DJ Skillz (France) - Winning performance from The 2019 DMC World DJ Final - 2 x DMC World Champion

Rane presents The DMC World DJ Championship 2019 in association with Technics
Saturday 28th September
Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, London
For full event details, results and photographs please visit:
www.dmcdjchamps.com
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[@roastlonely]

Wack selection,messy beat juggles and the cuts were just ok. What was the rest of the comp like if he was the winner?

[@gelatinous6915]

They wouldn't stop pressing buttons

[@boomieboo]

I haven't listened to a winning DMC set in several years so I was expecting to see a huge leap in skills and set selection. Instead I was cringing and bored throughout his set to the point where I fast-forwarded. But still half expected some sick highlights which never came. Kentaro's 2002 set (even his 2001 set) would blow this guy out of the gd water. I challenge anyone to watch it on YT and prove me wrong.

[@MagnetechSolidSolutions]

Sure it wasn't real

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

These DJ's nowadays need to learn the winning formula...performance,classic music choices,rhythm and most importantly...THE FUNK!!! The jocks nowadays can transform, crab scratch and beat juggle with the best of them but they need to learn how to be FUNKY!!!

[@coreytaggart128]

I think you hit my biggest issue rhythm, there isn't any here.

[@BobbyBriscoeBeats]

Vekked is really dope with all of that stuff.

[@fredicagoillanoise1309]

@Prodigy son yeah, I resemble that remark. 💯

[@funkmonsterjones4753]

Man.. This is what wins world's? I'm going to sign up next year I suppose then.. I genuinely will trounce a set like this, at least I think so.

[@crenfick7750]

Did ya do it?

[@eputty_audio]

Also curious, did you do it?

[@NickArcade]

Lmao

[@antonuoimprota9802]

🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡

[@jeffkay1977]

Some people count without thinking at all, and have the motor skills as an extension. Mind blowing for those who see but can't do!

[@RUSSIANLIST]

What is the first track? @1:00 can anyone please share?

[@someguy9440]

all these acrobatics are just homeboy tripping over the groove and missing it every time

[@boogiedownbronx73]

wish DMC would go back to its roots VINLY ONLY no DVS

[@TheMeeesterT]

That's a bit like saying "can we go back to land line phones". Joking aside, personally I don't have a problem with using the technology at your disposal. All the winners from 20 years ago have embraced the tech. The skills are clearly still on show. Just my opinion.

[@rafimakaro8043]

I try not to care about the tools but to be honest I don't feel the EMOTION out of this like I was feeling it back in the dayz...

[@TheMeeesterT]

@@rafimakaro8043 I hear you. I think for me it's because it's not as new and fresh as it felt back then and I was seeing turntablism for the first time. I'm 20 years older and the musical choices being used have changed. I used to love classic tracks such as 'Let's Dance' but they've been juggled to death. It started to feel stale for me around 04 but I can still appreciate skills and would love to be able to scratch like that. Sorry if I've gone on a bit. Peace.

[@rafimakaro8043]

@@TheMeeesterT maybe that also, true !

[@DjZelous]

I dont care if its on vinyl or DVS just make your shit musical!

[@supernosty1]

I wish DMC would have a competition category that was records only. No push button mixers either. Opens your eyes for sure.

[@wanggang3885]

excellent suggestion

[@MoodyJux]

As I'm French, I'd be pleased to be proud of him but... wtf was that? I didn't get it at all, messy beatjungling...

[@CameroniMusic]

Same. Im tired of seeing jittery beat juggling like this, they see complexity and more movement over actually making it sound good.

[@MoEnyce]

Same thing I was thinking

[@mthth2320]

Too complex for you

[@CameroniMusic]

@@mthth2320 it is not too complex for me, I get what he is doing and there is a lot of skill here which is good but, imagine if he were to do this in front of an audience of a bunch of non-DJs. They would be completey confused and annoyed by how sporatic it is.

