Fuck facebook. (no misquote)

yawn.

lol

lame

sixxx I know you don't have facebook, but basically its a video testimonial done by Cut Creator about how the game is so twisted right now.

He is LL's music director, still works with him. He decided he wanted to work more clubs and parties into his schedule, he sent letters out to booking agents/managment co.'s etc. He got one back that requested him submit a couple of demo's.

I could understand if this was me asking, but apparently this guy responding to his letter has no clue who he is lol, Cut just makes the point that people don't know their hip hop history. That's all, no appreciation for where the art came from. This cat is pioneer, and still rocks a set to this day. Its just funny how hollywood everything has become.

In all fairness Cut Creator isn't the best known of back up djs. I didn't even know he was still active as a dj. He's not a DJ Scratch or Evil Dee or Maseo or someone like that.

Oic

i think hes absolutly right!! 100%

I think his ego was shot when the promoter ask him for a demo. According to him, in order to be a promoter who wants hip-hop played at the venue you need to know who DJ Cut Creator is? C'mon....

Agreed. I mean who is Cut Creator to the average Joe? Who is he to the average hip hop head? I'm racking my brains to think what he's done since the 80's aside from a few cuts here. LL never shouts him out, he's not produced anything as far as I know. Not a diss to the man because I'd give my right arm to dj for a vet like LL but he's just a nobody in the scheme of things.

You think back up djs you think, Premo, Pete Rock, Evil Dee, Scratch, Mister Cee, Babu, Roc Raider etc etc Not Cut Creator.

the promoter could have eaisly youtubed Cut Creator
Cmon..
Watchwww.youtube.com
Watchwww.youtube.com

Maybe but I suppose it depends on what he actually put onhis resume/cv.

To be honest I'm kind of in one of those arguing moods so lol feel free to ignore me although my comment on him not being as famous as he probably thinks he is stands.

"What's my DJ's name?"
"Cut Creator!"

I love that record. I remember I was in a battle with that dude about 10 years ago. He had a pretty good routine, but it was kinda gimmicky. This guy beatmatched two records walks off the stage to order a drink and comes back during his set. Then I think he did the whole play a record backwards by putting the needle on upside down thing. It wasn't mixed properly, but the judges liked it. He came in first, I was second. I was just honored to be in a competition with him.

i dont know about fame nowadays but shit!!! when i hear the name Cut Creator, my mind automaticly snaps into that LL verse "with my Dj Named CUT CREATOR" so i guess im old..so i know who he is and im not really hip hop persa

"What's my DJ's name?"
"Cut Creator!"

typo "with my dj named" i just woke up lol

One record the best part of 20 years ago?!?! Exactly.

Or maybe the promoter had some automatic generic response that goes out to everyone who E-Mails him. Like an out of office response....I don't know but I know he got hurt by that.

I just think that regardless, do some homework before you write a letter. Like buddy said, there is plenty of his recent stuff available for download and view on youtube. I do an online radio show right before he does his.

Its out there, but my beef is that although maybe he is not as prevelent as a dj preimer, this dude helped to pave the way for all dj's, LL was the first act signed to def jam, this cat has been down from the get go. Not taking away from any of those dj's mac.

..i don't know,..this video is a waste of time..i think by now everyone knows the hip-hop game is twisted..making that video is not going to help out anybody..he should be working on the demo, if he is as good as he says it should take him a couple of minutes...instead he decided to make a facebook video geeezzz

And like I said I'm not trying to shit on the guy because he's done more than I ever will have in hip hop. I'm just saying If I was him in this day and age and got a letter like that from a promoter I wouldn't be publicly moaning about it.

And the other thing (again lol I'm in the mood to argue today).

There are countless old school djs who were once pioneers who for want of a better way of putting things have ''basic'' mixing skills with bigger names then Cut Creator. Jazzy and Scratch aside who can run rings round most of today's djs. Is it wrong that a promoter asks for a current demo to see what he's letting himself into?

I mean how piss would you be booking LL Cool J's dj expecting to get some rnb party rocker and some old guy gets up and does a 12 min routine of Take me to the Mardi Gras?

Good point. I'm sure that has happened before.

