To all those who says he's not the best.... He is the best at what he does... Originality. He was great when I first met him in the 80's, and he still come up with innovative performances to this day! The scratches that most people do today were started by him and his friends, so of course they've been taken to a new level. Just like Hendrix, people broke it down and studied the style, but HE was one of the originators!! Right on Q!! I'll always have big respect 4 Ya!!

@theenemyspublic681

Жыл бұрын

Hes trash!! He's only using one turntable!

My favorite part about Q Bert is that he still uses old school beats

@user-yp6sp6ge8p

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know this record title??

@Lojalny

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-yp6sp6ge8p nice time 😂

@ralphinkley81

Жыл бұрын

And vinyl

Dj Qbert must be the most skilled and technical Dj of all time! I watched him in the 90’s and still come back to watch him from time to time!

i can watch this over and over and still can't believe how good he is....

The look on his face at 5:23 when he knows he just killed it... priceless! :)

i have always looked up to Qbert he was the first DJ i ever saw and without this video I would not be who i am today, being a DJ was a massive part of my childhood and helped me through crap times in my life and i would like to say thank you not just to Qbert but to any other DJ who has been a competitor in DMC for shaping not just my childhood but my style and ability on the decks♥

Not only a beast on the scratching with no Serato, no computer or effects, but he's fun to watch. Like Jimi Hendrix, this guy is digging his own sounds WHILE making the sounds. One of the top 5, if you know anything about turntablism.

He is the best and we should just never forget it. Every time I see this dude it makes me happy, no matter what's going on in my life. Thanks Q!

Man this guy is talented. When he created his own beat and improvised it thru, then did it at 45 RPM, then ate some cheese and did it at 78rpm or +50%, that was showmanship. He deserves the applause and accolades. Im not a huge fan of the hydroplane, but he does it so amazing and I would be happy to have 1/100th his skill.

I love it how he's throwing all these goodies at the audience, along with some sick ass beats.

This is the best DJ on the planet Earth or the Universe for that matter. Greatest of all time. Long live Q...

@darrenwright5727

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Draper dont be a bell end .

@dannypool4934

5 жыл бұрын

Qbert gets it for dmc, but over all craze is amazing

@richardvasquez4171

5 жыл бұрын

Vekked and Brace are raw too! Super clean scratches!

@husxle

5 жыл бұрын

You're nuts.

@deebee388

4 жыл бұрын

D styles is better i think but qbert is great

From what I seen of Him He seems like genuinely nice guy as well as a amazing DJ

DJ Q-Bert. One of the best to have ever touched a turntable. Master of his craft!!

i freaking love qberts style.... not kidding my favorite dj so far!!!

This man is a legend! An absolute magician on the wheels of steel!!!

Q Bert has so many different styles of scratching, and most of them are super difficult, that’s what makes him great.

There's no doubt that there will be up and comers who will or could potentially be better then Q-Bert. But what you also have to factor and I'm sure a lot of you don't know is that he is from the Old School, going back to the mid 80's. If any of you all can't respect his longevity and how he has transcended DJ'ing then some of you are just straight up fools!! IMO

@Croix1

9 жыл бұрын

i cant see anyone do the type of drumming he does at 8:00 except for q-bert

@stevemelendez

4 жыл бұрын

Dean Mark Gaddi Word my brother!!!

@marcdelossantos4135

4 жыл бұрын

No one can compare... I mean. You are listening whatever.. comes a scratch... You don't know even the title of song or what you are listening... If it's Qbert, you get it from the second one. He's style will be forever unique. My god check that drumming... Its not about Who's better or not. He's above this. He is UNIQUE, so there's no comparision possible. He plays alone in his league

@benjatheninja3113

4 жыл бұрын

Qbert is dope no doubt and my 2nd favorite turntablist of all time but Dj Craze puts him to shame.

@michaelenglish839

3 жыл бұрын

He does tricks that no one else has mastered. His hands become the vinyl. He may be credited with the crab scratch and other rhythms beside, but everything about him is the result of becoming one with his instrument. It's transcendent.

Oh those tunes. How have I missed those tunes for so long.