[@mthth2320]

@@CameroniMusic thats why dmc is!! Since the beggining it was for show skills and tricks. For listen music we have club. And you know and i know (my cut is correct;) that skillz can be a club dj but is not the place to

[@simonedigiorno2376]

2021🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌Amazing.W la France🙌🙌🙌🙌from italy

[@tad16]

Is it me or I hear scratches more than the pure art form of advance dj’ing?,this jus sounds like it’s all over the place tbh

[@PostiveGaming]

who's here because of dj skills

[@DarrickBLee]

Haven't watched DMC battle vids for a while ... Came here expecting to see how the game has evolved and improved since the early days. I'm leaving disappointed. Do they not ALLOW any hip-hop to actually be PLAYED during a set?!?!?

[@Sonnylintag]

Darrick Lee Sadly the motto for modern djs is.....”If you aint button pushin, you are probably really djing...which is hard”. We miss you late 90s-early 2000s djs #iemerge #craze #kentaro #netik

[@jstreet1136]

So glad I am not crazy and a lot of people agree with me in these comments! Haven't touched decks in over 20 yrs and your comment hit the nail on the head! Look at DJ Brace 2016 winning set. Was expecting/hoping to see something better or at least comparable. Smh...

[@christianhandberg9013]

@@Sonnylintag u forgot dj noize

[@Sonnylintag]

TraxByFrax #noize and #static was sick too!

[@dj_multiple_one]

I like Him

[@lmlex7562]

Incroyable!

[@TheOriginalHeisenberg]

01:06 I'm not a D.J...... I would never claim to know anything about it, but I can tell you this.....this muhfugger practiced this move FOR HOURS!!! 🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏

[@tanksandtrainz9078]

Brilliant set. Very talented!

[@BUZDRIFT]

Which tennis courts remix is he using?

[@jotavrs-pc5141]

0:27 scratch starts before the DJ touch vinil (???)

[@dolphinuppercut]

Could be a sync issue with the Multicam editing.

[@yangskeletor9171]

I beliefe this dude is an alien

[@colossus808e]

No doubt Skillz got skills but his performance could’ve been a lot cleaner. We’ve all seen the same thing be done much cleaner without losing the beat (i.e. Rafik, Craze, I-emerge, DJ Fly, etc). Congratulations and props to him, nonetheless.

[@bozhidarstanimirov643]

Started off really strong, though.

[@djrakman3909]

Wtf is wrong with people in the comments? The set was dopee

[@leesimz_]

COVID - DMC -Everyone isolating ....

[@jxconvert8234]

Damn, these comments are 90% disapproval.

[@EsteemQuashIKana]

I know right Obviously not hip hop heads Hip hop heads know Monk and Coltrane So dissing dude is a no no He French so he doing French perspective DJing Hip Hop always act like it started everything We didn't Put y'all big boy pants on Stop bitching I want Red Alert was boring but to shit on his set no Some cut scratch blend and catch beats and some create Not everyone is a Flatbush DJ

[@HowToGuroo]

was his competition really that bad?

[@dr9306]

This was kind of terrible if you base it off of previous DMC’s. The juggling was messy af and not once did I bob my head. If you don’t Bob your head once during a DJ set it sucked

[@sederquest]

Two records so many sounds layer out ready to spin…custom vinyl??

[@astrogju]

2:36 Who is this song? This Beatjuggle...

[@philippe597]

That's why i prefer watch Red Bull these days.

[@SandraGil-r6f]

❤❤❤

[@Charles-xg4rr]

Y'a au moins entre 10 à 15 ans d'expérience dans le domaine pour arriver cette prestation

[@c.l.pitman1760]

Back in the 80s scratching and all this shit was about making the music sound as fluid as possible... this here is a far cry from anything I call good d.j.ing... dont get me wrong he has skills.. but not what I would call champ worthy

[@frederickkimble2661]

A Great Legend ..

[@bunt28]

IS THERE ANYBODY KNOW THE TRACK NAME STARTED AT 0.08?

