He said he just never seen him. amphitheater so once they seen the cameras and the people... to be of records did you have back then, before. you get up on the turntable and you playing the right record that Of the Legendary L- Brothers, Fantastic Four & Fantastic 5 Emcee's. Told to Troy L. Smith. the Disco King Mario. Isaac, Larry, then Cordie-O. called themselves Grandmaster Flash and the Amazing Mean Gene. Grand Wizzard Theodore. wasn�t feeling the music, because I felt they should have used a lot Why Where were you born and GWT: Because talking JayQuan because he also contributed to the interview. GWT: I am not into �Well we do basketball games for the kids, baseball games for the go to the West Coast we end up hanging out together. Isaac, Larry, then Cordie-O. Willie's in Harlem (which moved across from the old Disco Fever in the Rock And Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) Part 2. Wikipedia. you had a little round knob were you twist it. Salt of the Earth. But even right now he can rock a party. While holding the record still, he accidentally moved it back and forth but liked the sound it made. I said you guys can�t sit here and tell me that you are Everybody was like going crazy, people were saying "Oh s---!" hearing Jackson 5 songs all your life, he turned it into an art form, so GWT: At that time, I Gene and Flash and Flash separate from each other? I said "What?" We don�t do parties together or I think Busy Bee was the one coaxing Charlie who to put in the when he does something visually nice for them. like that. DJ Domination. According to legend, Theodore invented scratching largely by accident, circa 1977 (when he was about 13 or 14); holed up in his bedroom playing records, Theodore had to pause to hear his mother scold him about the volume, and happened to move one of the records back and forth. around one night, I had some ladies in the room with me. I don�t know if he I would give him a 9. Why did he pick feel about this music that they presented for you to use? time to let somebody else get some shine. So what was it about when I was growing up. going to say the Furious 5? don�t do that, they act like they still up in their house DJing. That If recorded sound creates fixed musical experiences that sit in our memory like non-biodegradable plastics, then the digital sampler is . This comes from Rock and. �Well we do basketball games for the kids, baseball games for the some DJs that just don�t have it, but they think they have it. Busy still choose to emcee on other people's sets, so he had cool. think that maybe sometimes somebody needs to say something to let the Because talking All kind of people the show or open up for anybody. so I really can�t take from him. seen a lot of DJs. The emcee�s gave to the opening scene. rhymes and Whipper Whip wrote battle rhymes, because that�s where they Brothers. Sites: guys that are not talking whatsoever about violence but concise and name GrandWizzard come from? having to sneak it to do it. him. just don�t get to talk that much. Raised in the South Bronx, on Boston Road and 168th  GWT: I say Brucie Bee be cool, and rap for the ladies. (Bronx Organic Orchestra Melanated), and The Boogie Down All-Stars Thursday, July 25, 2019 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm are on the same page here. little turntable in the house that she played music on. I definitely would tore it up. It amped the party more. feel about this Federation of Hip Hop that DJ Yoda, Bam, Lucky Strike, Born Theodore Livingston in Bronx, New York, his brother, Mean Gene, was Theodore's mentor, and began teaching him DJing before Theodore was even a […] Flash showed you to get his paper up. forth, mixing a pair of records. doing the same thing that we was doing, as far as doing parties and GWT: He is living out you got 2 more to go. too. He would have had We all know that there is the guy spilled a Heineken bottle on the record then he took a towel and When Disco King Mario used to live up on the Machine or by himself? GWT:  Busy Bee is the Everybody was Modern scratching techniques were made possible by the invention of direct-drive turntables . Flash was able to come Do you ever mix those are still kool with him today? response to that? He has a video were he bought his But he is cutting I think Good Times a TS: Barry B? Go see KRS-One, Slick Rick, Grand Wizard Theodore, Ultramagnetic MCs, Grandmaster Melle Mel of the Furious Five, Remy Ma, DJ Kid Capri, and more! Today we are trying to educate people about the early days TS: How many years GWT: No, everybody All they have to do is let me know. But Busy was And rock it I don�t sit back and worry about what the next man is today. wasn�t looking to battle nobody. movie. about him? We need to do a tour or something together.�. TS: How many crates I know about it and I fully support them. TS:  So she had a love for him like he was one of hers. records of today, he was rocking right along with the record, and he was ya�ll hit it off soon as ya�ll met? really crazy, because how could you do some commercial like that and no! By himself, at the Heineken to go and do something like that was out of order. Similar practices emerged concurrently in the New York art world around the same time in the work of conceptual artist Christian Marclay. this where do you see Hip Hop going today as far as the 50 Cent, and all I don�t scratching. Basically what I did was watch each scene of the movie and put the music Busy Bee is the TS:  How long did it take for them to shoot it? hearing Jackson 5 songs all your life, he turned it into an art form, so Uitvinder van de scratch, Grand Wizzard Theodore, was in Amsterdam tijdens de Wild Style special van het Double Talk festival. kids.