I'd like to see you ask a sampling of 10 promoters what they know about the above DJs. Purely for comic relief. :-)

Exactly so if these people who are easily more relavant then Cut Creator don't ring bells with your average Joe how is Cut Creator going to. I mean I can think of one tune from the mid to late 80's that he's on. One song! I wouldn't be in any rush to book him.

Out of curiosity, what cuts did he create?

greetings and blessings all........thank you bks for the love, i find a lot of these post very interesting......there are a lot of great dj's around today with different styles and flavors(turntablists,party rockers,battle dj's etc) that paved the way ,much love to all of them ....im sitting here reading these posts and quotes.1 off to all let it be said my ego can never be shot down my career very much alive is still going strong trust me im not a old bitter dj..lmao,(im still rocking parties and a back up dj...lol).... that blog was about that was 1 agent that was so cocky i was talking about , i have a few good agents doing bookings for me and are very pleased with me ..ok in responding to mr caramac first off trust me i rock parties second when you think of back-up djs you dont think of premo ,pete rock,evil dee,scratch ,mister cee,roc they are great turntablists and producers not back up djs..so i have a question for you caramac WHAT IS A BACK UP DJ? take away there production credits all of those great dj's all together still can equal my career....AS A BACK UP DJ(t.v ,tours concerts etc).....LOL... i thank everyone for there posts and there opinons if you to ask me or find out something(the facts) please feel free...thank you my friends in wax

I just think your ego got hurt a lil bit. Don't take it so personal. Youre pretty irrelevant in todays club scene and face it, hip hop is pretty dead right now. I don't understand why your feelings were so hurt by some little promoter who has no sense of history for you to make video blog about it. It makes you look like you on some petty/saditty shit.

and what exactly does "LL's music director" do?

uh Ohhh

popcorn anyone

It wasnt a diss Buddy Love.. I'm just sayin, who da fuck is Cut Creator in 2009? Cut Creator fans back from 1985 are all 40+ y/o right now. He needs to re-brand himself and market himself differently now if he wants to be relevant again. Cant be livin off that 1985 glory anymore.

I guess this one

Watchwww.youtube.com

i didnt say it was a diss , im just hungry for poppy corn right about now.

holly shit..
i didnt know Cut Creator was on stickam?? (world of dj)

is that him?
www.stickam.com

mabey im loosing it..
or just the shirt hes wearing/ plus kinda looks like CC

Thats him. he's on the wrong dj page on stickam.

yea!! your right Sheak..:)
i didt go though the vid to hear his ID. just did its him..lol

lmao .........ok i see this shit got blown out the water ,,,as for as dj togtfo relevant whats relevant today? who is relevant today ?.............as far as 1985 glory ...i want you to understand this son im always working im always relevant..im still traveling and playing all over the world im in the 2009 glory baby forget what u heard..............dj togtfo i see you are in atlanta so im i ...i would like to invite you to one of my parties so you can see how i get down since you feel the way...i would like you to be my guest.......

Damn, I haven't heard that in years.

hay i respect you CC even if peeps talk shit.
im old school :)

yo dj togtfo if you are downtown atlanta to day im doing a set in centenial park about 4000 people come check it out

thanks buddy much love...........this janet jackson-what have you done for me lately shit is wack....lmao

np.

ohh i can hear it now "im some sorta kiss ass"

blah..

man it is what it is .....the game is cold but its fair....lmao

What time does it start Cut Creator? I might go to that.

On a side note, Why do so many old school (no disrespect intended) hip hop artists move here to Atlanta? Chuck D, Proffessor Griff, YZ, Phife, Eric Sermon, etc...

Phife lives in Oakland California.. he has a home in Cascade tho.

and to Cutcreator. I told you I wasn't dissin and don't call me son, you aint my daddy. But I just might show up tonight. And if you get bored tomorrow, come check out Sutra Lounge. First drink is on me.

damn, we got celebrities on here.

Cut Creator, tell LL he owes me some money for some dental work. Back in 87 I went to the Def Jam '87 concert to see him at the Norfolk Scope arena.