[@vankerratas4448]

remembering when grandpa tryed to strangle me with a tape. yes it sounded like madonnas la isla bonita was on broken grinder

[@hi-promusic3504]

Wow desde México bendiciones

[@saringaclose]

lol at 1.05 it was already over what a insane move lol

[@lifewithsy1]

Love that juggle flow at 2.46 💯

[@jbb2660]

there was a "slide of forearms" trick copied from craze in da beginning..

[@lylesylliboy598]

I expect something like this in Halifax, NOT at the world's 🤷‍♂️

[@yugopax2694]

I THINK EVEN A-TRAK'S WIN IN 1997, OVER 20 YEARS AGO.. WAS WAY BETTER OVER ALL.. N HE WAS A LIL TEENAGER.. EVEN JAPANESE KID IN 2017 WAS WAY WAY BETTER THEN THIS.. SORRY BRUV

[@saileshcreado9982]

True....this is fidgetting

[@frederickkimble2661]

A Great Music Scratcher .

[@Quantum3691]

Hold my 8-track tape. Watch this.

[@ktronski4956]

skillz iz tha real deal

[@musicsamples-electronicdan9717]

Nice Work, thank you for sharing with us 👆 ✊

[@Deeheeheee]

this whole competition feels less about djing and more about turntablism.

[@talltrini10]

Skills? Yes! Soul? No! Funk? None whatsoever Technical ability? Definitely Overall, couldn't get with it. I barely made it to the end

[@benji.B-side]

It sadly lacks a wow factor but the skills can be appreciated.

[@Su_So]

1:04 perfect Craze move ;)

[@Melzandijoel]

cool 😎

[@boriskoltsov5754]

This is not a music,its bubble gum

[@rampageashton]

For an actual set please see DJ Craze 1999. You'll thank me later.

[@poodlelord]

Super weak and lame set. DMC is becoming a joke. Actually DJ please, i can mash stuff up so it sounds like a cacophony too.

[@nisargrajguru4125]

Dude’s girlfriend must be lucky

[@theblower069]

So far if i was in a club listening to this the floor would have been empty and for a nightclub this would have got the DJ fired. Get back to good old style house music make people bounce not listen to this drab. Sorry Not a dj to me

[@user-ge8fn4jr5q]

Awesome! But still not as good as craze in 98 99 or 2000 in my opinion.

[@Sonnylintag]

Encular JS Could not be stated any better. DMC is dead. It’s not even prestigious to hold a title nowadays. Regionals are a joke. If you see who is winning the US finals, you realized we’ve entered deeper into the sad state of battle DJing. It’s just a Circus again and there’s nothing worse than watching a DJ just pushing buttons 70% of the time. Intros and stage presence is unoriginal, and silly really how gimmicky everyone is. Props to this guy for emphasizing the turntable, but then again, go look at what Craze, I-Emerge, and Kentaro were doing with nothing but vinyl, turntables, and a mixer. No effects, no sampled looping. Just records, needles, stickers, and faders. This guy has buttons, cues, effects, and still can’t come up with better than that? Patterns are dead, you used to see some of the most unique patterns and now everyone just does the same thing, and it’s been this way for years. And it’s not even that they are doing the same thing in their own style. They are literally doing the EXACT same thing lol. Thank God for guys like Rob Swift and the Beat Junkies for teaching their craft and trying to get the art top of mind for the newer generation. This ain’t the worst routine ever, but it definitely isn’t DMC World title worthy. Not even close. Maybe for modern times, but late 90s-early 2000s, nobody would even give a shit about this routine

[@A.D.D.O.C.D.T]

Or Qbert

[@user-ge8fn4jr5q]

@@Sonnylintag agreed

[@A.D.D.O.C.D.T]

Analogue life - When things were sick !

[@rickyraw5457]

Don't you ever get the urge to start this shit........

[@FrOsTyBeArKiD]

Wow. He didn't actually win did he? He probably won the competition for raising your hands in the air like you just don't care maybe. Man. So much has changed in 10 years.

[@FatalBlow113]

*Scratching used to sound so much better, this generation just doesn't compare, literally every scratcher in today's time just sounds like noise.*

[@djkurb6943]

This needs to change...NOW that was HORRIBLE ARE YOU KIDDING???

