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Built From Scratch (2002)

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Built From Scratch | 1011309816__xecutioners_l

BACK TO BASICS The four DJs of X-ecutioners have lightning-fast deck skills that evoke nostalgia

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Release Date: Jan 29, 2002; Lead Performance: X-Ecutioners

By Evan Serpick

Evan Serpick

Sometime around 1991, ravers hijacked the art of turntable-ism, relegating techniques like scratching and beatboxing to the old-skool bin. Like a special-ops squad, though, the four DJs of X-ecutioners repeatedly retake the turntables, scuffing wax the way Kool Herc and Terminator X once did. While their lightning-fast deck skills evoke nostalgia, the X-men still sound like the freshest crew on the block on Built From Scratch.

Posted Jan 21, 2002

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