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Adventures of Roc Raida Part 3 DVD + CD

New third installment of the Adventures of Roc Raida video series (first time on DVD), and it's Roc's best production yet, official documentary style. Includes special performances, tour footage and behind the scenes, featuring guests like Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, Jay-Z, A-Trak, Lord Finesse, Boogie Blind, and others. Bonus features is where it's really at with a complete What FM video show with loads of comedy by Lord Sear and crew, mini-tutorials, and much much more. Also includes a second audio disc of a What FM mix featuring new tracks from Dilated Peoples, Scram Jones, Killa Sha, and more What FM comedy.
reviewed by the mgmnt


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ASK Video
Logic Pro Tutorial: Level 3 DVD

Level 3 of ASK Video's highly informative and useful Logic Tutorial series goes in deep for the most advanced aspects of Logic. The DVD features over 3 hours of professional instruction from musician and Apple expert Tony Wallace and contains 26 high quality video segments covering everything from Environments, Environment Objects, Rewire, Score Styles, Project Manager, Global Video Track and more. Recommended for those already familiar and want to get the most out of Logic Pro. Must be viewed on a MAC running OS X Version 10.2 or higher with DVD-Rom drive (includes Quicktime 7.x for Mac/PC which is required for viewing).


List of DVD Content:
1. Environment
2. Environment Objects 1
3. Environment Objects 2
4. Environment Objects 3
5. Environment Objects 4
6. Environment Objects 5
7. Environment Objects 6
8. Environment Exchange
9. ReWire
10. Score Window
11. Instrument Sets
12. Score Styles
13. Score Preferences
14. Score Preparation
15. Project Manager 1
16. Project Manager 2
17. Project Manager 3
18. Surround Mixing
19. Global Video Track
20. Video Preferences
21. Synchronization
22. Tempo Interpreter
23. Tempo Operations
24. Control Surfaces
25. Distributed Audio
26. Pro Tools Support
reviewed by snackmaster


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Battle Sounds Turntablist Festival No.4 VHS

Line-up: QBert, Supa Dave, Trajik, Sugarcuts, Impereal, Excess, IXL, Big Wiz, Marz1, Rukas, Dummy, Rob Swift, plus QBert and Rob Swift jam session, and DXT's special QBert announcement. The sweeping nostalgia of nerdier days will hit you hard with this one.
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Battle Sounds Turntablist Festival No.5 VHS

Featuring Z-Trip trick mixing and blending; Radar pedal sampler skratch track building; 5th Platoon (Roli, Neil Armstrong, Kandi, Daddy Dog) battling each other; Rob Swift, Mista Sinista, and new X-prot'g' Precision; Mr. Dibbs and T-Rock tag team, Mysterio magic routines. Plus a visual demonstration of the Turntablist Transcription Methodology by Rob Swift where he translates the onscreen notation into skratches. Also a excerpt from Hop-Fu, the Carluccio, Excess, and IXL (aka a young Eddie from the Manhattan store!) collaboration of live skratch scoring to the kung fu movie "Prodigal Son." High quality video produced and directed John Carluccio.
reviewed by the mgmnt


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Brasilintime 2DVD

The newest project from Mochilla brings the heat of Brasil straight to your tube via the lens of B+ and the Mochilla crew. If you ever wondered what vacationing in Brasil is like, how about with funk drum legends (Paul Humphries and James Gadson), LA DJ giants (Madlib, Babu, J-Rocc, and Cut Chemist), along with legendary Brasilian percussionists (Wilson Das Neves, Derf Reklaw, and Joao Parahyba)? This is the follow up to their Keepintime project which was I first saw opening up the DJ Shadow show in SF, but this time the jam is much more epic. Join the whole crew as they tour through Brasil, go shopping for the rarest of Brasilian records, inside practice sessions, Madlib beat making live, J-Rocc rocking his patented mix style, and the legends of Brasil and Funk dropping heavyweight gems in personal interviews and photo shoots. The climax is of course the Brasilintime jam where everyone is riffing and jamming with each other. The bonus disc includes more jams including exclusive footage of Madlib killing a trap set like a true jazzman. A must have for true beat heads and wax fiends everywhere. 2 disc DVD with more than 2 hours of footage.
reviewed by Cmish


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DJ Dusk's Root Down Soundclash (Madlib vs. Cut Chemist) DVD

