Wednesday night I attended the DMC DJ Battle at the Knitting Factory in downtown Manhattan. It was amazing...some of the dopest DJs from across the country all gathered in one spot...and the crowd got hype! Shout outs to Tools of War. Here is a quick run down of some of the parties involved:

DJ Teddy King (he put me on to the event.)
DJ Flawless
DJ Dopeman
DJ Machine
DJ Axis
DJ Mirandom
DJ Esquire
DJ Shmeeze
DJ Jazzemoto
DJ Roc Raida
DJ Scratch of EPMD
GrandWizzard Theodore
DJ Etronics
Glenbrowski
DJ Mikestir
Pebblee Poo of the Herculoids (first female emcee for Kool Herc)
DJ Disco Wiz (first Latino DJ in hip hop)
Greg Nice

The host for the evening was DJ Fat Fingaz.









DJ Mikestir




DJ Scratch (in the middle) and two of the other judges.




Mikestir and Mirandom.




This is HISTORY! Grand Wizard Theodore with the next generation.




DJ Jazzemoto.




DJ Roc Raida!









DJ Scratch.




The dinner of champions




This dude came to the club with his own bag of ribs...that's what's up.

1st round
SPS vs Shmeeze
Flawless vs Supreme
Etronik vs Esquire
Solo vs Swan...John Swan

2nd round
SPS vs Flawless
Etronik vs Swan...John Swan

Final round
SPS vs Swan...John Swan

Winner: DJ SPS (second place sucks)...crowned the winner of the battle -- next stop...London. He will be competing for $10,000 in the DMC world championships.

DJ SPS and DJ Swan...John Swan.




I heard a rumor that the Knitting Factory will be closing. Say it ain't so...