How to Do a Break Mix (1983) - Grandmaster Flash

This is crazy! This looks like something taken from a straight PBS infomercial. Watch Flash break down all the intricacies of performing a break mix.

Video: Grandmaster Flash Rocking the Breaks Live in the Bronx

You can't see Grandmaster Flash rock the breaks too many times. I've always wondered how much old school deejays pay the guy who hands them their records. Is it 5, 10, or even 25% of their appearance fee? Sounds trivial, but I'd really like to know.

Grand Master Flash: Live at NAMM 2008

I'll be turning 30 in a couple months and as a result I've been thinking a lot about getting old lately. Whenever I get depressed and start thinking about whether it is "socially acceptable" to be a deejay in your 30's, I look at the man in the below video and feel that everything is going to be alright.

Video: Grandmaster Flash Rocking a Party and His Kitchen Table

There are bad ass deejays, and then there is THE bad ass deejay. If you haven't done so already, do yourself a favor and experience Flash rock a party at least once in your life.

As dope as A-Trak, Craze, Rob Swift, and ______________(fill in your favorite dj) might be, none of them ever did this. It doesn't get any more hip hop than this right here.