Years in the making, Mochilla unleashes this most excellent document of Cali's legendary "Root Down Soundclash" nights curated by the late great DJ Dusk. Round 1 in January 2001 featured an incredible showdown between the most prolific stoner Madlib and the one and only Cut Chemist; April 2002 saw People Under The Stairs' Thes One squaring off against Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am (pre-mega-mega-stardom); and in December 2003, 'Lib's brother and fellow Stones Thrower Oh No and Emanon's Exile. Mochilla shot each clash on two cameras and presents both views simultaneously, side-by-side for a unique viewing experience. Check the YouTube clip for a taste, then go ahead and add to cart. Includes a trailer for Mochilla's Brasilintime documentary. 2 hours, 3 minutes running time. Recommended.


reviewed by Van Hammersly


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DJ Flare: Magnifrying Glass DVD

It's good to see that some things never change. Flare is still pumping out those hard electro funk beats that dj's love to use for masochistic 45min skratch sessions trying to reach skratch nirvana like q-bert, and d-styles. This time he's released a dvd so that you don't have to zone out on your mixwell poster but on images of hot girls, psychedelic imagery, and sped up roadtrip footage. pop this in your player, and don't think..... "feeeeeeeel."
reviewed by the mgmnt


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DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist: Freeze DVD

Revised edition of the infamous "Brainfreeze" live mix - Shadow and Cut Chemist's insane Double Dare stunt of a mix in which the two catch wreck on strictly rare funk 45's. New DVD features scenes from the Future Primitive 45 sessions in Frisco, home footage of rehearsals, highlights from supporting DJ's Dante, Nu-Mark, and Z-Trip, never before seen interview with O-Dub, Chemist and Shadow detailing the origins of the Freeze phenomenon, full audio commentary from Chemist and Shadow, and plenty, plenty more. Over 1.5 hours of viewing time plus deluxe packaging.
reviewed by the mgmnt


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Gunkhole: Live In Bologna DVD

I remember seeing Gunkhole perform back in '04 in the Bay and being blown away by their psychedelic, free jazz scratch fusion styles. The innovative dream team of D-Styles, Ricci Rucker, Mike Boo on the cut plus drums provided by Giovani Taylor is just too ill - this is progressive scratch music at its best, and to top it off - it's all improvised! The footage on this DVD is actually from their live set in Bologna, Italy in 2005 in which they recruited the help of Alesandro Meroli on stand up bass and Nicola Negrini on baritone sax and flute to really flesh-out the sound. If you just heard the sounds with the screen off, you might think it was some experimental prog record from the 70's - lots of super dubbed out synths and keys, jazzy freeform breaks, and plenty of psychedelic sound manipulation. But the visuals truly take the experience over the top with tons of random tripped-out clips mixed over their live 60+ minute jam footage. I would suggest being in an altered state while watching. Also includes bonus scratch session footage from shows In France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and UK. Recommended.
reviewed by snackmaster


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QBert: Do It Yourself, Vol.1 - Skratching DVD

What more needs to be said about this one, the self-declared, "clearest, best illustrated, most comprehensive DVD on skratching ever released." Features: 1)Multiple Video Angles: see every skratch from 4 different angles. All clips loop until you decide to go on. All lessons by Qbert. 2)Multiple Audio Tracks: mixed audio on track 1, skratches only on 2, beats only on 3. 3)Over 25 skratches demonstrated: all skill levels including babies, drags, chirps, crabs, flares,lazers and more! 4)Practice the skills Q+A battle session with Spy-D, Lamb Chop, Deck Demon, and more. Each battle becomes progressively more difficult and uses the skratches you just learned. 5)Tips and secret section. Step by step shows you how to setup gear, from balancing tonearm to skip prevention techniques. Learn how to count bars or make an emergency slipmat. Plus more extra features
reviewed by the mgmnt


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QBert: Do It Yourself, Vol.2 - Skratch Sessions DVD

Volume 2 of the most popular how to skratch DVD. Lessons here include: how to DJ with a band, battling, performances (with Quest, Snayk Eyez, Mike Boogie and more), and a skratch session with 20 DJs! DVD technology allows you to play along with djs on screen. Loaded with special features, bonus movies, and easter eggs. All region NTSC.
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QBert: Live In Australia & Asia DVD

Qbert is a little older now, settling into his skin like a jazz master. This is the first Turntable TV since he's gone into hiding in Hawaii, and he's emerged as a more skilled musician. Gone are the "areyouberrytight" jokes as QBert seems to have taken his role as diplomat of scratch even more seriously. And it shows in this video, as Qbert amazes stadiums full of people with that trademark intensity and unbelievable new skills. This documentary follows Q as he introduces his higher level of scratching to cities in Australia and Asia. It reminds of when I was first getting so hyped about this shit, watching those kids go crazy at the shows. Q totes only his QFO (turntable with a mixer built-in), giving this a real guy on a mission feeling. Approximately one hour.
reviewed by the mgmnt