[@garethfoster9961]

Good to see the new mk7 gettin used..

[@Sweptupbottle]

So fast and sloppy is what’s cool today?

[@coachdonhighdfw]

Boy things have changed so much, his juggling don’t make sense! Back in the days this wouldn’t make it out of regionals smh

[@DJVoyagerXue]

I agree with you bro, this was awful :(

[@specialized415]

It’s a sad state of affairs lads 😔

[@VestaxMuseumTV]

Ahah and you don't seen DMC france, one of the "champion" is a joke! Now he acts like he is a world champion ;)

[@jimbojankerson5610]

@Frankus Lee craze sitting there as a judge lol

[@jayk.2608]

OK, so it's not just me lol. I thought I was trippen, like how did sets not get better from the late 90's DMC's. For this to be the winning performance is amazing, I don't know what happened cause I have been out of the scene for several years but this can't be the hardest out.

[@chris6969]

Winner? Didn't anyone else show up?

[@VinylVinnie]

There is wedding set playlist on your youtube page. You do know this isnt the wedding dj championship 2019?

[@chris6969]

@@VinylVinnie Climb down, sonny. Anyone can compare this to past winners and tell it's not as good.

[@VinylVinnie]

Chris Climb down? Really? Don’t get your hopes up. If you can say something, I can say something back. You are not speaking with your inner voice. By the way. The bride asks if you can play some Celine Dion.

[@chris6969]

@@VinylVinnie I was commenting on the performance, you came at me making personal digs and stretching for an insult about a playlist you're clueless about because it's all you've got, white knighting for Skillz. He's not gonna fūck you man but don't let that stop you sucking him off. :)

[@VinylVinnie]

Chris If you spin as good as ur disses I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems. But being corny isn’t one. And ontopic: Take a look at the 1989 finals. This one is better.

[@kenanbanks2984]

literally would have finished last in 1998.

[@fyd1872]

Stop you Killing me

[@fyd1872]

Lol.....and tears

[@fyd1872]

Sorry one tear .....in the corner of my eye

[@theenemyspublic681]

Indeed, I'm a Magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff kind of guy myself. This dude is sloppy and so not impressive. Spending entirely too much time on one turntable!!

[@chopzncutz]

I look back at the 98 us dmc finals..every competitor was awesome. Shortkut retires and craze goes to win the worlds

[@BLITZKRIEG1]

I remember when simply changing vinyl was a skill that needed to be mastered

[@BobbyBriscoeBeats]

@Jo Ol We did the same thing back then too though. Tape on record = cue point

[@sircolt8184]

@@BobbyBriscoeBeats Remember when people talked shit about djs that it's no actual music because they use complete records and manipulate them with these weird sounds. The fact people now talk shit here and compare them to the old stuff means it is an established art form hah.

[@ChasinRainbows]

You obviously never heard of scratching lol

[@LeekowalskiWalker]

When turntablism stops being music and simply becomes a demonstration of dexterity, like this, I'm out.

[@MixtapeMagic]

Birdy Nam Nam.

[@lewismulholland2704]

Basically who can do it the quickest . I reckon I would be the champion at scratching my balls

[@Sonnylintag]

Lee kowalski Walker 🙏🏽

[@jaydoe647]

You gotta keep the dj world alive tho. Regardless if it sucks,its just evolution

[@Sonnylintag]

@@lewismulholland2704 Hahahahahaha

[@jorgemadrigal8683]

The dude has skills but the most important part about being a DJ is the selection! Homie has no style -_- wack selection

[@forevershampoo]

Jorge Madrigal euro selections 🤔

[@woolf9035]

Lol!! This sounds like me practicing drunk 5 years ago. Wtf happened while I’ve been adulting

[@ceedig303]

Serato

[@trademark310]

@@ceedig303 And Novation Dicers

[@internal_gardens]

Enter in it

[@openeyes7393]

It's France😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@openeyes7393]

I miss the dj from Linkin Park 🎉

[@greezythumb]

So Turntablism reached its peaked in the 90s just like lyricism reached its peaked in the 90s.

