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Legendary Scratch DJs:

Turntablism is the art of using the turntable as a musical tool. Scratch DJs incorporate turntablism and provide an exciting element to DJing. THINK YOU CAN DJ would not be as diverse without that hip hop element.

We bring in the world's greatest scratch DJs to give honor to Hip Hop and to showcase the extraordinary skills that go into cutting. We feel that all DJs will be stronger artists by learning five scratch techniques and the art of beat-juggling. We hope to inspire you to practice them!

International Music Producers:

Music makers have a special perspective on mixing tracks because they create singles from samples and/ or recorded instruments. This insight of how the song is produced helps them judge our contestants.

At times the contestants will be mixing the judge's songs making the evaluation even more critical.

Recent Judges

	(Donald Glaude): Confident. Exuberant. Raw. Innovative. These are just a few of the words industry insiders and fans have used to describe the talent behind one of America's favorite house DJs, Donald Glaude. Ranked #68 on DJMag.com's Top 100 DJs List in 2005, Donald skyrocketed to #48 in 2007 and his genius keeps on growing!
	(Deeandroid): DJ Deeandroid, Bay Area Native, started learning DJ foundations in 1997. Deeandroid is the Co-Founder of 'Skratchpad'. Deeandroid has also worked with "KRS-One" in 2004 as his Tour DJ along with DJ Celskiii for the "Keep Right" Album release across the United States. Placed 3rd in Team USA battle with DJ Celskiii in 2009, recognized as the first female DJ crew to be a part of the DMC (Over 35 years) US history! She currently works with CMG from Conscious Daughters (Legendary Bay Area group made the song "Funky Expedition" in the '90s).

Previous Judges

	(Ken Jordan - THE CRYSTAL METHOD): Ken Jordan is one half of the American electronic duo, The Crystal Method. They are pioneers of live electronic music in U.S. He has received numerous accolades associated with his involvement with the band including a platinum album, two grammy nominations, four Dance Star awards including Best Act (2002 and 2004), and several awards with ASCAP. As an electronic music act, their music has been extensively used in Hollywood blockbusters, TV series, and video games. They recently finished their 5th studio LP. "The Crystal Method".
	(Turntablist DISK): One of the foremost innovators of Scratching, (and the creator of the word "Turntablist") DISK not only remains one of the most technically soulful impressive Skratch Musicians in the world today, he has also single-handedly expanded the musical sensibility of Skratching, allowing for a instrument that was traditionally relegated to the background of Hip Hop, to be re-considered as a powerful and modern tool of musical expression. If Jazz has its Miles Davis, then Hip Hop has its DISK. Born in San Francisco in the 1970's DJ DISK first discovered the idea of Turntablism by manipulating an old wooden turntable consul in his parents living room. DISK continued his exploration with his "instrument" and by the age of 11 was competing in SF DJ Battles and was considered a rising star throughout the then rapidly rising underground San Francisco Hip Hop scene.
	(Quest): Quest, one of the founding members of Bullet Proof Scratch Hamsters/Space Travelerz (DJ Quest, Eddie Def, DJ Cue, Eddie K, and DJ Mars) creators of “Hamster Breaks” (the first battle style record on the market), expanded his musical horizons in 1996 by forming the experimental jazz/hip-hop group Livehuman in San Francisco. Since its formation, the trio has self produced recordings for the British label Fat Cat Records, the Bay Area’s Hip-Hop Slam, Matador Records, and their own independent Cosmic Records. More recently, Quest has come off a west coast tour as part of a DJ/MC duo with Apostle of Heavyweight Dub Champion. In his 20 plus years of DJ experience, Quest has also collaborated on recordings with artists such as Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura (Bear Witness II), Blackalicious, Rob Swift (X-ecutioners), Z Man, Sacred Hoop, Eddie K, Topper, DJ Zeph, DJ Q-Bert (Do It Yourself, vol. 2), Wide Hive Records collective “Variable Unit” and The DJ Project.
	(GRUV1): Blending the strong and distict sounds of future & bass house Gruv1 creates a unique and catchy groove of his own. The most current project of long-time DJ/Producer AJ Sorbello takes influence from the rolling basslines and nu-jack beats of Speed Garage. Seattle based Gruv1 is widely known for keeping the good vibe going and dancers moving on the dance floor begging for more. With his recent EP, released on Build It Records, "End of Summer" has caught the attention of many other labels and producers in the U.S. and internationally as well. Gruv1 stays true to his musical passion, which allows him to easily showcase his talents keeping dancers in a groove.
	(VinRoc): DJ Vinroc relocated to the west coast in 1997 to the Bay Area. Based on the west coast He began working and performing with some of the most celebrated djs in the music industry: tour dates alongside DJ Z-trip, The Beat Junkies, Kid Kapri, DJ Qbert and Mix Master Mike just to name a few. Vinroc represents two DJ super groups on each coast: 5th Platoon from New York City and the Triple Threat Djs from the Bay Area, whose member include celebrated Mixtape DJ Neil Armstrong as well as Former ISP member DJ Shortkut. Currently Vinroc is focusing on music production and has had the privilege to do remixes for Talib Kweli, Black Thought of the Roots, Bay Area soul siren Goapale, and Souls of Mischief.
	(Ricky Switch): Refusing to be tied down to any one genre, Ricky Switch's been known to drop anything that'll get the crowd moving. Always one to keep the crowd guessing, he seamlessly moves between the clean cuts of hip-hop, bass heavy breaks, the dextrous scratching of turntablism, dnb; a straight up mix of whatever else he feels like, as he has an intuitive sense of what the party needs. He makes it impossible to keep still, bringing his craft to the club in a way only he can. 'I want to connect with every single person in the room with my music so that by the end of the night, each one should be able to say one of my tunes moved them'.