Best of Return of the DJ

Cream of the crop.


01 Death of Hip-Hop - Kool DJ E.Q.
02 Return of the DJ - DJ Faust
03 The Chronicles (i will always love h.e.r.) - Peanut Butter Wolf
04 Rob Get’s Busy - Rob Swift
05 Lesson 4 The Radio - Cut Chemist
06 On Da Flex - DJ Godfather
07 Scratch Monopoly II - Beat Junkies
08 Static’s Waltz - Kid Koala
09 Terrorwrist (beneath the under) - Mixmaster Mike
10 Suckas (sucka dj dis) - DJ Babu
11 Dangerous - DJ JS-1 & DJ Spinbad
12 Rockstar - Z-Trip
13 Invasion of the Octopus People - Invisibl Skratch Piklz
14 B-Boy’s Revenge 96 Porkopolis Turntable Jazz - Mr. Dibbs
15 Scroll of the Wrist Beam - Qbert
16 Return of the DJ Megamix - DJ T-Rock

Return of the DJ Allstar

1 Kool DJ E.Q. - Death Of Hip Hop
2 DJ Design - Never Be The Same
3 Beyond There - The Positive Step
4 Def Cut - Fresh
5 Mix Master Mike - Terrorwrist (Beneath The Under)
6 Beat Junkies - Scratch Monopoly Pt. 1
7 El-P - Who's On The Turntable
8 DJ Z-Trip - Rockstar II
9 DJ Ghetto - Ghetto On The Cut
10 DJ Shiro - Science Friction
11 Peanut Butter Wolf - The Chronicles
12 Tommy Tee - Aerosoul
13 DJ Z-Trip - U Can Get With Disc Or You Can Get With Dat

Return of the DJ Vol. 6

The long awaited 6th part of the Return of the DJ. I thought I'll get tired of this but I didn't.

1. Business As Usual - Dr. Jones
2. Transmittin' - DJ JS-1
3. The Dude - Patch Lunch
4. Cheese Cuttin' - DJ Itchy Ron
5. HOTSIVO - 3FX Crew
6. Half Cut - Blendoffendaz
7. Hypnosis - DJ Wicked
8. Damn, the Beat - DJ T-Rock
9. The Ultimate - DJ Agent 86
10. Knucklehead DJ's - DJ Irie

Return of the DJ Vol. 5

Volume five brings the DJs from all over the globe: Alien Army from Italy, Noisy Stylus from Germany, Azurro and Hashim B. from Japan, etc. Here, Skratch Gangstaz come back with a wickedly ridiculous Director's Cut spreading on thickly everything from Arnold Schwarznegger's movie quotes to Pablo Francisco's stand-up impressions of him on scratch beats.



01. ROTDJ Radio - DJ Shortfuse
02. Disc Duel - DJ Hype & the Phaderheadz
03. Director's Cut - '89 Skratch Gangstaz (DJ Pone & Snayk Eyez)
04. The Detonator - Ales One & DJ Teeko
05. 1-8-7 - DJ Marvel
06. Recognize - The Fingerbangerz
07. Hate Me - DJ Astro
08. Destroy - Alien Army
09. Panic - Timestretch, DJ Nerve and Trouble B
10. Quattro Respirato - Azzurro feat. Hashim B.
11. Catch Wreck - Jazz Addixx feat. DJ Ragz, DJ Boom and Mudd
12. The Old School Day Trip - DJ X-Rated
13. Aych 2 Oh - H.O.P.
14. Broccoli Wars - Noisy Stylus
15. I'm the Mutha F'in Man - DJ T-Rock
16. The Boys Dope! - Mista Ed
17. Ventilation - DJ JS1

Return of the DJ Vol. 4

Volume four is more exuberant cut'n'paste, more ridiculous Lessons, more sequals to previous tracks, more turntablists. The most fun track is probably by the 89 Skratch Gangstaz blasphemously sampling a Britney Spears song. This track can only be matched by the coloful cutting of the DJ JS-1's and DJ Spinbad's Dangerous to create battle routine of the Cold Cutz standards. Fruitful samples creating sentences, especially when DJ T-Rock samples an amateur porn video from Wifey's World dissing all the turntablism haters out there in Girlz didn't give me none. Hmm, come to think about it, I don't know if this was Wifey's World sample though for sure; I have to do some research.