[@christopherlay3400]

Truth. I have always said music peaked in 95 96.

[@andrea.dossantos2869]

So true. And before someone calls Me a boomer I’m GenX. Lol. But 90s hip hop beats made you want to bop your head. Those beats were funky as fuck. And the best lyricists of the time were spitting pure poetry. Nowadays hip hop beats sounds like disjointed and atonal (not sure if that’s the right word but they are lacking something at least to me). And when you can actually understand the raps it’s -mostly- just Gucci this, wet ass pussy that, blah blah blah. And yes I know there are talented rappers around nowadays but when I hear the beats it usually never clicks for me. This is all just my personal opinion obviously but 90’s era rap is still the best ever made.

[@greezythumb]

@@andrea.dossantos2869 Man I couldn't agree with you more. Not to mention that all this crap today, be sounds the same. No diversity or originality. These cats out here greatly lack imagination.

[@LeekowalskiWalker]

Ka proves this statement to be false.

[@greezythumb]

@@LeekowalskiWalker it's not a statement, it's a question.

[@MesGuided]

All this technology and possibilities, but where is the flow and musicality? This can't be the "best" we can do, can it??

[@JayWerx]

Of all the complaints I hear you make the best argument about technology and possibilities. I totally agree.

[@Day_0ne]

I'm thinking the other competitors didn't " nail " their sets cos this was pretty average. I enjoyed his set last year much more.

[@dirtybeatfreak]

Well said

[@MesGuided]

@Ezmyrelda Andrade Yes, that's the idea: Tell a story on wax ... Exactly the hope!!

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

Yes it is, boomer. Yes it is.

[@jayztraws1811]

No right hand cuts and few beat doubles, DMC has officially lost its soul. I'm surprised he didn't make the love heart sign! Laters DMC.

[@hardkore360]

how about some cake? hahahaha

[@remnow]

Mixed feelings on this one, the juggles weren't great, but also not as bad as the comments suggested. I was really let down with the cutting ability however. The phrasing was soulless speed and there just wasn't a feeling of "no one can fuck with this" . It's hard not to compare to past because that's what it's all being judged on, and the progression from x-men, isp, craze / i.emerge, ect. slowed, but now it seems all but dead and stagnant, no dj has emerged to be like "the future is now, here is where dj'ing can get to..." Not even having to worry about taking records on / off should have led to innovation instead of this stagnation. This enables people to literally hand tailor their own wax, imagine if craze/bert, etc... had that ability, I have to feel they'd have used it to greater advantage. Again it's easy to be critical when you're expecting so much, but after battling in late 90's early 00's I'm not hearing anything new, I'm not seeing anything new, I'm seeing guys who are clearly talented, but just doing the same thing that's been done. I thought the 16, and 17 guys showed some glimmer of hope for returning it to high levels... but it never happened. and let's be real, craze would STILL fuck all these young cats up with routines he was doing 20 years ago in 99.... (still getting mine in the 1..9 ..9........9) damn we're getting old.

[@remnow]

For example, listen to this guys cuts, then go back and listen to d-styles freak it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJavaoVtaN-gbJI it's like hearing something you'd hear in a guitar center, vs an accomplished musician who's mastered his craft.

[@TheButterRoyale]

this. all of this.

[@BobbyBriscoeBeats]

chirp/orbit combos yay

[@benji.B-side]

Where has the excitement gone from the DMC Championships? Cannot deny the technical ability, but where has the creativity, the unexpected tune drops, the soundscape story gone? It's like 'Scratch by Numbers', like the painting sheets of a child's book. We need someone in 2020 to come along, fuck off all the rules and create a set that stuns minds and blows us away with it's genius!!

