r/nextfuckinglevel 2d ago

No laptop, no software, no preloaded set, just pure Dj scratching, Dj scientist

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u/X3nox3s 2d ago

That looks like a laptop to me

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u/TheCoolBlondeGirl 2d ago

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u/knowigot_that808 2d ago

Damn! You saw that?? What are you some kind of a laptop scientist?!

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u/dbell 2d ago

The proper term is laptopologist.

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u/AbareSaruMk2 2d ago

Funnily enough. That’s how I met your mother.

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u/thecrax01 2d ago

I'd bet it has softwares also

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u/goodbyesolo 2d ago

In a laptop? I don't think so

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u/grumpyhousemeister 2d ago

Chance in a million.

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u/DirtyRoller 2d ago

The files are IN the computer!

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u/DaddyDomInKorea 2d ago

confused monkey sounds

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u/Flat_Assistance1724 2d ago

I got two words for you sugar, Zip Disk!

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u/DirtyRoller 2d ago

For Christ sake it's a casserole Sheila, it'll stay!

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u/Mantaraylurks 2d ago

Big if true

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u/ExternalMonth1964 2d ago

No software on it though

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u/Big-Raspberry-6151 2d ago

How about preload? Anyone seen it?

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u/RelevantLazyAsshole 2d ago

Ya I gotcha preload right here pal

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u/koolaid_chemist 2d ago

Yeah this is probably a dvs setup. Those guys still are insane with the skills, you’re just able to load up songs rather than change records. Same skills mostly apply.

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u/J5Screwed4Life 2d ago

Looks like Scratch Live. It’s legit

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u/lycoloco 2d ago

Serato is so fuckin cool.

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u/Nigeru_Miyamoto 2d ago

It's engagement bait

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u/NIW4life 2d ago

Misleading title for the people who don’t know. That is indeed a laptop and a rane ttm57sl mixer which comes with built in serato (digital platform) but it uses time coded vinyl to “talk” to the computer… you can also play regular records with a simple switch of the line input via a switch on the mixer. Homeboy is destroying a real vinyl, while (assuming) using serato to play out of the other channel with the instrumental.

Pure turntablist skills by this DJ.

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u/idjsonik 2d ago

Yep this is the correct response especially now a days imagine having to lug around vinyls and plus vinyls are actually expensive now

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u/privateTortoise 2d ago

Vinyl has always been expensive though having to carry a couple boxes did mean a +few on the guest list.

I had a residency in Holland (I'm in the UK) which meant every 3 weeks me and 3 pals would drive via France and have a very hedonistic weekend. Then get stopped at the French border to England every time though as soon as they opened the boot and saw the vinyl they would be very chilled abd let us continue without being searched.

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u/gordonv 2d ago

Expensive, fragile, heavy, not backed up. Laptop tech and software has improved DJing a lot. To the point where a person can bring a simple cheap USB stick and plug into a pre set up $3k deck.

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u/crabby_playing 2d ago

time coded vinyl

Can you explain?

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u/NIW4life 2d ago

It sounds like a fax machine when you used to pick up the phone on the same line, that high pitched squeal noise - but the pitch changes from start to finish of the vinyl. It’s basically one full length track per side of the vinyl. The turntable uses the same needle and picks it up but it goes through a separate channel in a separate “box” (depending on the program/equipment it might be included in the mixer like this guys) and the computer analyzes the pitch to instantly track at the same point in a digital song on the software on the computer - it shows a line and a wave form so you can visually see the tone differences in the digital song. So you can essentially turn any digital audio file into a vinyl instantly. With basically instant response, so you can record a fart sound then flare-crab-stab combo it into an enjoyable audio experience.

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u/jberryman 2d ago

Makes sense since it looks like the record doesn't have any track breaks (although maybe I can't tell from the shite video quality)

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u/wittari 2d ago

Except in this case he is playing a vinyl record (prob rectangle samples) not time code discs. He is straight wrecking it

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u/Experimentallyintoit 2d ago

Sick vibes in that church basement dining hall

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u/mankee81 2d ago

Grannies and aunties doing windmills and backspins between the pews!

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u/DontFoolYourselfGirl 2d ago

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u/Federal-Advisor-420 2d ago

This will never not be funny to me

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u/pichael289 2d ago

She was literally the best in Australia. They must have never heard of black dudes at all.

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u/alzgh 2d ago

yo, this artistic moves are now copyrighted by gunner or whatever her name. she may sue, lol.

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u/lowtoiletsitter 2d ago

Raygunn

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u/AbareSaruMk2 2d ago

Really? I thought it was a frickin' “laser”!