Being only 16 at the time and originally from Cali I wasn't aware of black/white racial tension in Virginia. I was the only white dude at the show and a group of guys didn't take kindly to my "kind" being there. Guy #1 wanted my DefJam tshirt and I didn't agree with him. All his boys (all grown ass men) surrounded me and commenced to an ass beating. I guess they got tired, or their fists started hurting cause they split kinda quickly.

I was laying there in a small puddle of blood with a dangling front tooth, but I still managed to have the tshirt on.

^^well looks like you got a nice brite smile now..
viewmorepics.myspace.com

Hah, funny.

My dental work has outlasted my using Traktor Scratch

hahahaha

Show respect where respect is due. Cut Creator has paved the way for all you pansies. You wouldn't be shit without this guy and all the other old school DJ's.

Yo Cut, i was @ the LL show @ nokia in NYC, after valentines day. Who was spinning video that nite?
you guys killed it!

thanks u dj d range ........i was riding the videos in with a pioneer dvj.......check out my set-up on facebook....

why folks take shit so personal.............it really makes me wonder who's bitter

ok dj fogtfo .......i was never dissing you thats the way i talk....im sorry if you feel that way thats just me ......MY BAD...

peace and blessings to my brothers and sisters in wax....thanks for the love........ let build back up the dj in hip hop and in music,....period

CC: I saw u and LL when u guys came to Metro City @ Perth, Australia not too long ago. Great concert and good to hear from ya :)

+1/2

I am about the same age as Cut Creator, "Things done changed" in this new age of music.

When I watched the video and thought about the post, I looked at from the side of the agent. Cut Creator was cool back in the day, but is he marketable enough to command X price to fill Y venue.

Agent thinks "I'd better get a demo to see what his show is like to see how I can market this guy".

A few old school legends are running around now as DJ's like Biz Markie, I have no clue what his DJ performance would be like.

Watchwww.youtube.com

LOL, question answered. Question 2 does Biz bring his own dancers or are they from the venue?

See what I mean.

I thought this was gonig to be about this...www.mail.com

***leaves thread***

Easy Cut Creator. Hope none of what I said was taken as a diss because you've done more in hip hop then I probably ever will and that I respect. All I was trying to say and this is more from the average Joe's point of view is that if me as a 30 year old hip hop head can only remember you from the 80's then I'm sure you're going to struggle to sell yourself to promoters/punters who aren't hip hop heads.

I mean I don't know anything you've done since the 80's and I'm not some hip hop newb. I got my rare breaks. I got some LP's that would shock some people on here. I've gone to underground shows for years etc etc. I'm also (and I hate to admit this as a guy lol) a big LL fan. He's one of the best role models black people have. He's a very positive brother and makes good music and has stayed relevant all these years. That aside, I had no idea you were still working with him musically or as a dj. I've not seen your name on any credits for production/cuts etc. I had a quick glance at the Mr Smith album as I had it to hand yesterday and there was no mention of you at all as musical director or anything etc. All my other albums are back at my parents so couldn't check those but what I'm trying to say is some of the onus is on you to make yourself more of a commodity in today's music scene.

As for the back up dj. I'm not sure if there is a technical term but that's what I call an act's supporting DJ. Think Gangstarr you think Premo. Think EPMD you think Scratch. Think Mobb you think Alchemist etc etc. I didn't even know LL had a back up dj. I kind of just assumed he worked off DATs. As for the others like Premo, Scratch, Evil Dee. As a promoter if you were to book them you'd have a kind of idea of what you were getting for your money due to the music they produce, the cuts they provide, the mix tapes they put out etc. Like I said all I know and I'm sure most people know is that you did some cuts (good ones) back in the 80's. I mean what do you play at a set?

But basically all I'm trying to say is that yeah a promoter should have a bit more savvy and do a bit of a research but you have to kind of look at it from his/her point of view. They probably get approached by a million dj's of various skills with various different histories behind them. Its no different to any of us approaching someone. If our name doesn't carry the weight we think it does then we need to show and prove.

www.facebook.com
this is a show we did in june

Are you Jay on FB?