[@faragopeter6175]

Syntablism ;)

[@finmid9186]

Agreed the only thing that really impresses me was when he played half time

[@frontview1]

I am too much of a Techno addict. Without watching the DJ, it just sounds like dyslexic electronica. Its performance art, you have to watch the performer or this wears thin, especially over long periods of time. I totally appreciate how this has changed over the years and it is getting better. Can you imagine how much this is going to sound and change in the next century? Wow

[@maxwarboy3625]

If you haven't checked out the barcode music, seems like it could be something like that

[@anatta467]

watch the Scrath Picklez from the 90's

[@prooflifedoc942]

Yeah the cool part of a DJ battle for sure is watching the DJs battle.

[@misterdavis9078]

You gotta watch at slowest speed to appreciate the skill even more

[@pfhrmb]

​@@prooflifedoc942 yea it's not really listenable though is what they're getting at

[@N8oRMusic]

That was unispired and soulless. Like a guitarist shredding a million notes a second but has no feel to it.

[@christophergallagher9574]

Really?? Obviously you have no ear for music because if you did you would easily recognize the beats, mixing and his ability to manipulate 2 records at the same time

[@mrsnezbit2219]

@@christophergallagher9574 he is super technic but music sucks, where is the funky?

[@christophergallagher9574]

Craze was the "Man"

[@christophergallagher9574]

Gawd how times have changed

[@Lord_deen]

Exactly how I felt... mad technique no soul

[@robinmcara793]

Craze's face when he did the body trick he used in one of his title wins, classic. I feel so blessed to have been into this back then until now, so good to see how far they have come. I do miss backspinning and the way some Dj's changed records namely M.M.Mike 🔥

[@angelobolsi4593]

This guy's music is awful

[@C5ICK]

The fact that he pointed to him right before he did made it so much doper.

[@djmikeramirez]

dmc need to change there format just get a crate of records and see who makes the best set im not hatting just saying

[@christiez1228]

You should try that battle format out yourself and see how it works out.

[@totomesch1940]

Agree mike ramirez..... Peeps gone get lazy, relying on tech too much........ it's like stability and braking control on cars, makes an average driver think he's good. Same with this shit......... 2 decks, a mixer and a crate of your best vinyl..... sort the men from the boys.

[@davidcutts9079]

True. These cats are always impressive but... It's like turntablism is still stuck in 2002. It's cool for the first 5 minutes I guess.

[@MagnetechSolidSolutions]

At least it will be a real set not a pre-recorded piece of s***

[@user-ze7xb4fr5n]

Christie Z hater

[@andyloudon3702]

Technics SL1200 MK2's in silver have oozes more class than this. Old school rule

[@mehdilupa1115]

1210 is silver edition bro

[@tenebrissubterra4596]

@bob snufflebag ye i was pretty chuffed to see the released a new series of technics

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

Okay boomer. MK 7 is better you fucking tard. Piss off, looser.

[@danieldavids5934]

This was boring, with even more boring song choices. Technically he deserves it but entainment value is a lacking. Top Dj though.

[@KiczzciK]

Pretty good skills, can't blame him for that. No imagination and no style though.

[@JoeSlops]

Mixing without soul

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

Okay, boomer.

[@djmadwax]

I miss when this was a hip hop DJ competition

[@OutNAbout415]

Forreals

[@bigfelon]

I miss when they used records

[@johnriley6124]

Amen. The new generation fucks EVERYTHING up!

[@mrsoshadabaadman]

I really wanted to say that. But nothing wrong with digital vinyl.

[@Sonnylintag]

Senator Wax Davis You couldn’t have stated that any better. I miss when routines were good

[@djshinpa]

1:04 amazing reaction from Craze

[@mthth2320]

Its à tribute to craze 20th anniversary

[@007dahu]

djshinpa dmc99’

[@franckfaby]

exactly ;-)

[@TudorHunter]

Does anyone know the song name?

[@Slipknlov]

he looked around like aiight.. cool .. i guess ..

