DJ A-Trak on Stretch and Bobbito

I've decided to split all of these turntablism routines up for the most part because they're around 10 minutes each and I don't want to lump them all together and bore you. This next one comes from one of my favorites past and present DJ A-Trak. The Montreal native exploded onto the battle scene in 1997, winning the DMC world championship at the age of 15. Here is that winning routine. Shortly after the win he became a member of the Invisible Skratch Piklz and then started his own crew with some of the best new battle djs in the world with The Allies. They changed the battle game and won many titles worldwide. I put him as one of the top 5 turntablists all time.

He landed the gig of a lifetime becoming the tour DJ for Kanye West a few years back after he was spotted doing an in-store routine overseas. In the last few years A-Trak has laid back on the battle-type stylings that took him all over the world and broadened his horizons musically. He started his own label Fools Gold Records which has become immensely popular in the thriving new electro/hipster scene. I left some of the intro moments which are one of the best things about the Stretch and Bobbito show. Probably post the rest of these routines tomorrow. I'm archiving a lot of things lately so stay tuned!

DJ A-Trak - Live on Stretch and Bobbito - 8-21-97