LOL

yeah thats me@caramac

Lol at the redneck comment. Jokes aside there are shit load more ladies on stage then there have ever been when I've done shows for rappers :o(

What's my Dj's name...Cut Creator. Okay, I have always wondered how did you feel when Bob Cat came on scene. That dude was light years ahead of you, production and DJ wise.

That was Bob Cat. Or were you being funny?

I don't think he was specifying a specific scratch; but I don't know if he was being funny either.

Who's Bob Cat?

who's Bob Cat!!!
just one of he sickist old school dj's
www.djbobcat.com
Watchwww.youtube.com

^^west siiiiiide

he used to be with the first hip hop radio stations in L.A.
1580 KDAY along with dj's like
Greg Mack
www.myspace.com
Tony G.
www.myspace.com
Julio G.
www.myspace.com
Ralph M
www.myspace.com
M.Walk
www.myspace.com
L.A. Old School Lengends & Pioneers......

man i miss those dayz :(

Looks like he's been in the game for a long time. Never heard of him.

On a side note... at :25 in that youtube video, the chick on the left looks like the girl in those pr0nos.. named Gianna or something like that?

www.raptalk.net

So we met LL, and this is a good story I am going to tell you right here. The first time we met LL we was nervous and excited because Jam Master Jay, I was always real close with Jason, he had always told me that if me and this rapper named LL ever hooked up it was going to be ridiculous.That's what he used to tell me, so I already had that in my mind. So anyway, and no disrespect to my man Cut (Cut Creator) because me and him still talk and as a matter of fact he's a part of our organization (The Foundation). So anyway, we was in the studio and LL was like "Yo, let me see something. Whats up?" so I got on the turntables and I acted like I couldn't cut. I would do like these sorry little scratches and then I would act like the record was skipping. LL, he's real impatient so he's like "Yo, yo! C'mon man, let my man Cut Creator show you. He's from New York!". So Cut Creator got on and he started doing his thing. So I sat back and watched, then I said "Yo, can I get another shot? Can I try one more time?" and he was like "Sure, ok, c'mon. What you gonna do?". I said, "Can I warm up first?" and he was like "Sure, I don't care". Now in the studio normally you know you have just one turntable hooked up just for the purposes of scratching. So I asked, "Can I hook up both turntables?" and once again he was like "Sure, I don't care". So I hooked both of the tables up and I started cutting "Rock The Bells"…(Mimics Scratching) and I started going off on "Rock The Bells" and he, I can't even explain to you, and he'll tell you if you ever interview him and if you interview him ask him about this story. He…Went…Crazy! You feel me? Because again, we (West Coast DJ's) were like light years ahead of them at this time. I know DJ's in New York is bananas now, but then we was so far ahead. So he was like "You gotta join my crew and you gotta to on tour". I was like, "Naw. I DJ for Breeze" because I am a loyal cat. This was a life changing invitation but I was like "Naw, I DJ for Breeze". He said, "talk to Breeze".When I went to Breeze I was like "Morgan…LL wants me to " and he cut in "Man, I just knew he was going to do that" (laughs).

^^^taken from an interview with BobCat, the whole thing is pretty interesting

That's way more white folks than were at the '87 show I went to.

I forgot about Bobcat.

Now that I remember, LL had 2 dj's behind him (I think)

Somehow, I do remember buying this record when it was new
www.discogs.com
and then throwing it out cause I was a bit disappointed

great thread. i like the stories.

ok dj unknown everybody knows the story in books ,in movies ,in tv shows.......now what....lmao

LOL You're okay in my book Cut Creator, a class act. It seems like back then you handled it way better that I would if Bob Cat suddenly stepped on the scene. I remember going to concerts and LL would showcase Bob Cat....what's your name...Bob bob ba ba bob ba bob bob ba bob cat baby! They had vinyl or whatever pressed up just so he could cut his name up.

+100000000

I swear to GOD, some of y'all completely amaze me...

DJ TOGTFO you KNOW you my dude, but man....

STOP PLAYIN!!!!!!

How can we as DJ's, always WHINING that the game is F*CKED UP, offa Microwave DJ's, all day erryday, can't give a PIONEER the respect he deserves.

Dude is just trying to CUT A CHECK...