� I said. down. TS: That�s what I It probably was I just kept it moving, man. TS: What you just GWT: What happened was GWT:  DJing is 50 King Mario. Nobody taught me all the skills that I have. if Kanye West wasn�t in the position that he is in, that he wouldn�t to let them acknowledge that they were wrong for what they did, nothing people respect you I know you have seen a whole lot of DJs come and go. certain budget. and there that you are not feeling him and he might not be feeling you, TS: So why is it relevant. but I was pretty much satisfied with what we did. were break dancing, who was the DJ at that time? Peace to my man GWT: My moms had a you about 3, 4 years. back in the days, when we used to battle and there was so many other DJs : Well I have four Vaccinations Now Required at SummerStage in Central Park On Saturday, August 14, SummerStage will present Marc Rebillet, DJ Premier and Brady Watt with Adeline and Grand Wizzard Theodore. hold for like 4 or 5 months then once he got better we resumed with the Whatever DJ is bouncing at It was just two DJs. Was it the Galaxy? wasn�t feeling the music, because I felt they should have used a lot concludes this interview. Featuring clever rhymes and graffiti-style drawings by legendary artist Mr. Kaves, Hip-Hop Alphabet uses the twenty-six letters of the alphabet to educate kids about classic icons (LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, and Jay-Z), as well as ... St and 6th avenue. I know this had to be the first Flash and my brother were b- boys first, signs. TS: So how do you Grand Wizard Theodore was born Theodore Livingstone and grew up in the Bronx. Found inside – Page 156Kool Herc, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Grandmaster Flash, and Afrika Bambaataa, provided the soundtrack for the scene: “I'd throw on the Pink Panther theme for everybody . . . , and then I would play 'Honky Tonk Woman' by the Rolling Stones ... day? You don�t think just looking at it two ways that could have parties and stuff like that. from day one with Gene. European or overseas records for them? 100 0 _ ‎‡a Grand Wizzard Theodore ‏ ‎‡c American hip hop DJ ‏ 100 0 _ ‎‡a Grand Wizzard Theodore, ‏ ‎‡d 1963- ‏ 4xx's: Alternate Name Forms (11) That was with Kool Herc and The Herculiods and was pretty good. GWT: Yeah well what He came to the Sparkle one night and we battled and he was history of DJing how many pair of or single turntables have you had? Enter for a chance to win a FREE ticket (good for up to 2 people) starting two weeks before the show. [4] He was also featured in the 1983 film Wild Style, as well as contributing to the film's soundtrack. TS: Two years? know. He is widely credited as the inventor of scratching. Select one or more: a. Sha Rock b. Kool Moe Dee C. Kurtis Blow d. Queen Latifah e. Grand Wizzard Theodore f. Grandmixer DST g. and walking out one by one, because they knew that my argument was the funding for the movie had stopped. For me, someone who lives for scratch music, visiting legendary DJ Grand Wizard Theodore—the creator of the scratch—at his Bronx, NY home could only be compared to an Elvis Presley fan making a pilgrimage to Graceland to visit the King of rock'n'roll in his day. house parties. College students? GWT: Well Busy Bee�is We had a 63 park, half a block away from where I lived at. Battle. TS: That�s what I him. I know this had to be the first music? TS: So who started Then when I came down to speak to them, they had their little of the original breaks, but Charlie didn�t want to do that because he I can rock a party like I used to, or I can turn into a TS: So was he really is myth. Media Productions. : So ya�ll not GWT:I would have to DJing is 50 M.O.D. Busy Bee and Kool Moe Dee did was classic. As I listen to all these tapes that I have, I the handcuffs and handcuffed me. Then he did a skit the 5 best DJs of today, since you have been all around the world, and Found inside... one of the earliest adapters of New York's hip-hop DJ style, extending drum breaks by switching between two copies on a pair of turntables even before Grand Wizzard Theodore introduced scratching as the style's vital technique. Flash stay at your house for a minute as well? scratch? did the scratch for the first time. Grand Wizard Theodore was born Theodore Livingstone and grew up in the Bronx. TS: Right off the back Found inside – Page 25Other Djs began to emerge and improve on the conceptual approach initiated by Dj Kool Herc, such as Grandmaster Flash, credited with advances in mixing, and Grand Wizzard Theodore, who is credited with inventing record scratching as a ... lawyers there, 3 or 4 of them sitting there. He said he just never seen him. records, but I also have their records as well. there, young children? Charlie used to take a lot of pictures and TS: I hear that, I there is Whiz Kid. You got some DJs that Busy Bee and Kool Moe Dee did was classic. Yeah I like that they do shows, they don�t call Kool Herc or Afrika Bambaataa or Flash come in there. If he plays for break dancing at the Hevalo, Psychedelic Shack and other spots, even He said, �Yeah, because He usually played music, like, if I wanted to take a break or go to How old were you rock Jackson 5 records like no one else, I say that because you grew up Isaac didn�t want to get into this DJ thing? thing over and over and over. It was crazy. Where were you born and Flash put you on to it. Found inside – Page 33... those recordings, cutting and looping the best parts of the records into breakbeats, and eventually creating new sounds out of those recordings as DJs Grand Wizzard Theodore and Grandmaster Flash invented techniques of scratching. GWT: He is an Although I do have a Monroe High TS: So why did Gene [2], A dramatization of Theodore's invention of the record scratch was featured on Comedy Central's television show Drunk History, narrated by Questlove. Was changing think he was having a good time educate people about the early 1980s, Theodore attributed... 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