What up DJ Qbert, awesome session homie, amazing skratching my friend, absolutely lovin these videos,man......🔥💯👍🙏🎶🌎

dj qbert is my favorite dj. i so admire everything that he has done for the industry

He still has a swing bounce swagger that no one else seems to have in the presence of technology

Q-bert to me is the Bruce lee of DJ's he kick but's with stile. It is fun to watch he performance. God bless you Q-Bert

1 of the pioneers

those slower heavybeats and scratches at around 2.00 and the beat at 2.44 was awesome . qbert you finally did it .untouchable .the young whipper snappers could learn off you. it auin't all about who can go the fastest. its also the sound

One of the legends. Stood the test of time and continues to inspire to this day. People might have their favorites. But no one can say another can possibly have affected the whole culture as much as Q. The best part about Q, down to earth guy. Still the say guy who used to do all night sessions with Yoga Frog, Shortkut, Mixmaster Mike in Daly City...

About halfway into this I thought to myself, "Okay, I've probably heard enough. It's not like it's gonna get any better." Then it just kept getting better and better.

I could listen to this dude all day!

So cool when he is "giving" his records to the audience. Q-Bert is an OG.

Jesus Christmas, from 10.50, that was incredible.

@KenPryde

9 жыл бұрын

Jesus, how can a man be that good with his fingers and not be me?

@christopherrobnuuuuuuuu

4 жыл бұрын

50 Cent "Hip Hop" I run Hip hop.

Q Bert the greatest Battle DJ of All Time while DJ Jazzy Jeff is the Greatest party/club DJ of all time.

@thatnewjoint

8 жыл бұрын

Good call

@bigswa

5 жыл бұрын

MrFilthyrich76 Jazzy Did win the NMS world title

@charlesriveraemail

4 жыл бұрын

Battle dj i would say Rock Raids

TOTALLY AWESOME DJ QBERT REPRESENTING SFO...WHOOHOO ❤️😍🥰😘👏🏽👏🏽

one of the worlds greatest and most innovative dj's in the world. nice.

Imagine what DJing would be for him if he had 4 arms

@hi-wm7tb

5 жыл бұрын

It's been 2 years and this comment still hurts to think about

@jcchannel2850

4 жыл бұрын

They'd only slow him down.

@scipreme

3 жыл бұрын

He'd just scratch with the same right hand he always uses 🤷🏾‍♂️

@john17696

3 жыл бұрын

Ben ten have the answer

@McRizzle23

3 жыл бұрын

@@scipreme think about how many hours practise he has had doing this. And how he has built up his fine motor skills and devolped muscle memory to such a high level to scratch like he does. I am right handed, use left on the fader and been scratching for 22 years this way. I can use my left on the record too as I I have put countless hours practising it even though I don't prefer it. And if I ever had a chance to showcase it I certainly wouldn't use my weaker and less developed hand setup but it is there if need it otherwisd you are fucked if you want to put a set together. If you go back and watch old qbert videos when he was actually competing and not showcasing he had to use both as let's face it... He couldn't do a showcase set like this and win.

3:28 my jaw dropped again

Watching greatest dj in the planet 2021 ...

I saw this cat so many times in the 90s and early 00s and he was the shit. I love how he takes a bite out of an apple at one point, he's like a juggler with better music.

What made people love HIP HOP! SkillZZ!

seems like he keeps his set low key so as not to out perform the contestants

@djreggiereg4663

7 жыл бұрын

Yea cuzz I seen him drop some fire before wit no cross fadder ...you right he just playing on this one

@travfreit1872

5 жыл бұрын

Lol... Humility .. Kinda like when Hendrix did any of his solos at Woodstock

@michaelenglish839

3 жыл бұрын

What is low key about that "what?" routine? Who else has a hand that melts into and becomes one with the vinyl like that?

@dawgzilla2007

3 жыл бұрын

ISP was asked not to compete after crushing ppl.

this is mad crazy bring back old school music

I first saw Q-Bert live in 1992 and he just keeps getting better.

Any one seen his 1991 performance it wuz crazy asf

mix master mike is still my favorite

Best dj in the world

that made my day, thank you

"I gotta believe!" - Parappa the rapper

@ 6:04 dude seriously starts BEAT BOXING using turn tables thats dope..

@SbrodolaiProtoKhay

8 жыл бұрын

That call "drumming" :)

@hi-wm7tb

5 жыл бұрын

It's been 2 years and this still makes me think

one of the greatest of all time an originator on point everytime you see him

Started out in the bay, Q and Mixmaster Mike is the dynamic duo this is real turntablism.

