DMC