I Luv Intense, Scratch DJing 'Cuz I'm an Intense Performer I love the Battle/ Scratch DJ Scene:
DJ Q-BERT (Doin' His Thang)Word!!!This is what I'm about!!!!
[Check me out in this video to see me cutting it up live on the turntablism tip]:HERE'S ANOTHER TURNTABLISM SHOWCASE ROUTINE @ THE MIXFEST 2007:...Just 2 Let You Know That I and my skills R real and that I CAN kut and juggle... WORDHere I am on the DJ Club-Mix/ Turntablism BATTLE tip:September, 2007:Here are a couple more videos of me battling:DJ Battle Semi Final:
DJ J.P. GUNNz vs. DJ Once-A-Month:DJ Battle Final:
DJ J.P. GUNNz vs. DJ H.U.R.T.T. from IndianaThose were dope battles......My skills even run in my family. Here's a vid of my son, DJ A-Kidd, in his prime during a showcase @ Truman College (He just turned 5 @ that time):Here's a vid of my son, DJ A-Kidd, doing some mean battle-style beat-juggling in front of a live audience @ the tender age of 5:Here are 3 close-up vids of him @ the 2006 DMC U.S. Finals held in Chicago in the Summer of 2006:Here's PART 1:PART 2:PART 3:HERE HE IS AGAIN,@ 6 YEARS OLD @ MIXFEST 2007:Here he is @ another camera angle:Here he is @ The HOT JAMS DJ Competition:
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Add to My Profile | More VideosHere he is @ another angle:Yes, as you can see, I got the family genes workin' overtime. He's real and he's the truth. Look out, he'll be winning dj competitions before he reaches puberty...
WordHere's a vid of one of my favorite influences/ battle DJs, ROC RAIDA, in his Pepsi Commercial:Pepsi Commercial
Add to My Profile | More Videos....And check out my Man, DJ Craze, doin' his thang:..Just to let you know where I'M comin' from. This is how I get down...ANYWAYYYYY!!!!!!!I enjoy Nightclub/Radio DJing, my wife, my son and the dynamics contained therein. I also like street poetry, mixing music, weight-lifting/ working out, Hip-Hop dancing, Popping, Locking, House dancing, Boxing, Judo, Soccer, Wrestling, Jeet Kune Do, Turntablism, DJ/ Dance/ MC Battles, Travelling to Asia (preferrably Japan), unpretentious and cool, funky people from different cultures who hate racism and racial-profiling who love life, Acid Jazz, the 4-Elements of Hip-Hop, positive vibe Hip-Hop with smart lyrical content. Soulful House music, observing the effects of my talents on crowds from all over the world, and the process of improving my life.WORD.....
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Positive-Vibe Hip-Hop, Acid/ Smooth Jazz, Soulful Underground House music, Global House/ Lounge (upbeat/ down-tempo), Disco House music, Garage/ Filtered House music, Drum and Bass, Turntablism music (I LOVE MUSIC WITH DIFFERENT DJ SCRATCHES IN IT), breakbeat, vintage American soul-R/B, Japanese R and B, and my own music mixes... I LOVE PHAT BEATS....I love cuttin' it up @ Live Outdoor Festivals. Here's me and my homie, DJ 2 Tall Dave, @ the Taste of Lincoln Ave Festival:
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Here's Part 2 of us @ The LincolnFest:
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..I LOVE CUTTIN' IT UP ON THE ONES & TWOS....ALSO, CHECK ME OUT @ THE LEGROOM NIGHTCLUB ON SATURDAYS AND EVERY OTHER SUNDAYS:
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Action, Martial-Arts, Horror, Sci-Fi (I'm a huge "Godzilla" and "Gamera" fan) Turntablism DVDs (DMC Vids 4 Example)...Check Out "Wave-Twisters" by DJ Q-Bert (For all you Hip-Hop/ Turntable Music Headz):Word!!!
Sandford and Son, All In The Family, Good Times, The Simpsons, Knights of Prosperity, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Dirty Sexy Money, and Desperate Housewives (My wife got me hooked on those shows)--- I don't watch too much TV. It takes away my skills' focus. Incidentally, the TV Shows out nowadays suck....
"Do What You Love And The Money Will Follow" by Marsha Sinitar---- "Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop" by Bakari Kitwana---- "Soccer: Secrets To Success" by Laureano Ruiz---- "Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction" by Robert J.C. Young---- "A Day In The Life of Japan" Collins Publishers---- "Jesus Is Not A Republican" by Clint Willis & Nate Hardcastle---- "Please Don't Wish Me A Merry Christmas" by Stephen M. Feldman---- "Religion On Trial" by James John Jurinski---- Plays: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Christopher Hampton---- "King Lear" by William Shakespeare---- "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare---- "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare---- Short Stories: "A Temporary Matter" by Jhumpa Lahiri---- "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor---- "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison---- "Patriotism" by Yukio Mishima---- The lists will grow as time progresses in my lifetime. I also love poetry & I love to read various travel books and magazines because I love travelling to far-off countries to do my art and meet wonderful and open-minded people from other parts of the world.......
I don't have any heroes but there are people in this world who are dope who've influenced who I am and what I do and they are:CHARACTER/ INNER-CHILD Influences: Aldridge J. Locke (My Grandfather), Jeannie C. Cleveland (My Mother), Victoria J. Reeves-Price (My Wife), Avante E. Price (My Son, whose presence, alone, inspires me to continue to be a great teacher and father) Edward Reeves (My Father-In-Law), Bill Cosby, Redd Foxx, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X., Jack Keroac, Joe Clarke (Jazz Singer) Elias George (former Wrestling Coach), Mr. Yoshiro Fukuzawa (former Japanese Language teacher), Jack Holland (educator/ nightclub owner in Japan), B.B King, Buddy Guy, James Brown, Gregory / Jeffery Hines (Actors/ Tap-Dancers), Alvin Ailey...............................DJ/ Producer INFLUENCES: DJ Bad Boy Bill, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Premier, DJ Krush, DJ Spooky, DJ Honda, DJ Sneak, DJ Carl Cox, DJ Q-Bert, DJ Craze, DJ Klever, DJ Kico, DJ Kentaro, DJ Akakabe, DJ I.E. MERGE, DJ Z-Trip, DJ Mark Farina, DJ Jeff Mills, DJ Ill-Traxx, DJ D.V. One, Fast Eddie, Terry Hunter, The World Famous Beat-Junkiez, DJ Roc Raida, DJ Colette, DJ Heather, Mix-Master Mike, Chuck Love, and Mark Grant....