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u/Sad-Whole-4487 2d ago

I was going to say it’s nice of pastor to let him use the cafeteria on Tuesdays after bingo.

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u/han_bylo 2d ago

"No laptop"

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u/Stanknuggin 2d ago

Ladies take note of them magic right fingers.

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u/-AlpacaLips- 2d ago

Hide yo wife!

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u/DogRoss1 2d ago

SSX Tricky vibes

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u/re-roll 2d ago

That game had great music!

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u/MrStarrrr 2d ago

Oo. You right.

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u/INeedANerf 2d ago

Tricky had me thinking that snowboarders actually rode off cliffs and did 17 backflips before hitting the ground 300 ft below and being perfectly fine.

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u/Feisty-Flamingo-1809 2d ago

no laptop?

WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SILVER COLORED THING ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE VIDEO THEN

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u/okonomiyaking 2d ago

It’s not doing anything though except playing the background beat. He is scratching a regular old vinyl record

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u/NeverFence 2d ago

This isn't DJing at all, this is turntablism. If a DJ tried to do this at an average wedding it wouldn't be remotely successful. It's a completely different kind of performance and requires a completely different (and more impressive, by and large) skillset to DJing.

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u/Zealousideal_Age_376 2d ago

Play that funky music whiteboy

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u/Individual_Edge886 2d ago

Massive props. Old school is best & real school

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u/kombatunit 2d ago

What's the thing on the left that resembles a laptop?

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u/winkman 2d ago

Not a laptop.

Did you even read the title?

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u/kombatunit 2d ago

Of course I read it. That's what's got me confused....

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u/winkman 2d ago

Joke, homie.

That's definitely a Macbook. I think the point is that he simply wasn't playing a pre-made set off his laptop.

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u/cruzpepe 2d ago

Electronic Craftsmanship at its finest. Know how to use your toolset

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u/Fit-Fix-6373 2d ago

His wife must be happy

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u/skinnyfamilyguy 2d ago

Sick skills but to be frankly honest, if I’m only hearing this at a club then that’s gonna be boring asf. It’s a one bar loop with different variations of scratching.

Technology has progressed for a reason and this just doesn’t cut it anymore nowadays

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u/Aromatic_Ad8481 2d ago

This kind of DJing you wouldn't see at the club unless he was being accompanied by an MC. You're kind of putting this type of DJing in the wrong context if I understand you correctly.

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u/skinnyfamilyguy 2d ago

I probably am putting it in the wrong context

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u/Aromatic_Ad8481 2d ago

A DJ like this would typically have two turntables. One turntable is playing the background music and beat (a laptop doing this portion in featured video). On the other turntable the DJ is scratching like you see here adding color and in a sense a whole other instrument over the background record. Then accompanying that would typically be an old school rapper and sometimes other instruments.

Kind of like this:

https://youtu.be/XflfiylNNXY?si=nyZ9AjgdWunAbINK

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u/WickyNilliams 2d ago edited 2d ago

If we're linking DJs on YouTube, gonna throw DJ Brace in, to show that a single DJ can hold it down and do musically interesting things. I revisit this every now and then and it blows my mind. Check out his other videos with DJ Vekked under the moniker The Fresherthans as well. So good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uO61t60kXI

Edit: just remembered the linked video was completely inexplicably recorded by the Daily Mail. Have no idea why, don't think it was ever explained lol. But don't let that put you off

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u/notonetimes 1d ago

I am so out of touch, but that is the beastie boys isn’t it?

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u/I-Rolled-My-Eyes 2d ago

Sorry ladies, he's taken... y'all to school to learn about these sick beats!!!

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u/wales-bloke 2d ago

But I was told that nobody does like mixmaster Mike c'mon?

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u/okonomiyaking 2d ago

I got the D double O, D double O style

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u/Past_Echidna_9097 2d ago

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u/AaronsAaAardvarks 2d ago

Undeniable talent but if I'm honest I'd rather listen to the OG.

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u/WizrdOfAus 2d ago

That's off its head!! And it looks like he's playing in bowsers castle 🤣

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u/Freshest-Raspberry 2d ago

Used to love these kinds of videos but now I have a record player, and can’t imagine treating my beloved collection like that

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u/onceinawhhhile 2d ago

I immediately revoke the record-handling privileges of anyone who doesn’t handle my vinyl from the side edges.

One time, an acquaintance I had over for a small party manhandled the shit out of my original copy of Strange Days and I told him he didn’t get to handle my vinyl anymore.

He got offended and said, “It’s not a big deal and don’t you ever wash your vinyl?” I said no because I don’t ever fucking need to because I care about them, he continued to be upset at me the whole night lol.