Lets see modern button pushers display this level of musicality. This is DJ-ing, and this is real music, not just cramming as many cheesy drops into every minute by pressing buttons.

dude when he was scratching over that dead prez beat he had pretty much the exact same rhythm as the rapper.

@NoogaJack423

7 жыл бұрын

WLG1 ...and no one in the crowd caught that. ill.

@cliffordsmustache

7 жыл бұрын

that was sick as hell, and with that tempo... damn

@djimma5080

5 жыл бұрын

This is how they used to learn, they would imitate a rappers flow with scratchs

@XelGaga

5 жыл бұрын

Check dj Nelson and dj tigerstyle, they are pretty good at it too.

@ScubaSteveOC

4 жыл бұрын

i caught it right when he dropped it... so fire. I'm an EDM DJ and nothing is better than where it all started.

Invisibl Skratch Piklz! Even after almost 20 years i am still amazed...GOD MODE!

still one of the greatest live scratch sets ever. fucken Q-Bert.

Lol..y'all really think this is something? Q is not even trying here.

@williampalomares248

6 күн бұрын

Your obviously missing the message !!!👌😂

here you witness a real scratch dj, not a beat juggler like most of them in this comp.

@RobHnasko

9 жыл бұрын

DJ Mindchime I never thought about that - but you are right.

@jonhamm9819

8 жыл бұрын

+Mindchime Official u aint lyin brah and as he spims i feel it in my trunk POUNDING with magical spinning hands

@devote

6 жыл бұрын

yea not many people want to advance actual cutting

@djinnmagik

3 жыл бұрын

There's 2 kinds of DJs, Qbert is a "scratch DJ", beat jugglers are known as "mix DJs!" I know a great mix DJ from Trenton, NJ. His name is Louie Lopez.

@scipreme

3 жыл бұрын

As I was reading this Qbert was scratching "what??" Lol

Big sounds ,and well furious on cuts' well crafted ,and takes cuttin to different level let that sink in' he has a unique style with a mix of old, and nu skool flavours 'with different! So stand still ,if you will because, Q-Bert has cuts to kill!!

Legendary track selection

@danielmihajlica

Ай бұрын

What’s the name of the first track I’ve heard it before I just can’t remember

Not a big fan of hip-hop DJing , but I 'll give this guy his props

Q-bert is one of the greats, just technique and flow, no need to do that insecure technical juggling...

I once went to a house party where he was the DJ!

fucking crazy skills

Who are you guys seeing that makes you think Q-bert is boring? That scratch speed and precision is crazy on point. And can YOU put on a better set?

@Dj_rueboi

6 жыл бұрын

Phillip Hudshon so true! it's has to be non scratchers saying that

What you have to understand is Q is not afraid of making a mistake. He will take that miss, and come up with something unplanned!!! He even laughs at his boo boos which always impressed me about him...... His ability to recover and take it to another level..

AMAZING! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

So basically, he's got great 'ear-eye-hand-coordination' :)

@K1ck1992

3 жыл бұрын

Its ear-hand coordination and proprioception u learn with your eyes but once u reach a certain level u dont need eyes to scratch precicely. you will know where your hand is

dammmmmmmmmmmmmmn .he got down on that dead prez...

@larrymasterspowerbuildingc4477

8 жыл бұрын

RIGHT!

2020 always listen

Yo I was there beside him too! Sickest scratches I have ever witnessed. QBert kills it.

11:43-11:55 holy shit

@LeyLeiDJ

8 жыл бұрын

fo real...

@holeefuk5318

6 жыл бұрын

Yup

@007dahu

6 жыл бұрын

do you know the track ID please ?

@airfrogme

6 жыл бұрын

dead prez -hip hop

@yoyoholck

5 жыл бұрын

Best part of the whole set

dat video resolution

Superseal was, & is still a DJ's best friend. It was one of many DJ Tools recorded on vinyl, containing samples, used to scratch or cut in. One of my favorite vinyls for samples to this day!

thumbs up 4 dis..DJ Q-BERT...respect...

