DJ Scratch Archives | Quip Magazine https://quipmag.com/tag/dj-scratch/ The home of alternative music news Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:52:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://quipmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-site-icon_1-70x70.png DJ Scratch Archives | Quip Magazine https://quipmag.com/tag/dj-scratch/ 32 32 In photos: The Roots and DJ Scratch on SummerStage NY https://quipmag.com/in-photos-the-roots-and-dj-scratch-on-summerstage-ny/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:48:32 +0000 https://quipmag.com/?p=16210 Every year, City Park Foundation hosts a series of shows in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, New York. Known as the SummerStage in Central Park, the festival brings out some of the most phenomenal names in music for people to see, for free. Last weekend, SummerStage welcomed The Roots and DJ Scratch, names well known among music aficionados even before the Tonight Show. Founded in Philadelphia in the late ‘80s by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, The Roots have released nearly a dozen albums, won multiple Grammy Awards, and have been Jimmy Fallon’s house band since 2009. DJ Scratch […]

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]]> Every year, City Park Foundation hosts a series of shows in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, New York. Known as the SummerStage in Central Park, the festival brings out some of the most phenomenal names in music for people to see, for free.

Last weekend, SummerStage welcomed The Roots and DJ Scratch, names well known among music aficionados even before the Tonight Show. Founded in Philadelphia in the late ‘80s by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, The Roots have released nearly a dozen albums, won multiple Grammy Awards, and have been Jimmy Fallon’s house band since 2009.

DJ Scratch (born George Spivey), on the other hand, is a producer and collaborator of Busta Rhymes, Metallica, Wu-Tang Clan, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, among others. Scratch has been winning DJ battles since 1988 (New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy) and is a fitting accompaniment for this historic evening.

This evening, no introduction was needed. A band that claims the stage like The Roots earns their spotlight through sound. This is what make hip hop legendary: bars clear as day delivered my Black Thought, every sound perfectly executed by talented musicians. It was an honor to hear them play.

Coming up on SummerStage

July 26: GORILLAFEST featuring Busta Rhymes / ONYX / M.O.P / DJ Drewski & Friends / Scram Jones / Statik Selektah / DJ Perly

July 26: The Saw Doctors

July 27: Femi Kuti & The Positive Force / dead prez / Elida Almeida / Rich Medina / Alhanislam

July 30: The Head and the Heart: Aperture Tour

July 31: Frankie Negrón / Christian Alicea / Funk Salsa Urban

July 31: Summer Dayes 2025 with The Yussef Dayes Experience / FKJ / Venna / Salin

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