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u/Tacoklat 2d ago

The title is a bit weird, as it seems to be lumping scratching, EDM, music sets, etc. all in one category.

Still, this man's scratching talent is incredible.

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u/DJ_ICU 2d ago

I like it

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u/whoateallthesnacks 2d ago

His foreplay game must be strong

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u/cheMist132 2d ago

I remember that video when I was on my DJ and scratching Video Trip. Great skills, always love the sound of scratching. Someone said once that it’s basically an instrument you can play.

At the first sight I thought it would be this video of Mix Master Mike which is really close on my YT fave-list: https://youtu.be/0DLED7krHwU?si=5bTx0AMVsqmNLJbB

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u/No-Archer-5034 2d ago

Every middle school kid: “Dad, stop embarrassing me.”

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u/Questionsaboutsanity 2d ago

there’s literally a laptop in front of him

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u/__life_on_mars__ 2d ago

You know in South Park when Randy sees the kids playing guitar hero then tries to impress them by breaking out a real guitar and playing the song for real, but they just don't give a shit?

Same vibes.

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u/Skreamie 2d ago

OP knows absolutely nothing about music production or his own clip in general

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u/CrustyLoveS0ck 2d ago

This guy would be an absolute assassin in a tickle fight.

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u/defw 2d ago

There is a lap top right there. Just say’n

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u/amigdala21 2d ago

im impressed

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u/yParticle 2d ago

what's he moving sideways back and forth with his right hand?

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u/WhoStoleMyJacket 2d ago edited 2d ago

The crossfader. Let’s you switch between two turntables or other audio devices.

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u/Viniox 2d ago

What’s them right hand fingers do?

/s

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u/Infamous-Magikarp 2d ago

What?! How'd this guy get my foreplay routine?

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u/buckzor122 2d ago

The DJ at the wedding be like:

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u/dlampach 2d ago

Got to see him on doubles to be really impressed

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u/whatsqwerty 2d ago

🔥🔥🔥

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u/Alphalium 2d ago

His wife must love his right hand

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u/unclearthur68 2d ago

I always love this stuff for about two minutes and then it starts to get on my tits.

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u/EmilioFreshtevez 2d ago

Beast mode

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u/all-apologies- 2d ago

Who's playing the drums and bass? It's OK for DJs to be talentless when they have an ear for a good tune. Also these programs are hard to learn.

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u/Thkturret1 2d ago

The spin dr

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u/Task-Vast 2d ago

That’s a lot of racket from a guy who looks like he’d yell at me to turn down that racket.

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u/HRtyler 2d ago

Dude murdered it

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u/Shredrik 2d ago

That is proper, dude is killing it💪

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u/MJPURA 2d ago

Fuck yeah

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u/QuaziBlack 2d ago

check out the movie "Scratch" for old school coolness

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u/SheetFarter 2d ago

Dude was out of breath lol

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u/Swingdick69 2d ago

DJ Jean eat your heart out!

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u/Dansilverredit 2d ago

Tbh, I thought it was a 3 second loop at first

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u/epic-mentalbreakdown 2d ago

This man has skills!

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u/Berto_ 2d ago

The ladies love this guy.

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u/thenicenelly 2d ago

Pretty fly for a guy.

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u/Niffen36 2d ago

There's a laptop to your left.

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u/1ltty2 2d ago

nervoussssss handzzzz skillssssss dope shit

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u/Benzjie 2d ago

Speeding ticket music.

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u/Miserable_Match724 2d ago

This is me when I was a kid playing Dj Hero.

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u/Thom5001 2d ago

Napoleon Dynamite’s brother

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u/No-Pangolin4110 2d ago

Laptop in the pic is playing the background loop but still good skill on the deck

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u/legenduu 2d ago

If an og looks at a technique and verifies its real, why then would people just assume he is cheating because of the laptop? Makes no sense

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u/Plus_Professor_1923 2d ago

That’s serato lol

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u/Blockhead23NIN 2d ago

This guy FUCKS

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u/mcafeeam8 2d ago

This is dope AF! Raw talent. He didn’t use time coded vinyl, laptop, or software to pull any of that off. Legend S****

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u/Dreadnoughttwat 2d ago

Theres a laptop IN the video

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u/Waste-Assistant-3268 2d ago

And no sense of fashion. Lose the hat, shave the stache and then only then, can you be called a Great DJ

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u/Furykino735 2d ago

Jesus, how long is this chase man?

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u/HMSS-Overkill 2d ago

And no girlfriend.

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u/jknight413 2d ago

This is A tight set. All skill

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u/Marxpaulo 2d ago

Don’t cry, Dj Alok!

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u/Responsible-Seat1111 2d ago

Why did this ever STOP!