This is dope lol

I got turntables for my 16th birthday, I haven't really got to touch them, I need to get a mixer for them, I'll be a future DJ ;)

@kendo512

8 жыл бұрын

Have fun and keep the art alive bro. I only started a year ago myself, still having fun every day

@samattos1

7 жыл бұрын

Where do you live, Ryan?

@JAY-ou7rb

7 жыл бұрын

Steve Mattos In Paradise Valley

@JAY-ou7rb

7 жыл бұрын

Steve Mattos It's located in San Diego

@samattos1

7 жыл бұрын

What kind of tables did you get? And are you thinking about learning straight analog or are you going to include some kind of digital interface?

Snap! He's so primed at the end of the set that he gets ahead of the beat over dead prez...amazing skills - and mind.

Amazing. His whole body and movements are djing. He litteraly embodies the arebof scratch

Does anyone know what the name of the instrumental song that was playing (10:50), and the scratch Dj doing??

@TheWizwax

10 жыл бұрын

Dead Prez - Hip Hop

@thunayrichardi

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you my brother, very grateful

9:57 was that good?

scratches fantastic. Thats's the greatest DJ

Straight up Hip Hop! Who can not like this!?

tracklist anyone??

@Goretooph

10 жыл бұрын

First song was a Jeru track second is a madlib track not sure the names. I know that jeru song was off of sun rises in the east though, still listening to the video so ill post the rest when it finishes

@TheGhipo

10 жыл бұрын

Goretooph i thought that first one was method man

@Goretooph

10 жыл бұрын

Liam Drage yep. you're right. Dunno what I was thinking that's totally method man. idk why i said jeru

@Genesis952

10 жыл бұрын

3:54 Erykah Badu - The Healer

2:42!!

@davbai3126

9 жыл бұрын

Zero do you know if there is anymore Zero.? it justs blows me away 2.42 onward

@makis1229

9 жыл бұрын

davbai anymore of what? Whole video is just mind-fucking!!

2023 still reppin

One of the worlds greatest... aaaaand innovative DJ's in the world :D I couldn't help but laugh

Sad story he had a girlfriend once........she died

I'M FILIPINO AND QBERT IS A FILIPINO FILIPINO DJ IS A ONE BEST DJ IN THE WORLD ;-)

@user-kq6ju6hc1w

10 жыл бұрын

I'm American, were the best at everything else.

@UseR17986

10 жыл бұрын

marc desch that`s what every american believe :D

@BendApparatus

10 жыл бұрын

Q'bert gets the crazy props cause he was the best of the new breed(evolution) of "DJ" that took the art to "Turntablist", "Scratch Nerd" ,"Turntable science". He'll always get grandmaster props for that. But I think there are DJs now that may have surpassed him for example DJ Craze (he is Latino (gasp! like me!...lol ) who can give Q'bert a run for his money. So ;p

@Jhonclich

10 жыл бұрын

***** men hes just love to play, and violence of world war is over bro..

@chuckbrown0916

10 жыл бұрын

Jazzy Jeff must be Filipino.

God among men...super nice guy, too.

Still, hands down to this pioneer. glad u met my good friend MIXMASHPOTATOES MIDLAB RADIO

low visibility markers

absolutely boring.

@camel0089

10 жыл бұрын

yrussq go kick a can

@xonthebond50

10 жыл бұрын

its only boring because you don't know what real DJing is

@joshuagoodman7286

10 жыл бұрын

Dj Fly is much better

@yrussq

10 жыл бұрын

Joshua Goodman Just watched Dj Fly. Agree, absolutely another level.

@joshuagoodman7286

10 жыл бұрын

World champions tend to be

Man, such a skilled guy. Seriously MINDBLOWING.

ive seen q bert swamp rectangle craze and q bert was by far the best scratcher ive seen this dude drag the needle across the record and scratch it

I can think of any one better than Qbert he is THE god of scratching...

great set!

A true LEGEND literally has a coat to prove it, and what a outro !!!!!!!!!

Sick! He killed it. Mad skills

Dj Qbert is the jimi hendrix of dj mixing.

Just another day for qbert!

Outstanding. I would have to practice for some years to get to this level. I see all the haters in the post. Q-Bert is very talented and well above standards.....Maybe the best on one of his GREAT days.

So cool !

Greatest Scratching dj .wanted to see more use of both Turntables.