01 Here 4 Years - DJ Storm
02 My Definition - DJ Static
03 Scroll of the Wrist Beam - Qbert
04 Lesson 89 - 89 Skratch Gangstaz (DJ Pone and Snayk Eyez)
05 World Domination 2001 - Happee & Dinoh
06 Dangerous - DJ JS-1 & DJ Spinbad
07 U.T.A. : 2 - DJ Maniphest featuring Mr. Thing
08 Unpleasant Thoughts - DJ Shortfuse
09 X Marks the Skratch - Slate
10 Buenos Dias Bitch - DJ Prolifix
11 Symphony 3000 - Top Rawmen
(featuring Yeroc, Nando, Nomad, Mike C and Jay Slim)
12 We Are The Ones - The Wristerons
13 Girlz Didn’t Give Me None - DJ T-Rock
14 Schwicky - The Animal Crackers
15 Music Evolution - E-Jay & Rocky-Rock

Return of the DJ Vol. 3

Released in 1999, this third installment of RotDJ begins with the warning for the "walking pieces of meat", goes into the series' theme song, and even features a sequel to the Z-Trip's Rockstar from the previous part. This compilation reveals a second wave of more fantastic scratch collectives like the Innernational crew(DJ Day, DJ Rip One, Exile, DJ Kair One, DJ Casey), Cold Cutz Crew (DJ Revolution, DJ Spinbad, DJ JS-1, DJ Slynke) and we get to hear Mr. Thing from the Scratch Perverts. We also get the scratch queen herself, Shortee.

01 All Points Bulletin (album disclaimer) - Mr. Dibbs
02 Return of the DJ - DJ Faust
03 Rockstar II - Z-Trip
04 The Return of Scratching - DJ Talkback
05 The Brothers Grim Sideshow - DJ Bombjack featuring Ben Grim
06 Mood Swing - Furious
07 Science Friction - DJ Shiro
08 Brain Confusion - Eddie Def & Extrakd
09 Shortee’s Return - Shortee
10 Unorthodox Turntabular Angles - Maniphest with Mr. Thing
11 Cold Cutz - Cold Cutz Crew (Spinbad / JS-One / Slynke)
12 Doo Doo On Yourself - DJ T-Rock
13 Deedz In Da Mix - Innernational
(Myk B / Trace / Clitch / Chico / Kair One / Rip One / Day)
14 Never Be the Same - DJ Design

Return of the DJ Vol. 2

Volume II of the album that ranked 14th best album of 1997 according to Spin Magazine. In our books this rates even higher. Still featuring the plinth of turntablist scene (Z-Trip, Roc Raida, Kid Koala, 1200 Hobos, etc.), this scratch compilation, graces us with features of lesser known DJs who fit right in.


01 The Positive Step - Beyond There
02 B-Boy’s Revenge 96 Porkopolis Turntable Jazz - Mr. Dibbs/1200 Hobos
03 Change the Scratch - DJ Jeff
04 Vinyl Overdose - DJ Format
05 Who’s On The Turntables - LF Peee
06 Private Parts - Radar & Z-Trip
07 Call Me Goldfinger - Pepe Deluxe
08 Static’s Waltz - Kid Koala
09 Flat Chested - DJ Ruthless
10 Aerosoul - Tommy Tee
11 X-Men Style Beatz - Roc Raida
12 Hide Your Wrecords When We Come Through - Kool DJ E.Q.
13 Itchy Vinyl Session Part II: Babylon 5 - DJ JS-One & DJ Spinbad
14 Jimmie’s Jam - DJ Jimmie Jam
15 On Da Flex - DJ Godfather
16 Rockstar - Z-Trip

Return of the DJ Vol. 1

I checked and saw that this wasn't on our blog yet to my surprise so I decided to put it up. Here it is, the greatest scratch compilation ever from Bomb Hip-Hop released in 1995. Here you get the pillars of turntablism: Rob Swift, Invisibl Skratch Picklz, The Beat Junkies, Cut Chemist, Z-Trip and others to start off the earfull adventure.

01 Death of Hip-Hop - Kool DJ E.Q.
02 Ghetto on the Cut - DJ Ghetto
03 Rob Get’s Busy - Rob Swift
04 The Bomb Drops - Jeep Beat Collective
05 Scratch Monopoly II - The Beat Junkies
06 Invasion of the Octopus People - The Invisibl Skratch Picklz (Q-Bert, Disk, Shortkut)
07 U Can Get With Discs or U Can Get With D.A.T. - DJ Z-Trip
08 The Chronicles (i will always love h.e.r.) - Peanut Butter Wolf
09 Terrorwrist (beneath the under) - Mixmaster Mike
10 The Track - ASAP Productions (Yutaka, Honda, Aladdin)
11 Lesson 4 : The Radio - Cut Chemist
12 Suckas (sucka dj dis) - DJ Babu