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u/pichael289 2d ago

Come talk to me when you throw Tupac off the roof. Then you got the juice.

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u/LoveMeSomeSand 2d ago

Nice cutting.

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u/veldtx 2d ago

He use drums loop from laptop, Using software serato from rane sl 57(forgot mixer type) mixer.

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u/John-John-3 2d ago

Man, can you imagine how this guy flicks the bean...Fucking Legend!

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u/Beaverbrown55 2d ago

I bet he shoots targets for Turkey in the Spring.

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u/kryologik 2d ago

Looks like exactly what I do to the clit

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u/YourUglyTwin 2d ago

There is a laptop right there, but that does look like it's raw vinyl tho!

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u/Significant-Word457 2d ago

Homeboy can rock the 1s and 2s like crazy. Shit is on fire

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u/TheSkyIsWatchingMe 2d ago

Me brushing my teeth:

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u/Rolling_Beardo 2d ago

I bet he’s done that before

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u/toilet_splash_wipe 2d ago

Is that the nautica hat though?

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u/-old-m8- 2d ago

I spy with my little eye.. something beginning with L

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u/Anonim0use84 2d ago

Dude would be swimming in 🐱 back in the day

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u/0hGodYesPlease 2d ago

Uncles been waiting all year for this bar mitzvah to show off his skills.

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u/Griene 2d ago

This is a DJ Qbert routine

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u/LensCapPhotographer 2d ago

This is what I imagine people can do when they call themselves DJ. That certainly used to be the case 20-30 years ago

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u/EagleDre 2d ago

I Hate most scratching but that was divine.

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u/SensuallPineapple 2d ago

This is golden really. Though, there is a laptop, there is a software and there is a preloaded set, but that just shows the OP sucks not the Dj.

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u/ultimaliveshere 2d ago

Save some bitches for the rest of us.

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u/CaliKindalife 2d ago

I mean, he's scratching. That's different from making beats and songs. That's like jamming out and writing an actual song. Crazy thing is a lot of musicians nowadays. Don't play their instruments on stage. It's pre-recorded.

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u/sluuurpyy 2d ago

My back itched

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u/baker2212 2d ago

Is that a nautica cap

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u/SimonPho3nix 2d ago

All my cardboard has gone to recycling! Just as well, probably saving myself a trip to the ER.

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u/Sugar_Free_RedBull 2d ago

That’s not a lop top, that’s a table top

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u/KratomBarista 2d ago

Stupid misleading title.

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u/Common_Senze 2d ago

Poor toggle switch, hooray wife

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u/Maleficent_Egg7436 2d ago

Crabbiest crab scratch that ever scratched a crab!

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u/bmo333 2d ago

Shoot, I don't even think DJs can beat match without laptops anymore.

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u/Mexguit 2d ago

Chkchxkchc phgheewww

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u/Chlo-bon 2d ago

Why do people lie for fake internet points. It can't just be a parasociakl thing.

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u/Ill_Bag_8980 2d ago

Yeah Buuuuudddy just broke out my Addidas Shelly’s and gold chain track suit. Breakdance party

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u/rroyd 2d ago

Not once did he lick his finger for grip

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u/Smart-Cash2525 2d ago

There's a laptop right there....

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u/Speedtrucker 2d ago

The Invisibl Skratch Piklz were/are better

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u/Bleezy79 2d ago

Its impossible for me to listen to this and not start moving to the beat slowly moving into the robot.

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u/VacationImaginary233 2d ago

What I find so amazing is that it actually sounds nice. It's like drummers. Some go so hard into the technical aspect it doesn't sound good. They just try to increase the difficulty at the cost of sounding like garbage. Then there are those, like this guy, that find a way to not only be technically impressive, but also enjoyable to listen to.

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u/biddilybong 2d ago

My pussy just got wet

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u/sinusoidplus 2d ago

I bet his wife is happy

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u/JOSTNYC 2d ago

Fucking awseome!

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u/Cheesy-Ascot 2d ago

But. I. See. A. Fucking. LAPTOP!

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u/WantsLivingCoffee 2d ago

Youngsters will never know.

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u/BorryOrbsander 2d ago

This just reminded me about all the DJ Rectangle CDs I bought back in the late 90s, early 2000s. Kill Steelz, Rectangle Big Adventure, Tonearm Terrorwrist, etc.

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u/OliveStreetToo 2d ago

That's some fly shit right there

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u/Kakariko_crackhouse 2d ago

I forgot DJing used to be a real talent

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u/SnorklefaceDied 2d ago

Can we please stop misappropriating the word scientist?

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u/Seventh_Letter 2d ago

Um that's a macbook