How did you first start DJing?

The older brother of my friend was a DJ in a band and he was an amazing turntablist. So I started to mess about with his turntables when I was 17 and when I turned 18 I sold a surfboard and a guitar and bought my first set of turntables and a DJ mixer. Although I only had about 20 records, I'd practice beat matching and scratching and mixing and mashing acapellas over instrumentals. I moved to Sydney when I was 18 and started to spend all my money at Next Level Records and The Record Store and started going out and seeing lots of DJs play and got inspired! I listened/got inspired from DJs like Z-Trip, Qbert, The Nextmen, Andy Smith, DJ Zinc & Mix Master Mike.

Top 5 hip hop songs

Jurassic 5 -Thin Line Feat. Nelly Furtado

Jurassic 5 "Thin Line" (Ft. Nelly Furtado)

A sweet hip hop song that gives you the feels. J5 is one of the first hip hop groups that I got into way back in high school. And this was the first song ever that I successfully beat matched.

The Roots - Rolling with heat Feat. Talib Kweli

this song is from the 2002 album "Phrenology" Lyrics: [Chorus: Kweli & Dice Raw] Downtown everybody move to the beat Uptown everybody moving the heat Cross-town the party where both sides meet Eastside, westside, there's always beef X2 [Kweli] I tattoo the page with the permanent ink Mr. Rourke on

It's all about the drums in this song! Black Thought & Talib Kweli absolutely kill it also!

Leikeli47 - Money

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This chick is great! This song is funky. It goes down a treat on any dancefloor. The finger snaps, the rhymes, the bassline, everything. It's a perfect song.

J -Cole - Who dat

This is the 1st J cole song that I ever heard, and still my favourite. The raps are so slick and clever. The beat is banging, especially the horns. Also, the film clip is amazing, it's a one shot style clip and has all the things a good rap video should have such as exploding cars and hot dancers.

Big Boi - Shutterbag Feat. Cutty

I cannot sit still whenever I hear this song. Amazing, funky production especially the vocoder. Big Boi raps are punchy and effortlessly cool. Also a rad film clip.

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