DJ TOGTFO, we ALWAYS complain about today's B*llsh*t HipHop that we HAVE to play because the corporations push it down the radio, and ultimately down the publics throats...

I sincerely hope y'all have that drink, and can SERIOUSLY kick it, (no man date).

The man is a legend....

Deez, I'mma punch you in your Fader.

why?

Becuz, you supposed to know who BobCat is...

Well you supposed to know who Zapp & Roger, Joe Cooley and Egyptian Lover is... you don't see me goin round punchin you in the fader. I know who Cut Creator is... his name was yelled out on one of the records I grew up on. And I'm guessing he's that dude that was behin LL when he crushed that jelly bean in "Bad?"

Never ever ever heard of BobCat until this thread.

Nope that was ELOVE

I knew who the ORIGINAL Zapp and Roger was....

That's what mattered...

The West Coast just repackaged him, and spit him out...

And that was E-LUV standing behind LL! OMG!

He was the ORIGINAL HARDROCK SILENT ONSTAGE SILENT CROWD MOTIVATOR...

Oh, lemmie call Dazz...

all I'm sayin is play the game or get played. no point in video blogging about it. If they wanted a demo, just do it, or don't do it. Cut Creator isnt the first and won't be the last to get played by some lame promotor. but on a happy man-moment, Cut creator should come out to Sutra tomorrow. Phife, Jarobi are in town and will be there, Pos said he'd swing by, and and Dilla's mom will be there too. First drink on me, unless he wants some fruity ass drink, then he'll have to order that himself lol.

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Wow, PHIFE HUH? Nice.....

BTW, I didn't watch the video blog yet, I'm just sounding off....

Now y'all see why I get Twisted out the frame when some don't give GMF the respect he deserves....

I guess it's society as a whole. Back in the day, the ELDER's of the family garnished SOME type of respect from the young ones coming up...

Today, it's nowhere near that...

Seems like that has trickled into the DJ game also....

Keep it down old man!!!

and how are you on a computer anyway or are you dictating this to your grandkids??!?!?

Lol. Jokes.

Y'all = Grandkids~!

^^ lol. I get what you're saying I had an argument with some girl who took offence to me playing Melisa Morgan and asked me to switch it up to some RnB.

How many DJs did LL use?

I just went on iTunes to buy the I'm Bad video, but no "Plus" version :(

Cut Creator was 1st..

Then Bobcat came on board....

I'm not sure if they BOTH were on recordings going forward, but Bobcat was the latter...

Is that Cut Creator in the Loungin' video driving LL around in a car?

no rob(that was roundtree) ......i was in the loungin video but i was the one in the bed.....lol

Deez, Bob Cat used to wear a fur hat, not sure if he had it on in the I'm Bad video. He is the one who did the "cool Jay ja jay jay" cut I think. Let's face it ( no offence cut) Cut Creator was never that quick. Unless you have seen LL perform live after Bob came on board you wouldn't really know who he is, I guess. As a DJ, he was/is nice. To give you an idea, think of when DJ Scratch replaced K La Boss as the DJ for EPMD or when Tat Money replaced KD as Steady B's DJ. Now granted Cut didn't get replaced of course, but you get the point.

I have to totally agree. (No disprespect of course), and we original hiphop heads know how CUT CREATOR was a household name, but I can't front...

When Bobcat came out, he forced those who were DJ's (and who cared), to instantly step up their game.

The same effect when DJ Scratch broke out...

So I read today that the Cut Creator we know today was not the original Cut Creator. Apparently, the original Cut Creator did the cuts on I need a Beat and Dangerous and then left due to "professional differences" and all the other cuts on the albums were done by Jazzy Jay and later Bob Cat. The Cut Creator we know today was LL's road manager. So yes I had a lot of time on my hands at work today, LOL.

www.ukhh.com

Who is DJ Cut Creator? Can someone link me to his demo (if he has one)?












just kidding

interesting, I guess the same sort of thing as Spinderella (almost)

I want Humpty Hump to perform at my next birthday party

I can arrange that for you with an added bonus... Dj Fuse

I used to bump DU so hard

not this thread again....