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DJ Scratch Calls For Early Hip Hop Pioneers To Get Their History “Sorted Out”

Not long after MC Sha-Rock sparred with Debbie D over first female MC claims, DJ Scratch had a message for the OGs. On Saturday (March 18), DJ Scratch shared a Facebook status that read: “All the ...
The Washington Post

'Scratch': Beneath the Surface of Hip-Hop DJs

BRIMMING with talent and energy, "Scratch" is a music documentary that should appeal to more than just hardcore hip-hop fans. Focusing on the evolution of the hip-hop DJ, or "turntablist," it mixes ...
The Christian Century

Hip-hop artists Sho Baraka and Propaganda flip the script

The scratch is a sound. As a technique, hip-hop artists scratch by moving a vinyl record back and forth by hand. Scratching interrupts the steady movement of the record and produces endless timbral ...
The Washington Post

'Scratch': Taking Hip-Hop's DJs Out For a Spin

That's just one of the morals of "Scratch," Doug Pray's engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary about the birth and continuing artistic growth of the hip-hop DJ. The film opens with the ...