[@andykelly7321]

The year is 2001, DJ Kentaro begins his final show at the DMC World Championships, he didn't scratch, he never used the cross fader and he didn't even touch the record. Now although he didn't win that year, his almost 2 decade old final show blows all over this one. It honestly just sounds a mess. Amazing skills don't get me wrong, absolutly amazing, but to me this winning set just sounded like a train wreck of random stuff thrown together

[@boomieboo]

I literally have not seen one DMC set that comes anywhere close to Kentaro's 2002 DMC set, DJ Woody's 2002 Vestax set, and C2C's 2004 winning group set. YT them and watch. They happened 16 to nearly 20 years ago now. Wtf happened?

[@gerryn2]

What about DJ Brace from 2016, in my opinion that was a clean set without much "weirdness". In my opinion one of the best clean shows of DJing with enough antics and all-around well-sounding track.

[@BrghtStar]

thanks for saying this cause I was honestly confused and reconsidering my interest in scratching lol, Im like this is what the professionals are doing?

[@BrghtStar]

Im back after watching Kentaro :') oh my goodness, that video was absolutely amazing and has opened my eyes to actual sounds created by scratching, BEAUTIFUL

[@BrghtStar]

THANKYOU!

[@sk8mysterion]

Wow.... They should reduce the technology aspect of that competiton back to when pure skillz and flow made you win....

[@Xlr8torZ28]

Im glad Im not the only one that thinks the new DMC stuff is garbage. It has become a competition of who can make the most sounds. Most of it sounds like a CD skipping. No beat, no structure, no syncing. Red Bulls DJ competitions are far above this crap.

[@DrRinse]

Well, at least it didn't disappoint - The DMCs died years ago so it came as no surprise that the winning set was the usual overblown, portentous intro followed by 4 minutes of hyperactive turntable noodling by some charmless coked-up prat.

[@gmathieson7184]

Portentous?

[@reginaldd.paperstacks194]

So happy about the comment section thought I was turning into a miserable old man

[@CrankPointZero]

Kentaro back in the days of 2002: hand making like 15 different beats in 15 different music styles with the same sample on both turntables. "Nowadays" in 2019 "Skillz": lives the arppegiator life filled with scratchings.. and wins the same championship I'm kinda shocked, and not in a good way... more like actually shocked

[@djdoesha]

I’m not a believer!!!! A champ should wow wtf omg me and I did catch that Dj craze Little trick tribute, right after we notice he looked, I thought shit was about to get better ! But no ! I want to see the other dj’s

[@mteel12]

Does anyone remember C2C in 2005? Cuz that shit was the greatest of all time.

[@uziquattro1083]

And Phel's solo 05 routine, 05 was stacked, iemerg, phel, izoh, staen1, unkut

[@smasherdobson4884]

the equipments got better over the years the djs are going backwards

[@vinyltheif]

I like the way at the beginning he holds the 'mixer' up.....basically saying "it's this doing the real work".

[@getlostlser]

Serato killed this art form

[@onetwo6675]

@ 2:50-3:13 THAT'S A SMOOTH TIMED METRONOME... A BEAT JUGGLE RYTHEM ON POINT. MAD WAX SKILLZ

[@JizzyDipper]

wickedAnyone who says this is shit just remember this is all being done on vinyl with no prompting.absolute pure genius

[@Skyandrosstolley]

What’s the name of that track?

[@janmiteren1353]

@@Skyandrosstolley Chemise : she can't love you

[@Biotechnick]

So fucking clean! My favorite part for sure

[@antonytheolddog8626]

I was in the hacienda, when DJ cheese won in 86, and when chad jackson smoked the world.. and on this evidence chad would still smoke this guy...

[@gasface88]

It just doesn't have the same soul, for some reason. Not hating- the Djs are great at what they do. I can't put my finger on it - something is just missing as compared to a decade ago or more.

[@nwonomad]

Okay I wish I didn't check to see what's new in turntablism, This is the failed 80's juggling that I thought was gone, THANKS I HATE IT

[@forevershampoo]

Man they just cuttin dance music and weird shit lol edm scratchoff first freestyle battles lost their beats and just go acapella now this

[@nicothomassalif99]

5:00 skillz killz