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QBert: Scratchlopedia Breaktannica DVD

Oh man, Q-bert done did it this time. You thought it was a wrap with the Breaktionary, but nope. Dude's taking it there with the SCRATCHLOPEDIA BREAKTANNICA DVD! You ever hear some crazy ass scratch and wonder how the F they do that? Well for this DVD, Q's giving it all away - over 100 scratch techniques revealed with video demos and detailed explanation for each! It's as if David Blaine made a how-to video and gave away his biggest and most secret magic tricks. The DVD plays out like a video dictionary - literally - with scratches laid out alphabetically, and arranged in a book-like format with flip through buttons to quickly navigate through the pages. One side of the screen scrolls text on how to do the scratch technically, while the other side shows a video demo (which can be made full screen) on how it should look and sound. The scratches are demonstrated by the best of the best - everyone from Q (and his many aliases) to Tyra From Saigon, Flare, Rafik, Z-Trip and more. Some of these advanced techniques used to only be passed through the elite scratch DJs via word of mouth and secret code, so if you wanna get your scratch game to pro levels this DVD is a must. Definitely Recommended.
reviewed by snackmaster


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Roc Raida - Adventures of DVD

The king of graffiti movies, Style Wars is a straight documentary on the artists and movement that was taking place in New York City, circa 1982. Because it was done at the exact right moment, Style Wars features incredible shots of running trains, interviews with some of the most revered writers and the genuine feeling of what hip hop was really all about- but it•s much more than nostalgia. It hits the goal that any good documentary hopes to achieve: absolute reality and a truth which is more interesting and amazing than any fiction. They obviously sympathize with the artists, but the directors do an excellent job presenting the whole picture of what was happening. Other than artists and bombers like Seen, Cap, Mare, PJ, Zephyr, Revolt and the amazing Case, they also take time for the Rock Steady Crew and a bit of b-boy history, Mayor Koch, two heads from the MTA, parents, subway riders, early graffiti art gallery patrons and more. Watching it today and the whole film sparkles dead right, the perfect time-capsule for an era of change, energy and creation that will never happen again. A must have.
reviewed by the mgmnt


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Scribble Jam #6 VHS

Full coverage from the huge annual Mid West b-boy, emcee, deejay, graf festival. The 2 day event features both expos and battles for all elements (I hate that word) and has become quite a tradition, drawing talent and fans from around the world. This year features footage of mid-west faves Slug, Dibbs, Sage Francis, Skandal, DJ Swuint, Mac Leathal, DJ Kiko, the b-boy/b-girl battle staged by Cros One of Freestyle Sessions fame, dj battle footage, and more.
reviewed by the mgmnt


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Shortee's DJ 202 DVD

The second instructional DVD from Shortee. Her first one is an all time Lab best-seller, and stands as one of the only instructional DVDs that really teaches you how to use your equipment and properly dj in all respects (not just scratching). This one continues with more advanced lessons on mixing, scratching, and beat juggling, with lots of extra features. Includes showcases and interviews with Q-Bert, Babu, Faust, Disk, Flare, Shingo, Radar and more.
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Tableturns 4th Anniversary VHS

A Great Day in Turntablism says it all. Invited DJs perform in groups (and sometimes individually) according to styles. Funky Slow: Dstyles, Relm, Precyse, Babu. Technical Power: Qbert, Melo-D, Mike Boogie, Radar. Crazy style: Klever, Infamous, Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts. Jugglers: Roli Rho, Total Eclipse, Roc Raida, Ptrix. Next School: Dopey, Spictacular, Supa Dave, Pump. A true piece of turntablism history! 90 minutes.
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Turntable TV Deluxe DVD

It's been years since the last Turntable TV, but Q-bert, Yogafrog, and Skratchy Seal are still up to their wacky scratch antics. In the latest installment of the TTV saga, witness DJ Q-bert visit the UK for DMC 2005 and chill with DJ Yeah (youngest scratch DJ), the secret origin of Skratchy Seal, Beat Boxing + Floor Squeaking with Trihedral, funky-ass tutting from Bionic Man and Pharcyde, the making of the QFO, and of course... LOTS of freestyle scratch sessions with Q and his homies from around the globe (like Misaya + Kouji of Japan, Vajra, Rafik, and Tyra). Features tons of extras too - most notably a bunch of old school TTV clips from the Thud Rumble vaults.

reviewed by snackmaster


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