Return of the DJ, Vol. 1
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Return of the DJ, Vol. 1 is a 1995 compilation released by Bomb Hip-Hop Records
. This project was the first all dj/all scratching (turntablist) album ever released. It has been re-released in 1997 with new album artwork,Return of the DJ, Vol. 1 compilation and a collection of beats for DJ's ('Peanut Butter Breaks'). Return of the DJ is known as the first all-DJ album, helping to start the careers of turntablists such as DJ Q-bert, Cut Chemist, DJ Z-Trip, and others..
Bomb Hip-Hop Records
The San Francisco-based Bomb Hip-Hop Records has evolved since its humble beginnings in 1991 as a hip-hop publication to "one of the fifteen independent labels that matter" according to Rolling Stone. Bomb’s Return of the DJ series was ranked by Spin Magazine as #25 in their “The 90 Greatest Albums...
. This project was the first all dj/all scratching (turntablist) album ever released. It has been re-released in 1997 with new album artwork,Return of the DJ, Vol. 1 compilation and a collection of beats for DJ's ('Peanut Butter Breaks'). Return of the DJ is known as the first all-DJ album, helping to start the careers of turntablists such as DJ Q-bert, Cut Chemist, DJ Z-Trip, and others..
Track listing
- "Death of Hip-Hop" - Kool DJ E.Q. - 3:21
- "Ghetto on the Cut" - DJ Ghetto - 5:25
- "Rob Get’s Busy" - Rob SwiftRob SwiftRob Swift is an American hip hop DJ and turntablist. Swift is a former member of the turntablist group The X-Ecutioners as of late 2005 and as of 2006; with Mike Patton’s project Peeping Tom.-Early life:...
- 4:08 - "The Bomb Drops" - Jeep Beat CollectiveJeep Beat CollectiveJeep Beat Collective is the best known recording name of British hiphop DJ Dave Davies. He has also recorded under the names Mindbomb, Godfather of Weird and Dave the Ruf. His music carries a heavy emphasis on scratching, but he also raps. In 1999 Spin magazine included Jeep Beat Collective in...
- 4:03 - "Scratch Monopoly Pt. II" - Beat JunkiesBeat JunkiesThe World Famous Beat Junkies is a Hip hop crew of DJs specializing in Turntablism. Established in 1992 in Orange County, California by J-Rocc....
- 4:52 - "Invasion of the Octopus People" - Invisibl Skratch PiklzInvisibl Skratch PiklzThe Invisibl Skratch Piklz were a group of Americans of Filipino Ancestry 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 samples from records, by using multiple...
(Q-Bert, Disk, Shortkut) - 5:02 - "U Can Get With Discs or U Can Get With D.A.T." - DJ Z-TripDJ Z-TripZach Sciacca, better known as Z-Trip, is an American DJ and producer. He is best known as a pioneer of the mashup movement.A Phoenix, Arizona native, who now resides in Los Angeles, California, he was known early in his career for performing with the Bombshelter DJs . He became widely known when...
- 3:41 - "The Chronicles (i will always love h.e.r.)" - Peanut Butter WolfPeanut Butter WolfChris Manak, aka Peanut Butter Wolf, is a DJ, hip-hop producer and the founder of hip-hop label Stones Throw Records.A native of San Jose, California, He took on the name Peanut Butter Wolf in the late-80s when he realized that a girlfriend’s youngest brother feared the “peanut butter wolf monster”...
- 5:38 - "Terrorwrist (beneath the under)" - Mix Master MikeMix Master MikeMix Master Mike is an American turntablist and contributing member of the Beastie Boys.-Life and career:Born Michael Schwartz in San Francisco, California, Mix Master Mike is of German and Filipino descent. He first came to prominence upon winning the 1992 New Music Seminar/Supermen Inc...
- 5:39 - "The Track" - ASAP Productions (Yutaka, Honda, Aladdin) - 4:43
- "Lesson 4 : The Radio" - Cut ChemistCut ChemistLucas MacFadden , better known as Cut Chemist, is an American DJ and record producer. He is a former member of the funk Latin band Ozomatli, and of hip hop group Jurassic 5...
- 5:30 - "Suckas (sucka dj dis)" - DJ BabuDJ BabuDJ Babu is a Filipino-American DJ. One-third of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples , Babu is also a member of the Beat Junkies DJ crew, and together with rapper Defari forms the duo the Likwit Junkies. DJ Babu, Evidence and Pharoahe Monch also feature in the song H! Vltg3 on Linkin Park's...
- 3:06